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ball

Pronunciation: /ˈbalː/

“ball” is a Swedish word. Its meaning in English:

adjective

  1. cool

Etymology

Attested since 1966. Possibly from a dialectal variant of archaic båld (“bold”, in dialects also “beautiful”), from Old Norse ballr (cognate with English bold).

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