connil
Old French
Alternative forms
- conil, connin
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *cuniclus, from Latin cuniculus.
Noun
connil m (oblique plural conniz or connilz, nominative singular conniz or connilz, nominative plural connil)
- rabbit (mammal)
- (figuratively, pejorative) idiot; imbecile (generic insult)
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (connil)
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