abbed

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 tense and past participle of ab

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abed/, [ˈab̥eð]

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)
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