bouoilli

Norman

Etymology

From Old French boillir, from Latin bulliō (“I bubble, boil”), from bulla (“bubble”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

bouoilli

1. (Jersey) to boil
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎^[1], page 517:

     Il est niais coume Dadais qui tâte l'iaue pour vée s'a bouit.

     He is as stupid as Dadais who puts his hand into the water to see if it is boiling.

Antonyms

• g'ler (“to freeze”)

Derived terms

• bouoilli par dessus (“to boil over”)

Related terms

• parbouoilli (“to parboil”)