Besnowed
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 simple past and past participle of besnow form-of, participle, past
- 1 Covered or laden with snow.
"Now, if in a stage coach in the depth of winter, when three passengers are warm and snug, a fourth, all besnowed and frozen, descends from the outside and takes place amongst them, straightway all the three passengers shift their places, uneasily pull up their cloak collars, re-arrange their "comforters," feel indignantly a sensible loss of caloric—the intruder has at least made a sensation."
Example
More examples"Now, if in a stage coach in the depth of winter, when three passengers are warm and snug, a fourth, all besnowed and frozen, descends from the outside and takes place amongst them, straightway all the three passengers shift their places, uneasily pull up their cloak collars, re-arrange their "comforters," feel indignantly a sensible loss of caloric—the intruder has at least made a sensation."
Etymology
From Middle English besnewed, bisnewed, from Old English besnīwod (“covered with snow”), equivalent to be- + snow + -ed. The form changed from -snew- to -snow- in conformity to snow.
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