be-smutch
be-smutch,
v.
(
bɪˈsmʌtʃ
)
[
f.
be-
1 +
smutch
.]
trans.
To besmirch.
1832
Carlyle in
Fraser's
Mag.
V. 258
Her siren finery has got all besmutched.
1856
R. Vaughan
Mystics
vi. i. (
ed.
2) I. 151
Ruffling and besmutching all his gay feathers.
Oxford English Dictionary
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