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biddance

noun

Etymology

From bid + -ance.

  1. derived from *gʷʰedʰ-✻
  2. derived from *bidjaną✻
  3. derived from *biddjan✻
  4. derived from bidden
  5. formed as biddance — “bid + -ance”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of bidding.

    • July 25 1801, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, letter to Robert Southey But verily, dear Southey! it will not suit you to be under any man's control, or biddances.

  2. Synonym of invitation.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA