Benasty

/bɪˈnæsti/ verb

Definition

A very rare or obsolete word meaning to make something nasty or to treat nastily; to soil or befoul.

Etymology

From the 'be-' prefix combined with 'nasty.' This word appears only in very old texts and represents the productive but now-extinct practice of adding 'be-' to adjectives to create verbs.

Kelly Says

If 'benasty' existed in older English, it shows that Shakespeare's era had a much more 'creative' approach to word-building—speakers would invent 'be-' verbs on the fly and listeners understood them!

Translations

AMአማርኛ
በነአስቲ
be-na-sti
ARالعربية
بناستي
bi-nas-ti
BNবাংলা
বেনাস্টি
be-na-s-ti
CACatalà
benasty
be-nas-ti
CSČeština
benasty
be-nas-ti
DADansk
benasty
be-nas-ti
DEDeutsch
benasty
be-nas-ti
ELΕλληνικά
μπενάστυ
mp-e-nas-ti
ESEspañol
benasty
be-nas-ti
FAفارسی
بناستی
be-nas-ti
FISuomi
benasty
be-nas-ti
FRFrançais
benasty
be-nas-ti
GUGU
બેનાસ્ટી
be-nas-ti
HAHA
benasty
be-nas-ti
HEעברית
בנַסְטִי
be-nas-ti
HIहिन्दी
बेनस्टी
be-nas-ti
HUMagyar
benasty
be-nas-ti
IDBahasa Indonesia
benasty
be-nas-ti
IGIG
benasty
be-nas-ti
ITItaliano
benasty
be-nas-ti
JA日本語
ベナスティ
be-na-sti
KKKK
бенәсті
be-nas-ti
KMKM
បេណាស្ទី
be-na-s-ti
KO한국어
베나스티
be-na-se-ti
MRMR
बेनस्टी
be-nas-ti
MSBahasa Melayu
benasty
be-nas-ti
MYမြန်မာ
ဘန်စတီ
ba-n-sti
NLNederlands
benasty
be-nas-ti
NONorsk
benasty
be-nas-ti
PAPA
ਬੇਨਸਟੀ
be-nas-ti
PLPolski
benasty
be-nas-ti
PTPortuguês
benasty
be-nas-ti
RORomână
benasty
be-nas-ti
RUРусский
бенасти
be-nas-ti
SVSvenska
benasty
be-nas-ti
SWKiswahili
benasty
be-nas-ti
TAதமிழ்
பெனாஸ்டி
pe-na-as-ti
TEతెలుగు
బెనస్టీ
be-nas-ti
THไทย
เบนัสตี้
be-na-sti
TLTL
benasty
be-nas-ti
TRTürkçe
benasty
be-nas-ti
UKУкраїнська
бенасті
be-nas-ti
URاردو
بناستی
be-nas-ti
VITiếng Việt
benasty
be-nas-ti
YOYO
benasty
be-nas-ti
ZH中文
贝纳斯蒂
bèi nā sī dì
ZUZU
benasty
be-nas-ti

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