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bow·el
[bou-uhl, boul] noun, verb, bow·eled, bow·el·ing or (especially British) bow·elled, bow·el·ling. noun
1.
Anatomy.
a.
Usually, bowels. the intestine.
b.
a part of the intestine.
2.
bowels,
a.
the inward or interior parts: the bowels of the earth.
b.
Archaic. feelings of pity or compassion.
verb (used with object)
3.
to disembowel.
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Bowelled
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English b(o)uel < Old French < Latin botellus little sausage (bot(ulus) sausage + -ellus -elle)
1250–1300; Middle English b(o)uel < Old French < Latin botellus little sausage (bot(ulus) sausage + -ellus -elle)
Related forms
bow·el·less, adjective
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