lauzenger

Old Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *lausinga. Compare Old French losengier.

Noun

lauzenger m (oblique plural lauzengers, nominative singular lauzengers, nominative plural lauzenger)

1. flatterer
2. deceiver

Descendants

• → Old Catalan: llausanger

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “lausinga”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 452