bardus

Unknown, thought to be a loanword, perhaps from Etruscan.^[1] Compare bārō (“dunce, lout”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbar.dʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbar.dus]

bardus (feminine barda, neuter bardum, comparative bardior); first/second-declension adjective

1. (rare) stupid, oafish, dull of apprehension

• Neither the superlative (*bardissimus) nor the adverbial (*bardē) is attested in Classical or Late sources.

First/second-declension adjective.

• combardus

• Italian: bardo

• “1. bardus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “1 bardus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “208/2”

Attested since Lucan, from Proto-Celtic *bardos (“bard”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“to approve, praise”), whence grātus.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbar.dʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbar.dus]

bardus m (genitive bardī); second declension

1. a bard (a poet and singer among the Gauls)

Second-declension noun.

• → French: barde
  • → Esperanto: bardo
  • → Finnish: bardi
  • → German: Barde
• → Galician: bardo
• → Hungarian: bárd
• → Italian: bardo
• → Portuguese: bardo
• → Spanish: bardo

• “††2. bardus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “bardus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "bardus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “2 bardus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “208/2”

Borrowed from Middle Low German pardues, perduuz, pardus, perdus, ultimately likely onomatopoeic

Cognate with German bardaus, pardauz, Dutch pardoes, perdoes, Swedish burdus, and Danish bardus.

• IPA^(key): /baˈɖʉːs/, /ˈbaʁˈdʉːs/

• Rhymes: -ʉːs
• Hyphenation: bar‧dus

bardus (neuter singular bardust, definite singular and plural barduse, comparative mer bardus, superlative mest bardus)

1. sudden, unexpected; headlong (rash, blunt, without deliberation)

   Synonyms: brå, uventet, plutselig

   han stilte mange barduse spørsmål ― he asked a lot of blunt questions

   • 1893, Jonas Lie, Niobe, page 252:

     den … unge piges krasse og barduse forestillinger

     the … young girl's harsh and blunt ideas

   • 1906, Hans E. Kinck, Livsaanderne, page 173:

     han var … vant til dette barduse væsen hos sin søn

     he was ... used to this sudden behavior in his son

   • 2005, Jan Kjærstad, Kongen av Europa:

     han ba om unnskyldning for den barduse henvendelsen

     he apologized for the blunt inquiry

bardus

1. suddenly, unexpectedly; without warning (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

   Synonyms: brått, hodekulls, plutselig

   å komme bardus (på noen) ― to suddenly hit you; to dawn on (you)

   • 1882, Alexander L. Kielland, Skipper Worse, page 95:

     der [var] begende mørkt … nede paa bryggerne, hvor man gik lige bardus paa hovedet i søen, naar man var fuld eller fremmed

     it [was] pitch dark ... down on the docks, where you could abruptly fall headfirst into the lake if you were drunk or unfamiliar with the area.

   • 1852, Nicolai Ramm Østgaard, En Fjeldbygd, page 180:

     det [hendte] en enkelt gang, at rytteren bardus kom ned igjen paa den anden side

     it [happened] once, that the rider suddenly came down again on the other side

   • (Can we date this quote?), Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter I, page 349:

     Ola Høiland, … tog Norges bank ret listig … Herud paa jagt, bardus!

     Ola Høiland, ... took Norway's bank by surprise ... Here we go hunting, out of the blue!

   • 1993, Knut Faldbakken, Ormens år:

     en så levende, bardust sjarmerende og intellektuelt uforferdet kvinne

     such a lively, abruptly charming and intellectually fearless woman

   • 2010, Aksel Selmer, Bedringens vei:

     Remi setter seg bardust ned i sofaen ved siden av Svanhild

     Remi plops down on the sofa next to Svanhild

   • 2010, Tor Edvin Dahl, Hodet ved døra:

     det kom bardus på meg [da hun sa at moren hennes var forelsket i meg]

     it hit me suddenly [when she said that her mother was in love with me]

   • 2011, Odd Klippenvåg, Ljublju:

     grovheten hans kom så bardus at jeg ikke fikk fram et ord

     his rudeness took me by suprise so that I couldn't get a word out.

   • 2015, Lars Saabye Christensen, Magnet, page 681:

     vi ville ikke komme bardus på og nærmet oss langsomt og forsiktig

     we didn't want to come on too strong, so we approached slowly and cautiously

• “bardus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “bardus” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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