obole

See also: Obole

English

Etymology

French; doublet of obolus and pul.

Noun

obole (plural oboles)

  1. (historical) An obsolete French coin.
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      If a small ship arrives at Billingsgate it will give one obole as thelony [custom]

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obolus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀβολός (obolós).

Pronunciation

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Noun

obole f (plural oboles)

  1. a small amount of money
  2. a small, inconsequential gift
  3. obole (obsolete French money)
  4. obol (obsolete Greek money)

Further reading

Latin

Verb

obolē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of oboleō

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

obole (Cyrillic spelling оболе)

  1. feminine plural active past participle of obosti
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