Word
boyle
Phoneticsboyle
/ˈbɔɪɫ/
Definition
n. an old way of writing the word 'boil', meaning a painful red swelling on the skin.
n. An obsolete variant spelling of 'boil', referring to a furuncle or localized skin infection.
Examples
“He broke the boyle into pieces for the children.”
“The medieval peasant ate a hard boyle with a slice of cheese for his morning meal.”
“In the dim light of the tavern, the traveler unwrapped his stale boyle, a humble staple that sustained him through the long, cold journey.”
Examples
simple
“He broke the boyle into pieces for the children.”
contextual
“The medieval peasant ate a hard boyle with a slice of cheese for his morning meal.”
complex
“In the dim light of the tavern, the traveler unwrapped his stale boyle, a humble staple that sustained him through the long, cold journey.”
Etymology
* As an Irish surname, Anglicised from Irish Ó Baoithghill, possibly a compound of baoth (“vain, foolish”) and geall (“pledge”). * As a Scottish surname of Norman origin, from Biéville in Normandy, which could be from the Germanic personal name Boia + the common placename suffix -ville.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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