English

Adjective

abbed ‎(not comparable)

1. (slang, of a person) Having visible abdominal muscles; having abs.
2. (slang, of a person, in combination, by extension) Having abdominal muscles of a specified kind.
   • 2007, The Advocate (issues 988-999, page 48)

     Reality shows about lesbian surfers, on the other hand, are for fans of sex — or at least fans of sex among flat-abbed well-tanned women who also can grab a rail hang 10 or shoot a curl.

   • 2011, David Brooks, The Social Animal: A Story of How Success Happens

     Fortunately, God, in his infinite and redeeming mercy, had also sent down a tight-abbed, small-boned Chinese-Chicana woman to rescue the innocents.

Danish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin abbas, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς ‎(abbâs), from Aramaic אבא ‎(’abbā, “father”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abed/, [ˈab̥eð]

Noun

abbed c (singular definite abbeden, plural indefinite abbeder)

1. abbot (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Related terms

• abbedisse c

Inflection

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

abbed m ‎(definite singular abbeden, indefinite plural abbeder, definite plural abbedene)

1. an abbot (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

abbed m ‎(definite singular abbeden, indefinite plural abbedar, definite plural abbedane)

1. an abbot (as above)