Bardie

//ˈbɑɹdi// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A minor poet or bard; used as a self-deprecatory epithet by Robert Burns. Scotland

    "[…]Burns signals her distance from the Classical Muses, and his position as more bardie than bard."

  2. 2
    The edible larva of an insect. Australia

    "Oh don't you remember Black Alice […] / […] the bardees she gathered, the snakes that she stewed / And the damper you taught her to bake—."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Rude and insolent; bolshie.

Example

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"[…]Burns signals her distance from the Classical Muses, and his position as more bardie than bard."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From bard + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

Etymology 2

From Noongar language bardi.

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