bepiss

English

Etymology

From Middle English bipissen. Compare Dutch and German bepissen. By surface analysis, be- (“on, upon”) +‎ piss.

Verb

bepiss (third-person singular simple present bepisses, present participle bepissing, simple past and past participle bepissed)

1. (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

   • 1714, “Ode, to Music. On the Longitude”, Jonathan Swift:

     So Ditton and Whiston may both be bepissed on / And Whiston and Ditton may both be beshit on.

   • 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

• beshit

Derived terms

• unbepissed (obsolete)

References

• Mentioned in Samuel Johnson's dictionary

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

bepiss

1. singular imperative of bepissen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of bepissen