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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COSTARD

From Anglo-Norman, from Old French coste rib.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF COSTARD

costard  [ˈkʌstəd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COSTARD

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verb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Costard is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COSTARD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Costard

Costard is a comic figure in the play Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare. A country bumpkin, he is arrested in the first scene for flouting the king's proclamation that all men of the court avoid the company of women for three years. While in custody, the men of the court use him to further their own romantic endeavors. By sending love notes to the wrong women and blurting out secrets, Costard makes fools of the royal court. Along with Moth the page and Jaquenetta, a country wench, Costard pokes fun at the upper-class. While mocking a pedantic schoolmaster, Costard uses the word honorificabilitudinitatibus, the longest word by far from any of Shakespeare's works. Costard makes many clever puns, and is used as a tool by Shakespeare to explain new words such as remuneration. He is sometimes considered one of the smartest characters in the play due to his wit and wordplay. Costard's name is an archaic term for apple, or metaphorically a man's head. Shakespeare uses the word in this sense in Richard III.

Definition of costard in the English dictionary

The definition of costard in the dictionary is an English variety of apple tree. Other definition of costard is the large ribbed apple of this tree.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COSTARD


bastard
ˈbɑːstəd
blistered
ˈblɪstəd
bustard
ˈbʌstəd
busted
ˈbʌstəd
cloistered
ˈklɔɪstəd
clustered
ˈklʌstəd
custard
ˈkʌstəd
dastard
ˈdæstəd
flustered
ˈflʌstəd
holstered
ˈhəʊlstəd
mustard
ˈmʌstəd
pilastered
pɪˈlæstəd
plastered
ˈplɑːstəd
registered
ˈrɛdʒɪstəd
sequestered
sɪˈkwestəd
unflustered
ʌnˈflʌstəd
unmastered
ʌnˈmɑːstəd
unregistered
ʌnˈrɛdʒɪstəd
upholstered
ʌpˈhəʊlstəd
VAT-registered
ˌviːeɪˈtiːˈrɛdʒɪstəd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COSTARD

cost-plus pricing
cost-push inflation
costa
Costa Brava
Costa Rica
Costa Rican
costae
costal
costalgia
costally
costardmonger
costate
coste
costean
Costello
coster
Costermansville
costermonger
costing
costive

WORDS THAT END LIKE COSTARD

American mustard
black mustard
cut the mustard
dotard
egg custard
French mustard
garlic mustard
great bustard
leotard
nitrogen mustard
pastry custard
petard
quinacrine mustard
retard
sad bastard
treacle mustard
unitard
wall mustard
white mustard
wild mustard

Synonyms and antonyms of costard in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «costard» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COSTARD

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The translations of costard from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «costard» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

costard
1,325 millions of speakers

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costard
570 millions of speakers

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costard
510 millions of speakers

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costard
380 millions of speakers
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costard
280 millions of speakers

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Costard
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costard
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সেওফল
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costard
220 millions of speakers

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Costard
190 millions of speakers

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costard
180 millions of speakers

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costard
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

costard
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Biaya
85 millions of speakers
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costard
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

costard
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दरोडा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

İngiliz elması
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

costard
65 millions of speakers

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Costard
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Costard
40 millions of speakers

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Costard
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Costard
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

costard
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Costard
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

costard
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of costard

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COSTARD»

The term «costard» is regularly used and occupies the 98.783 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COSTARD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about costard

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COSTARD»

Discover the use of costard in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to costard and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Silent Answers: A Collection of Short Stories
A story of coming to terms with death and lost friendships in Costard's "Sarah's Folly" might feel way too familiar for some readers. But the sweetness in this story gives hope to all who have gone through this kind of suffering.
Sebastian Costard, 2007
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William Shakespeare: The Complete Works
COSTARD. True, and I for a plaintain: thus came your argument in; fbought; Then the boy's fat F envoy, the goose that you And he ended the market. ARMADO. But tell me; how was there a Costard broken in a shin? MOTH. I will tell you ...
Cross, William Shakespeare, 1994
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Arden Shakespeare Complete Works
COSTARD As it shall follow in my correction, and God defend the right! KING Will you hear this letter with attention? BEROWNE As we would hear an oracle. COSTARD Such is the simplicity of man to hearken after the flesh. KING [Reads.]  ...
William Shakespeare, Richard Proudfoot, Ann Thompson, 2001
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With a Glossary
I know not, 1, But, f protest, 1 love to hear him lie, And I w ill use him for my minstrelsy. Biron. Armada is a most illustrious wight, A man or fire-new words, fashion's own knight. Longavllle. Costard, the swain, and he shall be our sport ; And so to ...
William Shakespeare, 1858
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William Shakespeare: The Comedies
By the scene's end, Costard understands that, at least provisionally, “ remuneration” pales next to “guerdon” (165–168). Costard's new vocabulary for identifying worth calls attention to the indeterminacy of worth. Early on, Costard also ...
Harold Bloom, 2009
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Shakespearean Metadrama: The Argument of the Play in Titus ...
Costard even more bluntly reveals the disjunction between language and truth. No sooner have the "deep oaths" been sworn than he "is taken with a wench" in the park and brought to justice. Forecasting the scholars' later devices, he first ...
James L. Calderwood, 1971
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Planet Mars: Story of Another World
This work looks at its evolution, and incorporates the results from the space missions of Mars Express, Spirit and Opportunity. It also examines its formation from the ashes of dead stars, more than 4 5 billion years ago.
François Forget, François Costard, Philippe Lognonné, 2008
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The London Magazine
T * From this it should seem that Costard was a. This orange we mean to squeeze for the public use. Where an author is poor, this is wrong: but Miss Hawkins being upon her own acknowledgment rich (p. 125), keeping " a carriage , to the ...
John Scott, John Taylor, 1823
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Mortgage from Roger Costard to Matthew Rowpe of South ...
Roger Costarde of Aveton Giffard, Gent., indebted to John Shapley of Totnes. Also includes Assignment of mortgage to Richard Trist, September 4, 1613.
Roger Costard (Gent.), Matthew Rowpe (Gent.), John Harris (yeoman.), 1612
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When the Theater Turns to Itself: The Aesthetic Metaphor in ...
Costard breaks the illusion by openly discussing his part with the aristocrats, thereby violating the theatrical tradition of not mingling with the audience before the show. The King overreacts and orders that the play be stopped. But the Princess ...
Sidney Homan, 1981

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COSTARD»

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Stiller: Jazzed-up 'Lost' a winning fest opener
... for a chanteuse named Jaquenetta (Sara J. Griffin), who it seems has also caught the attention of a fool named Costard (Colin Trevion-Odell). «Bloomington Pantagraph, Jul 15»
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Shakespeare in the Park coming to Manchester, Hoosick Falls
Durfee will return again this year, in the role of Costard, a country bumpkin, who, throughout the play makes fools of the royal court and pokes ... «Brattleboro Reformer, Jul 15»
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Making the best of Shakespeare
BiB director Gordon Barr has shortened the play a little, mainly by cleverly subsuming the role of the clownish Costard (lover of the ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
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Review of 'Love's Labour's Lost' by the Shakespeare Theater of New …
Felix Mayes and Clark Scott Carmichael, in supporting parts, create some choice moments, while Connor Carew, as Costard, Jeffrey M. Bender ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Montclair Times Theater Review: 'Love's Labour's Lost'
There's a subplot involving a buxom peasant lass, Jaquenetta (Rebecca Gomberg), who is pursued by both the peasant Costard (a Judd ... «NorthJersey.com, Jul 15»
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Love's Labour's Lost finds success at the Shakespeare Theatre of …
The stories become intertwined when the fool Costard mixes up a letter from Armado to the lowly girl Jacquenetta (a giggly Rebecca Gomberg) ... «NJ.com, Jun 15»
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Love's Labour's Lost boasts a heap of talent
Meanwhile, visiting gangster Don Armato is up in arms that Navarre's emcee, Costard, has been consorting with his own lover, the flapper ... «Straight.com, Jun 15»
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Love's Labour's Lost, Bard in the Botanics Festival Glasgow, review …
Director Barr has cut the play a little (rolling the character of Jaquenetta's lover Costard into that of Robert Elkin's beautifully played, cocky ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
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Musical adaptation of Love's Labour's Lost a big success
Dawn Petten is Jaquenetta, the physical comedian loved by Armato, and Andrew Cownden is Costard, the club's comedian. Singing, dancing ... «Vancouver Sun, Jun 15»
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Modern reworking of Love's Labour's Lost entertaining Raphael …
“He is now playing Costard [a comic festival goer] and is doing brilliantly.” Solomon Akano (Berowne), Ben Sylvester (Ferdinand) and Mark ... «Romford Recorder, Jun 15»

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