"bourde" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbuːrd(ə)/ Forms: bourdes [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French bourde; further etymology is disputed. See bourde (“blunder”). Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|fro|bourde}} Old French bourde Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} bourde, {{enm-noun|bourdes}} bourde (plural bourdes)
  1. A diversion or amusing activity, especially humorous:
    A funny or entertaining tale, narrative, or example.
    Categories (topical): Entertainment, Talking
    Sense id: en-bourde-enm-noun-C6YqRr9s Disambiguation of Entertainment: 19 21 18 18 14 9 Disambiguation of Talking: 28 4 9 14 31 13 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 18 7 11 11 30 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 18 9 14 15 22 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 9 14 15 22 22
  2. A diversion or amusing activity, especially humorous:
    A humorous saying or quip.
    Categories (topical): Entertainment
    Sense id: en-bourde-enm-noun-NoaN64Ln Disambiguation of Entertainment: 19 21 18 18 14 9
  3. A diversion or amusing activity, especially humorous:
    (rare) A humorous incident or event; a practical joke.
    Tags: rare Categories (topical): Entertainment
    Sense id: en-bourde-enm-noun-LMDZZSiP Disambiguation of Entertainment: 19 21 18 18 14 9 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 18 7 11 11 30 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 18 9 14 15 22 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 9 14 15 22 22
  4. A diversion or amusing activity, especially humorous:
    (rare) An entertaining incident or event.
    Tags: rare Categories (topical): Entertainment, Talking
    Sense id: en-bourde-enm-noun-7gOtVsnp Disambiguation of Entertainment: 19 21 18 18 14 9 Disambiguation of Talking: 28 4 9 14 31 13 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 18 7 11 11 30 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 18 9 14 15 22 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 9 14 15 22 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bourd, borde, bord, burde, bowrd, bowrde, bowrte, burte Derived forms: bourdeful, bourden, bourding, bourdour
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} bourde
  1. Alternative spelling of bord Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: bord Categories (topical): Entertainment, Talking
    Sense id: en-bourde-enm-noun-8oBBFyj0 Disambiguation of Entertainment: 19 21 18 18 14 9 Disambiguation of Talking: 28 4 9 14 31 13 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 18 7 11 11 30 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 18 9 14 15 22 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 9 14 15 22 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} bourde
  1. Alternative form of bourden Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: bourden Categories (topical): Talking
    Sense id: en-bourde-enm-verb-rRUmVXFQ Disambiguation of Talking: 28 4 9 14 31 13 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 18 7 11 11 30 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 18 9 14 15 22 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 9 14 15 22 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.