bogue

C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary

US /boʊɡ/ UK /bəʊɡ/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like bog /ɑ/ vs /oʊ/

Meanings

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noun
a small sea bream of the genus Boops; dialectally to slink or sneak off

The fishermen netted a few bogue among the morning's catch.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a small sea bream of the... breamboopssneak slink skulk

Etymology

As the fish (a sea bream), from French bogue, from Latin boca, from Ancient Greek bōx ('a kind of sea fish'). The dialectal verb 'to slink off' is of separate and obscure origin.

bōx Ancient Greek

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# bogue

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /boʊɡ/
**IPA (UK):** /bəʊɡ/

## Meanings
1. a small sea bream of the genus Boops; dialectally to slink or sneak off

## Examples
- The fishermen netted a few bogue among the morning's catch.

## Synonyms
- bream
- boops
- sneak
- slink
- skulk

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: bōx

## Etymology
As the fish (a sea bream), from French bogue, from Latin boca, from Ancient Greek bōx ('a kind of sea fish'). The dialectal verb 'to slink off' is of separate and obscure origin.

## AI Etymology
Bogue is traced as follows: As the fish (a sea bream), from French bogue, from Latin boca, from Ancient Greek bōx ('a kind of sea fish'). The dialectal verb 'to slink off' is of separate and obscure origin. The historical trail runs through bōx in Ancient Greek. The history must be left partly open, preserving the uncertainty rather than forcing a single unsupported ancestry. Used as a noun and verb, bogue now means "a small sea bream of the genus Boops; dialectally to slink or sneak off", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. That uncertainty is part of the entry: the safest account is the attested form and the limited comparisons preserved with it.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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