Old Word of the Day: Dormedory

23 Sep 2014

Dormedories in Pieter Bruegel’s “Land of Cockaygne”, 1567

DORMEDORY. A sleepy, stupid, inactive person (Herefordshire dialect).

Some other old words beginning with D:

DORMATIVE. Sleepy.

DORRER. A sleeper; a lazy person.

DOOTE. A fool.

DOSEBEIRDE. A simpleton; a fool.

 

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