bot
Meaning
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- not sharp, blunt, dull
- impolite, badly behaving: curt, blunt, rude
Concepts
bone
blunt
dull
flounder
raw
obtuse
stupid
crude
rough
foolish
boot
flat
unrefined
bot
flatfish
deaf
addled
sheepish
silly
boorish
coarse
harsh
uncouth
unworked
unwrought
vulgar
abrupt
bland
gentle
mild
soft
sweet
tender
indecent
agrarian
rural
rustic
idiotic
callous
dab
european flounder
dozy
bud
sprout
dolt
fool
idiot
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɔt/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bot, but, butte, related to Middle Low German but (“dull, plump, coarse”), West Frisian bot (“blunt”). Perhaps ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“end, butt”).
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