besprent

American  

[bih-sprent] / bɪˈsprɛnt /

adjective

Archaic.

1. besprinkled; bestrewn.

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besprent British  

/ bɪˈsprɛnt /

adjective

1. poetic sprinkled over

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Etymology

Origin of besprent

1325–75; Middle English bespre ( y ) nt, past participle of besprengen, Old English besprengan, equivalent to be- be- + sprengan to sprinkle, akin to spring

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Example Sentences

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besprent

All is furnished – or "besprent" as the dire cod-Elizabethiana text by William Plomer might have it – with bright, toy colours and visual wit.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2013

So in Spenser's "Shepherd's Calendar," December— "My head besprent with hoary frost I find."

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various

As he sat in the sunshine he glistened all over, like an Ethiop besprent with silver; for his dark limbs and mighty chest had been oiled, and then powdered with antimony.

From To Have and to Hold by Mary Johnston

Now all the mortal maid lies indolent Save one sweet cheek which the cool velvet turf Had touched too rude, tho' all the blooms besprent, One soft arm pillowed.

From Zophiel A Poem by Maria Gowen Brooks

King Achab was not disposed to be wanton in his flesh, when he fasted and went clothed in sackcloth and all besprent with ashes.

From Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens by Monica Stevens

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