abode
Act of waiting; delay.
Noun obsolete
- Act of waiting; delay.
- Vpon his Courser set the louely lode, / And with her fled away without abode. - 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.viii:
- 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...
- You behold, Sir, how he waxeth Wroth at your Abode here. - 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume 2, London: Millar, →OCLC, page 289:
- The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating...
- A residence, dwelling or habitation.
- of no fixed abode
- humble abode
- Come let me lead you to our poor Abode. - 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion, London: s.n., →OCLC, page 236:
Origin
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.
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abode crib digs domicile dwelling flop habitation home homestead livingplace pad pied-à-terre place quarters residence woning
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apartment bedsit brownstone cell condo condominium dorm dorm room flat loft maisonette penthouse row house studio suite tenement townhouse unit cabin bungalow chalet château cottage farmhouse
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Derived
Noun obsolete
- An omen; a foretelling.
- High-thundering Juno's husband, stirs my spirit with true abodes. - 1865, George Chapman, edited by Richard Hooper, The Iliads of Homer, London: J.R. Smith, →OCLC, page 6:
Origin
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”).
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Synonyms
abode crib digs domicile dwelling flop habitation home homestead livingplace pad pied-à-terre place quarters residence woning
Hyponyms
apartment bedsit brownstone cell condo condominium dorm dorm room flat loft maisonette penthouse row house studio suite tenement townhouse unit cabin bungalow chalet château cottage farmhouse
Related
Colonial Federal Georgian Usonian Craftsman Tudor Upright and Wing chez building
Verb obsolete, transitive
- To bode; to foreshow; to presage.
- The night-crow cried, aboding luckless time - 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, act 5, scene 6:
- To be ominous.
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Verb form of, participle
- 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...