Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Excrement or clay used as a bonding material in construction. · A soft coating of mud, plaster, etc. · A crude or amateurish painting.
To apply (something) to a surface in hasty or crude strokes. · To paint (a picture, etc.) in a coarse or unskilful manner. · To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal. · To flatter excessively or grossly.
From Middle English daub (noun), from Middle English dauben (“to plaster or whitewash; cover with clay; bespatter”, verb), from Old Northern French dauber (“to whitewash; plaster”), of uncertain origin. Probably from Latin dealbāre (“to whiten thoroughly”), which would make it a doublet of dealbate.
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