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BasilEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
Name of several early saints, particularly in the Orthodox Church, from Latin Basilius, from Ancient Greek Βασίλειος (Basíleios). Doublet of Vasilios and Vasily.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗basilEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Inherited from Middle English basile, from Middle French basile, from Old French basile, from Medieval Latin basilicum, from Ancient Greek βασιλικόν (basilikón, “royal”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”). Doublet of basilic, basilicon, and basilicum; further related to basileus, basilean, and basileiolatry.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗basilEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Variant of bezel.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗basilEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Corrupted from English basan, from French basane, from Late Latin basanium, from Arabic بِطانَة (biṭāna, “lining”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗basilEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
From Old French basile (“basilisk”).
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1908- BasilEnglish · e-37683-2322
Basil, baz′il, n. a mainly tropical or subtropical genus of Labiatæ, characterised by a pleasant aromatic smell and taste, and reckoned amongst sweet herbs.—Sweet basil is an Indian annual long cultivated in Europe for s
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Basil, baz′il, n. a sheepskin roughly tanned and undressed.
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Basil. See Bezel.
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