b 3 o 1 u 1 g 2 i 1 e 1
6 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
originBorrowed from French bougie (“wax candle”), after the Algerian city Bougie (Béjaïa), and the tapered, hand-dipped candles it made. The medical instruments were originally made from waxed linen. Doublet of bugia.
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