English
loord
Loord may come from Middle French lourdin ‘dull, obvious’.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600lourdin‘dull, obvious’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1579loord
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600lourdin‘dull, obvious’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1579loord
Earliest quotation: 1579, Immeritô pseudonym; Edmund Spenser, Iulye. Ægloga Septima.: “Spker, thous but a laeſie loord, and rekes much…”
The story
Likely from Middle French lourdin (‘dull, obvious; clownish’) (related to lourdat (‘dunce’), lourdade (‘wench’)), from Middle French lourd (‘heavy’), from Old French lourt, from Late Latin lurdus, possibly of Germanic origin.
Every English word from Middle French lourdin
Today it means
noun A dull, stupid fellow; a lout.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French lourdin / loord