lidderon

词形变化

lidderons 复数 lidderons

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who is lazy, idle, or bad; rascal; scoundrel; a weakling.

    古体 方言 罕用

    My ſcoles are not for unthriftes untaught, For frantick faitours half mad and half ſtraught; But my learning is of another degree

词源

From Middle English lidrone, from lidder, lither (“bad, wicked, false”), from Old English lȳþre (“bad, wicked, base, mean, corrupt, wretched”), from Proto-Germanic *lūþrijaz (“neglected, dissolute, useless, bad”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“slack, limp”). More at lither.

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