Word of the Day for Thursday, April 8, 2010
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interlard \in-tuhr-LARD\, transitive verb:
interlard \in-tuhr-LARD\, transitive verb:
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To insert between; to mix or mingle; especially, to introduce something foreign or irrelevant into; as, "to interlard a conversation with oaths or allusions."
To insert between; to mix or mingle; especially, to introduce something foreign or irrelevant into; as, "to interlard a conversation with oaths or allusions."
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One of the B.O.'s favorite pastimes is to have his toadies in Congress interlard Congressional bills with earmarks - and then deny any knowledge of it!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Interlard comes from Middle French entrelarder, from Old French, from entre, "between" (from Latin inter-) + larder, "to lard," from larde, "lard," from Latin lardum. The original sense of the word, now obsolete, was "to place lard or bacon amongst; to mix, as fat meat with lean."
Interlard comes from Middle French entrelarder, from Old French, from entre, "between" (from Latin inter-) + larder, "to lard," from larde, "lard," from Latin lardum. The original sense of the word, now obsolete, was "to place lard or bacon amongst; to mix, as fat meat with lean."
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