bayard

Meanings

Noun

  • A bay horse
  • Any horse
  • A stupid, clownish fellow.

Adjective

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Origin

  • From French bayard, from Middle French bayard, from Old French bĂ©art, bayart, baiart, boieart, boyart, bayard, of uncertain origin. Synchronically analyzable as bay + -ard.

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