Abbed
adjective (informal)
displaying well-developed abdominal muscles
Read Also:
- Abbes
a member of the secular clergy. a title of respect for any ecclesiastic or clergyman. Historical Examples The abbes and the Bishops and the priests are alike distrustful and hostile. A Heroine of France Evelyn Everett-Green The secret of the Lesbians was only employed, however, by the abbes and the castrata. The Memoires of Casanova, […]
- Abbess
a woman who is the superior of a convent of nuns. Historical Examples His sister, the abbess Kunigunde, was keeping the door of the convent open. In The Fire Of The Forge, Complete Georg Ebers The abbess suddenly emerged from the gloom, and was standing in their midst. Casanova’s Homecoming Arthur Schnitzler This interruption was […]
- Abbeville
a town in N France, on the Somme River: site of Paleolithic artifacts. a city in S Louisiana. Contemporary Examples Members of the Abbeville, S.C., Bixby family killed two police over a land dispute in 2003. When Sovereign Citizens Snap Caitlin Dickson January 16, 2014 Historical Examples The fauna of the Amiens deposits is similar […]
- Abbevillian
of, relating to, or typical of an early Lower Paleolithic industry of the middle Pleistocene Epoch in Europe, characterized by the manufacture of large flakes and hand axes; Chellean. noun the period represented by Lower Palaeolithic European sites containing the earliest hand axes, dating from the Mindel glaciation See also Acheulian adjective of or relating […]
- Abbey
a monastery under the supervision of an abbot or a convent under the supervision of an abbess. the group of buildings comprising such a monastery or convent. the church of an abbey. Edward, 1927–89, U.S. novelist and nature writer. Edwin Austin, 1852–1911, U.S. painter and illustrator. a female given name, form of . Contemporary Examples […]