Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

besweat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
besweat
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Covered with sweat.

Archaic

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English beswette, be-swet, bi-swæt, past participle of Middle English bisweten, besweten (“to sweat all over, cover with sweat”), from Old English beswǣtan (“to sweat over, toil”), equivalent to be- + sweat.

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Inflected Forms

more besweat (comparative) most besweat (superlative)

Questions

What does besweat mean?
Covered with sweat.
Where does besweat come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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