abode

noun

/əˈbəʊd/UK/əˈboʊd/US

Etymology

From an alteration (with bode) of Middle English abeden (“to announce”), from Old English ābēodan (“to command, proclaim”), from a- + bēodan (“to command, proclaim”). Superficial analysis is a- + bode (“presage, portend, announce”).

inherited from *ābād✻
inherited from abod

Definitions

1
Act of waiting
Act of waiting; delay.
- Vpon his Courser set the louely lode, / And with her fled away without abode.
2
Stay or continuance in a place
Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
- You behold, Sir, how he waxeth Wroth at your Abode here.
3
A residence, dwelling or habitation.
- of no fixed abode
- humble abode
- Come let me lead you to our poor Abode.
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1. simple past and past participle of abide
2. 5
  An omen
  An omen; a foretelling.
  - High-thundering Juno's husband, stirs my spirit with true abodes.
3. 6
  To bode
  To bode; to foreshow; to presage.
  - The night-crow cried, aboding luckless time
4. To be ominous.

The neighborhood

synonymabode
synonymcrib
synonymdigs
synonymdomicile
synonymdwelling
synonymflop
synonymhabitation
synonymhome
synonymhomestead
synonymlivingplace
synonympad
synonympied-à-terre
neighborColonial
neighborFederal
neighborGeorgian
neighborUsonian
neighborCraftsman
neighborTudor
neighborUpright and Wing
neighborchez
neighborbuilding
neighborapartment
neighborbedsit
neighborbrownstone

Derived

abodance, abodeless, no fixed abode, abodement, aboding

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at abode. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at abode. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at abode

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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