bardic

From bard + -ic.

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

bardic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to bards.
   • 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.

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.

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