Associations to the word «Beshrew»

Wiktionary

BESHREW, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To invoke or wish evil upon; to curse.
BESHREW, verb. (transitive) A mildly imprecatory or merely expletive introductory exclamation, in the form of the imperative.

Dictionary definition

BESHREW, verb. Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca