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out of one's gourd

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gourd

[gawrd, gohrd, goord]
–noun
1. the hard-shelled fruit of any of various plants, esp. those of Lagenaria siceraria (white-flowered gourd or bottle gourd), whose dried shell is used for bowls and other utensils, and Cucurbita pepo (yellow-flowered gourd), used ornamentally. Compare gourd family.
2. a plant bearing such a fruit.
3. a dried and excavated gourd shell used as a bottle, dipper, flask, etc.
4. a gourd-shaped, small-necked bottle or flask.
5. out of or off one's gourd, Slang. out of one's mind; crazy.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME gourd(e), courde < AF (OF cöorde) < L cucurbita


gourdlike, adjective
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gourd [gord]

  1. n.
    the head. : I raised up and got a nasty blow on the gourd.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

gourd 
1303, from Anglo-Fr. gourde, from O.Fr. coorde, ultimately from L. cucurbita, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to cucumis "cucumber."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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