bolus

See also: Bolus and bolús

Contents

English

Etymology

From Late Latin bōlus (“clod of earth, lump”), plural bōlī, from Ancient Greek βῶλος (bôlos, “clod, lump”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊləs

Noun

bolus (plural boli or boluses)

1. A round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or alimentary canal.
2. A single, large dose of a drug, especially one in that form.
   • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard

     I gave him a bolus, twice the size of a gooseberry.

Usage notes

• Boli is the somewhat more common plural form of bolus in scholarly use.

Translations

round mass of food

• Finnish: pallero (fi)
• French: bol (fr) m

• Italian: bolo (it) m
• Spanish: bolo alimenticio (es) m

large dose of a drug

• Spanish: bolo (es) m

Further reading

• bolus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Loubs, bouls, lobus

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboː.lʏs/
• Hyphenation: bo‧lus

Etymology 1

Generally regarded as borrowed from Yiddish [Term?], from Ladino [Term?], from Spanish bollo or bola.

Noun

bolus m (plural bolussen, diminutive bolusje n)

1. A sweet, soft pastry containing cinnamon from Zeeland, originating from European Jewish cuisine.
2. (colloquial, Netherlands, by extension) A turd, a pat.

Alternative forms

• bole (dated)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin bōlus, from Ancient Greek βῶλος (bôlos).

Noun

bolus m, f (plural bolussen)

1. A type of fat clay.

   Synonym: bool

Hyponyms

• zegelaarde

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbolus/

Verb

bolus

1. conditional of boli