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English word origin

Etymology of bogue

Related to Spanish boga (“a ray-finned fish; Leporinus obtusidens”), from Late Latin bōca, bōx; Box vulgaris is an older name for Boops boops. Compare the obsolete term boce for this fish.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

A species of seabream fish native to the eastern Atlantic (Boops boops).

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Related to Spanish boga (“a ray-finned fish; Leporinus obtusidens”), from Late Latin bōca, bōx; Box vulgaris is an older name for Boops boops. Compare the obsolete term boce for this fish.

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  • Cognate mentionbogaes
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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

A bayou or waterway.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Cajun French, from Choctaw bok (“creek, stream”). Doublet of bayou.

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  • Derivation mentionbokcho
  • Doublet mentionbayouen
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Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗
verb

To fall off from the wind; to edge away to leeward.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Related to Spanish bogar (“to row”), Old French voguer (“to sway, move along”).

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