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abbot
English
Etymology
From Middle English abbot, abbod, abbed, from Old English abbat, abbad, abbod, from Latin abb?s (“father”), from Ancient Greek ????? (abbâs), from Aramaic ???? (’abb?, “father”). Doublet of abba, abbé, and bwana.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?æb.?t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?æb.?t/
- Homophone: Abbot
- Rhymes: -æb?t
Noun
abbot (plural abbots)
- The superior or head of an abbey or monastery. [First attested around the early 12th century.]
- The newly appointed abbot decided to take a tour of the abbey with the cardinal's emissary.
- The pastor and/or administrator of an order, including minor and major orders starting with the minor order of porter.
- A layman who received the abbey's revenues, after the closing of the monasteries.
- (archaic, British slang) A brothel-owner's husband or lover.
- (archaic, British slang) A ponce; a man employed by a prostitute to find clients, and who may also act as a bodyguard or equivalent to a bouncer.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Gullah: aabut
Translations
See also
- prior
- rector
- monk
References
- Webster 1913
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish abbot, from Latin abb?s, from Ancient Greek ????? (abbâs), from Aramaic ???? (’abb?, “father”). Doublet of abbé.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ab??t/
Noun
abbot c
- an abbot
Declension
Related terms
See also
- munk
References
- abbot in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- abbot in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
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aboot
English
Preposition
aboot
- Pronunciation spelling of about.
- c. 1686, Ed. Halley, “An Hi?torical Account of the Trade Winds and Mon?oons, ob?ervable in the Seas between and near the Tropicks, with an attempt to a??ign the Phy?ical Cau?e of the ?aid Winds”, re-printed in Mi?cellanea Curio?a: Containing a Collection of ?ome of the Principal Phænomena in Nature, Accounted for by the Greate?t Philo?ophers of this Age; Being the Mo?t Valuable Di?courses, Read and Delivered to the Royal Society, for the Advancement of Phy?ical and Mathematical Knowledge, As al?o a Collection of Curious Travels, Voyages, Antiquities, and Natural Hi?tories of Countries; Pre?ented to the ?ame Society, second edition, volume I,[1] R. Smith (1708), page 65,
- The one is, why, notwith?tanding the narrowe?t part of the Sea between Guinea and Brazile be aboot five hundred Leagues over, yet Ships bound to the Southward, ?ometimes, e?pecially in the Months of July and August, find a great difficulty to pa?s it.
- 1926 August, Zane Grey, “From Missouri”, re-printed in The Lawless West,[2] Dorchester Publishing (2007), ?ISBN, page 12,
- “Heah he reads in a Kansas City paper aboot a schoolteacher wantin’ a job out in dry Arizonie. And he ups an’ writes her an’ gets her a-rarin’ to come. Then, when she writes an’ tells us she’s not over forty, then us quits like yellow coyotes. […]”
- c. 1686, Ed. Halley, “An Hi?torical Account of the Trade Winds and Mon?oons, ob?ervable in the Seas between and near the Tropicks, with an attempt to a??ign the Phy?ical Cau?e of the ?aid Winds”, re-printed in Mi?cellanea Curio?a: Containing a Collection of ?ome of the Principal Phænomena in Nature, Accounted for by the Greate?t Philo?ophers of this Age; Being the Mo?t Valuable Di?courses, Read and Delivered to the Royal Society, for the Advancement of Phy?ical and Mathematical Knowledge, As al?o a Collection of Curious Travels, Voyages, Antiquities, and Natural Hi?tories of Countries; Pre?ented to the ?ame Society, second edition, volume I,[1] R. Smith (1708), page 65,
Usage notes
- This spelling has been used to represent a variety of regional pronunciations, including certain Scottish pronunciations (standard in Scots and frequent in Scottish English), and certain Canadian pronunciations resulting from Canadian raising.
Anagrams
- taboo
Scots
Etymology
From Old English onb?tan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??but/
Adverb
aboot (not comparable)
- outside
- around, about
- on the move, up and around (especially as recovered from an illness)
- about, approximately
- (after in) inside, nearby
- (after oot) outside
- (after up) somewhere in or near
Preposition
aboot
- about
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