† musard Obs.
Forms: 4–5 musard(e, 5 -erde, 4 mosard.
[a. F. musard (OF. also musart), f. muser muse v.: see -ard. Cf. It. musardo.]
A dreamer, foolish trifler.
| 13.. Guy Warw. (A.) 380 Ich wene þou art a fole musard! c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 229 Comen is þe Sarazin..Clad in cloþes fyn, himself is a mosard. c 1400 Rom. Rose 4034 Alle men wole holde thee for musarde, That debonair have founden thee. c 1450 Merlin xii. 183 And we ne do but as musardes. c 1489 Caxton Sonnes of Aymon vii. 171 The kyng Charlemagn maketh vs lyke fooles and holdeth vs for nyce & musardes. |