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narg | nard |

As a noun narg

is (internet) a nerd, someone with extensive knowledge of a particular technical field.

As a verb nard is

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narg

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Not a real gentleman.
  • * 1995 , Anti-C Tirade (Let's Hear it for Pascal), comp.lang.pascal.mac, September 30
    • But the school system is not perfect, so many kids still grow up to be NARGs'. Computer programming, as a young science, is ideal territory for a ' NARG .

    See also

    * (l)

    nard

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) narde, from (etyl) nardus, from (etyl) .

    Noun

  • A flowering plant of the valerian family that grows in the Himalayas of China, used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine said to fight insomnia, flatulence, birth difficulties, and other minor ailments.
  • A fragrant oil formerly much prized from the plant.
  • * 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Mark XIV:
    • there cam a woman with an alablaster boxe of oyntmenr, called narde , that was pure and costly, and she brake the boxe and powred it on his heed.
  • Spikenard
    • Related terms
    * spikenard

    References

    * nard'', in ''Random House Unabridged Dictionary , 2nd edition, 1987.

    Etymology 2

    Alteration of

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Testicles.
    • The soccer ball hit me right in the nards !
    Synonyms
    * (testicles) balls, nuts

    Anagrams

    * * * ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

  • (plant or oil)

    • References

    * ---- ==Volapük==

    Noun

    (vo-noun)
  • valerian

    • Declension

    (vo-decl-noun)