abbed

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English

Etymology

From ab +‎ -ed.

Adjective

abbed (not comparable)

  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 (issues 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.

Verb

abbed

  1. simple past and past participle of ab

Danish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

abbed c (singular definite abbeden, plural indefinite abbeder)

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

Inflection

Further reading


Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

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

Further reading

  • “abbed” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

  1. an abbot (as above)