Bosk Definition
bŏsk
noun
A small wooded place; grove or thicket.
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bosksOrigin of Bosk
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From Middle English bosk, likely from Anglo-Latin bosca (“firewood”), from Late Latin busca, buscus or boscus from Germanic *busk (liken Old High German busk) or Old English busc (attested only in place names). Liken Italian bosco, Spanish and Portuguese bosque, French bois, Dalmatian buasc, Occitan boscs.
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Back-formation from bosky
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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