■ noun fat from the abdomen of a pig, rendered and clarified for use in cooking.
■ verb
1》 insert strips of fat or bacon in (meat) before cooking.
2》 (usu. be ~ed with ) embellish (talk or writing) excessively with esoteric or technical expressions.
Derivatives
~y adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr. 'bacon', from L. ~um , laridum , related to Gk larinos 'fat'.