Etymology

bourd

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Today it means: A joke; jesting, banter. Full definition →

Middle English bourde ← Old French bourde
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  1. Old French · derived frombourde
  2. Middle English · inherited frombourde
  3. English todaybourd

From Middle English bourde, from Old French bourde.

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