moldwarp

noun

mold·​warp

ˈmōlˌdwȯrp

variants or moldiwarp

-ldiˌw-

plural -s

1

dialectal, British : a European mole (Talpa europaea)

2

dialectal : a stupid or shiftless person

the old man … a shambling moldwarp

—Maristan Chapman

Word History

Etymology

Middle English moldewerp, moldewarp, moldywarp, molwarp; akin to Old Saxon moldwerp mole, Middle Dutch moldewerp, Middle High German multwerf, moltwerf; all from a prehistoric West Germanic compound whose 1st constituent is represented by English mold entry 1 and whose 2d constituent is akin to Old English weorpan to throw

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