1590s, "cover with clouds," from be- + cloud. Figurative sense of "to obscure" is recorded from 1610s. Related: Beclouded; beclouding.
bechamel
bechance
beche-de-mer
beck
beckon
becloud
become
becoming
bed
bedaub
bedazzle
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