1607 - The Life of Tymon of Athens, William Shakespeare; see Example below From: The Works of Mr. William Shakespear
Volume the Fifth, 1723 Timon of Athens, Act III, Scene VII P. 52
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incorrectly from French floscule, from Latin flōsculus, diminutive of flōs flower + -ulent; Or maybe a misprint for florulent? 1646 - Horæ Vacivæ, or Essays, John Hall;
see below from E-NED ? variant of writhled (adj.) wrinkled, shrivelled 1590 - The Faerie Queene, Edmund Spenser; see Example below From: The Works of Mr. Edmund Spenser
Volume the First, 1715 The First Book of The Fairy-Queen Canto VIII P. 126 Also Note: E-NED (A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray) only lists an entry for: (adj.) ? glib-tongued (See second example below) CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES From: All The Year Round A Weekly Journal. Conducted by Charles Dickens. No. 294, Third Series. Saturday, August 18, 1894. Price Twopence. Rhyming Words P. 157 (example showing adjective form)
From: The Fraternitye of Vacabondes; As Wel of Ruflyng Vacabondes, as of Beggerly, of Women as of Men, of Gyrles as of Boyes By John Awdely, 1575 Reprinted 1813 The XXV Orders of Knaves Otherwise Called A Quartern of Knaves Confirmed For Ever by Cocke Lorell P. 22 an ancient Greek proverb From:The Gentleman's Magazine: and Historical Chronicle
For the Year 1809 Volume LXXIX. Part the First The Projector Greek Proverbs for Absurd Actions P. 428 from Latin alacris brisk, lively + -fy 1864 - An American Dictionary of the English Language, new revised Edition, Noah Webster; "Alacrify, to rouse to action, to inspirit" From: The Albany Law Journal: A Weekly Record of The Law and The Lawyers,
Vol. LV, From January to June 1897. September 11, 1897 Wine Versus Water How a Lawyer Once Eloquently Argued the Case for the Plaintiff from weal's genitive of weal (n.) + man (n.) 1607 - The Tragedy of Coriolanus, William Shakespeare; see Example below From: Shakespeare A Reprint of His Collected Works
As Put Forth in 1623 Part III Containing The Tragedies John Heminge, Henry Condell, 1864 The Tragedie of Coriolanus, Actus Secundus P. 8 from Latin rīxārī to quarrel + -ation 1623 - The English Dictionarie of 1623, Henry Cockeram; "Rixations, Scouldings, brawlings" From: The Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland
By John MacCulloch Volume III. 1824 Rasay P. 358 from older Flemish spinnekoppe, Dutch and Flemish spinnekop, from spinne spider, or spinnen to spin 1474 - The Game and Playe of the Chesse, William Caxton; see below From: Caxton's Game and Playe of the Chesse, 1474 A Verbatim Reprint of the First Edition Edited by William E.A. Axon, 1883 P. 41 From: Caxton's Mirrour of the World,
Edited by Oliver H. Prior, 1913 Of the manner and condicion of beestes of thise contrees. capitulo XV. from in- + somnolence (inclination to sleep) 1892 - (as per E-NED, and the Historical Thesaurus of English), Chicago Advance, as shown below. An earlier example (1834) is shown below. From: The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal
1834. Part the First Sketches of Irish Fools By T.C. Grattan P. 16 adjective: from shirl (adj.) shrill (obsolete except dialect) + -ing 1592 - The True Use of Armorie, William Wyrley; see below from E-NED From: Lake-Country Rambles
By William T. Palmer, 1902 Chapter I. As a Fell-walker P. 7 a variant of astone (to stun), of difficult explanation; perhaps the ending is due to Old French pa. pple. estoné, estonné 1340 - Dan Michel's Ayenbite of Inwyt; see below From: The Ayenbite of Inwyt Written by Dan Michel in the Year 1340 Edited by the Rev. Joseph Stevenson Printed for the Roxburghe Club, 1855 P. 98 From: The History of the Valiant Knight Arthur of Little Britain,
A Romance of Chivalry. Originally Translated from the French By John Bourchier, Lord Berners, A New Edition, 1814 Thystory of Arthur Of Lytle Brytayne P. 83 also PISSANT, PUISANT, PUISSAUNT, PUISSAUNTE, PUSANT, PUSAUNT, PUSAUNTE, PUSSANT (Scottish), PUYSANT, PUYSAUNT, PUYSAUNTE, PUYSSAUNT CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES Pronunciation of PUISSANT From E-NED: from French puissant, earlier poissant, also possant, pussant, poussant (Godef. Compl.):—Romanic type *possentem, pr. pple. of Latin posse to be able, substituted for Latin potentem. Some scholars explain the French form in puiss- as influenced by the verbal forms puis, puisse: others suppose a Romanic *possient-em for possent-em. The French puissant is a disyllable (pwisɑ̃), as is also historically the Eng. (pwɪˈsɑːnt, ˈpwɪsənt), from 15th c. to Matthew Arnold; so always in Sidney, Shakes., Drayton, and Milton, while Henry More, Shenstone, and others have (pjuːˈɪsənt), in 3 syllables; one or other of these was approved by all 18th c. orthoepists except Sheridan and Walker; these, following Spenser, give (ˈpjuːɪsənt), which is generally preferred by later dictionaries. a 1450 - The Book of the Knight of La Tour-Landry; see Example below From: The Book of the Knight of La Tour-Landry
Translated from the Original French into English in the Reign of Henry VI, Edited by Thomas Wright, Published for the Early English Text Society, 1868 Chapter VIII P. 12 1610 - Pseudo-Martyr, wherein out of certaine Propositions and Gradations, this Conclusion is Euicted. That etc., John Donne; see Example below From: Pseudo-Martyr:
wherein out of certaine propositions, this conclusion is evicted, that those which are of the Romane religion may and ought to take the oath of allegiance. By John Donne, 1610 Chapter IIII P. 151 from out- + fleme (n.) fugitive, exile, outlaw 13?? - Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect. A. Pearl. B. Cleanness. C. Patience; see Example below From: Pearl: An English Poem of the Fourteenth Century.
Edited with a Modern Rendering by Israel Gollancz, 1891 P. 100/101 For noun: perhaps a contracted form of brethel (a worthless fellow) c 1440 - Promptorium Parvulorum Sive Clericorum, Lexicon Anglo-Latinum Princeps; see below from E-NED From: The Digby Mysteries
Edited by F.J. Furnivall, 1882 Mary Magdalene P. 90 From: Supplementary Canterbury Tales,
The Tale of Beryn, Re-Edited from the Duke of Northumberland's Unique MS, By Frederick R. Furnivall, and Walter G. Stone, 1876, Part I. Kit Arranges a Sell for the Pardoner P. 15 1633 - The Purple Island, or the Isle of Man; together with Piscatorie Eclogs and other Poeticall Miscellanies; Phineas Fletcher; see Example below From: The Poems of Phineas Fletcher
Edited by the Rev. Alexander B. Grosart Volume IV. 1869 The Purple Island, or the Isle of Man Canto II P. 79 From: The Miraculous Sheep's Eye, at St. Victor's in Paris.
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