umbestound

English

Alternative forms
  • umbestount (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English umbestunde, umbestounde, umbe stunde, from Old English ymbe stunde, from ymbe (“around, about, by, upon, at”) + stunde, accusative of stund (“time, while, hour”). More at umbe, stound.

Adverb

umbestound (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete or dialectal, Scotland) At times; from time to time; sometimes.
  2. (Britain dialectal) After a (short) time.

Derived terms
  • umbestounds
  • umstound
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