Beclogs

/bɪˈklɔɡz/ verb

Definition

Third person singular present tense; blocks up or clogs completely.

Etymology

Third person singular present tense of beclog, formed with -s suffix.

Kelly Says

Words like 'beclogs' are barely used anymore—they sound to modern readers like Shakespearean or Victorian English. But the be- prefix system was so productive in earlier centuries that people could casually coin new words like this, and most of them simply died out when English streamlined its vocabulary.

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