bully

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Synonyme

yob

domineer over

treat cruelly

treat harshly

treat roughly

boss of the children

do out of spite

do with malice

tantaliser

cock sparrow

cruel rough person

bitchin’

reet canny

bring somebody down

wear someone down

make something curved

persuade or bend

first-class

Frequenz

C1
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈbʊli/
Etymologie (Englisch)

From 1530, as a term of endearment, probably a diminutive ( + -y) of Dutch boel (“lover; brother”), from Middle Dutch boel, boele (“brother; lover”), from Old Dutch *buolo, from Proto-Germanic *bōlô (compare Middle Low German bôle (“brother”), Middle High German buole (“brother; close relative; close relation”) (whence German Buhle (“lover”)), Old English Bōla, Bōlla (personal name), diminutive of expressive *bō- (“brother, father”). Compare also Latvian bālinš (“brother”). More at boy. The term acquired a negative connotation during the 17th century; first ‘noisy, blustering fellow’ then ‘a person who is cruel to others’. Possibly influenced by bull (“male cattle”) or via the ‘prostitute's minder’ sense. The positive senses are dated, but survive in phrases such as bully pulpit.

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