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lidderon

lidderon noun: one who is lazy, idle, or bad; rascal; scoundrel; a weakling.

Noun

lidderon (plural lidderons)

  1. (archaic, dialectal, rare) One who is lazy, idle, or bad; rascal; scoundrel; a weakling.
    • I leve we shall laugh and have liking / To see how this lidderon here he ledges our laws.c. 14th–15th century, "The York Realist" (real name unknown), “Trial Before Herod”, in The York Mystery Plays, York; republished as “The Litsters: Christ Before Herod”, in Richard Beadle, Pamela M....
    • My ſcoles are not for unthriftes untaught,
      For frantick faitours half mad and half ſtraught;
      But my learning is of another degreec. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.

Synonyms of lidderon

Forms of lidderon

plurallidderons

Origin of lidderon

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.

Questions about lidderon

What does lidderon mean?
Lidderon means one who is lazy, idle, or bad; rascal; scoundrel; a weakling.
What part of speech is lidderon?
Lidderon is a noun.
What is the plural of lidderon?
The plural of lidderon is lidderons.

Words near lidderon in the dictionary

  1. Liddell
  2. Liddells
  3. lidden
  4. liddens
  5. lidder
  6. lidderon
  7. lidderons
  8. lidders
  9. Liddesdale
  10. Liddiard
  11. Liddiards

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