gandul 'lazy'

[Max W Wheeler]

On Mon, 17 May 1999, Eduard Selleslagh wrote:

> According to my Spanish-Dutch dictionary (Van Goor's Handwoordenboek, 4th
> ed.) 'Gandul' has two meanings: 1. (familiar) lazy, etc., 2. soldier of an
> old Moorish army corps in Africa and Granada (no etymology given).  I wonder
> if 1. stems from 2. The meaning 'pigeon pea' is not mentioned.
> 'Gandula' is quoted as regular Spanish for deck-chair vel sim.

Curiously, then, Sp. <gandula> 'deck chair' is not in DRAE 1992, nor in
Moliner's Diccionario de uso del español, nor in the online Diccionario
Anaya, which does have:

gandul, -a
I. Del ár. gandur = fatuo.
      1. (adjetivo, -a, femenino, sustantivo masculino). Vago.
      2. (adjetivo, -a, femenino, sustantivo masculino). Bribón.
      3. (sustantivo masculino). Individuo de una tribu de indios mejicanos.

      FAM. Gandulear, gandulería, gandulitis.
      SIN. 1. Holgazán, indolente, perezoso, poltrón. 2. Pícaro, tunante.
      ANT. 1. Trabajador.

Max
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