Recent Examples on the WebThis 5-star beachfront Art Deco abode — where F. Scott Fitzgerald reportedly partied with Ernest Hemingway — boasts one of the world’s oldest water skiing schools.—Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2024 Sensationalistic journalism at the turn of the 20th century, rumors coursing through the city, and some fabrications by Holmes himself made for an inflated murder count and a number of false narratives around the killer and his abode.—Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 25 June 2024 Her actual residence, an unassuming 3,000-square-foot abode with Spanish Cedar shutters painted French Navy, is her sacred space.—Essence, 20 June 2024 Close to 90% of residential permits issued by Austin in 2023 were for multifamily abodes.—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for abode
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English abade, abode, from bade, bode "stay, delay" (going back to Old English bād "expectation, period of waiting," probably going back to Germanic *baiđ-, noun derivative from the base of *bīđ- "wait, bide") crossed with abiden "to abide"
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