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English
Etymology
Variant of besmirch, as if be- + smirk.
Verb
besmirk (third-person singular simple present besmirks, present participle besmirking, simple past and past participle besmirked)
- (transitive) To besmirch; sully; befoul.
1907, J. Gordon Mowat, John Alexander Cooper, Newton MacTavish, The Canadian Magazine - Volume 30 - Page 584:A mighty people, strong, reliant, free, / With souls sustained by foulest sorcery / Of noxious demagogues whose wiles disguise / Their sanguine lusts, and whose polluted lies / Besmirk the fairest form of Liberty!
2011, Libby Sternberg, Gary Alexander, Lunch Reads Volume 2:ESPN or some high-wattage radio station, they wouldn't besmirk their own hands, they'd sub it out to lowlifes.