Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Buzzing; humming like a bee.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Buzzing, like a bumblebee.
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- adjective obsolete
Buzzing , like abumblebee .
Etymologies
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Latin bombylius a bumblebee.
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seedy commented on the word bombylious
buzzing like a large bee
June 23, 2007
seanahan commented on the word bombylious
It's not bom-bye-lee-iss?
June 23, 2007
reesetee commented on the word bombylious
Excellent word! Thanks, Seedy!
June 23, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word bombylious
I absolutely read this as bombylicious.
June 28, 2007
amcd56 commented on the word bombylious
I read it as bombylicious too. What do you suppose that means?
June 30, 2007
slumry commented on the word bombylious
Me too. Do you suppose it is because of the currency of babelicious?
June 30, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word bombylious
Actually, I was thinking bootylicious.
June 30, 2007
slumry commented on the word bombylious
*Sigh" I just can't keep up, but it is fun to try. Bootylicious, callipygian; buns are much in vogue, it seems. How nice.
June 30, 2007
amcd56 commented on the word bombylious
So how about badonkadonk?
June 30, 2007
slumry commented on the word bombylious
Oh, I like that one. Badonkadonk. It is almost onomatopoetic. But it is rude to describe a woman as "two axe handles and a hammer handle."
June 30, 2007