botoun

Middle English

FWOTD – 31 January 2020

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French bouton, boton. See English button for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buˈtuːn/, /ˈbutun/, /ˈbutən/

Noun

botoun (plural botouns)

  1. A button or decorative protrusion on garments or tools.
  2. A bud, budset, or shoot; a newly-formed leaf.
  3. Something that is small or of little or no value or worth.
    • c. 1340, Dan Michel, “Vridom”, in Ayenbite of Inwyt, page 86:
      Ac hy habbeþ hire herten zuo aꝛered ine god: þet hi ne pꝛayſeþ þe woꝛdle: bote ane botoun. and hi ne dꝛedeþ kyng. ne erl. []
      But those who have their hearts inspired by God, who don't praise the world('s ways) even a bit and who don't fear kings, earls, []

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: button (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: button
  • Yola: buththone, boththone

References

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