Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boodie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bood-ie
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete spelling of body.

Obsolete

noun

noun

A species of bettong, Bettongia lesueur.

Australian usage

Example Sentences

"However, the boodie, once common over much of southern Australia, is now only found in numbers on offshore islands on the mid-west coast. Boodies are sociable animals and since they dig burrows, considerable warrens can be formed."
"The bettongs live in moderately dry country and with the exception of the Boodie, which digs burrows, all make nests of grass on the ground."
"The work on Boodie Island was the first attempt in Australia to eradicate black rats in the presence of a threatened, non-target mammal.[…]It is likely that as many as 200-300 boodies now inhabit the island."

Etymology

Variant of body.

Origin

Source language: Scottish Gaelic

Word Breakdown

Root: bodach, botach, -

Usage

Inflected Forms

boodies (plural)

Synonyms

burrowing bettong Lesueur's rat-kangaroo

Questions

What does boodie mean?: Obsolete spelling of body.
Where does boodie come from?: It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

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