Besprenge

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɪˈsprÉ›ndÊ’/

Origin

Old English besprenġan, corresponding to be- + sprenge.

Full definition of besprenge

Verb

1. (obsolete except as past participle adjective) To sprinkle or scatter.
• 1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me, Penguin 2001, p. 78:his ample mush was pleated with fat, wormed with the great pox and so besprent with whelks, bubules and burst capillaries that it seemed like a contour map of the Trossachs.----