bardie

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɑɹdi/

Definition of bardie

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

(Scotland)A minor poet or bard; used as a self-deprecatory epithet by Robert Burns.

“[…]Burns signals her distance from the Classical Muses, and his position as more bardie than bard.”

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noun

(Scotland)A minor poet or bard; used as a self-deprecatory epithet by Robert Burns.

“[…]Burns signals her distance from the Classical Muses, and his position as more bardie than bard.”
(Australia)The edible larva of an insect.

“Oh don't you remember Black Alice […] / […] the bardees she gathered, the snakes that she stewed / And the damper you taught her to bake—.”

adj

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From bard + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

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