aboon

English

Alternative forms

• abune, abun

Etymology

From Middle English abone, abowne, from abuven, from Old English abūfan (“above”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈbuːn/, /əˈbʏn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uːn

Preposition

aboon

1. (Scotland, British dialectal) Above.

Adverb

aboon (not comparable)

1. (Scotland, British, Cheshire dialect) Above.
   • 1819, Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay:

     The ceiling fair that rose aboon.

Adjective

aboon (not comparable)

1. (Scotland, British dialect) Above.
   • 1730, Allan Ramsay, “[Act II, Scene IV]”, in The Gentle Shepherd: A Scots Paſtoral-Comedy, page 23:

     The Sun ſhall change, the Moon to change ſhall ceaſe;
     The Gaits to clim-----the Sheep to yield the Fleece,
     Ere ought by me be either ſaid or done,
     Shall do thee Wrang, I ſwear by all aboon.

   • 1871, James Ballantine, “We'll A' Meet Aboon”, in Lilias Lee and Other Poems, Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, page 180:

     We'll a' meet aboon! We'll a' meet aboon!
     Oh what a blithe meeting yon meeting aboon!

Noun

aboon (uncountable)

1. (Scotland, British dialect) Above.

Anagrams

• Noboa

Scots

Preposition

aboon

1. (literary) Alternative form of abuin

Adverb

aboon

1. (literary) Alternative form of abuin

References

• “aboon, adv., prep.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.