lidderon

Etymology

From Middle English lidrone, from lidder, lither (“bad, wicked, false”), from Old English lȳþre (“bad, wicked, base, mean, corrupt, wretched”), from Proto-Germanic *lūþrijaz (“neglected, dissolute, useless, bad”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“slack, limp”). More at lither.

noun

One who is lazy, idle, or bad; rascal; scoundrel; a weakling.“I leve we shall laugh and have liking / To see how this lidderon here he ledges our laws.”