Abud

//əˈbʌd// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    budding not-comparable, rare

    "[…] he began to whistle merrily, and in an instant the whole world about him was bright of hue and joyous again, and looking, he saw, to his amazement, that the bare branches were abud."

Example

More examples

"[…] he began to whistle merrily, and in an instant the whole world about him was bright of hue and joyous again, and looking, he saw, to his amazement, that the bare branches were abud."

Etymology

From a- + bud.

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