gord

See also: GORD and Gord

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps hollow, and so named in allusion to a gourd.

Noun

gord (plural gords)

  1. (obsolete) An instrument of gaming; a sort of dice.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Beaumont and Fletcher to this entry?)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for gord in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

gord

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gorden
  2. imperative of gorden

Indo-Portuguese

Etymology

From Portuguese gordo (fat), from Old Portuguese gordo, from Latin gurdus.

Adjective

gord

  1. (Diu) fat (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one’s body)
    • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:
      Trasê tamêm um vaquinh bem gord e matá par nós comê e par nós regalá:
      Bring also a small and very fat cow and kill (it) for us to eat and for us to feast on:

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gъrdъ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡôːrd/

Adjective

gȏrd (definite gȏrdī, comparative gordiji, Cyrillic spelling го̑рд)

  1. proud
  2. arrogant

Declension

Derived terms

See also

ponosan

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