balder
IPA: bˈɔɫdɝ
Root Word: Balder
noun
- (Norse mythology) The Norse god of light and purity, a son of Odin and Frigg, known for his beauty and near-invulnerability.
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Examples of "balder" in Sentences
- Peter - If that's true, than may we all go balder than a cue ball.
- Looking at himself in the mirror, he sneered at the person looking back, who was balder and fatter than any thirty-five-year-old had a right to be.
- The tires on my LandCruiser were balder than my dad, and I was worried about having to drive the hour back from the airport on race-slick rubber on icy roads.
- You know, young Allen, most people think, you know, when they think of Ginsberg, they think of the older Ginsberg, the heavier and balder and bearded Ginsberg.
- In truth, Clara, I am as bald as Kiisu, but balder actually, since once I had known the glory of fur, but then I came alive to the shock of loss and the self-sabotage of masking my hurt.
- From behind the dock's bulletproof glass, well groomed and no balder, greyer or paunchier than most 62-year-olds, he has mostly gazed on empty press benches and a deserted public section.
- If Governor Brown continues to talk about Green jobs en masse, and even if he floats, in isolation, some practical plan for making them reality, he still risks being shrugged off as a older, kinder, balder version of the Outer Space fantasist.