Stinkard
1Stinkard — Stink ard, n. 1. A mean, stinking, paltry fellow. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) The teledu of the East Indies. It emits a disagreeable odor. [1913 Webster] …
2stinkard — Teledu Tel e*du, n. (Zo[ o]l.) An East Indian carnivore ({Mydaus meliceps}) allied to the badger, and noted for the very offensive odor that it emits, somewhat resembling that of a skunk. It is a native of the high mountains of Java and Sumatra,… …
3stinkard — noun a) The teledu. Next you have a group of stinkards, vermin whom I hold in abomination. . . . [T]here have been cases proved of persons being killed in their beds by the odour of stinkards; and it is sufficient for one of these creatures… …
4stinkard — noun Date: circa 1600 a mean or contemptible person …
5stinkard — stinkardly, adv. /sting keuhrd/, n. a despicable person; stinker. [1590 1600; STINK + ARD] * * * …
6stinkard — n. Teledu (Mydaus meliceps) …
7stinkard — stink·ard …
8stinkard — stink•ard [[t]ˈstɪŋ kərd[/t]] n. a despicable person; stinker • Etymology: 1590–1600 …
9stinkard — ˈstiŋkə(r)d noun ( s) 1. a. : a mean or contemptible person b. usually capitalized : one of the common people in the social structure of the Natchez Indians called also stinker 2 …
10stinker — Used in modern times as a fairly mild insult, though it seems to have been much more forceful at the turn of the century. Webster’s Dictionary defined it in 1911 as ‘one who is disgustingly contemptible, a stinkard’. ‘Stinkard’ is now obsolete …
