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umboth

umboth noun: agency.

Noun

umboth (countable and uncountable, plural umboths)

  1. (obsolete) Agency.

Forms of umboth

pluralumboths

Origin of umboth

Borrowed from Norn umbod, ombod, from Old Norse umboð. Cognate with Icelandic umboð, Faroese umboð, Swedish ombud. Cognate with the first element of ombudsman (equivalent to umboth + -s- + man, “person of agency”).

Questions about umboth

What does umboth mean?
Umboth means agency.
What part of speech is umboth?
Umboth is a noun.
What is the plural of umboth?
The plural of umboth is umboths.

Words near umboth in the dictionary

  1. umbonulate
  2. umbonuloid
  3. umbonulomorph
  4. umbonulomorphs
  5. umbos
  6. umboth
  7. umbozerite
  8. umbra
  9. umbra recta
  10. umbra versa
  11. umbracious

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