bardic
/ˈbɑɹ.dɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to bards.
Example Sentences
- "To this being Taliesin gives a magic vase, the edges of which are adorned with pearl, and it contains the wondrous water of bardic genius and of universal knowledge."
- "In this questionary God is described as the life of ab Hywel Swrdwal, a poet who flourished about 1450, a good deal of insight is given into the Bardic philosophy of existence."
- "[...] especially at Samhain, Yule, and Oimelc/Imbolg/Brigantia, we'd gather everyone into the living room around the fireplace and present our ritual enactments, hold our bardics, play music, dance, etc.—all before the great altar."
- "[...] in the bucolic bardics of BJ, whose eclogues insisted on rhyme [...]"
- "Laureans were as crazy for baths as they were for bardics."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-dʰh₁o-der. Proto-Celtic *bardosder. Old Irish bard Scottish Gaelic bàrdder. English bard Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English bardic From bard + -ic.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbɑɹ.dɪk/
- British English: /ˈbɑː(ɹ)d.ɪk/