lude

Etymology 1

Shortened from Quaalude.

Etymology 2

Shortening.

Anagrams

• ULed, duel, leud, lued

Etymology

From Old Norse lúta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luːdə/, [ˈluːðə]

Verb

lude (imperative lud, infinitive at lude, present tense luder, past tense ludede, perfect tense har ludet)

1. lout, stoop

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlude(ʔ)/
• Hyphenation: lu‧de
• Rhymes: -e

Noun

lude

1. a bedbug
2. a bug (an insect of the order Hemiptera)

Verb

lūde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of lūdō

Etymology

From luut +‎ -e.

Adverb

lude

1. loudly

Further reading

• “lude (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “lude (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Alternative forms

• lood
• luid (Scotland)

Etymology

From Old English hlȳd (“noise, sound, tumult, disturbance, dissension”), from Proto-Germanic *hlūdijō (“sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewe- (“to hear”). Cognate with Scots lood, luid (“sound, noise, tone, voice”), Dutch geluid (“sound”), German Laut (“sound”), Swedish ljud (“sound”), Icelandic hljóð (“sound”).

Noun

lude (plural luden)

1. Sound, noise, clamor

   Þa hunten wenden æfter mid muchelen heora lude. — Layamon's Brut

   Þa luden heo iherden of þan Rom-leoden. — Layamon's Brut

Verb

lude

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of ludir.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of ludir.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of ludir.