Tuesday 14th June
2016
Fard \ [fahrd] Archaic.
Noun
1. facial cosmetics.
Verb (used with
object)
2. to apply cosmetics to (the face).
Quote
... he frisles and he fards, / He oynts, he bathes, his visage he regards
...Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, translated by Thomas Hudson,
The Historie of Judith 1584
Origin
Fard was in use in late Middle English and stems from the Middle/Old French
term farder meaning "to apply makeup."
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