bepiss
English
Etymology
From Middle English bipissen, equivalent to be- (“on, upon”) + piss. Compare Dutch and German bepissen.
Verb
bepiss (third-person singular simple present bepisses, present participle bepissing, simple past and past participle bepissed)
- (transitive, archaic) To urinate on.
- 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XXXVII.]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 1st tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 217:
- they never bepiſſe and drench themſelves with this peſtilent excrement, […] for they cannot abide themſelves their owne urine
- 1610–1616 (date written), Iohn [i.e., John] Fletcher, Monsieur Thomas. A Comedy. […], London: […] Thomas Harper, for Iohn Waterson, […], published 1639, →OCLC, Act IV, scene vi:
- I ſhall be piſſe my breeches if I cowre thus
- 1675, [William] Wycherley, The Country-wife, a Comedy, […], London: Printed for Thomas Dring, […], →OCLC; republished London: Printed for T[homas] Dring, and sold by R. Bentley, and S. Magnes […], 1688, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 7:
- laughing, till they bepiſs'd themſelves
- a. 1775 (date written), [Paul] Scarron, translated by Oliver Goldsmith, The Comic Romance of Monsieur Scarron, […], volume I, London: […] W. Griffin, […], published 1775, →OCLC, page 36:
- he has bepiſs'd the bed. […] yes, he has wet it through and through
- 1885, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume VIII, [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC, page 160:
- " […] till thou bepiss thyself and befoul thy clothes."
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:bepiss.
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- unbepissed (obsolete)
References
- Mentioned in Samuel Johnson's dictionary
German
Pronunciation
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Verb
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