bardus

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === Unknown, thought to be a loanword, perhaps from Etruscan. Compare bārō (“dunce, lout”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbar.dʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbar.dus] ==== Adjective ==== bardus (feminine barda, neuter bardum, comparative bardior); first/second-declension adjective (rare) stupid, oafish, dull of apprehension ===== Usage notes ===== Neither the superlative (*bardissimus) nor the adverbial (*bardē) is attested in Classical or Late sources. ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ===== Derived terms ===== combardus ===== Descendants ===== Italian: bardo ==== References ==== ==== Further reading ==== “1. bardus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “1 bardus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “208/2” === Etymology 2 === Attested since Lucan, from Proto-Celtic *bardos (“bard”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“to approve, praise”), whence grātus. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbar.dʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbar.dus] ==== Noun ==== bardus m (genitive bardī); second declension a bard (a poet and singer among the Gauls) ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== → French: barde → Esperanto: bardo → Finnish: bardi → German: Barde → Galician: bardo → Hungarian: bárd → Italian: bardo → Portuguese: bardo → Spanish: bardo ==== Further reading ==== “††2. bardus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “bardus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "bardus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “2 bardus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “208/2” == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle Low German pardues, perduuz, pardus, perdus, ultimately likely onomatopoeic Cognate with German bardaus, pardauz, Dutch pardoes, perdoes, Swedish burdus, and Danish bardus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baˈɖʉːs/, /ˈbaʁˈdʉːs/ Rhymes: -ʉːs Hyphenation: bar‧dus === Adjective === bardus (neuter singular bardust, definite singular and plural barduse, comparative mer bardus, superlative mest bardus) sudden, unexpected; headlong (rash, blunt, without deliberation) Synonyms: brå, uventet, plutselig han stilte mange barduse spørsmål ― he asked a lot of blunt questions === Adverb === bardus suddenly, unexpectedly; without warning (happening quickly and with little or no warning) Synonyms: brått, hodekulls, plutselig å komme bardus (på noen) ― to suddenly hit you; to dawn on (you) === References === “bardus” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “bardus” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). === Anagrams === absurd