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interlard

[ in-ter-lahrd ]

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


interlard

/ 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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  • inter·lar·dation inter·lardment noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of interlard1

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
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Example Sentences

McFarlane interlards accounts of the search and snapshots of lives with a selection of other writings — stories, dreams, confessions, prayers, testimonies — all of which add diverse tones and hues to the proceedings.

A medley of short scenes interlarded with violin solos, it lacks coherence; its argument never comes into focus and, most problematically, its women don’t either.

The short businesslike sentences became interlarded and adulterated with screaming and emphatic profanity, but the cold, calling voice repeated and repeated and repeated unwearyingly.

Kodo programmes are sometimes interlarded with Japanese folk music on flute and zither, but this time their show will reflect a return to basics.

A mixed but mostly young crowd filed into the theater, interlarded with conspicuously older relatives of the show’s staff.

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