Morpheme
Bully
Type
free base
Denotation
cruel person, tyrant, quarrelsome person; originally a term of endearment
Etymology
of unknown origin; possibly from Dutch boele, boel; Middle Dutch broeder
Evidence
antibully, bulliable, bullied, bullier, bullies, bulliest, bulliness, bully, bullyable, bullycide, bullydom, bullyee, bullying, bullyish, bullyism, bullylike, bullyman, bullyproof, bullysome, crybully, cyberbully, nonbully, outbully
Notes
positive notion found in the phrase “bully pulpit”
