abbed

abbed

English

Etymology 1

    From ab + -ed.

    Adjective

    abbed (not comparable) (possessional)

    1. (slang, of a person) Having visible abdominal muscles; having abs.
    2. (slang, of a person, in combination, by extension) Having abdominal muscles of a specified kind.
      • 2007, The Advocate, numbers 988-999, page 48:
        Reality shows about lesbian surfers, on the other hand, are for fans of sex — or at least fans of sex among flat-abbed well-tanned women who also can grab a rail hang 10 or shoot a curl.
      • 2011, David Brooks, The Social Animal: A Story of How Success Happens:
        Fortunately, God, in his infinite and redeeming mercy, had also sent down a tight-abbed, small-boned Chinese-Chicana woman to rescue the innocents.

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    abbed

    1. simple past and past participle of ab

    Danish

    Etymology

    From Medieval Latin abbas, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, father).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈɑb̥eð], [ˈab̥eð]

    Noun

    abbed c (singular definite abbeden, plural indefinite abbeder)

    1. (Christianity) abbot (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

    Inflection

    Declension of abbed
    common
    gender
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative abbed abbeden abbeder abbederne
    genitive abbeds abbedens abbeders abbedernes

    Further reading

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Alternative forms

    • abbé (French abbot)

    Etymology

    From Old Norse ábóti, abbati, a term likely borrowed via Old English abbod, from Medieval Latin abbās (abbot), from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), alternative form of ἀββα (abba, father; title of respect given to abbots) from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, father, teacher, chief), from Proto-Semitic *ʔabw- (father), from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔab-, ultimately an onomatopoeic nursery word. Doublet of abbé and abba.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈabːəd/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -əd
    • Hyphenation: ab‧bed

    Noun

    abbed m (definite singular abbeden, indefinite plural abbeder, definite plural abbedene)

    1. (Christianity) an abbot (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)
      • 1920, Jonas Lie, Samlede Digterverker II, page 212:
        Silva abbed i klosteret i Forli
        Silva abbot in the monastery in Forli
      • 1923, Lorentz Eckhoff, Paul Verlaine og symbolismen, page 30:
        i denne parc Watteau sværmer … galante abbéer og hele maskekomediens forfløine flok
        in this park Watteau swarms… gallant abbots and the whole flock of masked comedy
      • 2008, Kurt Aust, Kaos og øyeblikkets renhet:
        abbeden tilbød Kimber å bli i klosteret vinteren over
        the abbot offered Kimber to stay in the convent over the winter

    Derived terms

    References

    Anagrams

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Noun

    abbed m (definite singular abbeden, indefinite plural abbedar, definite plural abbedane)

    1. an abbot