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Webster 1913 Edition


Gord

Gord

,
Noun.
[Written also
gourd
.]
[Perh. hollow, and so named in allusion to a
gourd
.]
An instrument of gaming; a sort of dice.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.

Webster 1828 Edition


Gord

GORD

,
Noun.
An instrument of gaming.

Definition 2024


Gord

Gord

See also: gord and GORD

English

Proper noun

Gord

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Gordon.

gord

gord

See also: GORD and Gord

English

Alternative forms

Noun

gord (plural gords)

  1. (obsolete) An instrument of gaming; a sort of dice.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Beaumont and Fletcher to this entry?)


Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

gord

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gorden
  2. imperative of gorden

Indo-Portuguese

Etymology

From Portuguese gordo (fat), from Old Portuguese gordo, from Latin gurdus.

Adjective

gord

  1. (Diu) fat (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one’s body)
    • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:
      Trasê tamêm um vaquinh bem gord e matá par nós comê e par nós regalá:
      Bring also a small and very fat cow and kill (it) for us to eat and for us to feast on:

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gъrdъ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡôːrd/

Adjective

gȏrd (definite gȏrdī, comparative gordiji, Cyrillic spelling го̑рд)

  1. proud
  2. arrogant

Declension

Derived terms

See also

ponosan