boud

English

Etymology

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

Noun

boud (plural bouds)

  1. (obsolete) A weevil; a worm that breeds in malt, biscuit, etc.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for boud in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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Afrikaans

Etymology

Noun

boud (plural boude)

  1. buttock

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯t
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Adjective

boud (comparative bouder, superlative boudst)

  1. (archaic) 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—
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