bourd

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noun

A joke; jesting, banter.

OriginMiddle English bourde ← Old French bourde →
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Meanings

nounbourd (plural bourds)

plural bourds

  1. obsoleteA 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

Origin

  1. Old Frenchbourde
  2. Middle Englishbourde
  3. Englishbourd

From Middle English bourde, from Old French bourde.

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APA

bourd. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bourd

MLA

“bourd.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bourd. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bourd,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bourd.

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