turd

turd
turd (n.) O.E. tord, from P.Gmc. *turdam (Cf. M.Du. torde "piece of excrement," O.N. tord-yfill, Du. tort-wevel "dung beetle"), from PIE *drtom, pp. of root *d(e)r- "flay, tear," thus "that which is separated (or torn off) from the body" (Cf. SHIT (Cf. shit) from root meaning "to split"). As a type of something worthless and vile, it is attested from mid-13c.
A tord ne yeue ic for eu alle ["The Owl and the Nightingale," c.1250]
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Alle thingis ... I deme as toordis, that I wynne Crist. [Wyclif, Phil. iii.8, 1382; KJV has "I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord"]
Meaning "despicable person" is recorded from mid-15c.

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