lugdor
English
Etymology
Apparently derived from lock and door (compare lockchester) or perhaps dor (“dung beetle”). Attested from the 15th century.[1]
Noun
lugdor (plural lugdors)
- (British, regional, archaic) the woodlouse
- 1860, Ernest Adams, “On the names of the wood-louse”, in Transactions of the Philological Society, page 9:
- Comparing the terms lok-dore and loc-chester, it is evident that the first portion of the word is an independent element, lok; and this is still further confirmed by another synonyme[sic] for the wood-louse recorded by Halliwell with no indication of time or locality, viz. lug-dor.
Synonyms
References
- “lugdor, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2015.
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