lardonner

Senses

1. 1.

   to lard

   to insert strips of fat or bacon into meat before cooking

2. 2.

   to intersperse; to pepper

   to sprinkle or scatter remarks, quotations, etc. throughout a text or speech

Examples

• "Le chef a lardonné le rôti avec du lard gras."

  The chef larded the roast with fatty bacon.

• "Son discours était lardonnéé de citations littéraires."

  His speech was peppered with literary quotations.

• "Elle a lardonnéé son texte de plaisanteries."

  She interspersed her text with jokes.

Usage

A regular -er verb. The culinary sense (larding meat) is formal/specialized; the figurative sense (interspersing with remarks) is more literary or formal. Often used in the past participle form as an adjective (lardonnéé).