Definitions

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  • noun obsolete A lazy, stupid person; a sluggard.

Etymologies

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From Middle French lourdin ("dullard"), from lourd ("heavy").

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Examples

  • “Ay, ay, our privilege! our privilege! down with the doors, and with the lurdane monks, if they make opposition!”

    The Abbot 2008

  • Yet stay -- that lurdane Bolt is getting intolerably lazy and insolent, and methinks he robs me!

    The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • The least he can do for me now is to give me my revenge upon that lurdane runaway knight and his son.

    Grisly Grisell Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • 'Hark ye, my Lord of Suffolk,' said Sir Patrick, coming near enough to speak in an undertone, 'that lurdane, as you call him, is heir of a noble house in Scotland, come here on a young man's freak of chivalry.

    Two Penniless Princesses Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • And here's this other great lurdane knave been striking the poor rogues down right and left!

    Two Penniless Princesses Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • Yet stay -- that lurdane Bolt is getting intolerably lazy and insolent, and methinks he robs me!

    The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • “And of your friends,” replied Morton; “wherefore I trust for your instant order annulling the election of this lurdane Abbot,

    The Abbot 2008

  • A fine thing it would be for me, who can neither read nor write, to be afraid of a fat lurdane, who has done little else all his Life!”

    Quentin Durward 2008

  • Remember, father Glover, your trade keeps your eyes and hands close employed, and must have your heedful care, even if this lazy lurdane wrought at it, which you know yourself he seldom does.”

    The Fair Maid of Perth 2008

  • I found the careless lurdane feeding him with unwashed flesh, and she an eyas.”

    The Abbot 2008

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  • blockhead

    May 11, 2008

  • Also lubber fiend, Lob, Lob Lie-by-the-Fire, lubberkin. A sort of hob or elf-like creature from English folklore.

    March 6, 2010