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vauriens

vauriens is the plural of vaurien.

Meaning of vaurien

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

Questions about vauriens

What is vauriens the plural of?
Vauriens is the plural of vaurien.

Words near vauriens in the dictionary

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

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