bourd en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English bourde, from Old French bourde.
Meanings
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(obsolete) A joke; jesting, banter.
The wisard could no lenger beare her bord, But brusting forth in laughter, to her sayd; Glauce, what needs this colourable word […] ?
1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.iii:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bourds | Number=Plur | lexicographic |