bedaub

(Englisch)

  1. (transitive) To smear upon; to soil.
  2. (transitive) To ornament garishly; to overdecorate.

Etymologie (Englisch)

From be- (“thoroughly, extensively”) + daub, from Old French dauber (“to plaster, whitewash”), from Latin dealbō (“whiten over, plaster”).

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