See Also: degenerous(dictionary)

goldbrick (oh) and degenerous (iou)


goldbrick (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: From a trick in which a brick is sold by pretending it is made of gold]
AmE informal someone who stays away from their work, especially by pretending that they are ill
-- goldbrick v [I]

degenerous (iou)



degenerous adjective.L16-E19.
[from Latin degener (see DEGENERATE verb) + -OUS, after GENEROUS.]
Unworthy of one's ancestry or kind; degenerate; characterized by degeneration.