"lardy" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈlɑɹdi/ [US], /ˈlɑːdi/ [UK] Audio: En-au-lardy.ogg [Australia] Forms: lardier [comparative], lardiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)di Etymology: lard + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lard|y}} lard + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} lardy (comparative lardier, superlative lardiest)
  1. Resembling or containing (perhaps an excess of) lard. Translations (Resembling or containing (perhaps an excess of) lard): мазен (mazen) (Bulgarian), тлъст (tlǎst) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-lardy-en-adj-t50epSiu Disambiguation of 'Resembling or containing (perhaps an excess of) lard': 97 3
  2. (colloquial, derogatory, of a person or body part) Fat or overweight. Tags: colloquial, derogatory Categories (topical): Obesity
    Sense id: en-lardy-en-adj-weRAFXAe Disambiguation of Obesity: 6 34 21 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lardy bread, lardy cake

Noun

IPA: /ˈlɑɹdi/ [US], /ˈlɑːdi/ [UK] Audio: En-au-lardy.ogg [Australia] Forms: lardies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)di Etymology: lard + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lard|y}} lard + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} lardy (plural lardies)
  1. (slang, derogatory) An obese person. Tags: derogatory, slang Categories (topical): Obesity
    Sense id: en-lardy-en-noun-TmMKiT07 Disambiguation of Obesity: 6 34 21 40
  2. A lardy cake. Categories (topical): Obesity
    Sense id: en-lardy-en-noun-joourWRo Disambiguation of Obesity: 6 34 21 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 4 4 90 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 4 3 90 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 9 10 3 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: lardy-dardy

Inflected forms

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