besprent

[ bih-sprent ]

/ bɪˈsprɛnt /

Save This Word!

adjective Archaic.

besprinkled; bestrewn.

QUIZ

WILL YOU SAIL OR STUMBLE ON THESE GRAMMAR QUESTIONS?

Smoothly step over to these common grammar mistakes that trip many people up. Good luck!

Question 1 of 7

Fill in the blank: I can’t figure out _____ gave me this gift.

who

whom

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

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

Words nearby besprent

bespeckle, bespectacled, bespoke, bespoken, bespread, besprent, besprinkle, Bess, Bessarabia, Bessel, Bessel function

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use besprent in a sentence

Trembling and sad he stood beside the door— Pale as a spectre, and besprent with gore!
Romantic Ballads|George Borrow
And many a deep wound lent, His arms with blood besprent; And many a cruel dentBruised his helmet.
Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2|J. Endell Tyler
And he rode a great white mare, whose bases and other housings were black, but all besprent with fair lilys of silver sheen.
Phantastes|George MacDonald
What beckoning ghost, besprent with April dew, Hails me so solemnly to yonder yew?
Hearts of Controversy|Alice Meynell

At least the effect was to evoke a laugh which came tear-sparkling as a lark flies dew-besprent from a hawthorn bush at morn.
Love in a Cloud|Arlo Bates

British Dictionary definitions for besprent

besprent

/ (bɪˈsprɛnt) /

adjective

poetic sprinkled over

Word Origin for besprent

C14: past participle of Old English besprengan to besprinkle

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012