bouge

See also: bougé

English

Etymology 1

Alteration of bouche.

Noun

bouge (uncountable)

1. (now historical) The right to rations at court, granted to the king's household, attendants etc.
   • Ben Jonson

     They […] made room for a bombardman that brought bouge for a country lady.

   • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p, 29:

     Officials carrying lists of servants receiving ‘bouge of court’ – wages and board – carried out identity checks […]

Etymology 2

Variant of bulge.

Verb

1. To swell out.
2. To bilge.
   • Hakluyt

     Their ship bouged.

Anagrams

• Bogue, bogue

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buʒ/

Etymology 1

From Old French bouge, bolge (“sack, purse”), from Gaulish bolgā (“bag, sack”).

Noun

bouge m (plural bouges)

1. hovel; dive
2. bulge, protuberance

Derived terms

• bouge de tonneau
• bouge d'un mur
• bougette

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bouge

1. first-person singular present indicative of bouger
2. third-person singular present indicative of bouger
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of bouger
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of bouger
5. second-person singular imperative of bouger

Anagrams

• bogue

Further reading

• “bouge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• bolge

Etymology

Probably a borrowing from Latin bulga, itself from Gaulish bolgā (“bag, sack”).

Noun

bouge oblique singular, m (oblique plural bouges, nominative singular bouges, nominative plural bouge)

1. sack; purse; small bag

Descendants

• French: bouge

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (bouge)