besnowed

English

Etymology

From Middle English besnewed, bisnewed, from Old English besnīwod (“covered with snow”), equivalent to be- +‎ snow +‎ -ed. The form changed from -snew- to -snow- in conformity to snow.

Adjective

besnowed (comparative more besnowed, superlative most besnowed)

1. Covered or laden with snow.
   • 1848 April – 1849 October, E[dward] Bulwer-Lytton, chapter I, in The Caxtons: A Family Picture, volume II, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1849, →OCLC, part IX, page 88:

     Now, if in a stage coach in the depth of winter, when three passengers are warm and snug, a fourth, all besnowed and frozen, descends from the outside and takes place amongst them, straightway all the three passengers shift their places, uneasily pull up their cloak collars, re-arrange their "comforters," feel indignantly a sensible loss of caloric—the intruder has at least made a sensation.

Verb

besnowed

1. simple past and past participle of besnow