English Explanatory Dictionary

beshrew

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To invoke or wish evil upon; to curse.
  2. An imperative uttered as a mildly imprecatory or merely expletive introductory exclamation.

Word forms

beshrew beshrews beshrewing beshrewed

Etymology

From Middle English beschrewen (“to curse, pervert”). By surface analysis, be- + shrew.

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