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bibe

/baɪb/

Rhymes with -aɪb

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Borrowed from Irish badhb, a variant of badhbh.

noun bibes

Ireland, Newfoundland A type of banshee whose cry indicates someone's impending death. "[…] But when Jack lies on his low death-bed, with the clammy dews standing on his brow, the moaning bibe combing her yellow locks, and singing the death-wail at his casement, then will this, and all poor Delaney's other actions, appear to his darkening eye in their true colours."

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"bibe." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bibe. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"bibe." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bibe.

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@misc{bibe_2026,
  title = {bibe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bibe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}