boud

English

Etymology

From Middle English boude, bude, budde, from Old English budda (beetle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baʊd/
  • Rhymes: -aʊd
  • Homophone: bowed

Noun

boud (plural bouds)

  1. (obsolete) A weevil; a worm that breeds in malt, biscuit, etc.
    • 1557 February 13, Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie., London: [] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: [] Robert Triphook, [], and William Sancho, [], 1810, →OCLC:
      bowd-eaten malt

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Noun

boud (plural boude)

  1. buttock

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bout, from Old Dutch *bald, from Proto-West Germanic *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (to blow, swell, inflate). Compare English bold.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑu̯t/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: boud
  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯t
  • Homophone: bout

Adjective

boud (comparative bouder, superlative boudst)

  1. bold, brave

Inflection

Inflection of boud
uninflected boud
inflected boude
comparative bouder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial boudbouderhet boudst
het boudste
indefinite m./f. sing. boudeboudereboudste
n. sing. boudbouderboudste
plural boudeboudereboudste
definite boudeboudereboudste
partitive boudsbouders

Derived terms

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