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cos·tard C0672700 (kŏs′tərd)n.1. An English variety of large cooking apple.2. Archaic The human head.
[Middle English, from Old North French, possibly from coste, rib (from its ribbed appearance), from Latin costa; see kost- in Indo-European roots.]costard (ˈkʌstəd) n1. (Plants) an English variety of apple tree2. (Plants) the large ribbed apple of this tree3. archaic jocular a slang word for head[C14: from Anglo-Norman, from Old French coste rib]cos•tard (ˈkɒs tərd, ˈkɔ stərd)
n. 1. a large English variety of apple. 2. Archaic. the head. [1250–1300; Middle English] CostardenUK
Costardapes Elizabethan courtly language. [Br. Lit.: Love’s Labour’s Lost]See: Mimicry |