didapper

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English dydoppar, from earlier douedoppe, deuedep, dyuedap with agentive suffix -er, from Old English dūfedoppa (“diving bird, pelican”), from dūfan (“to dive”) + *doppa (“diver”) (whence modern English dop (“diving bird”)). By surface analysis, dive +‎ dop +‎ -er. === Noun === didapper (plural didappers) A small diving water bird frequenting rivers and fresh waters, specifically a little grebe or dabchick. (obsolete, derogatory) A scoundrel, a worthless person === References === Notes on the birds of Herefordshire, Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “didapper”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “dī̆ve-dap, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved November 2019.