bedung

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English

Etymology

From Middle English bidungen, bydyngen, from Old English *bedynġan, from Proto-West Germanic *bidungijan, equivalent to be- +‎ dung. Cognate with West Frisian bedongje (to bedung), Dutch bedongen (to bedung), German bedüngen (to bedung).

Verb

bedung (third-person singular simple present bedungs, present participle bedunging, simple past and past participle bedunged)

  1. (transitive) To cover with dung or manure.
  2. (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To bedaub or defile.
    • 1649, Bishop Hall, Resolutions and Decisions of Diverse Practical Cases of Conscience:
      [] had not God's inexpected champion, by divine instinct, taken up the monster, and vanquished him; leaving all but his head to bedung that earth, which had lately shaken at his terror.

Anagrams

Maguindanao

Etymology

Akin to Maranao bedong.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA(key): /bəˈduŋ/
  • Rhymes: -uŋ
  • Syllabification: be‧dung

Noun

bëdúng

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