Deboshed
adj, verb
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of debosh. form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Obsolete form of debauched. alt-of, obsolete
"Thy lady is a scurvy lady, and a shitten lady, And, though I never heard of her, a deboshed lady."
- 2 Corrupted; in a sorry state.
"Mrs Dibble was in her morning state of sobriety, which is to say that, having had a few gins, her deboshed innards were temporarily stultified, and gave her the illusion of functioning correctly when they were merely in a state of torpor."
Example
More examples"Thy lady is a scurvy lady, and a shitten lady, And, though I never heard of her, a deboshed lady."
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