lendore

French

Etymology

Formed from a cross between endormir (“to put to sleep”) and a Germanic word from Proto-Germanic *land- (“to loiter, idle”), cognate with German schlendern.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑ̃.dɔʁ/

Noun

lendore m or f by sense (plural lendores)

1. (archaic, colloquial) sluggard, dawdler

Further reading

• “lendore”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.