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abode¹

  • /əˈbəʊd/ UK
  • /əˈboʊd/ US
  • [ʔəˈboʊːd̥̚] US

Rhymes with -əʊd

Where it comes from

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.

noun abodes · aboad · abood

  1. obsolete Act of waiting; delay. Vpon his Courser set the louely lode, / And with her fled away without abode.
  2. dated Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. 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[…]
  3. formal A residence, dwelling or habitation. of no fixed abode

Similar: abode, crib, digs, domicile, dwelling, flop, habitation, home, homestead, livingplace, pad, pied-à-terre, place, quarters, residence, woning

verb aboad · abood

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of abide The fine, soundless pulse of this game was in the air for our young woman while they remained in the shop. While they remained? They remained all day; their presence continued and abode with her, was in everything she did till nightfall....

abode²

  • /əˈbəʊd/ UK
  • /əˈboʊd/ US
  • [ʔəˈboʊːd̥̚] US

Rhymes with -əʊd

Where it comes from

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”).

noun abodes · aboad · abood

  1. obsolete An omen; a foretelling. High-thundering Juno's husband, stirs my spirit with true abodes.

Similar: abode, crib, digs, domicile, dwelling, flop, habitation, home, homestead, livingplace, pad, pied-à-terre, place, quarters, residence, woning

verb abodes · aboding · aboded · aboad · abood

  1. obsolete, transitive To bode; to foreshow; to presage. The night-crow cried, aboding luckless time
  2. intransitive, obsolete To be ominous.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: habitation, domicile, home, residence, dwelling, dwelling house, stay, subsistence, living, arrest, fixed, address, sojourn, resident, residency, shelter

noun

Similar: abode, crib, digs, domicile, dwelling, flop, habitation, home, homestead, livingplace, pad, pied-à-terre, place, quarters, residence, woning

noun

Similar: abode, crib, digs, domicile, dwelling, flop, habitation, home, homestead, livingplace, pad, pied-à-terre, place, quarters, residence, woning

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noun obsolete: act of waiting

Portuguêsespera, atraso, aguardar
DeutschVerweilen, Warten
Русскийзаде́ржка zadéržka, промедле́ние promedlénije
العربيةبَقَاء baqāʔ

noun stay or continuance in a place; sojourn

Portuguêspermanência
DeutschAufenthalt
Italianosoggiorno, dimora, residenza
Русскийпребыва́ние prebyvánije
العربيةإِقَامَة ʔiqāma

noun slightly dated: residence

Españolcasalicio
Portuguêsresidência, domicílio, moradia
Françaisdemeure
DeutschBleibe, Wohnung
Italianodimora, residenza, domicilio
Русскийжили́ще žilíšče, обита́лище obitálišče, оби́тель obítelʹ, усадьба usadʹba
العربيةدَار dār

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@misc{abode_2026,
  title = {abode},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/abode},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}