bombase

Meanings

Noun

• Cotton wool made from raw cotton, typically used as padding in clothing or as a stopper.

Verb

• To pad with, or as with, bombase.
• To astonish.

Origin

• From Old French bombace ("[[cotton#Noun"), from Late Latin bombax ("cotton"), a variant of bombyx, from Ancient Greek βόμβυξ ("silkworm"), possibly related to Middle Persian pmbk' ("cotton"), from a Proto-Indo-European