Bode Definition
(intransitive) To foreshow something; to augur.
An omen; a foreshadowing.
A surname.
A city in Iowa.
A village in Nepal.
- to be a bad (or good) omen
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Bode
- bode ill (or well)
Origin of Bode
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From Middle English boden, from Old English bodian (“announce, foretell”), from Proto-Germanic *budōną (“to proclaim, announce, lere, instruct”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, perceive fully”). Related to Old English boda (“messenger, forerunner”), Dutch bode (“messenger, harbinger”), German Bote (“messenger”), from Proto-Germanic *budô (“messenger”). See bid. Compare also Old Saxon gibod, German Gebot, Old Norse boð).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English boden from Old English bodian to announce bheudh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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inflected form of bide
From Wiktionary
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