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bladder

/ˈblædə/ noun

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In Latin: vēsīca Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about bladder at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.
  2. Specifically, the urinary bladder.
  3. A hollow, inflatable organ of a plant.

verb

  1. To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.
  2. To store or put up in bladders.
    bladdered lard

Origin

From Middle English bladdre, bleddre, bladder, bledder, from Old English blæddre, a variant of blǣdre, blēdre (“blister, bladder”), from Proto-West Germanic *blādrā, from Proto-Germanic *blēdrǭ, *bladrǭ (“blister, bladder”).

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