paillard

Borrowed from French paillard in the 1970s, from the name of a restaurant in Paris, from its proprietor's surname, Paillard.

paillard (plural paillards)

1. A slice of meat pounded thin and grilled.

Middle English, from Middle French palliard, see palliard.

paillard (plural paillards)

1. Alternative form of palliard
   • 1690, Kirkton, Hist. Ch. Scotland II, page 84:

     Not only a debauched paillard but a cruel murtherer.

   • 1851, Borrow, Lavengro III, page 315:

     The male part of the upper class are […] a parcel of poor, shaking, nervous paillards.

• palliard

paille +‎ -ard

• IPA^(key): /pa.jaʁ/

paillard (feminine paillarde, masculine plural paillards, feminine plural paillardes)

1. bawdy, lewd

• paillardement (“bawdily”, adverb)

paillard m (plural paillards, feminine paillarde)

1. A dissolute or depraved person.

• → Catalan: pallard

• “paillard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

paillard m (invariable)

1. paillard (grilled sirloin)

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paillard m (plural paillards)

1. (Jersey) tramp, vagabond

• vacâbond