flerd

== English == === Etymology === Blend of flock +‎ herd. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /flɜːd/ (General American) IPA(key): /flɝd/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d Homophone: flurred === Noun === flerd (plural flerds) A mixed group of ruminants, such as sheep and cattle. === Anagrams === DFLer == Middle English == === Alternative forms === flærd === Etymology === From Old English fleard (“nonsense; folly, vanity; deception, fraud; superstition”); cognate with Icelandic flærð (“deceit”), Old Danish flerdh, flær (“deceit, falsehood”), Swedish flärd (“frivolity, vanity; flamboyance”); see also Scots flird. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /flɛːrd/, /flɛrd/ === Noun === flērd (plural flērds) deceit, falsehood a person who deceives, trickster ==== Descendants ==== >? English: flirt >? Scots: flird === Further reading === “flerd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 April 2017.