beggar description

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English

Etymology

Coined by William Shakespeare in 1607 in "Antony and Cleopatra," act 2, scene 2:

For her own person,

It beggared all description: she did lie

In her pavilion—cloth-of-gold, of tissue—

O'erpicturing that Venus where we see

The fancy outwork nature.

Verb

beggar description (third-person singular simple present beggars description, present participle beggaring description, simple past and past participle beggared description)

Synonym of beggar belief

Further reading

“beggar belief description”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
“beggar belief description” (US) / “beggar belief description” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
“beggar description belief” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
“beggar belief beggar description”, in Collins English Dictionary.

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