bogue meaning: definition, etymology

bogue

noun

/boʊɡ/

Etymology Related to Spanish boga (“a ray-finned fish; Leporinus obtusidens”), from Late Latin bōca, bōx; Box vulgaris is an older name for Boops boops. Compare the obsolete term boce for this fish.

A species of seabream fish native to the eastern Atlantic (Boops boops).

bogue

verb

Etymology Related to Spanish bogar (“to row”), Old French voguer (“to sway, move along”).

Nautical, Transport To fall off from the wind; to edge away to leeward.

bogue

noun

Etymology From Cajun French, from Choctaw bok (“creek, stream”). Doublet of bayou.

Southern US, Especially A bayou or waterway.

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