abode
/əˈboʊd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.13 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of abide
Example Sentences
- "Vpon his Courser set the louely lode, / And with her fled away without abode."
- "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[…]"
- "You behold, Sir, how he waxeth Wroth at your Abode here."
- "The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition."
- "of no fixed abode"
- "humble abode"
Etymology
From Middle English abod, abad, from Old English *ābād, related to ābīdan (“to abide”); see abide. Cognate with Scots abade, abaid (“abode”). For the change of nouns, compare abode, preterite of abide.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈboʊd/
- British English: /əˈbəʊd/
Usage
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Derived Forms
Phrases
no fixed abode
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