verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To surprise, to confound, to befuddle, to put in a distressed state of mind. West-Country, archaic, transitive

   "She would not let a man betwattle her with kisses... again."

2. 2
   To be in a distressed state of mind. West-Country, archaic, intransitive

Example

More examples

"She would not let a man betwattle her with kisses... again."

Etymology

Possibly a back formation from betwattled, late 18th-century Dorset British slang for confused, bewildered.

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