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† papelard Obs.
Also 5 papularde, papelart.
[a. F. papelard adj. and n. (13th c. in Littré); in It. pappalardo glutton, greedy-gut, hypocrite (Baretti); med.L. pape-, papalardus (Du Cange); f. OF. paper, It. pappare to eat + lard, It. lardo bacon, fat; lit. a parasite, a sponge, a ‘sucker’.]
A flattering parasite, a sycophant; a hypocrite. Also attrib. or as adj. Hypocritical (for greed or gain).
1340Ayenb. 26 Þet me ne by yhyealde ypocrite ne papelard huer me dret more þe wordle þanne god. c1400Rom. Rose 7283 That papelard, that him yeldeth so, And wol to worldly ese go. c1440Gesta Rom. lxx. 401 (Add. MS.) He, this papularde preste, hathe herde oure Cownsaylle, and hathe delyuered here from syn. 1491Caxton Vitas Patr. i. li. (1495) 106 Lete us entree in: And slee this papelart.
So † papelardry, † papelardy (papyllardie), sycophancy, hypocrisy (for greed or gain).
c1400Rom. Rose 6796 Bifore the puple patre and prey, And wrye me in my foxerye Under a cope of papelardye. c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 136 In false Papelardry of word or of dede. 1426Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 13921 Papyllardie Wych is a maner of ypocrysie. |