interlard
to diversify by adding or interjecting something unique, striking, or contrasting (usually followed by with): to interlard one's speech with oaths.
(of things) to be intermixed in.
Obsolete. to mix, as fat with lean meat.
Origin of interlard
1Other words from interlard
- in·ter·lar·da·tion, in·ter·lard·ment, noun
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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 PostIf they hear them interlard their conversation with by-words and oaths, they will be strongly tempted to do the same.
Anecdotes for Boys | Harvey NewcombHe 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 TrevelyanThe "Observer" whose comments interlard and conclude the "Tryal" was Penn.
Fillet a sole and interlard each piece with a bit of anchovy.
The Cook's Decameron: A Study in Taste: | Mrs. W. G. Waters
British Dictionary definitions for interlard
/ (ˌɪntəˈlɑːd) /
to scatter thickly in or between; intersperse: to interlard one's writing with foreign phrases
to occur frequently in; be scattered in or through: foreign phrases interlard his writings
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