abode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbəʊd/
ipa: /əˈboʊd/
ipa: [ʔəˈboʊːd̥̚]
rhymes: -əʊd
Forms: form: abodes
form: aboad
form: abood
Etymology: 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 nouns, compare abode, preterite of abide.
Senses: examples: text: Vpon his Courser set the louely lode, / And with her fled away without abode.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.viii:
glosses: Act of waiting; delay.
examples: text: During 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[…]
ref: 1661, John Fell Summary, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond:
text: You behold, Sir, how he waxeth Wroth at your Abode here.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume 2, London: Millar, →OCLC, page 289:
text: 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.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
topics: law
glosses: Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
examples: text: of no fixed abode
text: Come let me lead you to our poor Abode.
ref: 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion, London: s.n., →OCLC, page 236:
text: “I am of another world. I am John Carter, Prince of the House of Tardos Mors, Jeddak of Helium. Perchance some faint rumour of me may have leaked within the confines of your hellish abode.”
ref: 1913 January–May, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Gods of Mars”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as “Thuvia”, in The Gods of Mars, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., September 1918, →OCLC, page 61:
text: He unrolled the newspaper baton idly and read idly:
What is home without
Plumtree's Potted Meat?
Incomplete.
With it an abode of bliss.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[6]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
text: Here's an interesting effect of a global pandemic that has forced Americans to stay home for nearly 10 months: with less vacation and dine-out options, folks have more money saved up then usual and, given the virtually endless amount of time spent staring at their own four walls, they seem to be more willing than usual to shell out some extra cash to spruce up their abodes.
ref: 2020 December 3, Anna Rahmanan, “Christmas trees are, indeed, more expensive this year than last”, in Time Out:
glosses: A residence, dwelling or habitation.
Synonyms: word: abode
word: crib
word: digs
word: domicile
word: dwelling
word: flop
word: habitation
word: home
word: homestead
word: pad
word: pied-à-terre
word: place
word: quarters
word: residence
word: woning
Hyponyms: word: apartment
word: bedsit
word: brownstone
word: cell
word: condo
word: condominium
word: dorm
word: dorm room
word: flat
word: loft
word: maisonette
word: penthouse
word: row house
word: studio
word: suite
word: tenement
word: townhouse
word: unit
word: cabin
word: bungalow
word: chalet
word: château
word: cottage
word: farmhouse
word: gatehouse
word: house
word: hovel
word: hut
word: lean-to
word: lodge
word: manse
word: mansion
word: McMansion
word: palace
word: presbytery
word: ranch house
word: shack
word: shanty
word: split-level
word: vicarage
word: villa
word: barracks
word: boarding house
word: bunkhouse
word: dormitory
word: duplex
word: monastery
word: nursing home
word: old-age home
word: prison
word: project
word: rectory
word: residence hall
word: single room occupancy
word: triplex
word: camper
word: camper van
word: caravan
word: double-wide
word: houseboat
word: mobile home
word: motor home
word: sleeping bag
word: sukkah
word: tent
word: trailer
word: adobe
word: bastle
word: blackhouse
word: broch
word: bothy
word: burdei
word: cabana
word: chickee
word: dogtrot
word: dugout
word: grubenhaus
word: gunyah
word: hogan
word: humpy
word: igloo
word: jacal
word: log cabin
word: longhouse
word: palapa
word: pit-house
word: rock shelter
word: Queenslander
word: quinzhee
word: ramada
word: rondavel
word: roundhouse
word: saltbox
word: shieling
word: shotgun
word: soddie
word: tepee
word: tukul
word: wigwam
word: wickiup
word: yaodong
word: yaranga
word: yurt
word: address
word: estate
word: farm
word: hacienda
word: manor
word: ranch
word: slum
Meronyms: word: wall
word: roof
word: door
word: window
Derived terms: abodance
abodeless
no fixed abode
Related terms: word: Colonial
word: Federal
word: Georgian
word: Usonian
word: Craftsman
word: Tudor
word: Upright and Wing
word: chez
word: building