goliard
[ gohl-yerd ]
/ ˈgoʊl yərd /
noun (sometimes initial capital letter)
one of a class of wandering scholar-poets in Germany, France, and England, chiefly in the 12th and 13th centuries, noted as the authors of satirical Latin verse written in celebration of conviviality, sensual pleasures, etc.
Origin of goliard
1275–1325; Middle English < Old French
goliart, goliard drunkard, glutton, equivalent to
gole throat (French
geule)+
-ard
-ard
OTHER WORDS FROM goliard
gol·iar·der·y [gohl-yahr-duh-ree] /goʊlˈyɑr də ri/, noun gol·iar·dic, adjectiveWords nearby goliard
Example sentences from the Web for goliard
Goliard, gol′yard, n. a medieval monk who amused his superiors at table by merry jests.
I come uninvited, says the goliard to the bishop, ready for dinner; such is my fate, never to dine invited.
A History of Caricature and Grotesque |Thomas Wright
British Dictionary definitions for goliard
goliard
/ (ˈɡəʊljəd) /
noun
one of a number of wandering scholars in 12th- and 13th-century Europe famed for their riotous behaviour, intemperance, and composition of satirical and ribald Latin verse
Derived forms of goliard
goliardic (ɡəʊlˈjɑːdɪk), adjectiveWord Origin for goliard
C15: from Old French
goliart glutton, from Latin
gula gluttony