ˈnazzard Obs. exc. dial.
[Of obscure origin: cf. nazold.]
An insignificant or feeble person.
| 1619 H. Hutton Follie's Anat. (Percy Soc.) 36 Women by nature doe a nazzard spight, Because he's a light-horse⁓man and wants weight. 1882 in E.D.D. s.v. Azzard. |
Hence ˈnazzardly a., poor, ill-thriven.
| 1675 Cotton Scoffer Scoft 68 Such a nazardly Pigwiggin, A little Hang-strings in a Biggin. |