An archaic term meaning to jest, joke, or speak in jest with someone.
From Old French 'bourder' meaning to jest or mock, possibly related to Germanic roots. This word fell out of common use but survives in historical texts.
This is a genuinely forgotten word that shows how languages constantly shed old vocabulary—we had 'bourd' for joking around but switched to 'jest' and 'joke' instead, and 'bourd' completely vanished!
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