palliardize

noun 1verb 1

Definitions

noun

1

Alternative form of palliardise (“lechery”).

verb

1

To engage in lechery or lewdness; to fornicate.

Sardanapalus, son to Ocrazapes, Who wallowed in all voluptuousness, – That palliardizing sot that out of doors Ne'er showed his face, but reveled with his whores, Did wear their garbs, their gestures imitate, And […]

T. Milles in 1619 records that Charlemagne's eldest daughter was found palliardizing (paillardising) with . . . Eginhard, his secretary. A straw shows which way the wind blows.

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