bousen

== Middle English == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch būsen, buisen, buysen (“to drink heavily”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbuːzən/ === Verb === bousen (third-person singular simple present bouseth, present participle bousende, bousynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle boused) To drink; to booze; to carouse. a. 1325, Michael of Kildare (attributed), Hail, Seint Michel, quoted in Die Kildare-gedichte, Heuser, Wilhelm, ed., published 1904, page 155–156: ==== Descendants ==== English: booze, bouse, bowse === References === “bǒusen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 7 March 2017.