abbed

English

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

English ab

English -ed

English abbed

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

Related terms

• abbedisse c

Further reading

• “abbed” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

John Lock, abbed i St Albans katedral i England. — John Lock, abbot in St Albans Cathedral in England.

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