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4 lettersPronunciation /nɑɹd/Part of speech nounSorted adnrStarts with NEnds with D0 clues
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Definitions

  1. an aromatic ointment used in antiquity

Word origin

From Middle English narde, from Old French narde, Latin nardus, from Ancient Greek νάρδος (nárdos), from Phoenician [Term?], Sanskrit नलद (nálada, “Indian narde”). Doublet of nardus.

Used in a sentence

  • […]there cam a womã with an alablaſter boxe of oyntment / called narde / that was pure and coſtly / and ſhe brake the boxe ãd powred it on his heed.
  • The Roman poet Horace refers to a lecherous old fop "scented with nard."
  • The soccer ball hit me right in the nards!

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