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

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abbed

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ,

Noun

abbed c (singular definite abbeden, plural indefinite abbeder)

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

Inflection

Related terms

• abbedisse c

Further reading

• “abbed” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:

abbed

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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

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• 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

• abbedlig (“related to an abbot”)
• abbedvigsel (“to inaugurate an abbot”)
• abbedverdighet (“dignity that comes with the position of abbot”)

Related terms

• abbedi (“abbey”)
• abbedisse (“abbess”)

References

• “abbed” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “abbed” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “abbed” in Store norske leksikon

Anagrams

• dabbe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

1. an abbot