If you are bewhiskered, it means you have whiskers. If you have been beheaded, it means you don’t have a head. What’s up with that?
The OED lists seven different meanings for the prefix “be-”
It looked way too complicated to summarize.
If you are bewhiskered, it means you have whiskers. If you have been beheaded, it means you don’t have a head. What’s up with that?
The OED lists seven different meanings for the prefix “be-”
It looked way too complicated to summarize.