Meaning

noun a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus

noun the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level

verb come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.? Latin bulla Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin bulliō Old French boillirbor. Middle English boillen English boil From Middle English boillen, from Old French boillir (see French bouillir) from Latin bullīre (“to bubble, boil”), from bulla (“bubble”). Displaced native Old English weallan (intransitive) and…

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