Abode

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /əˈbəʊd/
• US IPA: /əˈbəʊd/
• Rhymes: -əʊd

Alternative forms

• abood obsolete

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 vowel, compare abode, preterit of abide.

Full definition of abode

Noun

1. (obsolete) Act of waiting; delay. Attested from (1150 to 1350) to the early 17^th century.

• 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.viii:Vpon his Courser set the louely lode,
  And with her fled away without abode.
1. (obsolete) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. Attested from (1350 to 1470) to the mid 18^th century.
• 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. HammondDuring 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 classic authors that are extant...
• unknown date, Henry Fielding (1707-1754)He waxeth at your abode here.
• 1898, Winston Churchill, The Celebrity Chapter 8, 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 wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition.
2. (formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation. First attested from around 1350 to 1470.
• unknown date, William Wordsworth (1770-1850)Come, let me lead you to our poore abode.

Synonyms

Verb

1. abode

   (past of abide)

• From an alteration with bode and Middle English abeden ("to announce"), from Old English ābÄ“odan ("to command, proclaim"), from a- + bÄ“odan ("to command, proclaim")
• - + bode("presage, portend, announce")

Noun

1. (obsolete) An omen; a foretelling. Attested from the late 16^th century to the late 17^th century.
• High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes. - George Chapman

Verb

1. (transitive, obsolete) To bode; to foreshow; to presage. Attested from the late 16^th century to the mid 17^th century.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To be ominous. Attested from the mid 17^th century to the late 17^th century.

Derived terms

• abodement
• aboding

Anagrams

• adobe