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单词 goliard
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goliard

[ gohl-yerd ]
/ ˈgoʊl yərd /

noun (sometimes initial capital letter)

one of a class of wandering scholar-poets in Germany, France, and England, chiefly in the 12th and 13th centuries, noted as the authors of satirical Latin verse written in celebration of conviviality, sensual pleasures, etc.

Origin of goliard

1275–1325; Middle English <Old French goliart, goliard drunkard, glutton, equivalent to gole throat (French geule )+ -ard -ard

OTHER WORDS FROM goliard

gol·iar·der·y [gohl-yahr-duh-ree], /goʊlˈyɑr də ri/, noungol·iar·dic, adjective

Words nearby goliard

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Example sentences from the Web for goliard

  • Goliard, gol′yard, n. a medieval monk who amused his superiors at table by merry jests.

    Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various
  • I come uninvited, says the goliard to the bishop, ready for dinner; such is my fate, never to dine invited.

    A History of Caricature and Grotesque|Thomas Wright

British Dictionary definitions for goliard

goliard
/ (ˈɡəʊljəd) /

noun

one of a number of wandering scholars in 12th- and 13th-century Europe famed for their riotous behaviour, intemperance, and composition of satirical and ribald Latin verse

Derived forms of goliard

goliardic (ɡəʊlˈjɑːdɪk), adjective

Word Origin for goliard

C15: from Old French goliart glutton, from Latin gula gluttony
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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