† ˈbourdful, a. Obs.
[f. bourd n. + -ful.]
Full of jesting or sport; jocose, sportive. Hence ˈbourdfully adv., in jest, in mockery.
| 1388 Wyclif Wisd. i. 11 marg., Vndurstondun of a dedly leesing, not of a bourdeful leesing. a 1400 Miracle-pl. in Rel. Ant. II. 45 Bourdfully takyng Goddis biddynge or wordis or werkis is scornyng of him. c 1400 Destr. Troy 3952 [Antenor] delited hym in myrthe, Bourdfull among buernes. 1496 Dives & Paup. (W. de Worde) viii. ii. 322/2 Called in latyn iocosum, that is bourdfull in Englysshe. |