Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sard

/sɑː(ɹ)d/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables: sard
IPA: /sɑː(ɹ)d/

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish red color.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of various brownish red earth pigments formerly used in cosmetics and painting; has more yellow, hardly any blue (see puce), is lighter than russet and darker than traditional carnelian.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To have sexual intercourse with (a woman).

Obsolete

name

Synonym of Sardinian (“a Romance language”).

Example Sentences

"Quhilk will, for purging of thir neirs: / Sard up the ta raw, and doun the uther."
"Foltere. To iape, to sard, to fucke, to swive, to occupye."
"[…] and thence ſprouteth that obſcene appellation of Sarding ſandes, with the draffe of the carterly Hoblobs thereabouts, concoct or diſgeaſt for a ſcripture, verity, when the right chriſtendome of it, is Cerdicke ſands, or Cerdick ſhore, […]"
"Go, teach your grandam to sard, a Nottingham proverb."

Etymology

From Middle English sarde, borrowed from Old French sarde, from Latin sarda, sardius. Doublet of sardius.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: sarde, sarda, serden, seorþan, *serþaną, *sert-

Usage

Inflected Forms

sards (plural) sards (present, singular) sarding (participle, present) sarded (participle, past) sarded (past)

Synonyms

fuck jape swive Formal terms bed coit coitize dight enjoy feague go in unto go to bed with

Rhymes With

hard card guard yard regard filter card sd card barred gerard disregard discard retard

Questions

How do you pronounce sard?: The recorded pronunciation is /sɑː(ɹ)d/.
What does sard mean?: A variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish red color.
Where does sard come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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