interlard
/ˌɪntəɹˈlɑɹd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To embellish or vary (something) by interspersing or mixing another thing with it; also, to intersperse or mix (something) into another thing to embellish or vary it; to interweave, to mingle.
Transitive verb
verb
To naturally intersperse (an animal's flesh or muscle) with layers of fat.
Obsolete; Transitive verb
verb
To place pieces of bacon, fat, etc., into (lean meat) before cooking; also, to place (pieces of bacon, fat, etc.) into lean meat before cooking.
Obsolete; Transitive verb
verb
To place pieces of bacon, fat, etc., into (lean meat) before cooking; also, to place (pieces of bacon, fat, etc.) into lean meat before cooking.
Obsolete; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonym: interlace"
- "And here is a knacke of Simons art, to enterlard a tale of vntruth, with ſome parcell of truth now and then among, that ſomethings being found true, may win credit to the reſt which is vtterly falſe."
- "The great ſin of Svvearing, […] doth many times ſurpriſe men unavvares into Perjury; And hovv can it be othervviſe, vvhen men uſe to interlard all their careleſs talk vvith Oaths, but that they muſt often be Perjur'd?"
- "But lying is a Figure in Speech, that interlards the greateſt part of my Converſation."
- "They interlard their native Drinks vvith choice / Of ſtrongeſt Brandy, yet ſcarce vvith theſe Aids / Enabl'd to prevent the ſuddain Rot / Of freezing Noſe, and quick-decaying Feet."
- "She then launched forth a Volley of dreadful Oaths, interlarded vvith ſome Language, not proper to be repeated here, […]"
Etymology
The verb is derived from Late Middle English interlarden (“to mix fat into (something)”), borrowed from Old French entrelarder (modern French entrelarder (“(cooking) to put pieces of bacon into meat, interlard; (figurative) to furnish by interspersing, adorn something all over (e.g., a text, with verses, metaphors, etc.)”)), from entre- (prefix meaning ‘in between, between’) (from Latin inter-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér (“between”)) + larder (“to smear with lard or fat, to lard”) (from lard (“bacon fat, lard”) + -er (a variant of -ier (suffix forming verbs))). Lard is from Latin lārdum, lāridum (“bacon fat, lard”); further etymology uncertain, probably borrowed from or related to Ancient Greek λᾱρῑνός (lārīnós, “fat, fatted”, adjective), possibly from λᾱρός (lārós, “delicious; sweet”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“to gain; to seize; benefit, prize”)) + -ινός (-inós) (a variant of -ῐνος (-ĭnos, suffix forming adjectives)). By surface analysis, inter- (prefix meaning ‘between’) + lard (verb). The noun is derived from Late Middle English interlarde (“abdominal fat”), from interlarden (verb) (see above).
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Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɪntəɹˈlɑɹd/
- British English: /ɪntəˈlɑːd/