bardic

English

Etymology

bard +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑː(ɹ)d.ɪk/

Adjective

bardic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to bards.

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