beslather

English

Etymology

From be- (“about, all over”) +‎ slather.

Verb

beslather (third-person singular simple present beslathers, present participle beslathering, simple past and past participle beslathered)

1. (transitive, rare) To slather profusely or all over.
   • 1890, George Henry Martin, A Song for My Son:

     Such the royalist beslathers with laudation nigh divine.

   • 1910, Ferdinand Eugene Daniel, Medical Insurance:

     The writer of said article goes into a panegyric, and beslathers Mr. Taft all over with fulsome praise as if he had said something really worth while, but is silent on the fact that William H. is willing for the great public health interest — [...]

   • 2009, Tom Holland, The Forge of Christendom:

     The Berbers, taking possession of the city in the spring of 1013, mercilessly beslathered the “Ornament of the World” with gore.