bayou
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u, ˈbaɪ noun, plural bay·ous. Chiefly Lower Mississippi Valley and Gulf States.
1.
a marshy arm, inlet, or outlet of a lake, river, etc., usually sluggish or stagnant.
2.
any of various other often boggy and slow-moving or still bodies of water.
Origin:
1710–20, Americanism; < Louisiana French, said to be < Choctaw bayuk river forming part of a delta
1710–20, Americanism; < Louisiana French, said to be < Choctaw bayuk river forming part of a delta
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| —n | |
| (in the southern US) a sluggish marshy tributary of a lake or river | |
| [C18: from Louisiana French, from Choctaw bayuk] | |
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Bayou
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Word Origin & History
bayou
1766, via Louisiana Fr., from Choctaw bayuk "small stream."
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Science Dictionary
bayou (bī' ) Pronunciation Key
A sluggish, marshy stream connected with a river, lake, or gulf. Bayous are common in the southern United States. |
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
bayou [(beye-ooh, beye-oh)]Term used mainly in Louisiana and Mississippi to describe a swampy, slowly moving or stationary body of water that was once part of a lake, river, or gulf.
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Example sentences
In this quiet fishing village nestled in bayou country, the anger is epidemic.
It's no wonder she's soon jumping into the bayou, green legs and all.
Caddo is more of a large bayou, composed of many smaller waterways.
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