beslobber

verb

1. To wet, besmear, or befoul with spittle or anything running from the mouth; cover in slobber; bespawl.

   transitive

   For one moment I had a vision of a horrible mask like a giant toad's, of a warty, leprous skin, and of a loose mouth all beslobbered with fresh blood.

2. To slobber over with effusive kisses; praise or flatter fulsomely or in a fulsome manner.

   transitive

   The salaried Viceroy of France […] beslobbering his brother and his courtiers in a fit of maudlin affection.

   1828, Thomas Babington Macaulay, essay?

Where it comes from

From Middle English besloberen, equivalent to be- + slobber. Compare beslabber.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry beslobber (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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