bardic

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-dʰh₁o-der.

Proto-Celtic *bardosder.

Old Irish bard

Scottish Gaelic bàrdder.

English bard

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English bardic

From bard + -ic.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑɹ.dɪk/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑː(ɹ)d.ɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dɪk
• Hyphenation: bard‧ic

Adjective

bardic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to bards.
   • 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 431:

     To this being Taliesin gives a magic vase, the edges of which are adorned with pearl, and it contains the wondrous water of bardic genius and of universal knowledge.

   • 1928, Lewis Spence, Mysteries of Britain, page viii. 180:

     In this questionary God is described as the life of ab Hywel Swrdwal, a poet who flourished about 1450, a good deal of insight is given into the Bardic philosophy of existence.

Derived terms

• bardically

Noun

bardic (plural bardics)

1. A bardic circle or competition: a gathering or contest at which stories, poems, and/or songs are recited.
   • 2006, Oberon Zell-Ravenheart, Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart, Creating Circles and Ceremonies: Rituals for All Seasons and Reasons, →ISBN:

     [...] especially at Samhain, Yule, and Oimelc/Imbolg/Brigantia, we'd gather everyone into the living room around the fireplace and present our ritual enactments, hold our bardics, play music, dance, etc.—all before the great altar.

   • 2012, Joshua Cohen, Four New Messages, →ISBN:

     [...] in the bucolic bardics of BJ, whose eclogues insisted on rhyme [...]

   • 2015, Deborah Ross, Northlight, →ISBN, page 9:

     Laureans were as crazy for baths as they were for bardics.

Anagrams

• Barcid