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Words derived from food

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cake eater
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interlard


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PRONUNCIATION:

(in-tuhr-LAHRD)

MEANING:

verb tr.: To mix, insert, or intersperse, especially with something extraneous.

ETYMOLOGY:

From French entrelarder (to interlard), from entre (inter-) + larder (to lard), from Latin laridum (bacon fat). Earliest documented use: 1533.

NOTES:

Originally, to interlard was to mix layers of bacon or fat with other meat. Over time, the term began to be used metaphorically. For example, to interlard a speech with jokes.

USAGE:

“Kodo programmes are sometimes interlarded with Japanese folk music on flute and zither, but this time their show will reflect a return to basics.”
The Kudos of Kodo; The Economist (London, UK); Jan 6, 2018.

See more usage examples of interlard in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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