bepiss meaning (archaic): definition, etymology and quotations

bepiss

verb

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

Archaic To urinate on.

[T]hey never bepiſſe and drench themſelves with this peſtilent excrement, but in extremitie and utter deſpaire: for they cannot abide themſelves their owne urine1601, 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:
I ſhall be piſſe my breeches if I cowre thus1610–1616 (date written), Iohn [i.e., John] Fletcher, Monsieur Thomas. A Comedy. […], London: […] Thomas Harper, for Iohn Waterson, […], published 1639, →OCLC, Act IV, scene vi:

4 more examples

laughing, till they bepiſs'd themſelves1675, [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:
So Ditton and Whiston may both be bepissed on / And Whiston and Ditton may both be beshit on.1714, “Ode, to Music. On the Longitude”, Jonathan Swift:
he has bepiſs'd the bed. […] yes, he has wet it through and througha. 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:
[T]ill thou bepiss thyself and befoul thy clothes.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: