palliard

English

Etymology

Middle English payllart (1484), Middle French paillard, from Middle French paille (“straw”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpælɪəd/, /ˈpælɪɑːd/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈpæljɚd/

Noun

palliard (plural palliards)

(archaic) A beggar or vagrant, especially a professional one; (earlier especially) a lecher.
- 1614, Walter Raleigh, Hist. World, II, page 476:
  A most luxurious and effeminate Palliard he was.
- 1964, Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like the Sun:
  They all knew him. A palliard, some said on Henley Street, a wild rogue.

Alternative forms

paillard

Related terms

palliardise (noun), palliardry, palliardy
palliardize (verb)

Anagrams

paillard

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