liderlig

From German liederlich. Cognate with Jutish li'erlig.

liderlig

1. lustful, horny
2. (obsolete, of person, behaviour) immoral, sometimes with connotations of sexuality
   • 1843, Ludvig baron Holberg, Den danske Skueplads eller Ludwig Holbergs: samtlige Comodier i eet Bind, page 123:

     Tør din liderlige og vanartige Karl understaae dig til at møde for mit Ansigt?

     Do you, immoral and misbehaved guy, dare to have the audacity to come before my sight?

   • 1895, Zacharias Topelius, Feltlaegens historier af Zacharias Topelius: bd. Fra Gustav den tredjes første regeringsaar:

     »Hvor længe skal ærlige Svenske lade udenlandske Fæhunde, Uglspil'er og liderligt Pak, som feder sig med skikkelige Folks Sved og Blod, fuske med Landets Velfærd?

     How long must honest Swedes let foreign fools, jokesters and immoral rabble, who become fat by the sweat and blood of decent people, tamper with the welfare of the country?

   • 1820, Theologisk bibliothek, page 142:

     ... hvorledes de traadte Menneskerettigheder under Fødder; sønderbrød det ægteskabelige Baand; udbredte Løsagtighed, Utugt og liderligt Væsen; ...

     ... in which manner they trampled human rights; broke asunder the bond of marriage; propagated promiscuity, fornication and immoral ways; ...

   • 1875, Chr NIELSEN (of Ringsted.), Holsteinsminde. Filantropiske Meddelelser, page 70

     Ved at nyde disse Fornøielser bringes unyttige Billeder og Fantasier ind i Børnenes Hoveder, og de begynde snart at efterabe, hvad de see. Musikken regnedes ogsaa til de skadelige Daarligheder, fordi den giver Anledning til liderligt Væsen ...

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3. (obsolete) of low quality
   • 1939, Vilhelm Rasmus Andreas Anderson, Horats:

     „Lad den uskyldige Skæmt kun frit passere Censuren: / ærbart er mit Liv, liderligt kun mit Papir".

     "Do let the innocent joke freely pass through censorship: / honourable is my life, it is only my paper that is of low quality".

4. (obsolete) disgusting, repulsive
   • 1855, C. Dredahl, Dramatiske Scener, page 94:

     Nybagte Eder, Forbandelser og liderlige Skjeldsord Udstødtes over os i Fængslets Mørke.

     Newly-baked swears, curses and obscene words of abuse were uttered on us in the darkness of the prison.

• “liderlig” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From German liederlich.

liderlig (indefinite singular liderlig, definite singular and plural liderlige, comparative mer liderlig, superlative mest liderlig)

1. (obsolete) lustful, horny
2. (obsolete, of person, behaviour) immoral, sometimes with connotations of sexuality
3. (degree) very, especially

• “liderlig” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Borrowed from German liederlich.

liderlig (comparative liderligare, superlative liderligast)

1. lustful in an unrestrained manner; lecherous, lewd, lustful, lascivious
   • 1996, Drängarna [The Farmhands], “Kung över ängarna [King of [over] the Meadows]”, in Fint vettö [vettu] [Nice Y'know]‎^[1]:

     Jag lägger mig i gräset ner. Ligger still och bara ler. Slumrar till och snarkar tyst. Drömmer om en kvinnas byst. Då ser jag nån som emot mig går, liderlig med utsläppt hår. Hon är vacker som en dag. I samma stund så vaknar jag. Svär [bit hard to make out the S] ett tag men tänker sen: Hon kommer nog till mig inatt igen. Ännu lyser solen stark i skog och mark.

     I lie down in the grass ["Jag lägger mig ner i gräset" is the usual word order. Ner (“down”) can be skipped]. [I] lie still and just grin [or smile]. [I] doze off and snore quietly. [I] dream of a woman's bosom. Then I see someone walking towards me ["Då ser jag nån som går emot mig" is the usual word order], lustful [often used to imply "lecherous," but also more generally] with her hair let down [with out-released hair]. She is pretty as a picture ["beautiful as a day" – idiom]. At that moment [in the same moment] I wake up. [I] swear for a bit but then [I] think: She will probably come to me tonight again ["igen inatt" is a more common word order in Swedish as well]. The sun still shines bright ["yet shines (V2 word order) the sun strong" – could be translated as "still the sun shines bright" to match, but sounds less awkward in Swedish] in woods and fields ["forest and (wild) land" – idiomatic]. [Could also be put in the present continuous. Matches the intuition in Swedish with the [I]s. See the usage notes for -r.]

Old-fashioned. Now usually tongue-in-cheek, or of dirty old men or the like.

• liderlighet

• lidelse

• lösaktig
• otuktig
• vällustig

• liderlig in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• liderlig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)