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Definitions for: Balderdash [n] trivial nonsense
Webster (1913) Definition: Bal"der*dash, n. [Of uncertain origin: cf. Dan.
balder noise, clatter, and E. dash; hence, perhaps, unmeaning
noise, then hodgepodge, mixture; or W. baldorduss a
prattling, baldordd, baldorddi, to prattle.]
1. A worthless mixture, especially of liquors.
Indeed beer, by a mixture of wine, hath lost both
name and nature, and is called balderdash. --Taylor
(Drink and
Welcome).
2. Senseless jargon; ribaldry; nonsense; trash.
Bal"der*dash, v. t.
To mix or adulterate, as liquors.
The wine merchants of Nice brew and balderdash, and
even mix it with pigeon's dung and quicklime.
--Smollett.
Synonyms: fiddle-faddle, piffle
See Also: hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality
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