Definition of Lardy

1. a. Containing, or resembling, lard; of the character or consistency of lard.

Definition of Lardy

1. Adjective. Resembling or containing (perhaps an excess of) lard. ¹

2. Adjective. (context: colloquial pejorative of a person) fat or overweight. ¹

3. Noun. (slang pejorative) An obese person. ¹

4. Noun. A lardy cake. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lardy

1. resembling lard [adj LARDIER, LARDIEST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lardy

lardies
lardiest
larding
lardizabala family
lardless
lardlike
lardo
lardon
lardons
lardoon
lardoons
lardos
lardries
lardry
lards
lardy (current term)
lardy cake
lare
laree
larees
lares
larf
larfed
larfs
largando
large
large(p)
large-cap
large-capitalisation
large-capitalization

Literary usage of Lardy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"Lorenzo De lardy DALILAH DE DARDY adored An officer, late of the Guards, Lorenzo de lardy, a lord, A personal friend of the bards. ..."

2. Paisley Poets: With Brief Memoirs of Them, and Selections from Their Poetry by Robert Brown (1890)
"JAMES M'lardy was born in Glasgow on 22nd August, 1824. ... After leaving Paisley, M'lardy went to Glasgow, and was there as a boot manufacturer for some ..."

3. Studies in English, Written and Spoken: For the Use of Continental Students by Cornelis Stoffel (1894)
"175, where he is referring to " lardy toffs and swell ladies". ... Arry playfully amplifies lardy into lardy-dardy, in which the languid utterance of the ..."

4. China Joins the World: Progress and Prospects by Elizabeth Economy, Michel Oksenberg (1999)
"... and the International Financial System NICHOLAS R. lardy SINCE its economic reforms began in the late 1970s China has become an increasingly important ..."

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