beflea

English

Etymology

From be- +‎ flea.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɪˈfliː/
  • Homophone: beflee

Verb

beflea (third-person singular simple present befleas, present participle befleaing, simple past and past participle befleaed)

  1. (transitive) To pester, as fleas do.
    • 1848, James Russell Lowell, A Fable for Critics:
      One of those bores
      Who beflea'd with bad verses poor Louis Quatorze.
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