balderdash
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown, possibly from the early English drink of wine mixed with beer or water or other substances that was sold cheaply.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /ˈbɔːldə.dæʃ/
Noun[edit]
balderdash (uncountable)
- senseless talk or writing; nonsense.
- (archaic) A worthless mixture, especially of liquors.
- Taylor (Drink and Welcome)
- Indeed beer, by a mixture of wine, hath lost both name and nature, and is called balderdash.
- Taylor (Drink and Welcome)
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
nonsense
Verb[edit]
balderdash (third-person singular simple present balderdashes, present participle balderdashing, simple past and past participle balderdashed)
- To mix or adulterate.
- The wine merchants of Nice brew and balderdash, and even mix it with pigeon's dung and quicklime. — Smollett.
References[edit]
- ^ The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language by Mark Forsyth