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Definition of lurdan in English: lurdan(also lurdane) noun ˈləːdənˈlərdn archaic An idle or incompetent person. Example sentencesExamples - Looks to me like you're the lurdan here.
Synonyms layabout, good-for-nothing, sluggard, slug, laggard
adjective ˈləːdənˈlərdn archaic Lazy; good-for-nothing. Example sentencesExamples - Whenever Africans try to economise their own resources, the overdeveloped countries, defensively defamate reason as lurdan, unhelpful, and primitive.
Origin Middle English: from Old French lourdin, from lourd 'heavy', lort 'foolish', from Latin luridus 'lurid'. Definition of lurdan in US English: lurdan(also lurdane) nounˈlərdn archaic An idle or incompetent person. Example sentencesExamples - Looks to me like you're the lurdan here.
Synonyms layabout, good-for-nothing, sluggard, slug, laggard
adjectiveˈlərdn archaic Lazy; good-for-nothing. Example sentencesExamples - Whenever Africans try to economise their own resources, the overdeveloped countries, defensively defamate reason as lurdan, unhelpful, and primitive.
Origin Middle English: from Old French lourdin, from lourd ‘heavy’, lort ‘foolish’, from Latin luridus ‘lurid’. |