interlard

[ in-ter-lahrd ]

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.

interlard

/ ˌɪntəˈlɑːd /

verb

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

Other Words From

• inter·lar·dation inter·lardment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of interlard¹

First recorded in 1400–50; Middle English interlarden, enterlarde, from Middle French entrelarder, equivalent to entre “between,” from Latin inter + larder “to cook with lard or bacon fat”; inter- + lard

Example Sentences

Those who speak many fluently, by the way, are seldom those who constantly interlard their own tongue with words from another.

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If they hear them interlard their conversation with by-words and oaths, they will be strongly tempted to do the same.

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He did not play upon words as a habit, nor did he interlard his talk with far-fetched or overstrained witticisms.

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The "Observer" whose comments interlard and conclude the "Tryal" was Penn.

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Fillet a sole and interlard each piece with a bit of anchovy.

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