lidderon

== English == === 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. === Noun === lidderon (plural lidderons) (rare, archaic, dialectal) One who is lazy, idle, or bad; rascal; scoundrel; a weakling. c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.: My ſcoles are not for unthriftes untaught,For frantick faitours half mad and half ſtraught;But my learning is of another degreeTo taunt theim like liddrons, lewde as thei bee. ==== Synonyms ==== (one who is lazy): goldbricker, slacker; see also Thesaurus:idler (rascal, scoundrel): knave, rapscallion; see also Thesaurus:villain (weakling): losel, nonce; see also Thesaurus:worthless person