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.