A big, clumsy, stupid fellow; esp. one who lives in idleness; a lout. Also in †to play the lubber. In early quots. frequently applied to a monk (cf…
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| 释义 | the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > loutish or stupid (7) lubber1362 A big, clumsy, stupid fellow; esp. one who lives in idleness; a lout. Also in †to play the lubber. In early quots. frequently applied to a monk (cf… slouch?1518 An awkward, slovenly, or ungainly man; a lubber, lout, clown; also, a lazy, idle fellow. lubber-wort1547 the (imaginary) herb that produces laziness; also, a lubber. litherback1577 a slothful person. lubbard1586 = lubber, n. lither lurdena1590 lither lurden: = ‘lazy lout’. Hence the lither lurden: the disease of laziness = fever-lurden, n. litherby1598 (See quot. 1598.) |
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