Definitions for costard
ˈkɒs tərd, ˈkɔ stərdcostard

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. costardnoun

   a large cooking apple

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Costardnoun

   Etymology: from coster, a head.

   1. A head.

   Take him over the costard with the belt of thy sword. William Shakespeare, Richard III.

   2. An apple round and bulky like the head.

   Many country vicars are driven to shifts; and, if our greedy patrons hold us to such conditions, they will make us turn costard mongers, grasiers, or sell ale. Robert Burton, on Melancholy.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 (including that of an unplanned pregnancy), 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.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Costardnoun

   an apple, large and round like the head

2. Costardnoun

   the head; -- used contemptuously

3. Etymology: [Prob. fr. OF. coste rib, side, F. cte, and meaning orig., a ribbed apple, from the ribs or angles on its sides. See Coast.]

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1. 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.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Costard

   kos′tard, n. a large kind of apple: the human head (contemptuously).—ns. Cos′tardmonger, Cos′ter, Cos′termonger, a seller of apples and other fruit: an itinerant seller of fruit: a term of abuse. [Perh. from L. costa, a rib.]

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Costard

   a clown in "Love's Labour Lost," who apes the affected court-wits of the time in a misappropriate style.

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of costard in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of costard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Costard
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=costard
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costard
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/costard
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=costard
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=costard
7. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Costard