interlard

[ in-ter-lahrd ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to diversify by adding or interjecting something unique, striking, or contrasting (usually followed by with): to interlard one's speech with oaths.

  2. (of things) to be intermixed in.

  1. Obsolete. to mix, as fat with lean meat.

Origin of interlard

1
First recorded in 1400–50; Middle English interlarden, enterlarde, from Middle French entrelarder, equivalent to entre “between,” from Latin inter + larder “to cook with lard or bacon fat”; see origin at inter- + lard

Other words from interlard

  • in·ter·lar·da·tion, in·ter·lard·ment, noun

Words Nearby interlard

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How to use interlard in a sentence

  • Those who speak many fluently, by the way, are seldom those who constantly interlard their own tongue with words from another.

    Etiquette | Emily Post
  • If they hear them interlard their conversation with by-words and oaths, they will be strongly tempted to do the same.

    Anecdotes for Boys | Harvey Newcomb
  • He did not play upon words as a habit, nor did he interlard his talk with far-fetched or overstrained witticisms.

    Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay | George Otto Trevelyan
  • The "Observer" whose comments interlard and conclude the "Tryal" was Penn.

  • Fillet a sole and interlard each piece with a bit of anchovy.

British Dictionary definitions for interlard

interlard

/ (ˌɪntəˈlɑːd) /


verb(tr)
  1. to scatter thickly in or between; intersperse: to interlard one's writing with foreign phrases

  2. to occur frequently in; be scattered in or through: foreign phrases interlard his writings

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