| Word | interlard |
|---|---|
| Definition | n. To mix (embellishments) into one's speech or writing. |
| Sentence | Taylor once offered to give lessons in a concocted ‘Utopian’ language, and he spoofed the pretensions of scholarly apparatus by interlarding his work with bogus references, fake bibliographies, and citations from ‘Books which I never read.’ |
| Source | The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, Jonathan Rose |
Tags: language::english, topic::vocabulary
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