bower

English

/baʊ.əɹ/, /bəʊ.əɹ/

noun
Definitions
  • A bedroom or private apartments, especially for a woman in a medieval castle.
  • (literary) A dwelling; a picturesque country cottage, especially one that is used as a retreat.
  • A shady, leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods.
  • (ornithology) A large structure made of grass and bright objects, used by the bower bird during courtship displays.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English bour inherited from Old English būr (bower, a farmer) inherited from Proto-Germanic *būraz (dweller, inhabitant, room, abode, dwelling) root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (grow, become, be, appear, come into being, rise up, exist, thrive, curve, happen, live, bend, swell, dwell, prosper).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰuH-

Gloss

grow, become, be, appear, come into being, rise up, exist, thrive, curve, happen, live, bend, swell, dwell, prosper

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Kanji

曲

Emoji
🌱 💗 🪴

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