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lurdanes

lurdanes is the plural of lurdane.

Meaning of lurdane

Noun

lurdane (plural lurdanes)

  1. (obsolete) A lazy, stupid person; a sluggard.
    • I have also seene some excellent Lourdans, or Clownes attired in their ordinary worky-day clothes, and with a common homely countenance, affoord us all the pleasure that may be had from their art[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 10, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Questions about lurdanes

What is lurdanes the plural of?
Lurdanes is the plural of lurdane.

Words near lurdanes in the dictionary

  1. lurchingly
  2. lurchings
  3. lurchy
  4. lurdan
  5. lurdane
  6. lurdanes
  7. lurdans
  8. lurden
  9. lurdens
  10. lure
  11. lured

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