rotter
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rotter (plural rotters)
- (slang) A despicable, worthless person; a scoundrel.
- 1988 July 26, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic):
- Calvin could be anywhere in this zoo. I hope he at least has the sense to stay put, wherever he is. Where would the little rotter go if he was lost and separated from his stuffed toy?
- 1908 August, George A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter VII, in Spanish Gold, 2nd edition, London: Methuen & Co. […], published September 1908, →OCLC, page 76:
- Some Johnny with brains produces a hypothesis. Everybody calls him a rotter at first. But he remains calm in the face of opprobrium.
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rotter
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rotter
- inflection of rot:
Middle French edit
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rotter
- to burp
Conjugation edit
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of rotter
infinitive | simple | rotter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | rottant | |||||
compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past participle | rotté | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | rotte | rottes | rotte | rottons | rottez | rottent |
imperfect | rottois, rottoys | rottois, rottoys | rottoit, rottoyt | rottions, rottyons | rottiez, rottyez | rottoient, rottoyent | |
past historic | rotta | rottas | rotta | rottasmes | rottastes | rotterent | |
future | rotterai, rotteray | rotteras | rottera | rotterons | rotterez | rotteront | |
conditional | rotterois, rotteroys | rotterois, rotteroys | rotteroit, rotteroyt | rotterions, rotteryons | rotteriez, rotteryez | rotteroient, rotteroyent | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | rotte | rottes | rotte | rottons | rottez | rottent |
imperfect | rottasse | rottasses | rottast | rottassions | rottassiez | rottassent | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | rotte | — | rottons | rottez | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). |
Descendants edit
- French: roter
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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rotter m or f
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rotter
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rotter f