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Vinony

bugle

noun

  1. type of brass instrument
L21770 on Wikidata ↗

verb

No English definition recorded for this entry.

L331030 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈbjuːɡəl/

adj

Etymology: From Late Latin bugulus (“a woman's ornament”), probably from Latin būculus.

  1. jet-black

    “Bugle eyeballs.”

name

Etymology: Probably named after the Bugle Inn.

  1. A village in Treverbyn parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0158).

noun

Etymology: From Middle English bugle (“bugleweed”), from Anglo-Norman and Old French bugle, from Medieval Latin bugilla, probably related to Late Latin bugillo.

  1. A plant in the family Lamiaceae grown as a ground cover Ajuga reptans, and other plants in the genus Ajuga.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Anglo-Norman buglebor. Middle English bugle English bugle Inherited from Middle English bugle, from Anglo-Norman bugle (“young ox, heifer; bugle”), from Latin būculus (“young ox, steer”).

  1. To announce, sing, or cry in the manner of a musical bugle.

    ““It was as though the very constellations knew our impending sorrow,” he bugled, his head raised to the ceiling, his voice full-throated.”