bombylious

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/bɒmˈbɪliəs/

adjective

Buzzing like a bumblebee.

OriginLatin bombyx →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

adjectivebombylious (comparative more bombylious, superlative most bombylious)

comparative more bombylious · superlative most bombylious

  1. obsoleteBuzzing like a bumblebee.

    [T]he VVhame or Burrel-fly, vvhich is vexatious to Horſes in Summer, not by ſtinging them, but only by their bombylious Noiſe, or tickling them in laying their Nits, or Eggs on the Hair; […]

    1713, W[illiam] Derham, “[A Survey of the Terraqueous Globe.] Of the Generation of Animals.”, in Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC, book IV (Of Animals in General), footnote 10, page 249

Origin

  1. Latinbombyx“bumblebee”
  2. Englishbombylious

From Latin bombyx (“bumblebee”) + English -ious.

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APA

bombylious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bombylious

MLA

“bombylious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bombylious. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bombylious,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bombylious.

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