bourd

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bourd

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From Middle English bourde, from Old French bourde.

noun bourds

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 […] ?

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@misc{bourd_2026,
  title = {bourd},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bourd},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}