† bourdingn.
Obsolete.
Jesting, joking; buffoonery; trifling.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [noun] > action of
hokering?c1225
scorninga1240
bourdingc1400
mocking?a1439
mockage1485
deriding1530
potting1553
frumping1611
ridiculing1680
illuding1696
guying1885
razzing1917
snook-cocking1950
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > action of jesting
japingc1380
bourdingc1400
jesting1526
drolling1670
joking1670
funning1728
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1404 In her bourdyng þay bayþen in þe morn To fylle þe same forwardeȝ.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 120 That men..schulden pleie in word bi bourding.
1566 J. Knox Hist. Reformation in Wks. (1846) I. 147 It was bitter bowrding to the Cardinall and his courte.
a1658 J. Durham in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1874) IV. Ps. lxxxv. 8 Let them beware of bourding and dallying with God's mercy.
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† bourdingadj.
Obsolete.
That jests, jokes, mocks, or trifles.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [adjective]
gamelyOE
hathfula1250
scornfula1400
hathlya1425
mockisha1513
mockinga1529
mowinga1529
deriding1530
hethingfulc1540
bourding1552
make-sport1582
frumping1587
yarking1593
jerking1596
bobbing1605
derident1609
buffoonizing1611
scoptical?1611
scommatizing1613
derisory1618
ridiculous1622
ludibriousa1643
frumpish1647
twitting1655
derisivea1662
derisorious1664
scoptic1670
ridiculing1684
derisionarya1704
mockful1754
irrisory1846
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] > humorous or jesting > that jests or jokes
japinga1513
jesting1551
bourding1552
drolling1670
joking1714
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bourder or rayler..beynge of that mocking and bourdyng sort.
Derivatives
bourdingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [adverb]
hethelyc1175
hokerlyc1275
a-scoffc1300
scornfullyc1380
bourdfullya1400
japinglya1420
a-scornc1485
bourdly1500
mockishlya1529
mockingly1542
bourdingly1552
deridingly1570
frumpingly1576
floutingly1580
fleeringly?1620
derisively1665
mockfully1834
snook-cockingly1962
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > lack of seriousness > [adverb]
agamec1300
bourdfullya1400
in sportc1450
aplay1459
bourdly1500
in jest1551
bourdingly1552
sportingly1561
jestingly1569
sportingwise1579
sportfullya1586
sportively1656
for fun1750
flippantly1758
pour rire1872
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bourdingly, or in bourde, iocose.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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n.c1400adj.1552