boud

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/baʊd/

noun

A weevil; a worm that breeds in malt, biscuit, etc.

OriginMiddle English boude ← Old English budda →
UncommonScrabble 7
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Meanings

nounboud (plural bouds)

plural bouds

  1. obsoleteA weevil; a worm that breeds in malt, biscuit, etc.

    bowd-eaten malt

    1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Old Englishbudda“beetle”
  2. Middle Englishboude
  3. Englishboud

From Middle English boude, bude, budde, from Old English budda (“beetle”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with boud

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Sounds the same

bowed

Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

“boud.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boud. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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

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