interlard

== English == === Etymology === The verb is derived from Late Middle English interlarden (“to mix fat into (something)”), borrowed from Old French entrelarder (modern French entrelarder (“(cooking) to put pieces of bacon into meat, interlard; (figurative) to furnish by interspersing, adorn something all over (e.g., a text, with verses, metaphors, etc.)”)), from entre- (prefix meaning ‘in between, between’) (from Latin inter-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér (“between”)) + larder (“to smear with lard or fat, to lard”) (from lard (“bacon fat, lard”) + -er (a variant of -ier (suffix forming verbs))). Lard is from Latin lārdum, lāridum (“bacon fat, lard”); further etymology uncertain, probably borrowed from or related to Ancient Greek λᾱρῑνός (lārīnós, “fat, fatted”, adjective), possibly from λᾱρός (lārós, “delicious; sweet”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“to gain; to seize; benefit, prize”)) + -ινός (-inós) (a variant of -ῐνος (-ĭnos, suffix forming adjectives)). By surface analysis, inter- (prefix meaning ‘between’) +‎ lard (verb). The noun is derived from Late Middle English interlarde (“abdominal fat”), from interlarden (verb) (see above). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪntəˈlɑːd/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɪntəɹˈlɑɹd/, [-ɾəɹ-] Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d Hyphenation: int‧er‧lard === Verb === interlard (third-person singular simple present interlards, present participle interlarding, simple past and past participle interlarded) (transitive) (figurative) To embellish or vary (something) by interspersing or mixing another thing with it; also, to intersperse or mix (something) into another thing to embellish or vary it; to interweave, to mingle. Near-synonym: interlace (obsolete) (passive voice) To naturally intersperse (an animal's flesh or muscle) with layers of fat. (cooking) To place pieces of bacon, fat, etc., into (lean meat) before cooking; also, to place (pieces of bacon, fat, etc.) into lean meat before cooking. (by extension) Followed by with: to coat the inside of a thing with (a substance). (figurative) Followed by with: to place layers or portions of a thing into (something); also, to place layers or portions of (something) into a thing; to interpolate, to interpose. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === interlard (uncountable) (obsolete, rare) The abdominal fat of an animal. === References ===