† caynardn.
Obsolete.
A lazy fellow, a sluggard: a term of reproach.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person
caynard1303
sluggard1398
luskc1420
slugc1425
truantc1449
dawa1500
hummel?a1513
rook?a1513
wallydraigle?a1513
sloven1523
dronea1529
draw latch1538
slim1548
slouk1570
do-nothing1579
bumbiea1585
do-little1586
lazybones1593
luskin1593
do-naught1594
loiter-sack1594
bed-presser1598
lazy lizard1600
lazy-back1611
fainéant1618
nothing-do1623
trivant1624
slothful1648
lolpoop1661
tool1699
haggis1822
lazy-boots1832
lazy-legs1838
poke1847
never-sweat1851
slob1876
bum1882
haggis bag1892
lollop1896
trouble-shirker1908
warb1933
fuck-off1948
poop-butt1967
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 8300 A kaynarde ande a olde folle.
a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 70 Þis crokede caynard sore he is adred.
c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 235 See, olde caynard, is this thin array?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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