interlardation
tərˈlɑrd 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.
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| —vb | |
| 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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Interlardation
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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Word Origin & History
interlard
1533, "to mix with alternate layers of fat" (before cooking), from M.Fr. entrelarder, from entre- "between" + larder "to lard," from O.Fr. lard "bacon fat." Figurative sense of "diversify with something intermixed" first recorded 1563.
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