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Webster 1913 Edition
Boud
Boud
,Noun.
A weevil; a worm that breeds in malt, biscuit, etc.
[Obs.]
Tusser.
Webster 1828 Edition
Boud
BOUD
,Noun.
Definition 2025
boud
boud
English
Noun
boud (plural bouds)
- (obsolete) A weevil; a worm that breeds in malt, biscuit, etc.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Tusser to this entry?)
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑu̯t
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.
Adjective
boud (comparative bouder, superlative boudst)
Inflection
| Inflection of boud | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | |