boody

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verb

To sulk or mope.

OriginFrench bouder →
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Meanings

verbboody (third-person singular simple present boodies, present participle boodying, simple past and past participle boodied)

present singular third person boodies · participle present boodying · participle past boodied · past boodied

  1. datedintransitiveTo sulk or mope.

    […]he felt that he must be silent. 'Come,' said she—'don't boody with me: don't be angry because I speak out some home truths.'

    1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers

Origin

  1. Frenchbouder“to pout”
  2. Englishboody

From French bouder (“to pout”).

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boody,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boody.

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