interlard
pronunciation
How to pronounce interlard in British English: UK [ˌɪntə'lɑ:d]
How to pronounce interlard in American English: US [ˌɪntə'lɑd]
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- Verb:
- introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions
Word Origin
- interlard (v.)
- early 15c., "to mix with alternate layers of fat" (before cooking), from Middle French entrelarder, from entre- "between" (see inter-) + larder "to lard," from Old French lard "bacon fat" (see lard (n.)). Figurative sense of "diversify with something intermixed" first recorded 1560s. Related: Interlarded; interlarding.
Example
- 1. Interlard one 's speech with foreign words .