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[lɑːd], (Noun)
Definitions:
- fat from the abdomen of a pig that is rendered and clarified for use in cooking
- excess fat in a person
(e.g: I've got to give up fags and shift some lard)
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Origin
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Middle English (also denoting fat bacon or pork): from Old French ‘bacon’, from Latin lardum, laridum, related to Greek larinos ‘fat’
[lɑːd], (Verb)
Definitions:
- insert strips of fat or bacon in (meat) before cooking
(e.g: he larded the joint with garlic and anchovies)
- embellish (talk or writing) with an excessive number of esoteric or technical expressions
(e.g: his conversation is larded with quotations from Coleridge)
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Origin
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Middle English (also denoting fat bacon or pork): from Old French ‘bacon’, from Latin lardum, laridum, related to Greek larinos ‘fat’
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