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Besom vs Besot - What's the difference?

besom | besot |

As verbs the difference between besom and besot

is that besom is (archaic|poetic) to sweep while besot is to muddle, stupefy, or act foolishly; as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation.

As a noun besom

is a broom made from a bundle of twigs tied onto a shaft.

besom

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A broom made from a bundle of twigs tied onto a shaft.
  • A troublesome woman
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    • Derived terms

    * besom pocket

    See also

    * (besom broom)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic, poetic) To sweep.
  • * 1954 , (Dylan Thomas), ''Under Milk Wood , page 13,
    • Now, in her iceberg-white, holily laundered crinoline nightgown, under virtuous polar sheets, in her spruced and scoured dust-defying bedroom in trig and trim Bay View, a house for paying guests at the top of the town, Mrs Ogmore-Prichard widow, twice, of Mr Ogmore, linolium, retired, and Mr Prichard, failed bookmaker, who maddened by besoming , swabbing and scrubbing, the voice of the vacuum-cleaner and the fume of polish, ironically swallowed disinfectant...

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    besot

    English

    Verb

  • To muddle, stupefy, or act foolishly; as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation.
    • You expect me and my men to besot ourselves with your drugs, ... — Robert Sheckley, "Legend of Conquistadors", Fantasy & Science Fiction: Vol. 104, Iss. 4; pg. 50; Apr, 2003

    Derived terms

    * besotted, besotten * besottedness

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