BUMBARD also BUMBART ADJ. lazy, idle ...a1513 Sc. obs. NOUN 1. a lazy, foolish, or stupid person ...a1513 Sc. obs. 2. a bumblebee ...a1614 Sc. obs. ETYMOLOGY probably from bum (vb. to hum or buzz loudly, like a bee, an object moving rapidly through the air, or a crowd of people talking) + -ard FIRST DOCUMENTED USE a1513 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...I have ane wallidrag, ane worme, ane auld wobat carle, A waistit wolroun, na worth bot wourdis to clatter; Ane bumbart, ane dron bee, ane bag full of flewme, Ane skabbit skarth, ane scorpioun, ane scutarde behind; To see him scart his awin skyn grit scunner I think..." From: The Tretis of the Twa Mariit Women and the Wedo (The treatise of the two married women and the widow) - William Dunbar
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