beslobber

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for beslobber in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Etymology

From Middle English besloberen, equivalent to be- +‎ slobber. Compare beslabber.

Verb

beslobber (third-person singular simple present beslobbers, present participle beslobbering, simple past and past participle beslobbered)

  1. (transitive) To wet, besmear, or befoul with spittle or anything running from the mouth; cover in slobber; bespawl.
  2. (transitive) To slobber over with effusive kisses; praise or flatter fulsomely or in a fulsome manner.
    • 1828, Macaulay
      The salaried Viceroy of France […] beslobbering his brother and courtiers in a fit of maudlin affection.
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