boud
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English boude, bude, budde, from Old English budda (“beetle”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editboud (plural bouds)
- (obsolete) A weevil; a worm that breeds in malt, biscuit, etc.
- 1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), 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
editboud (plural boude)
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editAdjective
editboud (comparative bouder, superlative boudst)
Inflection
editDeclension of boud | ||||
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uninflected | boud | |||
inflected | boude | |||
comparative | bouder | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | boud | bouder | het boudst het boudste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | boude | boudere | boudste |
n. sing. | boud | bouder | boudste | |
plural | boude | boudere | boudste | |
definite | boude | boudere | boudste | |
partitive | bouds | bouders | — |
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