bedabble

[bih-dab-uhl]

verb (used with object)

bedabbled, bedabbling 

1. to spatter or soil all over.

   clothes bedabbled with paint.

Other Word Forms

• unbedabbled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bedabble¹

First recorded in 1580–90; be- + dabble

Example Sentences

Bedabble, be-dab′l, v.t. to dabble or wet.

From Project Gutenberg

Take heed lest a better man than Irus rise up presently against thee, to lay his mighty hands about thy head and bedabble thee with blood, and send thee hence from the house.'

From Project Gutenberg

A kitten, attracted by the odor of milk, had established itself upon the table; it allowed Pauline to bedabble it in coffee; she was playing merrily with it, taking away the cream that she had just allowed the kitten to sniff at, so as to exercise its patience, and keep up the contest.

From Project Gutenberg