interlard

American  

[in-ter-lahrd] / ˌɪn tərˈlɑrd /

verb (used with object)

1. to diversify by adding or interjecting something unique, striking, or contrasting (usually followed bywith ).

   to interlard one's speech with oaths.

2. (of things) to be intermixed in.

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

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interlard British  

/ ˌɪntəˈlɑːd /

verb

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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Other Word Forms

• interlardation noun
• interlardment noun

Etymology

Origin of interlard

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”; inter- + lard

Example Sentences

The conclusion of Monkey is surprising enough, and the late Sam Janney has managed to interlard his melodrama with agreeable comedy..

From Time Magazine Archive

Both interlard their radio talk with bits of hard rock.

From Time Magazine Archive

She knew two other methods also—either to interlard her lies with truth or to tell a truth as though it were a lie.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Therefore it would be mere affectation to copy the later orthography of Chaucer, or to interlard one's sentences with obsolete words.

From Alfgar the Dane or the Second Chronicle of Aescendune by Crake, A. D. (Augustine David)

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

From The Cook's Decameron: a study in taste, containing over two hundred recipes for Italian dishes by Waters, W. G., Mrs.