costard (m)
1costard — [ kɔstar ] n. m. • 1926 « costume de forçat »; de costume et ard ♦ Fam. Costume d homme. Fig. Tailler un costard à qqn. ● costard ou costar nom masculin Populaire. Costume d homme. ⇒COSTARD, subst. masc. Arg. Costume. Je pouvais pas aller… …
2Costard — 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 a year. While in custody …
3Costard — Fréquent dans le Calvados et l Ille et Vilaine, désigne celui qui est originaire d un lieu dit (le) Costard (= petite côte, ou encore mauvaise côte). A noter le hameau de Costard à Montauban de Bretagne (35), et plusieurs lieux dits Costard dans… …
4Costard — Cos tard (k?s t?rd), n. [Prob. fr. OF. coste rib, side, F. c[^o]te, and meaning orig., a ribbed apple, from the ribs or angles on its sides. See {Coast}.] 1. An apple, large and round like the head. [1913 Webster] Some [apples] consist more of… …
5Costard — Costard, Georg, geb. 1710, studirte in Oxford, war erst Pfarrer in Islip, seit 1764 in Twickenham u. st. 1782; er schr. u.a.: The rise and progress of astronomy amongst the ancients, Lond. 1746; A fourther account of the rise and progress of… …
6costard — late 13c., coster, perhaps from Anglo Fr. or O.Fr. coste rib (from L. costa rib ). A kind of large apple with prominent ribs, i.e. one having a shape more like a green pepper than a plain, round apple. Also applied derisively to the head. Common… …
7costard — [käs′tərd] n. [ME, ribbed apple < OFr coste, a rib + ard, ARD] 1. a variety of large apple, native to England 2. Archaic a person s head: humorous or contemptuous usage …
8Costard — Hellmuth Costard (* 1. November 1940 in Holzhausen bei Leipzig; † 13. Juni 2000 in Oberhausen) war ein deutscher Filmregisseur. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Filmografie 2.1 Kurzfilme 2.2 Langfilme …
9Costard — This unusual and interesting surname is of medieval English origin, and derives from the Middle English and Anglo French costard , a large apple. The ultimate origin of the word lies in the Old French coste (Modern French cote , rib), with the… …
10costard — n.m. Costume : Un chouette costard. / Tailler un costard à quelqu un, médire, ruiner une réputation …
