Boodie
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Obsolete spelling of body. alt-of, obsolete
- 2 A hobgoblin. Scotland
- 3 A species of bettong, Bettongia lesueur. Australia
"However, the boodie, once common over much of southern Australia, is now only found in numbers on offshore islands on the mid-west coast. Boodies are sociable animals and since they dig burrows, considerable warrens can be formed."
Example
More examples"However, the boodie, once common over much of southern Australia, is now only found in numbers on offshore islands on the mid-west coast. Boodies are sociable animals and since they dig burrows, considerable warrens can be formed."
Etymology
Variant of body.
Modification of Scottish Gaelic bodach (“old man, churl, miser, ghost”), from Middle Irish botach (“serf, rustic, peasant”), from bot (“penis”) + -ach.
From Nyunga burdi.
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