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bounden

adj
/ˈbaʊnd(ə)n/UK/ˈbaʊndən/US

Etymology

From bound + -en, the archaic past participle of bind.

  1. derived from bombus — “a humming or buzzing”
  2. derived from bombitō — “hum, buzz”
  3. derived from bondir — “leap", "bound", originally "make a loud resounding noise”
  4. inherited from *bounden✻
  5. suffixed as bounden — “bound + en”

Definitions

  1. Now chiefly in "bounden duty"

    Now chiefly in "bounden duty": made obligatory; binding.

    • Your moſt bounden and devoted friend and ſervant of all men living, Fr. Bacon, C.S.
    • That I wad wi' a' my heart; and mickle obliged to your honour for putting me in mind o' my bounden duty.

  2. Bound.

    • ...and that the world should owe thanke therof to you, to whom my husband the authour of it was for good receyued of you, most dutiefully bounden.

  3. past participle of bind.

The neighborhood

Derived

boundenly

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