• Bardie

    Origin 1

    From bard + -ie("diminutive suffix").

    Full definition of bardie

    Noun

    bardie

    (plural bardies)
    1. (Scotland) A minor poet or bard; used as a self-deprecatory epithet by Robert Burns.
      • 1998, Carol McGuirk, Critical Essays on Robert Burns, page 168,...Burns signals her distance from the Classical Muses, and his position as more bardie than bard.

    Origin 2

    Adjective

    bardie

    1. Rude and insolent; bolshie.

    Origin 3

    From Noongar language bardi.

    Alternative forms

    Noun

    bardie

    (plural bardies)
    1. (Australia) The edible larva of an insect.
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