English Explanatory Dictionary

lidderon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who is lazy, idle, or bad; rascal; scoundrel; a weakling.

Word forms

lidderon lidderons

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

goldbricker slacker rapscallion losel nonce knave
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