INTERLARD

intersperse, interlard

(verb) introduce one’s writing or speech with certain expressions

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

interlard (third-person singular simple present interlards, present participle interlarding, simple past and past participle interlarded)

Bloat or embellish (something) by including (often minor and extraneous) details at regular intervals.

Synonyms

• interweave

Source: Wiktionary


In`ter*lard", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interlarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Interlarding.] Etym: [F. entrelarder. See Inter-, and Lard.]

1. To place lard or bacon amongst; to mix, as fat meat with lean. [Obs.] Whose grain doth rise in flakes, with fatness interlarded. Drayton.

2. Hence: To insert between; to mix or mingle; especially, to introduce that which is foreign or irrelevant; as, to interlard a conservation with oaths or allusions. The English laws . . . [were] mingled and interlarded with many particular laws of their own. Sir M. Hale. They interlard their native drinks with choice Of strongest brandy. J. Philips.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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