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interlard
[ in-ter-lahrd ]
verb (used with object)
- 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.
interlard
/ ˌɪntəˈlɑːd /
verb
- 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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Other Words From
- inter·lar·dation inter·lardment noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of interlard1
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Example Sentences
Those who speak many fluently, by the way, are seldom those who constantly interlard their own tongue with words from another.
If they hear them interlard their conversation with by-words and oaths, they will be strongly tempted to do the same.
He did not play upon words as a habit, nor did he interlard his talk with far-fetched or overstrained witticisms.
The "Observer" whose comments interlard and conclude the "Tryal" was Penn.
Fillet a sole and interlard each piece with a bit of anchovy.
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