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turd
[turd] 
,–noun Slang: Vulgar.
| 1. | a piece of excrement. |
| 2. | a mean, contemptible person. |
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE tord
bef. 1000; ME; OE tord
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| turd (tûrd) n. Vulgar
[Middle English, from Old English tord; see der- in Indo-European roots.] |
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turd
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 base *d(e)r- "flay, tear," thus "that which is separated (or torn off) from the body" (cf. shit from root meaning "to split"). As a type of something worthless and vile, it is attested from c.1250; meaning "despicable person" is recorded from c.1450.
"A tord ne yeue ic for eu alle" ["The Owl and the Nightingale," c.1250]
"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"]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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