boyle
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Boyle¹
Rhymes with -ɔɪl
Where it comes from
* As an Irish surname, Anglicised from Irish Ó Baoithghill, possibly a compound of baoth (“vain, foolish”) and geall (“pledge”).
* As a Scottish surname of Norman origin, from Biéville in Normandy, which could be from the Germanic personal name Boia + the common placename suffix -ville.
proper noun Boyles
- A surname
- A surname from Irish.
- Robert Boyle, Irish natural philosopher.
- A town in County Roscommon, Ireland.
- A village in Athabasca County, Alberta, Canada, named after John Robert Boyle.
- An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Kansas, United States.
- A town in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States.
- Ellipsis of Boyle County
boyle²
verb boyles · boyling · boyled
- Obsolete spelling of boil 1610?, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist What makes the Divell so divelish, I would aske you, / Sathan, our common enemie, but his being / Perpetually about the fire, and boyling / Brimstone and Arsnike?
noun boyles
- Obsolete spelling of boil ... a boyle or impostume comen forthe & broken
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: doyle, powell, gay, baise, pen, midway, mariotte, stew, seethe, simmer, churn, brew, bubble, heave, sputter, cook
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Talk about this word "boyle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/boyle. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. boyle. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/boyle "boyle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/boyle.Cite this
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title = {boyle},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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