didapper
English
noun
Definitions
- A small diving water bird frequenting rivers and fresh waters, specifically a little grebe or dabchick.
- (obsolete) A scoundrel, a worthless person.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English dydoppar derived from Old English dūfedoppa (pelican, diving bird) compound from English dive + English dop (a cup in which a diamond is cut, diving bird)+ English -er (agent suffix, agent noun, one who uses acquires, Variety, forming agent nouns, inhabitant of, person thing that does the action, agent, resident of, comparative).
Origin
English
-er
Gloss
agent suffix, agent noun, one who uses acquires, Variety, forming agent nouns, inhabitant of, person thing that does the action, agent, resident of, comparative
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -er English
- Bridger English
- Freelander English
- anticker English
- bedoven English
- blacksalter English
- chickenboner English
- crapper English
- divable English
- dive English
- diveable English
- divebomb English
- divemaster English
- diver English
- divewear English
- divey English
- do-badder English
- dop English
- double-decker English
- drygulcher English
- fluffernutter English
- frolicker English
- humbucker English
- mimicker English
- nosedive English
- panicker English
- physicker English
- politicker English
- postdive English
- predive English
- sandgrounder English
- sandhiller English
- sicker English
- skydive English
- slam-clicker English
- stagedive English
- t'othersider English
- tenpounder English
- topnotcher English
- updive English
- whitecapper English
- ケモナー Japanese
- ラブライバー Japanese
- 墓マイラー Japanese
- dūfedoppa Old English
- -er Middle English
- diven Middle English
- doppe Middle English
- dydoppar Middle English
- あー Okinawan
- dop
- -er
- dive
- divey
- diver
- sicker
- updive
- bedoven
- predive
- crapper
- divable
- skydive
- Bridger
- divebomb
- anticker
- nosedive
- panicker
- postdive
- divewear
- mimicker
- diveable
- humbucker
- stagedive
- frolicker
- physicker
- do-badder
- politicker
- topnotcher
- divemaster
- tenpounder
- Freelander
- drygulcher
- sandhiller
- blacksalter
- whitecapper
- slam-clicker
- sandgrounder
- t'othersider
- chickenboner
- fluffernutter
- double-decker