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bardish en · ADJ

Etymology

From bard + -ish.

Meanings

1. Pertaining to, or written by, a bard or bards.
   • I found ſo intollerable Antichroniſmes, incredible reports, and Bardiſh impoſtures, as vvell from Ignorance as aſſum'd liberty of Inuention in ſome of our Ancients; […] 1612 May 19 (date written; Gregorian calendar), [John Selden], “From the Author of the Illustrations”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes] for M[athew] Lownes; I[ohn] Browne; I[ohn] Helme; I[ohn] Busbie, →OCLC:

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