- bombinated
- v. buzz, hum, drone
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
bombinated
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bombinate — bombination, n. /bom beuh nayt /, v.i., bombinated, bombinating. to make a humming or buzzing noise. [1875 80; < NL bombinatus, ptp. of bombinare, appar. coined by Rabelais on basis of L bombilare to hum, buzz < Gk bombyliázein, deriv. of bómbos; … Universalium
bombinate — (v.) make a buzzing noise, 1865, from L. bombinare, corrupted from bombitare to hum, buzz, from bombus a deep, hollow sound; hum, buzz, echoic. Related: Bombinated; bombinating … Etymology dictionary
bombinate — [bäm′bə nāt΄] vi. bombinated, bombinating [< ModL bombinatus, pp. of bombinare, altered < L bombitare, to buzz < bombus, a buzzing: see BOMB] to make a buzzing sound bombination n … English World dictionary
