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ADJ.
absurdest, barbarous, rude
VERB + BALDUCTUM
drink, rhyming
BALDUCTUM + NOUN
antics, ballads, posset
ADV.
truly
adj
nonsensical
Richard Stanyhurst, whose own verse in his translations of Virgil is ridiculed by Thomas Nashe, scoffs at the "drafty poetry" and "rude rhyming and balductum ballads" of the time so objectionable to all the literati.
And he suggests that "we beginners" (this from the author of these truly "barbarous and balductum" antics to the author of the Faerie Queene is distinctly precious) have the advantage, like Homer and Ennius, of setting examples.
noun
a posset
And yet, just for once, it would be an experience to drink a "balductum": "A posset composed of hot milk curdled with ale or wine.
senseless talk or writing; balderdash.
[…] whose wild and madbrain humour nothing fitteth so just, as the stalest dudgen or absurdest balductum, that they or their mates can invent in odd and awk speeches […]
Richard Stanyhurst, whose own verse in his translations of Virgil is ridiculed by Thomas Nashe, scoffs at the "drafty poetry" and "rude rhyming and balductum ballads" of the time so objectionable to a
WiktionaryAnd he suggests that "we beginners" (this from the author of these truly "barbarous and balductum" antics to the author of the Faerie Queene is distinctly precious) have the advantage, like Homer and
WiktionaryAnd yet, just for once, it would be an experience to drink a "balductum": "A posset composed of hot milk curdled with ale or wine.
Wiktionary[…] whose wild and madbrain humour nothing fitteth so just, as the stalest dudgen or absurdest balductum, that they or their mates can invent in odd and awk speeches […]
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In some senses, balductum is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.