Bedabbles

/bɪˈdæbəlz/ verb

Definition

Third person singular present tense of bedabble; splashes or spatters something.

Etymology

Present tense form of 'bedabble,' maintaining the same 'be-' prefix structure with the standard '-s' ending for third person singular.

Kelly Says

In older English texts, you'd see 'he bedabbles the canvas with paint' where we'd now say 'he splashes paint all over the canvas'—the older phrasing sounds more formal and precise about the repeated action of splashing.

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