Nard

Quick meaning: Nard is a noun meaning A fragrant oil from the plant, formerly much prized.

Meaning

A fragrant oil from the plant, formerly much prized.

More Meanings

1. American spikenard (Aralia racemosa), a North American perennial herb with an aromatic root.
2. (US, 1980s, slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.
3. A Persian game similar to backgammon.
4. A flowering plant of species Nardostachys jatamansi, in the valerian family, that grows in the Himalayas and is used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine.

Example Sentences

The soccer ball hit me right in the nards!

The Roman poet Horace refers to a lecherous old fop "scented with nard."

[…]there cam a womã with an alablaſter boxe of oyntment / called narde / that was pure and coſtly / and ſhe brake the boxe ãd powred it on his heed.

I’m sure whoever was in charge must have been one of the last of the Fulda Fucktards, you know, those generals who spent their nard-drop years training to defend West Germany from Ivan.

Word Forms

• nards
• narde

Synonyms for nard

Depending on context, synonyms include nardus, muskroot, ball, nut, spikenard.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include spikenard, ointment, jatamansi, muskroot, nardus, jasmine.

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