Turd Definition

tûrd
turds
noun
turds
A piece of excrement.
Webster's New World
A contemptible person.
American Heritage

A pejorative term, typically directed at a person.

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Noun

Singular:
turd
Plural:
turds

Origin of Turd

  • From Middle English toord, tord, from Old English tord (“piece of excrement, dung, filth "), from Proto-Germanic *turdÄ… (“mud, manure"), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to split, flay"). Cognate with Middle Dutch tord (“lump of excrement"), Old High German zort (“dung, excrement"), Old Norse torð- (“dung-", in compounds), Old English tyrdel (“dropping, small piece of excrement"). More at tear, treddle.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English tord der- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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