nard
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /nɑɹd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nɑːd/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English narde, from Old French narde, Latin nardus, from Ancient Greek νάρδος (nárdos), from Phoenician [Term?], Sanskrit नलद (nálada, “Indian narde”). Doublet of nardus.
Noun edit
nard (countable and uncountable, plural nards)
- A flowering plant of species Nardostachys jatamansi, in the valerian family, that grows in the Himalayas and is used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine.
- A fragrant oil from the plant, formerly much prized.
- 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Mark xiiij:[3], folio lxvj, recto:
- […] there cam a womã with an alablaſter boxe of oyntment / called narde / that was pure and coſtly / and ſhe brake the boxe ãd powred it on his heed.
- American spikenard (Aralia racemosa), a North American perennial herb with an aromatic root.
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- nard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Nardostachys jatamansi on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- “nard”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- nard, in Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, 1987.
Etymology 2 edit
Alteration of nuts (“testicles”) or nads (“gonads”).
Noun edit
nard (plural nards)
- (US, 1980s, slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.
- The soccer ball hit me right in the nards!
- 2006, Max Brooks, World War Z:
- I’m sure whoever was in charge must have been one of the last of the Fulda Fucktards, you know, those generals who spent their nard-drop years training to defend West Germany from Ivan.
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin nardus (“spikenard”).
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Noun edit
nard m (plural nards)
Further reading edit
- “nard” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
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Audio (file)
Noun edit
nard m (plural nards)
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Further reading edit
- “nard” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “nard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English edit
Noun edit
nard
- Alternative form of narde
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Greek νάρδος (nárdos).
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nard m (uncountable)
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Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek νάρδος (nárdos), from Phoenician, from Sanskrit नलद (nálada, “Indian narde”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nȁrd m (Cyrillic spelling на̏рд)
- nard (plant or oil)
References edit
- “nard” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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nard (nominative plural nards)