begrime

English

WOTD – 16 February 2022

Etymology

A pair of gardening gloves begrimed with soil.

From be- (prefix meaning ‘about; abundantly; all around; all over’) + grime (to cake with dirt).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɪˈɡɹaɪm/
  • (file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /bəˈɡɹaɪm/
  • Rhymes: -aɪm
  • Hyphenation: be‧grime

Verb

begrime (third-person singular simple present begrimes, present participle begriming, simple past and past participle begrimed)

  1. (transitive) To ingrain grime or dirt which is difficult to remove into (something); also (more generally), to make (something) dirty; to soil.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dirty
    Antonyms: see Thesaurus:make clean

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References

  1. begrime, v.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2018; begrime, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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