subs. (old colloquial).—See quots. Also ardelio.
1598. FLORIO, A Worlde of Wordes, s.v. ARDELIO … one that hath an oare in others boates.
1621. BURTON, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I. II. iv. 7. Striving to get that which we had better be without, ARDELIOS, busybodies as we are.
1653. URQUHART, Rabelais, III. 20. What is it that this … ARDELIONE doth aim at?
