one of a number of wandering scholars in 12th- and 13th-century Europe famed for their riotous behaviour, intemperance, and composition of satirical and ribald Latin verse
Derived forms
goliardic (ɡəʊlˈjɑːdɪk)
adjective
Word origin
C15: from Old French goliart glutton, from Latin gula gluttony
goliard in American English
(ˈgoʊljərd)
noun
any of a class of wandering students of the late Middle Ages who wrote satirical Latin verse and often served as minstrels and jesters
Derived forms
goliardic (golˈiardic) (goʊlˈjɑrdɪk)
adjective
Word origin
contr. < ME goliardeis (< OFr goliardois) & OFr goliart, glutton < gole (< L gula: see gullet) + -art, -ard