booke
See also: booké
English
Noun
booke (plural bookes)
- Archaic spelling of book.
- 1592, R. G., The Third And Last Part Of Conny-Catching. (1592):
- TO ALL SVCH AS HAVE receiued either pleasure or profite by the two former published bookes of this Argument: And to all beside, that desire to know the wonderfull slie deuises of this hellish crew of Conny-catchers. ]
- 1594, Christopher Marlowe, Massacre at Paris:
- Scene 10: Enter five or sixe Protestants with bookes, and kneele together.
- 1606, Anonymous, “Sir Gyles Goosecappe”, in A Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. III:
- Now in good truth I wood theis bookes were burnd That rapp men from their friends before their time, How does my uncles friend, no other name I need give him, to whom I give my selfe.
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Anagrams
- e-book, eBook, ebook
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: bookent, bookes
Verb
booke
- first-person singular present indicative of booker
- third-person singular present indicative of booker
- first-person singular present subjunctive of booker
- first-person singular present subjunctive of booker
- second-person singular imperative of booker
Middle English
Alternative forms
- book, boke, boc, bok, buk
Etymology 1
From Old English bōc, in turn from Proto-Germanic *bōks.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /boːk/
Noun
booke (plural bookes)
- book (written document comprised of several pages)
Related terms
- bochous
- bocstaff
- landbok
Descendants
- English: book (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: buik, beuk, buke
Etymology 2
From Old English būc.
Noun
booke (plural bookes)
- Alternative form of bouk