bunion
pronunciation
How to pronounce bunion in British English:
UK [ˈbʌnjən]
How to pronounce bunion in American English:
US [ˈbʌnjən]
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- Noun:
- a painful swelling of the bursa of the first joint of the big toe
Word Origin
- bunion
- bunion: [18] Bunion is probably a modification of the East Anglian dialect word bunny ‘lump, swelling’, representing a 15th-century form bony, glossed in a contemporary English-Latin dictionary as ‘great knob’. This was apparently borrowed from Old French hugne ‘bump on the head’.
- bunion (n.)
- 1718, apparently from East Anglian dialectic bunny "lump, swelling" (16c.), which is probably from Middle French buigne "bump on the head, swelling from a blow" (see bun).
Example
- 1. You should see me remove a bunion .
- 2. Innovative hinged bunion splint made in germany .
- 3. What 's the difference between a bunion and a corn ?
- 4. Such a deformity makes walking more difficult and can produce a thick callus or ulceration when the bunion makes shoes ill-fitting .
- 5. Construction of socialist harmonious society is an important strategy in the formation of all-aided affluent society , as well as the objective requirement of our in the bunion development .