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bourd

bourd noun: a joke; jesting, banter.

Noun

bourd (plural bourds)

  1. (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 of bourd

pluralbourds

Origin of bourd

From Middle English bourde, from Old French bourde.

Words formed from bourd

Questions about bourd

What does bourd mean?
Bourd means a joke; jesting, banter.
What part of speech is bourd?
Bourd is a noun.
What is the plural of bourd?
The plural of bourd is bourds.

Words near bourd in the dictionary

  1. Bourbonizing
  2. Bourbonnais
  3. bourbons
  4. Bourchier
  5. Bourchiers
  6. bourd
  7. Bourdain
  8. Bourdeau
  9. Bourdeaus
  10. Bourdeaux turpentine
  11. bourded

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