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farded

farded is the simple past and past participle of fard.

Meaning of fard

Verb

fard (third-person singular simple present fards, present participle farding, simple past and past participle farded)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To paint, as the cheeks or face.
    • The fairest are but farded like the face of Jezebel […]1856, Mark Napier, quoting Zachary Boyd, chapter XXXIII, in The Memoirs of the Marquis of Montrose, volume II, Edinburgh: Thomas G. Stevenson, […]; London: Hamilton, Adams & Co., →OCLC, footnote 1...
  2. (archaic, transitive) To embellish or gloss over.
    • For looke how far fellonie may glory in her fetters, so far may we in our funerals wherewith we but feard death. For as some Gentiles, where gold is vernaculous and plentifull, their catiues thogh therewith enchained, yet remaines catiues: so to vs, thogh our graue were of enamelled gold, yet it is...1606, William Birnie, “Against Seculare Pompe in Funerals”, in The Blame of Kirk-bvriall, Tending to Persvvade Cemiteriall Civilitie. […], Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Charteris, […], →OCLC...

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Questions about farded

What is farded the simple past and past participle of?
Farded is the simple past and past participle of fard.

Words near farded in the dictionary

  1. farcy buds
  2. farcy-bud
  3. farcy-buds
  4. fard
  5. fardage
  6. farded
  7. fardel
  8. fardel-bound
  9. fardelled
  10. fardelling
  11. fardels

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