† looneryn.
Obsolete.
The disposition and habits of a loon or rascal; lechery, villany.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > [noun]
truandise?c1225
lorelshipc1380
truantry1426
coquineryc1430
loselry1480
loonery?a1513
palliardrya1522
truanting1532
patchingc1535
foul play1546
patchery?1553
slavery1553
palliardy1568
smaikry1573
roguishness1579
rascality1582
roguery1594
scutchery1594
ropery1599
cullionry1611
scoundrelism1611
friponnerie1708
rascalism1837
scoundreldom1837
rascaldom1851
scoundrelship1856
rascalry1868
scallywaggery1897
scallywagism1897
scallywagging1915
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun]
truandise?c1225
lorelshipc1380
truantry1426
coquineryc1430
loselry1480
loonery?a1513
palliardrya1522
truanting1532
patchingc1535
patchery?1553
palliardy1568
roguishness1579
rascality1582
roguery1594
scutchery1594
ropery1599
scoundrelism1611
roguinga1625
friponnerie1708
rascalism1837
scoundreldom1837
scamphood1845
rascaldom1851
scoundrelship1856
rascalry1868
scallywaggery1897
scallywagism1897
scallywagging1915
a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 203 Thow art bot gluntoch, with thy giltin hippis, That for thy lounry mony a leisch hes fyld.
1567 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. viii. 37 Euir þe mair þow wald be trowit, The les þi lounrie Is allowit.
1606 W. Arthur & H. Charteris Rollock's Lect. 1st & 2nd Epist. Paul to Thessalonians (2 Thess.) ix. 114 In thy lownry thou cannot haue an eye to God.
1686 G. Stuart Joco-serious Disc. 47 Upon trial found a rogue For all his lownry was discovered.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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