Contemptible+fellow

  • 1Fribble — Frib ble, n. A frivolous, contemptible fellow; a fop. [1913 Webster] A pert fribble of a peer. Thackeray. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2tyke — tyke1 /tuyk/, n. 1. a child, esp. a small boy. 2. any small child. 3. a cur; mongrel. 4. Chiefly Scot. a low, contemptible fellow; boor. Also, tike. [1350 1400; ME < ON tik bitch] tyke2 /tuyk/, n …

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  • 3smaik — mean or contemptible fellow, Scottish, now archaic, current c.1450 c.1900, perhaps cognate with O.H.G. smeichari, from smeken to flatter …

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  • 4cad — n British an unprincipled, contemptible fellow. A word applied in the 19th century by privileged school pupils and students to their common counterparts. It came to mean an often plausible but dishonour able male. Unknown to most of its users,&#8230; …

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  • 5tyke — n. [Written also Tike.] 1. Dog, cur, puppy. 2. Contemptible fellow, cur, puppy …

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  • 6tyke — or tike [[t]taɪk[/t]] n. 1) a child, esp. a small boy 2) any small child 3) a cur; mongrel 4) scot. Chiefly Scot. a low, contemptible fellow; boor • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME &LT; ON tīk bitch …

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  • 7blighter — [blīt′ər] n. 1. a person or thing that blights [Brit. Informal] 2. [Brit. Informal] a mean or contemptible fellow …

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  • 8cullion — [kul′yən] n. [ME coillon, wretch, lit., testicle &LT; OFr coillon &LT; VL * coleone, eunuch &LT; * colea, scrotum &LT; L coleus &LT; ? colum, a strainer] Obs. a low, contemptible fellow …

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  • 9dog — [dôg, däg] n. pl. dogs or dog [ME, generalized in sense &LT; late, rare OE docga, dogga (usual hund: see HOUND1) &LT; ?] 1. a) any of a large and varied group of domesticated canines (Canis familiaris) often kept as a house pet or used for&#8230; …

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  • 10scab — [skab] n. [ME scabbe &LT; ON skabb, akin to OE sceabb &LT; IE base * (s)kep , to cut, split &GT; L scabies, SCABIES, scabere, to SHAVE] 1. a crust that forms over a sore or wound during healing 2. a mangy skin disease, as scabies, of animals, esp …

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