to boot en · ADV
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Middle English to bote (“something added to, addition”), from Old English tō bōte (“to boot, besides, moreover”). See boot (“profit, gain, remedy”).
Meanings
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(idiomatic, informal, not-comparable) In addition, besides, also.
His boyfriend is funny, and a pretty good cook to boot.
While the Manischewitz’s cloying sweetness comes through (one suspects it would take a full gallon of bourbon to subdue that candied Concord grapiness), the drink is determinedly balanced, and rather festive to boot.
2009 April 12, Jonathan Miles, “A Cocktail Mixed With a Punch Line”, in New York Times:"Well, horse and away!" said the patron, "so soon as you have got your riding livery in trim. You may ride the black crop-ear —and hark ye, I'll make you a present of him to boot."
1819, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:Among the people (of Rome) beſide x. modij of corne, & as many pints of oyle, he diſtributed & dealt 300 Seſterces alſo by the poll, vvhich hee had in times paſt promiſed, vvith an overdeale of 100. a peece to boote, for time.
1606, Caius [i.e., Gaius] Suetonius Tranquillus, “The Historie of Caius Iulius Cesar Dictator”, in Philêmon Holland, transl., The Historie of Twelve Cæsars Emperours of Rome. […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes and George Snowdon] for Matthew Lownes, →OCLC, section 38, page 16:
Synonyms
into the bargain · on top of that
Translations (19)
pt para mais (in addition, besides, also) · ru к тому́ же (in addition, besides, also) · de noch dazu (in addition, besides, also) · sv tillika (in addition, besides, also) · de obendrein (in addition, besides, also) · nl bovendien (in addition, besides, also) · ja お負けに (in addition, besides, also) · eo krome (in addition, besides, also) · pt além disso (in addition, besides, also) · cmn 而且 (in addition, besides, also) · sv till på köpet (in addition, besides, also) · pl na dobitkę (in addition, besides, also) · sv därtill (in addition, besides, also) · es además (in addition, besides, also) · fi päälle päätteeksi (in addition, besides, also) · ru в прида́чу (in addition, besides, also) · sv dessutom (in addition, besides, also) · fi kaiken lisäksi (in addition, besides, also) · it anche (in addition, besides, also)