besprinkled
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English by-sprenkled, be-spryngeld, besprengild, equivalent to be- (“on, about, around, upon, all over”) + sprinkled.
Adjective
[edit]besprinkled (comparative more besprinkled, superlative most besprinkled)
- Sprinkled.
- 1835, Edgar Allan Poe, The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaal:
- […] the multitude were in no bad humour at being now and then besprinkled with friendly showers of momentary duration […]
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]besprinkled
- simple past and past participle of besprinkle