Chivalry: Medieval Warfare Unoffical Insults Guide

This is a relatively short guide listing the many crude and possibly immature names you may call your fellow fustylugs.

Edit: Given the warmth I've received from you, my brothers, I have brought over thirty insults to this list in your time of need! They are the ones in bold. May your quivers remain as full as your trousers.

Bespawler- meaning one who drools; someone who is braindead

Blackguard - A dishonorable man

Braggart- A boastful person

Churl- A fool; an idiot

Clout- One who does nothing but cause suffering

Craven- A coward

Cur- An inbred canine

Canker-blossom- An infectious ulcer

Clotpole- A rude, simple-minded fool

Coxcomb- A prideful person

Dew-beater- A clutz; one who is foolishly clumsy

Dorbel- Thick-headed; unintelligent

Dropsy - A disease that produces fluids in cavities throughout the body

Foot-licker- A suck-up, a coward

Fopdoodle- A stupid and classless individual

Gnashgab- A relentless whiner; one who complains

Gobermouch- An old Irish insult; one who is nosy

Knave - A classic. Rascal, trickster, or fool

Loiter-sack- One who is lazy; a slacker

Lout- An agitator

Lubberwort- A slow, simple-minded fool

Milksop - a feminine man

Ninnyhammer - An idiot

Pansy- A wimp

Patsy- King Arthur's servant

Ruffian - A violent criminal

Smellfungus- A killjoy; a whiner

Smellfeast- A fat moocher

Snipe - A lowly marsh bird

Snoutband- A loud-mouth

Stampcrab- A clumsy, big-footed fool

Strump - an unfaithful wife, an adulterer

Swine- A pig

Triptaker- A childish whiner

Urchin- a disgusting beggar

Varlot- a worthless fool

Vassal- a slave

Wheyface- A coward

Whoreson - Son of a ♥♥♥♥♥, some would assume

Addle-brain - an insult of German origin, comes from the word used to describe rotten eggs

Adufe - A Moorish tamborine

Bagpipes - Should be taken as a compliment, those directed as an insult by many

Bedswerver- An adulterer; a defiler

Beshrewer - One who makes things wicked or sinful.

Bobolyne- Tudor word for fool; simpleton

Charlatan - A con-man.

Cumberground- Useless; dead weight

Dalcop- Literally meaning "dull head"; thick-headed

Drate-poke- One who rambles in speech pointlessly; a delinquent

Eunuch - A man who has been castrated

Fetor - A foul scent

Fussbudget - a timid person

Fustylugs- A hag; an unpleasant female

Gherkin - a small pickle

Gillie-Wet-Foot- An old Scottish word for a swindler; a cheater

Gorbelly - A bloated stomach (and not the haggis kind)

Harpy - A classic. Invokes the imagery of the half-woman, half-bird beasts of Greek mythology

Hugger-mugger- One who is the embodiment of confusion

Joithead- A hothead, one who rushes into a situation without thinking, Leeroy Jenkins

Klazomaniac- Someone who seemingly can only communicate through shouting; a loudmouth

Muck-spout- Someone who curses like a sailor

Malt-worm- An alcoholic

Mammet- A lifeless person

Measle- A viral infection that causes sores

Miscreant- A law-breaker

Moldwarp- A stupid person

Puttock- A vulture, a buzzard

Pumpion- One who lacks personal hygiene

Quisby- A slacker

Sackbutt - Yes, this was an instrument

Skinflint - A miser, someone with such greed they would take the skin off a flint

Shabbaroon - A poorly dressed individual

Spur-gall- An antagonistic person

Scut- A deer-ass, a deer's tail

Skainsmate- An unsavory associate

Sloven - A messy or careless person

Strumpet- A prost*tute (seems for some reason nobody liked them much)

Trencherman - A glutton

Trothless - Faithless, to lack loyalty. Literally meaning "promiseless"

Abydocomist- A liar

Bumblulum - The mythical instrument as described by St. Jerome, thought to be a predecesor to the organ

Codpiece- The piece of armor designed to protect the male genitalia (they're actually quite comfortable)

Driggle-draggle- A disgusting woman

Dewberry- A fool

Flap-dragon- A big-mouth

Flax-wench- A prost*tute

Fustilarian- A time-waster, worthless

Giglet- A lusty woman

Gollumpus - a large and clumsy individual

Gowpenful O' Anything- Someone who is a collection of all absurdities

Gudgeon- A gullible individual

Haggard- A sickly individual

Hurdy-gurdy - A mechanical violin, though those who do not know this will perceive it as the cruelest of insults

Leasing-monger- A liar; cheater

Loggerhead- A fool

Mumblecrust- A peasant; a filthy beggar

Puterelle - Toss this one at a lass, if you wish to call her a woman of poor reputation.

Raggabrash- An extremely revolting individual

Rakefire- An over-stayed guest; a moocher

Rascallion - Derived from the word rascal; a fiendish individual

Roiderbanks- A money-waster

Ronyon - Another one for the ladies- a an old hag.

Saddle-goose- A foolish time-waster

Scobberlotcher- A lazy good-for-nothing

Skelpie-limmer- A whiny little brat

Sneaksby - A coward

Sorner- a moocher

Starvelling - A malnourished person

Stymphalist- an unpleasant-smelling person

Tallowcatch- A womanizer

Wandought- One who is weak

Wiffle-waffle- An indecisive time-waster

Yaldson- literally meaning son of a prost*tute

Zoilist- An overly-critical nitpicker

Use these comical chivalrous curses with pride and honor!