gredin
French edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch gredich.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gredin m (plural gredins, feminine gredine)
- (obsolete) beggar
- (dated) scoundrel, rascal
- 1954, Hergé, Les Aventures de Tintin - L'Affaire Tournesol, →ISBN, page 25:
- Ah, si jamais je le retrouve, ce sinistre gredin de Tournesol!
- Oh, if I ever find that utter scoundrel Calculus!
Further reading edit
- “gredin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.