bardy

adjective, bard·i·er, bard·i·est. Scot.

bold; audacious; defiant.

Origin:
1780–90; bard¹ + -y¹

Related forms

bard·i·ly, adverb

bard·i·ness, noun

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noun, plural bar·dies.

a beetle larva of Australia, Bardistus cibarius, that bores into plants and is used as food by Aborigines.

Also, bardee.

Origin:
1925–30; < Nyungar bardi

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