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Definition: HOME-BOUND

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Kept at home.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb home-boundly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(home-boundly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective home-bound.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Home-bound" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: HOME-BOUND

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Kept at home.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb home-boundly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(home-boundly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective home-bound.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "HOME-BOUND" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)