beslobber
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English besloberen, equivalent to be- + slobber. Compare beslabber.
Verb
[edit]beslobber (third-person singular simple present beslobbers, present participle beslobbering, simple past and past participle beslobbered)
- (transitive) To wet, besmear, or befoul with spittle or anything running from the mouth; cover in slobber; bespawl.
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- For one moment I had a vision of a horrible mask like a giant toad's, of a warty, leprous skin, and of a loose mouth all beslobbered with fresh blood.
- (transitive) To slobber over with effusive kisses; praise or flatter fulsomely or in a fulsome manner.
- 1828, Thomas Babington Macaulay, essay?
- The salaried Viceroy of France […] beslobbering his brother and his courtiers in a fit of maudlin affection.
- 1828, Thomas Babington Macaulay, essay?