Paunch (noun)
pawn-ch
A large or protruding belly.
(verb) To disembowel and animal
Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French pa(u)nche, based on Latin pantex, pantic-, usually in the plural in the sense ‘intestines’.
Example sentences
“He thought he was hot, but that paunch turned me right off.”
“Let me paunch these rabbits and you can have them for the stew.”
Lurdan (noun) lur-dn A lazy, stupid, loutish fellow. 1250–1300; Middle English, Middle French lourdin dullard, equivalent to lourd heavy, dull (more…)
