bufo.
Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo)
Meaning & usage
Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo)
informant, snitch
Where this word comes from
From Old Galician-Portuguese bufo, from Late Latin būfus (cognates include Spanish búho), itself either from Latin *būfō, from Faliscan *būfō, or more likely of onomatopoetic origin; cf. also Ancient Greek βοῦφος (boûphos). Compare to Latin būbō.
comical or burlesque
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Italian buffo (“comical”).
an instance of puffing
Where this word comes from
Deverbal from bufar.
first-person singular present indicative of bufar
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