abood
/əˈbuːd/
abood is the obsolete spelling of abode.
Meaning of abode
Noun (1)
abode (plural abodes)
- Act of waiting; delay.
- Vpon his Courser set the louely lode, / And with her fled away without abode.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.viii
- Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…]1661, John Fell Summary, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- A residence, dwelling or habitation.
- of no fixed abode
Noun (2)
abode (plural abodes)
- An omen; a foretelling.
- High-thundering Juno's husband, stirs my spirit with true abodes.1865, George Chapman, edited by Richard Hooper, The Iliads of Homer, London: J.R. Smith, →OCLC, page 6
Proper noun capitalized: Abood
Abood
- A surname from Arabic.
- A male given name from Arabic.
Forms of abood
| plural | aboods |
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Origin of abood
Variation of Abboud, from Arabic عَابُّود (ʕābbūd).
Questions about abood
- What does abood mean?
- Abood means a surname from Arabic.
- What is abood the obsolete spelling of?
- Abood is the obsolete spelling of abode.
- What part of speech is abood?
- Abood is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce abood?
- Abood is pronounced /əˈbuːd/.
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