Etymology

vaurien

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Today it means: A good-for-nothing; a scoundrel. Full definition →

French vaurien
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  1. French · borrowed fromvaurien
  2. English todayvaurien

Borrowed from French vaurien; used by Isaac D'Israeli for the name of the eponymous character of his 1797 novel Vaurien: or Sketches of the Times.

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