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bardish

bardish adjective: pertaining to, or written by, a bard or bards.

Adjective

bardish (comparative more bardish, superlative most bardish)

  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...

Forms of bardish

comparativemore bardish
superlativemost bardish

Origin of bardish

From bard + -ish.

Questions about bardish

What does bardish mean?
Bardish means pertaining to, or written by, a bard or bards.
What part of speech is bardish?
Bardish is an adjective.

Words near bardish in the dictionary

  1. Bardilo
  2. Bardin
  3. barding
  4. bardings
  5. Bardins
  6. bardish
  7. bardism
  8. bardisms
  9. Bardiyah
  10. bardlet
  11. bardlets

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