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vaurien

vaurien noun: a good-for-nothing; a scoundrel.

Noun

vaurien (plural vauriens)

  1. (archaic) A good-for-nothing; a scoundrel.
    • Quarantine, a disagreeable thing at all times, was rendered perfectly disgusting by the manner in which the spoglia was conducted, the vermin, and the disobliging conduct of the director, who was a regular “vaurien.”1841, William Jesse, Notes of a Half-pay in Search of Health, Volume 1, James Madden & Co., page 62

Forms of vaurien

pluralvauriens

Origin of vaurien

Borrowed from French vaurien; used by Isaac D'Israeli for the name of the eponymous character of his 1797 novel Vaurien: or Sketches of the Times.

Questions about vaurien

What does vaurien mean?
Vaurien means a good-for-nothing; a scoundrel.
What part of speech is vaurien?
Vaurien is a noun.
What is the plural of vaurien?
The plural of vaurien is vauriens.

Words near vaurien in the dictionary

  1. Vaupels
  2. Vaupés
  3. vauqueline
  4. vauquelinite
  5. vauquelinites
  6. vaurien
  7. vauriens
  8. vaus
  9. Vause
  10. Vauseman
  11. Vauses

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