begrime

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From be- (prefix meaning ‘about; abundantly; all around; all over’) + grime (“to cake with dirt”).

His musket was gone; he was hatless and his face and clothing were begrimed. — The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories, Kate Chopin
These cottons begrime their wearers sadly, the colour is not fast, the indigo being ill prepared. — Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846, James Richardson
"No!" bounced out Brayham, now aroused, and purpling under the coal-dust that begrimed his large, judicial visage. — That Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the Day, Richard Dehan

dirty, soil, grime, colly, bemire

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