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English
Etymology
From Middle English abrod, equivalent to a- + brood.
Pronunciation
Adverb
abrood (comparative more abrood, superlative most abrood)
- (obsolete) Upon a brood; on a hatch. [1]
1821, George D'Oyly, Hendrik Slatius, Henry Wharton, The life of William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury:The word in the original (as St. Hierom tells us from the Hebrew traditions) implies, that the Spirit of God sat abrood upon the whole rude mass, as birds upon their eggs, […]
- (figurative) Mischief. [1]
Adjective
abrood (comparative more abrood, superlative most abrood)
- (obsolete) Upon a brood; hatching eggs. [1]
- (figurative) Mischief. [1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abrood”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.
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