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bardie

/ˈbɑɹdi/

bardie noun: a minor poet or bard; used as a self-deprecatory epithet by Robert Burns.

Noun (1)

bardie (plural bardies)

  1. (Scotland) A minor poet or bard; used as a self-deprecatory epithet by Robert Burns.
    • […]Burns signals her distance from the Classical Muses, and his position as more bardie than bard.1998, Carol McGuirk, Critical Essays on Robert Burns, page 168

Adjective

bardie (comparative more bardie, superlative most bardie)

  1. Rude and insolent; bolshie.

Noun (2)

bardie (plural bardies)

  1. (Australia) The edible larva of an insect.
    • Oh don't you remember Black Alice […] / […] the bardees she gathered, the snakes that she stewed / And the damper you taught her to bake—.1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter II, in Capricornia, pages 19–20

Forms of bardie

Noun
pluralbardies
alternative formbardee
alternative formbardy
Adjective
comparativemore bardie
superlativemost bardie

Origin of bardie

From bard + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

From Noongar language bardi.

Words that rhyme with bardie

Questions about bardie

What does bardie mean?
Bardie means a minor poet or bard; used as a self-deprecatory epithet by Robert Burns.
What part of speech is bardie?
Bardie can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce bardie?
Bardie is pronounced /ˈbɑɹdi/.
What is the plural of bardie?
The plural of bardie is bardies.

Words near bardie in the dictionary

  1. bardic
  2. bardically
  3. bardiche
  4. bardiches
  5. bardics
  6. bardie
  7. bardies
  8. Bardigang
  9. Bardigangs
  10. bardiglio
  11. Bardilo

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