lidderon
lidderon · lidderons
One who is lazy, idle, or badOne who is lazy, idle, or bad; rascal; scoundrel; a weakling.
Meaning
1 senses(archaic, dialectal, rare)One who is lazy, idle, or bad; rascal; scoundrel; a weakling.
Origin
From Middle English lidrone, from lidder, lither (“bad, wicked, false”), from Old EnglishFrom 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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