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bard⋅y

1[bahr-dee]
–adjective, bard⋅i⋅er, bard⋅i⋅est. Scot.
bold; audacious; defiant.

Origin:
1780–90; bard 1 + -y 1


bard⋅i⋅ly, adverb
bard⋅i⋅ness, noun

bar⋅dy

2[bahr-dee]
–noun, plural -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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