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bolus.

a sweet, soft pastry containing cinnamon from Zeeland, originating from European Jewish cuisine

5 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈboː.lʏs/
  1. a sweet, soft pastry containing cinnamon from Zeeland, originating from European Jewish cuisine

    masculine
  2. a turd, a pat

    Netherlands · broadly · colloquial · masculine
Where this word comes from

Generally regarded as borrowed from Yiddish [Term?], from Ladino [Term?], from Spanish bollo or bola.

noun/ˈboː.lʏs/
  1. a type of fat clay

    feminine · masculine · no-diminutive
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin bōlus, from Ancient Greek βῶλος (bôlos).

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