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oud

[ ood ]

noun

  1. a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.


oud

/ uːd /

noun

  1. an Arabic stringed musical instrument resembling a lute or mandolin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of oud1

1730–40; < Arabic ʿūd literally, wood; lute 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of oud1

from Arabic al `ūd, literally: the wood. Compare lute 1
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Example Sentences

Thornton's as dour as a door-nail; an obstinate chap, every inch on him,—th' oud bulldog!'

Uf I don't ged avay oud uf here righd off, I peen gone grazy!

She comes and she makes troubles, und she fights mit me, und I put her de door oud.

An' I ha' called you a tyrant, an' an oud bull-dog, and a hard, cruel master; that's where it stands.

If it were the deuce's own scribble, and yo' axed me to read in it for yo'r sake, and th' oud gentleman's, I'd do it.

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