different between gourdy vs gourd

English

Etymology

Either from gourd, or less likely from French gourd (“benumbed”).

Adjective

gourdy (comparative more gourdy, superlative most gourdy)

1. (farriery, of a horse, obsolete) swollen in the legs

English

Etymology

From Middle English gourde, from Anglo-Norman gurde, gourde, from Latin cucurbita. Doublet of cucurbit.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???d/, /???d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???d/, /????d/
• Homophone: gored

Noun

gourd (plural gourds)

1. Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae).
2. A hard-shelled fruit from a plant in Lagenaria or Cucurbita.
3. The dried and hardened shell of such fruit, made into a drinking vessel, bowl, spoon, or other objects designed for use or decoration.
4. (obsolete) Any of the climbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae, which includes watermelon, pumpkins, and cucumbers.
5. (informal) loaded dice.
6. (slang) Head.

   I got so stoned last night. I was out of my gourd.

Derived terms

• gourdful
• saw gourds

Translations

See also

• basket
• bucket
• calabash
• calabaza
• cucurbitaceous

References

Further reading

• American Gourd Society

Anagrams

• groud

French

Etymology

From Old French [Term?], from Latin gurdus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u?/

Adjective

gourd (feminine singular gourde, masculine plural gourds, feminine plural gourdes)

1. numb
2. maladroit, gauche

Further reading

• “gourd” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Etymology

From Old French [Term?], from Latin gurdus.

Adjective

gourd m

1. (Jersey) numb