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PERQUISITE - PETTY
PERQUISITE - nouns
• FEE † a perquisite allowed to an officer or servant ...c1386
• GAIN a perquisite; an allowance in kind in addition to cash wages ...1730 Sc.
• NAWPINS perquisites ...1895 Eng. dial.
• OFF-FALLING † a scrap; anything cast off and thrown on one side; something left over; a perquisite ...1660 Sc.
• PARKASEET a perquisite; a tip ...1857 Sc.
• RABBITS perquisites; anything 'buckshee' (free of charge) ...c1920 Royal Navy usage
• UPPINGS perquisites; new or repaired clothes, etc. ...1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VANTAGE † a perquisite ...a1470
PERSECUTE - nouns, person
• CYBERBULLY someone who uses electronic communication to hurt, persecute, or intimidate people
PERSECUTE - verbs
• HARRY to worry, to goad, to torment, to harass; to maltreat, to ill-use, to persecute; to worry mentally; to bother ...a1400-50
• WAR † to harass, to persecute ...a1225
PERSECUTED - verbs
• CRY CAPIVVY to be persecuted to the death, or very near it ...1843 sl.
PERSECUTION - nouns, person
• TOAD-UNDER-A-HARROW a person under constant oppression or persecution ...1825
PERSEVERANCE - adjectives
• IMPERSEVERANT † not persevering, wanting in perseverance ...1594
PERSEVERANCE - nouns
• BELEAVING † remaining steadfast; endurance, perseverance ...1340
• SAND courage; tenacity; stamina; pluck; determination; perseverance; obstinacy ...1867 Amer. dial.
• STICKABILITY perseverance ...1888 sl., orig. US
• STICK-TO-IT-IVENESS perseverance ...1867 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• THROUGH-GANG labour, difficulty; perseverance; energy ...Bk1905 Sc.
PERSEVERE - nouns, person
• HACKER one who perseveres in the face of challenges; a survivor ...1970s US sl.
• PEBBLE someone who perseveres; a resolute person ...1829 Aust. sl.
• STICKER someone who perseveres; a resolute person ...1824 sl.
PERSEVERE - verbs
• ACKADUR to persevere, to endure, to endeavour ...1866 Sc.
• HAG AT A THING to persevere, to labour, to work away at a thing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HANG IN THERE to persevere ...1969 sl., chiefly US
• KEEP to persevere in, to carry on with, to maintain ...1935 Amer. dial.
• KEEP ON TRUCKING to persevere ...1972 US sl.
• LAY WITH to hold tight to, to keep at, to stick with a task or a project or continue to work hard ...1954 Amer. dial.
• LAY WITH IT to hold tight to, to keep at, to stick with a task or a project or continue to work hard ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PEG AWAY to persevere ...1818 sl.
• PLUG AWAY to continue working hard at something, to persevere ...1947 sl.
• PUNCH AWAY to keep trying or working, esp. in difficult or discouraging circumstances; to persevere ...colloq.
• RESOLUTE to persevere ...1917 Amer. dial.
• STAND A GOOD FAG to resist tiredness; to persevere ...L18 sl.
• STAY-WITH to persist or persevere in; to stick to ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• STICK WITH to persevere ...1915 sl.
• SUBSIST † to keep on, to persevere ...1632
• VASBYT to keep going, to 'tough it out', to 'bite the bullet' ...1960s S. Afr. sl., orig. military
• WADE † to persevere under difficulties ...1714
PERSEVERING - adjectives
• FULL OF GUTS courageously determined or persevering ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRITTY courageously determined or persevering, courageous ...Bk1905 Amer. sl.
• IMPORTUNATE persistent or pressing in solicitation; pertinacious, persistent, persevering ...1477
• THROUGH-GOING active, energetic; persevering ...1822 Sc.
• THROUGH-PUTTING active, energetic; persevering ...Bk1905 Sc.
PERSIST - nouns, person
• MASTERPIECE a self-willed person; one who persists in having his own way ...1895 Eng. dial.
PERSIST - verbs
• DUN to persist in trying to get what is due to one ...c1626
• GUT IT OUT to be strong or tough in the face of adversity; to be sturdily stoic; to persist; to endure bravely and tenaciously ...1930s Amer. sl.
• IMPORTUNATE to solicit persistently; to urge, to importune ...a1598
• IMPORTUNE to solicit pressingly and persistently; to ply or beset with requests or petitions ...1530
• OPINIATRE † to maintain or persist in obstinately ...1652
• STAND TRUE VERMIN * to show pluck and persistency ...1834
• STAY-WITH to persist or persevere in; to stick to ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
PERSISTENCE - nouns
• MAIN STRENGTH AND AWKWARDNESS brute force; simple persistence ...1928 Amer. dial.
• MAIN STRENGTH OF IGNORANCE brute force; simple persistence ...1942 Amer. dial.
• OBSTINANCE * stubborn or self-willed persistence; obstinacy ...1432-50
• OBSTINANCY * stubborn or self-willed persistence; obstinacy ...1614
PERSISTENT - adjectives
• EIDENT continuous, persistent, esp. with reference to weather ...1786 Sc.
• HEADY headstrong, impetuous, violent, self-willed, persistent ...1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HEIDIE headstrong, impetuous, violent, self-willed, persistent ...1871 Sc.
• HEIDY headstrong, impetuous, violent, self-willed, persistent ...1871 Sc.
• IDENT diligent, persistent ...1591 Sc.
• IMPORTUNATE persistent or pressing in solicitation; pertinacious, persistent, persevering ...1477
• IMPORTUNE persistent or pressing in solicitation; pertinacious; irksome through persistency of request ...1447
• INSTANT urgent, pressing, persistent ...1839 Sc.
• OBSTINED †* made obstinate or persistent; hardened ...1606
• ONSTANDIN determined, unyielding, esp. in bargaining; importunate, stolidly persistent in trying to get one's way ...1866 Sc.
PERSISTENT - nouns, person
• BAUSON a stupidly persistent man ...19C arch.
PERSISTENT - phrases
• FALL BACK, FALL EDGE come what may; through thick and thin ...1622
PERSISTENTLY - adverbs
• EVER AND ALWAYS always; persistently ...1967 Amer. dial.
• IMPORTUNABLY † persistently, pertinaciously; importunately ...1502
• IMPORTUNATELY with pressing or persistent action or purpose; pressingly ...1568
• IMPORTUNELY † pressingly, persistently, pertinaciously ...1502
PERSON - nouns
• BATCH of persons: a set, a clique, a family ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GARRISON † a body of persons ...1500-20
• KENNEL † a pack, crew, gang, or persons ...1581
PERSON - nouns, person
• ALLIGATOR any person, irrespective of musical taste ...1950s US teen sl.
• ANIMAL a type of person ...1922 sl.
• ARTICLE a person; usually used with a preceding adjective ...1811 sl.
• ARTIST 1. a person devoted to or unusually proficient in the stated activity, as a 'bullshit artist' ...1890 sl.
2. a person; a chap; a fellow ...c1905 sl.
• ASS an individual ...1946 Amer. sl.
• BABE a person ...1898 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• BABY a person, a fellow, a 'customer' ...1880 US sl.
• BEGGAR (often mildly derogatory) a person of the stated sort, as a 'little beggar' ...1833 Brit. sl.
• BENNY a person, a fellow ...1920s US sl.
• BEUCH a person ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BIRKIE a lively, smart youth; a person of any age ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLEEDER a person ...1938 Brit. sl.
• BOD a person ...1933 Brit. sl.
• BODDIE a person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BODIE a person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BODY a person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BO-JACK a fellow, a person ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BOOGER (sometimes derogatory) a fellow, a guy ...1938 Amer. dial.
• BOUL a term of contempt for a person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOZO a fellow, a person ...1920 Amer. dial.
• BUB a man, a fellow ...1872 Amer. dial.
• BUFF a man, a person ...E18 sl.
• BUGGER (sometimes derogatory) a fellow, a guy ...1854 Amer. dial.
• CABBAGE a person, a fellow, a chap ...M18 sl.
• CAMPER a person, an individual ...1970s US sl.
• CHARACTER (often mildly derogatory) a person ...1931 sl.
• CHUMMY a person ...1910s sl.
• CHUMP a person, esp., a regular working man ...M19 sl.
• COOKEY a person; a gal, a guy ...1930 Amer. sl.
• COOKIE a person; a person of the stated type, as a 'tough cookie' ...1917 sl., orig. US
• CRITTER a person, usually disparaging ...1815 US sl.
• CUSS (mildly derogatory) a person of the stated sort, as an 'awkward cuss' ...1775 sl., orig. US
• CUSTOMER (usually mildly derogatory) a person of the stated sort, as a 'mean customer' ...1589 sl.
• DADDY a fellow; a 'customer' ...1964 US sl.
• DADDY-O a friend; a fellow; used in direct address ...1948 US jazz usage
• DEAL an individual or thing ...1940s sl., orig. US
• DEALIE an individual or thing ...1940s sl., orig. US
• DUCK (usually derogatory) a person of the stated sort, as a 'slick duck' ...1871 US sl.
• DUKE a regular fellow; a tough guy ...1989 US sl.
• EGG a person of the stated sort, as a 'tough egg' ...1855 sl.
• FACE a person, a fellow, esp. if White ...1944 US Black sl.
• FACE OF CLAY, THE any living person ...1828 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FISH (mainly derogatory) a person of the stated sort, as a 'cold fish' ...1750 sl.
• FUCKER a rude nickname for a person, usually a male ...20C sl.
• GADJÉ a person, an individual; used rather contemptuously ...1875 Eng. dial.
• GUNK (derogatory) a person ...1964 US sl.
• GUY a person ...1847 sl., orig. US
• HABRA DABRA AND THE CREW any random representatives of the populace; 'Tom, Dick, and Harry' ...1965 Barbados
• HARLOT † a fellow; playfully, a good fellow ...c1386
• H.B.S. human beings ...c1930 jocular
• HEADLING † an equal, a fellow, a mate ...c950
• HEAP a great company, esp. of persons; a multitude ...971
• HIS KNABS a person ...L18 sl.
• HIS NABS a person ...L18 sl.
• INDIVIDUAL (mildly derogatory) a person of the stated sort, as a 'friendless individual' ...1888 sl.
• JABART a term of contempt for a person ...1949 Sc.
• JABBARD a term of contempt for a person ...1949 Sc.
• JACK † a man of the common people; a lad, a fellow; a chap; a low-bred or ill-mannered fellow; a knave ...1548
• JACK-RAG a person ...1895 Eng. dial.
• JAUDEWIN † a term of reproach for a person ...1340-70
• JAY a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1890 Amer. dial.
• JAYBIRD a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1886 Amer. dial.
• JAYHAWK a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1907 Amer. dial.
• JAYHAWKER a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1911 Amer. dial.
• JAZZBO a fellow, a person ...1923 Amer. dial.
• JOHNNY a fellow, a chap ...L17 colloq.
• JOKER a man, a fellow, a chap ...E19 sl., orig. Aust.
• KEED a person, used in direct address ...1920s US sl.
• LAD a person; used depreciatingly of either sex ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LARK a fellow, a person ...1835 Amer. sl.
• LARKIE a fellow, a person ...1833 Amer. sl.
• LARKY a fellow, a person ...1833 Amer. sl.
• LEDE † a man, person; esp. one of the 'men' or subjects of a king or chief; a subject ...a1300
• LEMON a fellow, a man ...1979 UK rhyming sl. for 'geezer' (Lemon-Squeezer)
• LEMON CURD (derogatory) a person ...1960s rhyming sl. for 'turd'
• LEMON-SQUEEZER a fellow, a man ...1979 UK rhyming sl. for 'geezer'
• LIVER PAD a person ...1882 US jocular
• LOLLYGAG a term of disparagement for a person ...1940 Amer. dial.
• MAKE an equal, a fellow; a friend; a companion, a consort, a 'mate' ...1678 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MAN AND MAN a person ...1970s US Black sl.
• MAN CRITTER a human being ...1940 Amer. dial.
• MEMBER a person, an individual ...1896 Eng. dial.
• MERCHANT a person devoted to or unusually proficient in the stated activity, as a 'speed merchant' ...1914 sl.
• MICKEY a fellow, a person ...1950s US sl.
• MICKIE a fellow, a person ...1950s US sl.
• MICKY a fellow, a person ...1950s US sl.
• MIDGICRAW a term of contempt for a person ...B1905 Eng. dial.
• MR. ANYBODY a generic name for an anonymous member of the public ...1940s sl.
• MR. AVERAGE the average member of the public ...1910s sl.
• MR. AVERAGEMAN the average member of the public ...1910s sl.
• MUDDAFUKKA a motherfucker; a person; a despised person; a difficult thing or situation ...1995 US sl.
• NABS a person of either sex ...1797 Amer. sl.
• NIMSHY a human being; a girl, a young girl ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• NOSPER a person ...L19 back-slang
• NUT a person ...1856 Brit. sl.
• OLD BIRD a person, usually old ...1910s sl.
• OLD IDENTITY a person, usually an eccentric one, a 'character' ...M19 sl.
• OLD SCOUT a person; usually used as an affectionate term of address ...E19 sl.
• OLD SCREAM a person; usually used as a term of address ...1920s sl.
• OONT a person; a fellow ...L19 Aust. & Anglo-Indian
• OUTFIT (usually derogatory) a person or persons ...1867 sl., orig. US
• PACKAGE a man, a person ...1920s US sl.
• PALOOKA a person, irrespective of size or intelligence ...1920s US sl.
• PERISHER a person, usually implying contempt or pity ...1896 sl.
• POSSUM a person of the stated sort, as a 'little possum'; also a term of address ...1894 Aust. sl.
• RAT a person, esp. an enthusiast ...20C sl.
• SAM, COW AND THE DUPPY a random selection of the populace; Tom, Dick and Harry ...1965 Barbados
• SARDINE a person ...M19 US sl.
• SCOUT a fellow or companion; a person of the stated sort, as a 'good scout' ...1912 sl.
• SCRAG-PIECE a term of contempt for a person ...1879 Eng. dial.
• SCROUNGE a derogatory term for a person ...1930s US sl.
• SCULPIN a derogatory term for an animal or person; a rascal; a backbiter ...1836 Amer. dial.
• SHAVETAIL a person ...1832 Amer. dial.
• SHOAT a person; an idle, trifling, worthless fellow ...1809 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SHOTE (derogatory) a person; a trifling, worthless fellow ...1844 Amer. dial.
• SINGULAR * a single person; an individual ...1420
• SKATE a person, irrespective of qualities ...L19 US sl.
• SKEESICKS a person, usually a troublemaker ...1850 US sl.
• SKEEZICKS a person, usually a troublemaker ...1850 US sl.
• SKEEZIX a person, usually a troublemaker ...M19 US sl.
• SKEEZUCKS a person, usually a troublemaker ...M19 US sl.
• SKIN 1. a term of contempt for a person ...1825
2. a person ...1958 UK sl.
• SO-AND-SO a person of the stated sort, as a 'poor so-and-so' ...1943 sl.
• SOD a chap, a fellow, a guy ...19C sl., chiefly Brit.
• SORT a person of the stated sort, as a 'bad sort' ...c1869 sl.
• SPECIMEN (mainly derogatory) a person of the stated sort, as a 'queer specimen' ...1854 sl.
• STICK (often mildly derogatory) a person of the stated sort as an 'old stick' ...1785 sl.
• TAD a person, usually a boy or child ...1871 Amer. dial.
• TADWHACKER a person, usually a boy or child ...1941 Amer. dial.
• TAG a label commonly given to a person or thing ...1960s sl.
• TILLICUM a person, esp. an associate or friend ...1868 Amer. dial.
• UNIT a person ...1960s US college sl.
• WAG † a mischievous boy; often used as a mother's term of endearment to a baby boy; also, a youth, a young man; a fellow ...a1553
• WALLER a derogatory term for a person ...2000s US Black sl.
• WAT † a person; especially 'a great wat' ...1399
• WIGHT a human being; a person ...ME now arch., Eng. dial., & literary
• YAHOO a person ...1970s sl.
PERSONAL - adjectives
• SINGULAR † pert. to or connected with the individual, in contrast to what is common or general; personal, private, one's own ...c1340
• VERNACULAR personal, private ...1840
PERSONAL - nouns
• NEVERMIND one's own business or affairs; a concern ...1935
PERSONAL - phrases
• THAT'S MY DEAL that's my business ...1940s sl.
PERSONALITY - nouns
• EGO-HOOD individuality, personality ...1873 nonce word
• TURN personality, temperament, manner ...1923 Amer. dial.
• VIBE of a person: personality, style ...1960s sl.
• VIBES of a person: personality, style ...1960s sl.
PERSONAL PROPERTY - nouns
• DUFFLE gear; small personal property; trash ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PLUNDER baggage, gear; personal property ...1805 Amer. dial.
• TOGGERY one’s gear or belongings ...1850s
• TRAPS belongings, personal property; things; goods, furniture ...1813
PERSONATE - verbs
• MENT to resemble, to take after; to personate ...1790 Eng. dial.
PERSPIRATION - adjectives
• FADY damp, musty; covered with perspiration ...1790 Eng. dial.
PERSPIRATION - nouns (also see SWEAT)
• HADDER a state of perspiration; sweat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• LAB-DAB a profuse perspiration ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LILLYDEW a perspiration, sweat; an excitement ...1854 Eng. dial.
• MASH heat, a condition of heat and perspiration ...1880 Eng. dial.
• MUCK-SWEAT a very nasty, sweaty state; perspiration; orig. and properly if dust or dirt has accrued ...c1830 Brit. colloq.
• PERSPRIATION perspiration ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SAM a state of perspiration ...1854 Eng. dial.
• SUDATION † sweating, perspiration ...1599
• SUDORIFICATION †* sweat, perspiration ...1708
• THOW perspiration; a profuse sweat ...1838 Sc.
• URE sweat, perspiration ...Bk1905 Sc.
PERSPIRE - verbs
• EXPIRE to perspire, to sweat ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GET A RAZZLING to get into a state of perspiration ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• PERSPIRATE * to perspire; to sweat ...1822
• POPPLE of persons: to be in an overheated state; to stream with perspiration ...1808 Sc.
• REEK to emit vapour; to steam; to perspire; to be misty ...1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REEK AGAIN to perspire freely ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCHVITZ to perspire ...1992 US sl.
• SHVITZ to perspire ...1992 US sl.
• SUDATE † to sweat, to perspire ...1599
PERSPIRING - adjectives
• MALTED perspiring; heated ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SAM moist, in a state of perspiration ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAMMY watery, moist, sodden; in a state of perspiration ...1809 Eng. dial.
• SUDORIFICAL †* sweaty, perspiring ...1828
• URY clammy, covered with perspiration ...Bk1905 Sc.
PERSUADE - adjectives
• PARAENETICAL * advisory, hortatory; apt to persuade, admonishing ...1598
• SUASORIAN †* tending to persuade; persuasive ...1646
• SUASORY * tending to persuade; persuasive ...1576
PERSUADE - verbs
• ARGUFY to persuade by argument ...1853 Amer. dial.
• BAISE † to persuade, to coax ...1825 Sc.
• COP to take in, to persuade ...L19 sl.
• FANNY to deceive or persuade by glib talk ...1930s Brit. sl.
• FANNY ON to talk with the intention to persuade or deceive ...1949 UK sl.
• FINAGLE to get or achieve by trickery, craftiness, or persuasion; to wangle ...1927 US sl.
• FINNEGAN to cozen, to persuade artfully ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GAG to persuade, to boost, to promote ...L19 sl.
• GAGA to persuade, to 'sweet talk' ...1990s sl.
• HAG † to incite, to urge; to try to persuade ...1587 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HOOK to snare, to entice, or to swindle a victim; to persuade with deception or flattery; to trick; to defraud ...c1730 Amer. sl.
• LEAN ON to pressurize, to persuade, possibly with violence or threats of violence, to threaten with force ..1920s sl., orig. US
• MACK to lie or exaggerate in order to deceive, exploit, or influence someone; to convince or persuade in a deceptive way ...1975 US Black sl.
• OIL to persuade in some deceitful manner; to bribe ...1920s US sl.
• OPPUGN †* to prevail upon, to win over, to persuade ...1596
• PALAVER to persuade by talking ...1767
• RAP to persuade; to trick out of ...1940s US sl.
• SALVE OVER to talk over or persuade by smooth speech ...1862 colloq.
• SIREN * to allure, to entice, to persuade ...1690
• SUADE * to persuade ...1531 now rare or Eng. dial.
• TEW to annoy. to vex; to tease, to importune, to pester; to urge, to persuade ...1781 Eng. dial.
• THROW THE HOOKS to persuade victims with deception or flattery ...1887 Amer. criminals' sl.
• TILL † to draw, to attract, to persuade; to entice, to allure, to coax; to win over ...a1225
• WORK to exert one's charm, power, persuasiveness, etc., esp. on an audience; to manipulate ...1851 Amer. sl.
PERSUADED - adjectives
• HAMPER-LOGGED persuaded; overborne ...1893 Eng. dial.
• SUADIBLE †* that may be easily persuaded ...1382
• SUASIBLE * capable of being persuaded; that is easily persuaded ...1582
PERSUADED - nouns, person
• EASY MARK someone or something overcome, mastered, or persuaded without difficulty; a gullible person; anything achieved with ease ...1845 sl.
PERSUADING - adjectives
• ADHORTATORY † persuading or urging to a course; inciting ...1660
• SUASIVE having or exercising the power of persuading or urging ...1601
PERSUADING, PERSUASION, PERSUASIVE - nouns
• ADHORTATION † encouragement, persuasion, incitement ...1536
• ARM-TWISTING powerful persuasion ...colloq.
• BULL CON a concerted attempt at flattery, deception, or persuasion ...1896 US sl.
• EDGEMENT incitement, urging, persuasion ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• INCREED internal persuasion ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• SNOW JOB an act of deception; a lie; an excuse; strong and persistent persuasion, esp. in a dubious cause ...1940s US sl.
• SOFT SOAP flattering, persuasive, or cajoling talk; insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1830 colloq., orig. US
• SUADA † persuasiveness; persuasive eloquence ...1592
• SUASION the act or fact of exhorting or urging; persuasion ...c1374
• SUASIVE a persuasive speech, motive or influence ...1670
• SUASORINESS * aptness to persuade ...1727
• SUASORY † a persuasive speech, motive or influence ...1625
• TIGHTING † persuading, enticement ...c1000
PERSUASION - nouns, person
• ARM-TWISTER someone who uses strong persuasion ...Amer. sl.
PERSUASION - phrases
• I'D HAVE DONE IT FOR A FARTHING it would have taken very little persuasion to make me do it ...L19 sl.
PERSUASIVE - adjectives
• INBEARING † persuasive, eloquent, impressive ...1694 Sc.
• MEDICINE persuasive ...L19 US sl.
• PROTREPTICAL † adapted to persuade; hortatory, persuasive ...1667-8
• SOAPY insincere in manner; ingratiating, sycophantic, flattering or persuasive ...1854 sl.
• SUASORIAN †* tending to persuade; persuasive ...1646
• SUASORY * tending to persuade; persuasive ...1576
PERSUASIVE - verbs
• GAMMON to talk plausibly or persuasively ...1789 colloq.
PERT - adjectives
• BARDIE forward, pert, shameless, insolent ...1822 Sc.
• BARDY forward, pert, shameless, audacious; insolent; defiant ...1822 Sc.
• BOBBEROUS pert, saucy, forward ...19C Eng. dial.
• CALLETING pert, saucy, gossiping ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CLIPPIE sharp of speech; snappish, pert ...19C Sc.
• COBBY stout, hearty, brisk, lively, pert, saucy, in good spirits, merry, cheerful, well in health ...1691 Eng. dial.
• DANDY pert, frolicsome ...1790 Eng. dial.
• DICACIOUS † pert of speech; saucy; talkative ...1830
• FAUSTY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• FEISTY irascible, argumentative, touchy, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• FICETY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• FISTY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• FLOSSY pert, impudent ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FRESH amorously over-free or cheeky; pert; forward; bold; impudent ...1845 sl., orig. US
• FYSTY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• GANDYING pert, chattering, foolishly talkative ...Bk1900 Sc.
• HAFTY saucy, pert ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HEFTY saucy, pert ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• IMPERT pert, impertinent, impudent ...1889 Eng. dial.
• KECK pert, insolent, lively ...1856 Eng. dial.
• KECKLE pert ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• LIPPY impudent, rude, pert, disrespectful, talkative ...1875 sl.
• NASHIN chattering, pert ...1825 Sc.
• OVER-PERTED † made too pert, saucy, or self-conceited ...1614
• PAUGHTY pert, impertinent, saucy, insolent ...1637-50 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PROCACIOUS * forward, insolent, impudent, saucy, pert, petulant ...1660
• TAUNT pert, saucy; high and mighty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THWART cross, contrary, ill-tempered; pert, saucy ...1894 Eng. dial.
• TOITISH saucy, pert, or impudent; easily offended; flighty in temper; irritable, ill-tempered, snappish ...1846 Eng. dial.
• TWIRTY cross, easily put out; pert ...1850 Amer. dial.
• TWORT cross, contrary, ill-tempered; pert, saucy ...1894 Eng. dial.
• YAFFIN pert, forward in speech ...1857 Sc.
PERT, PERTNESS - nouns
• BARDINESS forwardness, pertness, esp. as shown in conversation ...Bk1898 Sc.
• GANDY † pert, foolish talk; a brag, a boast ...1866 Sc.
• GANGE pert, foolish speaking; a gossiping tongue ...1866 Sc.
• GASH prattle, pert language ...1813 Sc.
• HAWBAW impudence; pert, saucy speaking ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SASS pertness; impudent talk ...M19 Amer. colloq.
• PROCACITY * forwardness, petulance, sauciness, pertness, impudence ...1621
• TASH saucy, pert speech; impudence ...1815 Sc.
PERT - nouns, person
• BIRSIE a pert, forward child ...19C Sc.
• BRATCHART a pert, mischievous child; a silly person; a true lover ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRATCHET a pert, mischievous child; a silly person; a true lover ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUBBLY-JOCK a pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow; a stupid boaster ...19C sl.
• CAGMAG a gossip, a newsmonger; a pert, meddling woman or girl ...19C Eng. dial.
• GABBY a pert, chattering person ...Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAB-NASH a pert or voluble chatterer ...1923 Sc.
• GAB-SNASH † a pert or voluble chatterer ...1813 Sc.
• GANDY † a bragging, boastful person; a pert talker ...1790 Sc.
• GIDGET a lithe and pert young woman ...1950s Amer. sl.
• JACK-A-DANDY an insignificant little fellow; a little pert or conceited fellow ...1632
• JACKANAPES 1. a ridiculous upstart; a pert, impertinent, or conceited fellow who assumes ridiculous airs; a coxcomb, a fop ...c1555
2. a playful term for a pert, forward child; a mischievous child; a 'monkey' ...c1555
• JANE-OF-APES † a female 'jackanapes'; a pert, forward girl ...1623 nonce word
• KEG-MEG a gossip, a newsmonger; a pert, meddling woman or girl ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• MALAPERT † a presumptuous, impudent, pert, or saucy person ...1622 obs. exc. arch.
• MINK a minx, a pert girl, a hussy ...1899 Amer. dial.
• NACKET a pert, forward, smart boy; a trifling little person; an insignificant person; a wicked, mischievous, or impertinent child; a precocious child ...1833 Sc.
• NAFF a pert, talkative person ...Bk1903 Sc.
• NASH-GAB a pert or gossiping person, an impertinent, ill-natured fellow, a forward, prattling girl ...1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NASH-GOB a pert or gossiping person ...1816 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NATTI a cross-tempered, malicious or pert fellow ...1908 Sc.
• POP-SQUIRT a pert, conceited man of small physique; an insignificant, pretentious fellow ...1905 Amer. dial.
• PRINCOCK † a pert, forward, saucy boy or youth; a conceited young fellow; a coxcomb ...1540 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SACKET a term of abuse; a scamp, a rascal, a pert, impudent person ...1853 Sc.
• SASS-BOX a saucy, pert, or impudent woman or child ...1871 Amer. dial.
• SASS-BUCKET an impudent person, esp. a child; a saucy or pert woman or child ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SASS-POT an impudent person, esp. a child; a saucy or pert woman or child ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SASSY-BOX an impudent person, esp. a child; a saucy or pert woman or child ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SAUCEBOX an impudent person, esp. a child; a saucy or pert woman or child ...1588
• SKIPJACK a pert, shallow-brained fellow; a young, impudent person; a conceited fop or dandy ...1554 arch.
• SMATCHET a small, contemptible person; a mischievous, impudent, pert child; used as a term of contempt or dislike ...c1582 Sc.
• SNICKET a pert, saucy, forward girl; a term of reproach for a little girl; a naughty child; a dirty, careless, impudent woman ...1867 Eng. dial.
• TITTUP a pert, impudent or forward woman or girl; a hussy, a minx ...1762 Eng. dial.
• TITTY-UP a pert, impudent or forward woman or girl; a hussy, a minx ...1901 Eng. dial.
• TITTY-UPS a pert, forward girl ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• YAFF a chatterbox, a pert creature ...1887 Sc.
PERT - verbs
• CAMPLE † to scold, bully; to retort, answer pertly; to argue or contend saucily; to wrangle or quarrel; to be sulky or cross ...1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GANDY † to talk in a blustering, boastful, or pert fashion ...1808 Sc.
• GANGE to talk in a pert, silly manner; to talk insolently ...1880 Sc.
• GANIE † to talk in a blustering, boastful, or pert fashion ...1808 Sc.
• GAUNGE † to talk in a pert, silly manner; to talk insolently ...1880 Sc.
• KIM-KAM to bicker, to argue, to retort; to use pert language ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• NAFF to talk in a pert, senseless way; to argue snappishly, esp. of children and persons of diminutive appearance ...Bk1903 Sc.
• NASH to talk in a pert, impudent, or caustic manner ...1825 Sc.
• YAFF to chatter, to prate, to talk pertly ...1808 Sc.
PERTAIN - verbs
• BEHOLD † to pertain, relate or belong to; to concern ...c1175
• BELIE † to lie near; to pertain or belong to ...c1200
• BELIMP † to pertain, to belong to, to befit ...c888
• EFFEIR † to pertain to, to fall by right, to be proper or fit ...1631 Sc.
• I-BURE † to pertain, behove, be proper ...c1000
PERTAINING - adjectives
• AFFEIRAND † properly pertaining, appropriate, meet, proportionate ...1535 Sc.
• AFFEIRING † properly pertaining, appropriate, meet, proportionate ...1535 Sc.
• AFFERANT † falling by right, pertaining, befitting, appropriate, suitable ...1480
PERTINACIOUS - adjectives
• ENDLESS pertinacious, long-winded, talkative ...1822 Sc.
• IMPORTUNATE persistent or pressing in solicitation; pertinacious, persistent, persevering ...1477
• IMPORTUNE persistent or pressing in solicitation; pertinacious; irksome through persistency of request ...1447
PERTINACIOUS - nouns, person
• BAUSON a fat, clumsy, or pertinacious person ...1607 arch.
• BAWSON a term of contempt for a fat or pertinacious person ...1607 arch.
• HAKE a greedy, grasping discontented person; a miser; a pertinacious asker or beggar; a covetous person ...1855
PERTINACIOUSLY - adverbs
• IMPORTUNABLY † persistently, pertinaciously; importunately ...1502
• IMPORTUNELY † pressingly, persistently, pertinaciously ...1502
PERTINACITY - nouns
• IMPORTUNACY pertinacity; pressing solicitation ...1548
• IMPORTUNITY 1. troublesome pertinacity in solicitation ...c1460
† 2. pertinacity or constancy of trouble ...1663
PERTINENT - adjectives
• EFFECTUAL † to the point, pertinent, conclusive ...1593
PERTINENTLY - adverbs
• EFFECTUALLY † pertinently, to the purpose, explicitly ...1583
PERTLY - adverbs
• BARDILY pertly ...Bk1898 Sc.
PERTNESS - nouns
• SAUCE sauciness, impertinence, pertness, brashness ...1835 colloq.
PERTURB - verbs
• CONTURBATE † to disturb greatly; to perturb; to throw into confusion ...1657
• PERTROUBLE † to perturb, to trouble greatly ...c1470 chiefly Sc.
PERTURBATION - nouns
• PUCKER a state of agitation or perturbation ...arch.
PERTURBED - adjectives
• AFFESED †* scared, alarmed, perturbed ...1614
• BUGGIN' irritated; perturbed ...20C teen & high school sl.
PERTURBED - nouns
• PALAVER the state of being upset or perturbed ...1899 colloq.
PERTURBED - verbs
• CHAW ONE'S TOBACCO MIGHTY FAST to be perturbed or angry ...1902 Amer. dial.
• FLURRY ONE'S MILK to be worried, perturbed, annoyed ...E19 sl.
• YACK † to be in perturbation ...Bk1905 Sc.
PERVERSE - adjectives
• ARSEWARD perverse, obstinate; unwilling ...1686 Eng. dial.
• ARSEWARDS perverse, obstinate; unwilling ...1686 Eng. dial.
• AWKLY † untoward, perverse ...1556
• AWKWARD of persons or animals: perverse, obstinate, difficult to manage, bad-tempered ...1883 Eng. dial.
• BACK-ENDED perverse; arsy-versy ...1904 Amer. dial.
• BACKFOREMOST perverse, wrong-headed ...1889
• BACKWARD † perverse, unfavourable ...1583
• BOOL-HORNED perverse, headstrong ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAM perverse, obstinate, cross ...a1600 Eng. dial.
• CAMMED crooked, perverse ...c1746 Eng. dial.
• CAMSHOCH perverse ...1606 Sc.
• CAMSTAIRY obstinately perverse, unruly, or wilful; fractious ...1769 Sc.
• CAMSTEERY perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable ...1769 Sc.
• CAMSTERRY perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable ...1769 Sc.
• CAMSTRARIE perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable ...1769 Sc.
• CAMSTROUDGEOUS wild, unmanageable; obstinate, perverse ...19C Sc.
• CANTANKEROUS showing an ill-natured disposition; ill-conditioned and quarrelsome, perverse, cross-grained ...1772
• CONTRARY characterized by self-willed or refractory opposition; perverse ...M18 colloq.
• CONTRARY AS THE DEVIL'S OFF-HORSE perverse, uncooperative, stubborn, obstinate ...1940 Amer. dial.
• CRAB perverse; ill-humoured, mean, cross ...1961 UK sl.
• CROOKED AS AN IZZARD deformed in person; perverse in disposition ...1856 Eng. dial.
• GAMSTERRIE perverse, insubordinate, unmanageable, unruly ...1844 Sc.
• GODDAM perverse, annoying ...E20 colloq.
• HOOKY-CROOKY not straightforward, perverse, dishonest ...1833
• ILL-BELKIFOO perverse, uncompliant, averse to control ...1929 Sc.
• ILL-BENYIED perverse, ill-disposed ...1929 Sc.
• ILL-BISTED bad-tempered, cross, perverse, wicked ...1866 Sc.
• ILL-BISTEN bad-tempered, cross, perverse, wicked ...1866 Sc.
• ILL-DONE wrong, ill-behaved, perverse, mischievous, ill-advised ...1828 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-GATED badly behaved, having bad habits, perverse ...1824 Sc.
• ILL-SPUN wicked, perverse ...1958 Sc.
• ILL-VAMD unpleasant, disagreeable in manner or appearance, or in taste or smell; of evil presence or influence, malignant; perverse ...1897 Sc.
• ILLWHINNERED perverse, mean-minded, malevolent ...1931 Sc.
• KIM-KAM † crooked, awkward, perverse, contrary ...1582 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MAGGATIVOUS capricious, crotchety, contrary, perverse ...1866 Sc.
• MAGGOTIVE capricious, crotchety, contrary, perverse ...1866 Sc.
• MAGGOTTY capricious, crotchety, contrary, perverse ...1846 Sc.
• OBLIQUITOUS morally or mentally perverse ...1864
• REFRACTARIOUS †* obstinate, stubborn, perverse ...1624
• SINISTROUS † erroneous, perverse, heretical ...1560
• TETRICOUS † sour in countenance; austere, severe, harsh, crabbed, perverse, morose ...1727
• THIRTINGILL perverse, wrong-headed ...1872 Eng. dial.
• THRAWART perverse, stubborn, ill-tempered, peevish; unwilling, reluctant ...1796 Sc.
• THRAWN perverse, obstinate; cross-grained; rebellious; morally wrong ...1737 Sc.
• THRAWN-HEADED perverse ...1795 Sc.
• THRAWN-MUGGENT † perverse ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THRAWN-NATURED perverse ...1823 Sc.
• THREFT reluctant, unwilling; perverse ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TOP-THRAWN headstrong, perverse, obstinate, wrong-headed ...1808 Sc.
• UNBIDDABLE perverse, obstinate, intractable, not to be advised ...1825 Sc.
• UNCOSOME awkwardly or perversely disposed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VACENTRARY subject to fits; contrary, perverse ...1897 Eng. dial.
• VASSENTARY subject to fits; contrary, perverse ...1897 Eng. dial.
• WRABBED †* perverse; difficult to manage ...1540
• WRAW † peevish, crabbed, perverse ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
PERVERSE, PERVERSENESS, PERVERSITY - nouns
• CANTANKER † cantankerousness; an ill-natured, quarrelsome, perverse, or cross-grained disposition ...1825 nonce word
• GALLOWSNESS mischief, perversity ...1859 Eng. dial.
• HAWVISHNESS disagreeable behaviour, perversity ...1867 Eng. dial.
• KINK a perverse desire or inclination; a fetishistic or otherwise unconventional sexual preference ...1959 Amer. sl.
• OBLIQUITY divergence from moral rectitude, sound thinking, or right practice; moral or mental perversity or aberration; a delinquency, a fault, an error ...c1422
• THRAWNNESS perverseness, obstinacy, contrariness ...1890 Sc.
• VAMPISHNESS frowardness, perverseness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VISK a warped or perverse mood or disposition ...a1838 Sc.
PERVERSE - nouns, person
• CROOKED STICK a cantankerous, cross-grained, and perverse person; a dishonest person ...1846-8
• THRAW-MULE a perverse and obstinate person ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
• VISION a perverse child ...1973 Sc.
PERVERSE - verbs
• IMPERVERSE †* to render perverse ...1603
PERVERSELY - adverbs
• ARSY-VARSY back to front, upside down; perversely ...1539 UK
• ARSY-VERSY back to front, upside down; perversely ...1539 UK
• AWKLY † perversely, untowardly ...c1440
• BACKWARDLY † perversely ...a1586
• CAMMED perversely, crookedly ...1750 Eng. dial.
• KIM-KAM † crookedly, awry; in a wayward, perverse, or contrary way ...1603 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SINISTRALLY † in a sinister manner; perversely; wrongly ...1548
• SINISTROUSLY in an erroneous manner; incorrectly, wrongly, perversely; awkwardly ...1581
PERVERSENESS - nouns
• AWKWARDNESS perverseness, obstinacy, impracticability ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AWKWARDS perverseness, obstinacy, impracticability ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
PERVERSION - nouns
• ABUSAGE † abuse, misuse, perversion; defilement ...1548
• ABUSION † misuse, misapplication, perversion ...c1450
• OBTORTION †* a twisting, distortion, perversion ...a1656
PERVERSION - verbs
• VERT to practice sexual perversion ...19C US sl.
PERVERSITY - nouns
• ADVERSITY † contrariness of nature; perversity ...1489
• AWVISHNESS disagreeable behaviour, perversity ...1867 Eng. dial.
• CAMSTRARINESS obstinacy, perversity ...1835 Sc.
• SINISTERITY † sinister character; perversity; dishonesty ...1647
• THROW opposition; a fit of perversity or ill-humour; a quarrel, controversy ...1788 Sc.
PERVERT, PERVERTED - nouns, person
• MORPHODITE a sexual pervert; a homosexual male ...M20 US sl.
• MORPHYDITE a sexual pervert; a homosexual male ...M20 US sl.
• SICKO a disgusting or disturbingly revolting person; a mentally unstable person, with overtones of sexual perversion; a pervert or someone with a warped or perverted sense of humour ...1970s sl.
• SICK PUPPY a perverted person ...1984 US sl.
• VERT a sexual pervert ...19C
PERVERT - verbs
• BEND to pervert; to corrupt. to commit some form of fraudulent manoeuvre, esp. as in losing a race deliberately, bribing a policeman or a sporting competitor ...19C sl.
• BESHREW † to make wicked or evil; to deprave, to pervert, to corrupt ...c1325
• FASHION † to counterfeit, to pervert ...1599
• SUBVERT * to undermine the character, loyalty, or faith of; to corrupt, to pervert a person ...c1375
• THROW to distort, to pervert ...1835 Sc.
PERVERTED - adjectives
• IMPERVERTIBLE incapable of being perverted ...1850
• SICKO depraved, perverted, insane ...1970s sl.
• SKEW † distorted, perverted; macaronic ...1607
• WHISKERS pert. to sexually perverted men ...20C US criminals' sl.
PERVERTED - nouns, person
• SICKIE one who is mentally ill or perverted ...1973 Amer. sl.
• SICKO one who is mentally ill or perverted ...1977 Amer. sl.
• SICKY one who is mentally ill or perverted ...1973 Amer. sl.
PERVERTING - adjectives
• SENSE-THRAWING perverting or confusing the senses ...1895 Sc.
PESO - nouns
• ADOBE DOLLAR a Mexican peso ...1927 Amer. dial.
PESSIMISM - nouns
• CALAMITY HOWL a statement of extreme pessimism ...L19 US sl.
PESSIMIST, PESSIMISTIC - nouns, person
• 'APPY DAY a pessimistic and inveterate grumbler ...20C Royal Navy sl.
• BAD NEWS a pessimist ...1960s sl., orig. US
• CALAMITY JANE a nagging woman; a pessimist; a worrier; a prophet of disaster ...1918 US sl.
• CROAKER a pessimist ...US Civil War usage
• DEAD BATTERY an irritable or gloomy person; a pessimist ...World War II Amer. sl.
• GROWLER a pessimist ...US Civil War usage
• LAZY-ASS SACK OF SHIT a miserable, pessimistic, morale-lowering person ...1940s sl., orig. US
• MOANER a complainer, a whinger, a pessimist ...1920s sl., orig. US
• NEGAHOLIC a pessimist ...1980s US sl.
• NEGATIVE NANCY. a female pessimist ...2000s US college sl.
• SAD APPLE a pessimist ...1910s US sl.
• SAD SACK OF SHIT a miserable, pessimistic, morale-lowering person ...1940s sl., orig. US
• SORRY SACK OF SHIT a miserable, pessimistic, morale-lowering person ...1940s sl., orig. US
• WET BLANKET a person who dampens and smothers all enthusiasm; a person who prevents fun; a killjoy; a pessimist ...1879 Amer. sl.
PESSIMISTIC - adjectives
• DOWNBEAT gloomy, subdued, pessimistic ...1952 Amer. sl.
PESSIMISTIC - verbs
• PESSIMIZE * to make the worst of; to take the most unfavourable view of; to hold pessimistic views ...1862
PEST - nouns. person
• AIREDALE a fool; a worthless person; a pest ...1920s US sl.
• GEORGIE BEST a pest, esp. a drunken pest ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• HELLCAT a mean, spiteful or malicious person, esp. a woman; a reckless, impertinent, bad-tempered, or vexatious person; a troublemaker; a devil-may-care person; one who pesters or annoys ...1899 Amer. dial.
• JEFF (derogatory) an ignorant, unsophisticated, or boring person; a pest ...1938 Amer. dial.
• JEFF DAVIS (derogatory) an ignorant, unsophisticated, or boring person; a pest ...1946 Amer. dial.
• JEFFER (derogatory) an ignorant, unsophisticated, or boring person; a pest ...1969 Amer. dial.
• NERDBOMBER a pest; a nuisance ...1990 US sl.
• PAINFUL EXPERIENCE a pest, often a drunken one ...Brit. sl.
• WOOLLY VEST a pest ...Brit. rhyming sl. Brit
PESTER - verbs
• APPLICATE to insist; to pester one with unwelcome requests ...1929 Amer. dial.
• BAT SOMEONE'S EAR to pester, to nag ...1940s US sl.
• BEPESTER to pester greatly, to plague, to vex, to harass ...1600
• BONE to chide, to reprove; to pester ...1858 Amer. dial.
• CROSSQUOBBLE to pester with questions, to confuse ...Bk1920 Eng. dial.
• DING to reiterate tiresomely; to nag, to pester, to worry, to tease ...1899 Amer. dial.
• EGG to tease, to annoy, to pester, to irritate; to importune, to find fault continually, to nag ...1746 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• HAISTER to perplex, to tease, to pester, to vex, to harass a person; to annoy ...1818 Sc.
• HAKE to urge; to pester ...1855 Eng. dial.
• HASSLE to cause trouble or harm to; to bother, to pester, to harass a person ...1959
• HAUL † to worry, to torment, to pester ...1678 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• HESTER to perplex, to tease, to pester, to vex, to harass a person ...1818 Sc.
• IMPORTUNE † to burden; to be troublesome or wearisome to; to trouble, to worry, to pester, to annoy ...1578
• JAY to harass, to pester someone until a desired result is obtained ...1927 Amer. dial.
• MAD-DOG to nag, to pester ...1980s NZ sl.
• PENNY-DOG to follow persistently; to fawn on; to pester; to toady, to curry favour ...1914 Amer. dial.
• PENNY-FEIST to follow persistently; to fawn on; to pester; to toady, to curry favour ...1939 Amer. dial.
• PESTICATE to annoy, to bother, to pester; to nose around ...1905 Amer. dial.
• TARRAGAT to interrogate, to question strictly and persistently; to tease, to torment with questions; to pester ...1825 Sc.
• TEW to annoy. to vex; to tease, to importune, to pester; to urge, to persuade ...1781 Eng. dial.
• WERRICK to tease, pester; to worry ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WHITTLE to fuss; to get uneasy; also, to pester, to tease ...1834 Amer. dial.
• WORRIT to worry; to distress; to pester ...1818 colloq.
PESTERING - adjectives
• IMPORTUNOUS †* burdensome, pestering ...1598
• IN ONE'S FACE annoying or pestering one ...1953 US sl., orig. Black
• ON ONE'S FACE annoying or pestering one ...1953 US sl., orig. Black
• PESTEROUS troublesome, given to pestering, teasing, mischievous ...1806 Amer. dial.
PESTERING - phrases
• IF THE MISSUS OF THE HOUSE CAUGHT A MOUSE IN HER BLOUSE WOULD SHE ROUSE? - BY JOVE SHE WOULD a parental reaction to being pestered by children ...Bk1998 NZ sl.
PESTILENCE - nouns
• MANQUALM † plague, pestilence ...a900
PET, PETTED - adjectives
• CADDLING dainty, fastidious, delicate, accustomed to be petted ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADE petted, indulged, spoiled; applied to lambs brought up by hand, and hence to children ...1790 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• CADED petted, carefully nurtured ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADELY tame; accustomed to be petted, spoiled ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADISH accustomed to be petted, spoiled ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADY tame; accustomed to be petted, spoiled ...1869 Eng. dial.
• DANDILLY spoiled by admiration, or by being made too much of; celebrated for beauty; petted ...1500-20 Sc.
• MAMMIFIED of children: spoiled, petted ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
PET, PETTED - nouns, person
• ALIE a pet, a favourite ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BESSY-BAB(S) a petted, spoiled child; a child who cries for little cause ...1842 Eng. dial.
• CADDLE one who coddles himself; one who is accustomed to be petted ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADE a spoiled, pampered or petted child ...1877 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• DANDILLY a woman spoiled by admiration; one conceited of her personal appearance; a vain woman; a pet, a darling ...1697 Sc.
• DANDLING † a dandled child; a pet, a spoiled child ...1611 obs. or Eng. dial.
• DAUTIE a person caressed or indulged; a darling, a pet, a favourite; a term of affection ...1676 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAWTIE a person caressed or indulged; a darling, a pet, a favourite; a term of affection ...1676 Sc.
• DAWTY a person caressed or indulged; a darling, a pet, a favourite ...1676 Sc.
• DEARLING † a darling, a pet, a favourite ...1715
• DOY a term of endearment for a child; a pet...1884 Eng. dial.
• FEDDLE † one who is made much of; a pet, a favourite, a darling ...a1400-50
• FEDILL † one who is made much of; a pet, a favourite ...a1400-50
• LEVERET † one who is petted, a pet ...1617
• LOLL-POOP a pet; a spoiled child; a wheedling, coaxing child ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MAM'S FOUT the mother's favourite child; a spoiled, petted child ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MAM'S PET the mother's favourite child; a spoiled, petted child ...1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-BIRD n. the youngest child of a family; a pet, a favourite; one who is fond of staying at home ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-BUB the youngest child of a family; a pet, a favourite; one who is fond of staying at home ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-COCK † the last-hatched bird, or weakling of a brood; hence, a mother's pet; a spoiled or delicate child or youth ...1626 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PIGSNEY one specially cherished; a darling, a pet; a term of endearment; generally applied to a girl or a woman; rarely applied to a man or boy (obs. now for this use) ...c1386 arch. or Eng. dial.
• THRAWN-DAYS a spoiled, petted child ...1824 Sc.
• TIDLING † a pampered or spoiled child; a darling, a pet; a young, delicate, or puny child or animal in need of special care; a weakling ...1520 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WHITE-HAIRED BOY a favoured or favourite man or boy; a pet ...1869 Amer. dial.
PET - verbs
• ALIE to pet, to cherish ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CADDLE to pet, to fondle, to coax, to coddle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADE to pet, to fondle, to indulge, to spoil ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADEL to pet, to fondle, to coax, to coddle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADLE to pet, to fondle, to coax, to coddle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALOOP to neck, to pet ...1942 Amer. sl.
• CARESS to treat with kindness or favour; to pet, to make much of ...1658 arch.
• DALLY to pet, to indulge, to spoil ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DANDLE to make much of, to pet, to pamper ...1575
• DAUT to pet, to fondle, to caress, to make much of ...1500-20 Sc.
• DAWT to pet, to fondle, to caress, to make much of ...1500-20 Sc.
• HANDLE to pet; to fondle ...20C US sl.
• HARBOUR to pet, to spoil, to make much of ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAUNCH to fondle, to pet ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MAKE OF to pet, as a cat ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• MARD UP to be spoiled; to pet, to caress ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAUNGE to pet; to 'cocker up' ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SUGAR-PLUM to reward or pacify with sweetmeats; hence, to pet, to cosset ...1788
• TANTLE to pet, to fondle, to caress; to humour a child; to pay much attention to; to nurse and feed with care ...1898 Eng. dial.
• TIDDLE † to fondle or indulge to excess; to pet, to pamper; to tend carefully, to nurse, to cherish ...1560 obs. exc. Eng. dial. or sl.
• TONTLE to pet, to fondle, to caress; to humour a child; to pay much attention to; to nurse and feed with care ...1898 Eng. dial.
• TITTLE † to fondle or indulge to excess; to pet, to pamper; to tend carefully, to nurse, to cherish ...1560 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WHITE-HEN'S CHICK a spoiled or petted child ...1786 Eng. dial.
PET, PETTED - adjectives
• MAMMIFIED of children: spoiled, petted ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MARDY spoiled, petted, over-indulged; pettish, peevish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MARRED spoiled, petted, over-indulged; pettish, peevish ...1865 Eng. dial.
• MAUNGY spoiled, petted, pampered; cross, peevish, ill-tempered; complaining ...1865 eng. dial.
PET, PETTING - adjectives
• FRISKING petting or groping ...20C US sl.
PET, PETTING - nouns
• LITTLE petting ...1960s US sl.
• MAKING a petting, fondling, caressing ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MOLLY-HUGGING love-making; petting ...1944 Amer. dial.
• WRIGGLE-DIGGLE petting, mutual fondling; hence, sexual intercourse ...1960s sl.
PET, PETTING - verbs
• COP A FEEL to indulge in some form of petting, but not intercourse ...20C US sl.
PETITIONER - nouns, person
• ORATOR † one who offers a prayer or petition; a petitioner or suppliant ...1433
• ORATRESS † a female pleader, petitioner, or plaintiff ...1586
• ORATRICE † a female pleader, plaintiff, petitioner, or offerer of prayers ...1432
• ORATRICLE †* a little or insignificant petitioner ...1574
• ORATRIX † a female petitioner or plaintiff ...1464
PETRIFICATION - nouns
• LAPIDIFICATION the act or process of converting or being converted into stone ...1626
• LAPIDESCENCE † petrifaction ...1650
• LAPIDESCENCY † petrifaction ...1646
PETRIFY - verbs
• LAPIDIFY to become stone; to make or turn into stone ...1657
PETRIFYING - adjectives
• LAPIDESCENT that is in process of becoming stone ...1644
PETROL - see FUEL
PETROLEUM - nouns
• EARTH-OIL petroleum ...1755
• OIL OF SALTPETRE † petroleum ...1692
• OIL PATCH in the petroleum industry: the petroleum industry or a petroleum-producing area ...1980 Amer. sl.
PETTICOAT - nouns
• BARRIE a woman's petticoat ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DICKY an under-petticoat ...1816 sl.
• INSIDE-COAT an undercoat, a petticoat ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MISH-TOPPER a coat; a petticoat ...c1670 Brit. sl.
• PANCROCK a skirt or petticoat ...1746 Eng. dial.
• UNDERCOAT † a woman's underskirt; a petticoat ...1741
• UNDERCOATIE a woman's underskirt, a petticoat ...1773 Sc.
• UNDER TUG † an under petticoat ...1753 UK criminals' sl.
• VASQUINE † a petticoat ...1553 Sc.
PETTICOAT - interjections
• CHARLEY IS DEAD used to caution a girl that her petticoat is showing ...M20 Brit. juvenile jargon
• CHARLIE'S DEAD your slip is showing ...1942 US sl.
• IT'S SNOWING DOWN SOUTH! said to a woman whose slip is showing ...20C US sl.
• SATURDAY IS LONGER THAN SUNDAY a warning to a woman that her slip is showing ...1960s US sl.
• SNOWING DOWN BELOW! an exclamation to a woman that her petticoat is showing ...1930s NZ sl.
• SUNDAY BELOW MONDAY a warning to a woman that her slip is showing ...1960s US sl.
• TUESDAY IS LONGER THAN MONDAY a warning to a woman that her slip is showing ...1960s US sl.
• UNCLE CHARLIE'S DEAD used as a warning that one's slip is showing ...1967 Amer. sl.
• YOUR BOYFRIEND IS THINKING OF YOU your petticoat is showing ...1968 Amer. dial.
• YOU'RE A PH.D. TODAY a warning that one's petticoat is showing ...1966 Amer. dial.
• YOU'RE LOSING YOUR BOYFRIEND your petticoat is showing ...1968 Amer. dial.
• YOU'VE GOT A BOYFRIEND your petticoat is showing ...1968 Amer. dial.
PETTICOAT - phrases
• CHARLIE'S SHOWING used as a warning that one's slip is showing ...1967 Amer. sl.
• DAD LIKES YOUR DRESS used to warn a woman that her slip is showing ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DAD LOVES YOU MORE THAN MOTHER used to warn a woman that her slip is showing ...1950 Amer. dial.
• DADDY LOVES YOU BEST used to warn a woman that her slip is showing ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DO YOU LOVE YOUR DADDY used to warn a woman that her slip is showing ...1966 Amer. dial.
• IT'S GOOD NIGHT UP HERE, BUT GOOD MORNING DOWN THERE a signal to a girl to tell her that her slip is showing ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• MONDAY COMES BEFORE SUNDAY a warning to a woman that her slip is showing ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MONDAY'S LONGER THAN SUNDAY used to indicate that a woman's slip is showing ...1968 Amer. dial.
•. SATURDAY IS LONGER THAN SUNDAY used to indicate that a woman's slip is showing ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SHE HAS A DEGREE, A PH.D. a warning that one's petticoat is showing ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SUNDAY BELOW MONDAY used to indicate that a woman's slip is showing ...1968 Amer. dial.
• TUESDAY BELOW MONDAY used to indicate that a woman's slip is showing ...1968 Amer. dial.
• TUESDAY IS LONGER THAN MONDAY used to indicate that a woman's slip is showing ...1968 Amer. dial.
• YOU LIKE YOUR DADDY BEST used to warn a woman that her slip is showing ...1966 Amer. dial.
• YOUR DADDY'S THINKING OF YOU used to warn a woman that her slip is showing ...1966 Amer. dial.
• YOU'RE AT HALF-MAST a warning that one's slip is showing ...1950 Amer. dial.
• YOUR PAPA LIKES YOU BEST an expression to warn a woman slyly that her slip is showing ...1968 Amer. dial.
• YOUR TUESDAY IS BELOW WEDNESDAY used to indicate that a woman's slip is showing ...1968 Amer. dial.
• YOUR TUESDAY IS HANGING BELOW YOUR MONDAY used to indicate that a woman's slip is showing ...1968 Amer. dial.
PETTINESS - nouns
• NAGGLE pettiness ...1865
• PUSILLITY † littleness, pettiness ...a1619
PETTISH - adjectives
• BANGIE irritable, quarrelsome, pettish ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DORTY spoiled, pettish, sullen, sulky, easily offended, ill-humoured; saucy, haughty, conceited, proud, stubborn; contemptuous ...a1605 Sc.
• MARDY spoiled, petted, over-indulged; pettish, peevish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MARRED spoiled, petted, over-indulged; pettish, peevish ...1865 Eng. dial.
• PAPPANT rendered pettish by indulgence ...Bk1905 Sc.
• SANSHACH precise, pettish, peevish ...1882 Eng. dial.
• SIDY † surly, moody, pettish...1674 Eng. dial.
• STRUMMY pettish, sullen ...B1900 Sc.
• STRUNTY short-tempered, easily offended, sulky, out of humour, pettish, huffy ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIFFISH ready to take offense; pettish, peevish ...1855 colloq. rare
• TIFFY pettish, ill-humoured ...1810
• TIGGY pettish ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UPPISH-LIKE pettish, easily provoked; passionate ...1892 Eng. dial.
PETTISH - nouns
• BOGLE-BO a pettish humour ...Bk1911 Sc.
PETTISH - nouns, person
• MEG DORTS a pettish young woman ...Bk1905 Sc.
PETTISH - verbs
• GALL to annoy, to vex, to irritate, to hurt in feeling; to chafe, to fret, to become pettish ...1602
• URP to become pettish ...Bk1905 Sc,
PETTISHNESS - nouns
• MIFF a slight quarrel or misunderstanding; a tiff; a fit of ill-humour, pettishness; a huff ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• STRAMULLION a fit of ill-humour or bad temper; a display of pettishness ...B1900 Sc.
• TIFF a slight outburst or fit of temper, pettishness, or ill-humour ...1727
PETTY - adjectives
• CHICKEN strictly conventional in conduct; following rules too closely, esp. Army; misusing authority; petty, mean ...20C US sl.
• CHICKENSHIT petty, insignificant ...1940s sl., orig. US
• HENNY fussy, petty, finicky ...1950 Amer. dial.
• KIDLING petty, insignificant ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• NICKEL-AND-DIME petty, small-time, insignificant ...1940s US sl.
• NICKEL-DIME small-time, petty, insignificant ...1960s US sl.
• NICKEL SLICK petty, insignificant, esp. in the context of attempting to do something beyond one's abilities ...1990s US Black sl.
• NIGGLING irritatingly petty; intrinsically unimportant but time and energy consuming ...M19 sl.
• NIGGLY ill-tempered; obsessed with irrelevancies and petty problems ...1950s sl.
• ONE-PUB insignificant, petty ...M19 sl., orig. US
• PADDLING trifling, petty; useless ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PADGELLING trifling, petty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALTING † petty, trifling, paltry ...1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PICAYUNE mean, petty ...US & Can. colloq.
• PICAYUNISH mean, petty ...US & Can. colloq.
• PIMPING petty, mean ...1792 Amer. dial.
• PINHOOK petty, small-time ...1834 Amer. dial.
• PINHOOKISH petty, small-time ...1971 Amer. dial.
• PISS-ANT petty, insignificant, unimportant ...1971 Amer. dial.
• PISSY-ANT petty, insignificant, unimportant ...1971 Amer. dial.
• PUISNE † small, insignificant, petty ...E17
• PUSILL † small, insignificant, petty ...1623
• SCABBED mean, paltry, worthless, petty; ill-looking, shabby ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SNIFTY disdainful, haughty, fault-finding; petty, mean ...1871 Amer. sl.
• TANK TOWN insignificant, petty ...1930s US sl.
• TIN mean, petty, worthless, counterfeit, false ...1886
• TWO-BIT of little value or significance; petty, small-time ...1870 Amer. dial.
• TWO-BY-FOUR of little value or significance; petty, small-time; small ...1887 Amer. dial.
PETTY - nouns
• SMALL FRY applied to persons or things, and signifying petty, mean, or contemptible ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• SMALL POTATOES applied to persons or things, and signifying petty, mean, or contemptible ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• TITMOUSE a small, petty, or insignificant person or thing ...1596
PETTY - nouns, person
• CHAPULIN a person of a mean or petty disposition ...1932 Amer. dial.
• SNITCH a contemptible person; one who is petty or mean ...1910s
• TITMOUSE a small, petty, or insignificant person or thing ...1596
• TOM THUMB a dwarf or pygmy of popular tradition or fable; hence, a dwarf or diminutive male person; also contemptuously, a petty or insignificant person ...1579
PETTY - verbs
• NICKEL-AND-DIME IT to act in a petty manner ...1930s US sl.
• REARRANGE THE DECK CHAIRS to focus on petty matters while ignoring major problems ...1972 US sl.
• REARRANGE THE DECK CHAIRS ON THE TITANIC to focus on petty matters while ignoring major problems ...1972 US sl.
• FEE † a perquisite allowed to an officer or servant ...c1386
• GAIN a perquisite; an allowance in kind in addition to cash wages ...1730 Sc.
• NAWPINS perquisites ...1895 Eng. dial.
• OFF-FALLING † a scrap; anything cast off and thrown on one side; something left over; a perquisite ...1660 Sc.
• PARKASEET a perquisite; a tip ...1857 Sc.
• RABBITS perquisites; anything 'buckshee' (free of charge) ...c1920 Royal Navy usage
• UPPINGS perquisites; new or repaired clothes, etc. ...1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VANTAGE † a perquisite ...a1470
PERSECUTE - nouns, person
• CYBERBULLY someone who uses electronic communication to hurt, persecute, or intimidate people
PERSECUTE - verbs
• HARRY to worry, to goad, to torment, to harass; to maltreat, to ill-use, to persecute; to worry mentally; to bother ...a1400-50
• WAR † to harass, to persecute ...a1225
PERSECUTED - verbs
• CRY CAPIVVY to be persecuted to the death, or very near it ...1843 sl.
PERSECUTION - nouns, person
• TOAD-UNDER-A-HARROW a person under constant oppression or persecution ...1825
PERSEVERANCE - adjectives
• IMPERSEVERANT † not persevering, wanting in perseverance ...1594
PERSEVERANCE - nouns
• BELEAVING † remaining steadfast; endurance, perseverance ...1340
• SAND courage; tenacity; stamina; pluck; determination; perseverance; obstinacy ...1867 Amer. dial.
• STICKABILITY perseverance ...1888 sl., orig. US
• STICK-TO-IT-IVENESS perseverance ...1867 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• THROUGH-GANG labour, difficulty; perseverance; energy ...Bk1905 Sc.
PERSEVERE - nouns, person
• HACKER one who perseveres in the face of challenges; a survivor ...1970s US sl.
• PEBBLE someone who perseveres; a resolute person ...1829 Aust. sl.
• STICKER someone who perseveres; a resolute person ...1824 sl.
PERSEVERE - verbs
• ACKADUR to persevere, to endure, to endeavour ...1866 Sc.
• HAG AT A THING to persevere, to labour, to work away at a thing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HANG IN THERE to persevere ...1969 sl., chiefly US
• KEEP to persevere in, to carry on with, to maintain ...1935 Amer. dial.
• KEEP ON TRUCKING to persevere ...1972 US sl.
• LAY WITH to hold tight to, to keep at, to stick with a task or a project or continue to work hard ...1954 Amer. dial.
• LAY WITH IT to hold tight to, to keep at, to stick with a task or a project or continue to work hard ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PEG AWAY to persevere ...1818 sl.
• PLUG AWAY to continue working hard at something, to persevere ...1947 sl.
• PUNCH AWAY to keep trying or working, esp. in difficult or discouraging circumstances; to persevere ...colloq.
• RESOLUTE to persevere ...1917 Amer. dial.
• STAND A GOOD FAG to resist tiredness; to persevere ...L18 sl.
• STAY-WITH to persist or persevere in; to stick to ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• STICK WITH to persevere ...1915 sl.
• SUBSIST † to keep on, to persevere ...1632
• VASBYT to keep going, to 'tough it out', to 'bite the bullet' ...1960s S. Afr. sl., orig. military
• WADE † to persevere under difficulties ...1714
PERSEVERING - adjectives
• FULL OF GUTS courageously determined or persevering ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRITTY courageously determined or persevering, courageous ...Bk1905 Amer. sl.
• IMPORTUNATE persistent or pressing in solicitation; pertinacious, persistent, persevering ...1477
• THROUGH-GOING active, energetic; persevering ...1822 Sc.
• THROUGH-PUTTING active, energetic; persevering ...Bk1905 Sc.
PERSIST - nouns, person
• MASTERPIECE a self-willed person; one who persists in having his own way ...1895 Eng. dial.
PERSIST - verbs
• DUN to persist in trying to get what is due to one ...c1626
• GUT IT OUT to be strong or tough in the face of adversity; to be sturdily stoic; to persist; to endure bravely and tenaciously ...1930s Amer. sl.
• IMPORTUNATE to solicit persistently; to urge, to importune ...a1598
• IMPORTUNE to solicit pressingly and persistently; to ply or beset with requests or petitions ...1530
• OPINIATRE † to maintain or persist in obstinately ...1652
• STAND TRUE VERMIN * to show pluck and persistency ...1834
• STAY-WITH to persist or persevere in; to stick to ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
PERSISTENCE - nouns
• MAIN STRENGTH AND AWKWARDNESS brute force; simple persistence ...1928 Amer. dial.
• MAIN STRENGTH OF IGNORANCE brute force; simple persistence ...1942 Amer. dial.
• OBSTINANCE * stubborn or self-willed persistence; obstinacy ...1432-50
• OBSTINANCY * stubborn or self-willed persistence; obstinacy ...1614
PERSISTENT - adjectives
• EIDENT continuous, persistent, esp. with reference to weather ...1786 Sc.
• HEADY headstrong, impetuous, violent, self-willed, persistent ...1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HEIDIE headstrong, impetuous, violent, self-willed, persistent ...1871 Sc.
• HEIDY headstrong, impetuous, violent, self-willed, persistent ...1871 Sc.
• IDENT diligent, persistent ...1591 Sc.
• IMPORTUNATE persistent or pressing in solicitation; pertinacious, persistent, persevering ...1477
• IMPORTUNE persistent or pressing in solicitation; pertinacious; irksome through persistency of request ...1447
• INSTANT urgent, pressing, persistent ...1839 Sc.
• OBSTINED †* made obstinate or persistent; hardened ...1606
• ONSTANDIN determined, unyielding, esp. in bargaining; importunate, stolidly persistent in trying to get one's way ...1866 Sc.
PERSISTENT - nouns, person
• BAUSON a stupidly persistent man ...19C arch.
PERSISTENT - phrases
• FALL BACK, FALL EDGE come what may; through thick and thin ...1622
PERSISTENTLY - adverbs
• EVER AND ALWAYS always; persistently ...1967 Amer. dial.
• IMPORTUNABLY † persistently, pertinaciously; importunately ...1502
• IMPORTUNATELY with pressing or persistent action or purpose; pressingly ...1568
• IMPORTUNELY † pressingly, persistently, pertinaciously ...1502
PERSON - nouns
• BATCH of persons: a set, a clique, a family ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GARRISON † a body of persons ...1500-20
• KENNEL † a pack, crew, gang, or persons ...1581
PERSON - nouns, person
• ALLIGATOR any person, irrespective of musical taste ...1950s US teen sl.
• ANIMAL a type of person ...1922 sl.
• ARTICLE a person; usually used with a preceding adjective ...1811 sl.
• ARTIST 1. a person devoted to or unusually proficient in the stated activity, as a 'bullshit artist' ...1890 sl.
2. a person; a chap; a fellow ...c1905 sl.
• ASS an individual ...1946 Amer. sl.
• BABE a person ...1898 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• BABY a person, a fellow, a 'customer' ...1880 US sl.
• BEGGAR (often mildly derogatory) a person of the stated sort, as a 'little beggar' ...1833 Brit. sl.
• BENNY a person, a fellow ...1920s US sl.
• BEUCH a person ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BIRKIE a lively, smart youth; a person of any age ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLEEDER a person ...1938 Brit. sl.
• BOD a person ...1933 Brit. sl.
• BODDIE a person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BODIE a person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BODY a person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BO-JACK a fellow, a person ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BOOGER (sometimes derogatory) a fellow, a guy ...1938 Amer. dial.
• BOUL a term of contempt for a person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOZO a fellow, a person ...1920 Amer. dial.
• BUB a man, a fellow ...1872 Amer. dial.
• BUFF a man, a person ...E18 sl.
• BUGGER (sometimes derogatory) a fellow, a guy ...1854 Amer. dial.
• CABBAGE a person, a fellow, a chap ...M18 sl.
• CAMPER a person, an individual ...1970s US sl.
• CHARACTER (often mildly derogatory) a person ...1931 sl.
• CHUMMY a person ...1910s sl.
• CHUMP a person, esp., a regular working man ...M19 sl.
• COOKEY a person; a gal, a guy ...1930 Amer. sl.
• COOKIE a person; a person of the stated type, as a 'tough cookie' ...1917 sl., orig. US
• CRITTER a person, usually disparaging ...1815 US sl.
• CUSS (mildly derogatory) a person of the stated sort, as an 'awkward cuss' ...1775 sl., orig. US
• CUSTOMER (usually mildly derogatory) a person of the stated sort, as a 'mean customer' ...1589 sl.
• DADDY a fellow; a 'customer' ...1964 US sl.
• DADDY-O a friend; a fellow; used in direct address ...1948 US jazz usage
• DEAL an individual or thing ...1940s sl., orig. US
• DEALIE an individual or thing ...1940s sl., orig. US
• DUCK (usually derogatory) a person of the stated sort, as a 'slick duck' ...1871 US sl.
• DUKE a regular fellow; a tough guy ...1989 US sl.
• EGG a person of the stated sort, as a 'tough egg' ...1855 sl.
• FACE a person, a fellow, esp. if White ...1944 US Black sl.
• FACE OF CLAY, THE any living person ...1828 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FISH (mainly derogatory) a person of the stated sort, as a 'cold fish' ...1750 sl.
• FUCKER a rude nickname for a person, usually a male ...20C sl.
• GADJÉ a person, an individual; used rather contemptuously ...1875 Eng. dial.
• GUNK (derogatory) a person ...1964 US sl.
• GUY a person ...1847 sl., orig. US
• HABRA DABRA AND THE CREW any random representatives of the populace; 'Tom, Dick, and Harry' ...1965 Barbados
• HARLOT † a fellow; playfully, a good fellow ...c1386
• H.B.S. human beings ...c1930 jocular
• HEADLING † an equal, a fellow, a mate ...c950
• HEAP a great company, esp. of persons; a multitude ...971
• HIS KNABS a person ...L18 sl.
• HIS NABS a person ...L18 sl.
• INDIVIDUAL (mildly derogatory) a person of the stated sort, as a 'friendless individual' ...1888 sl.
• JABART a term of contempt for a person ...1949 Sc.
• JABBARD a term of contempt for a person ...1949 Sc.
• JACK † a man of the common people; a lad, a fellow; a chap; a low-bred or ill-mannered fellow; a knave ...1548
• JACK-RAG a person ...1895 Eng. dial.
• JAUDEWIN † a term of reproach for a person ...1340-70
• JAY a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1890 Amer. dial.
• JAYBIRD a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1886 Amer. dial.
• JAYHAWK a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1907 Amer. dial.
• JAYHAWKER a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1911 Amer. dial.
• JAZZBO a fellow, a person ...1923 Amer. dial.
• JOHNNY a fellow, a chap ...L17 colloq.
• JOKER a man, a fellow, a chap ...E19 sl., orig. Aust.
• KEED a person, used in direct address ...1920s US sl.
• LAD a person; used depreciatingly of either sex ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LARK a fellow, a person ...1835 Amer. sl.
• LARKIE a fellow, a person ...1833 Amer. sl.
• LARKY a fellow, a person ...1833 Amer. sl.
• LEDE † a man, person; esp. one of the 'men' or subjects of a king or chief; a subject ...a1300
• LEMON a fellow, a man ...1979 UK rhyming sl. for 'geezer' (Lemon-Squeezer)
• LEMON CURD (derogatory) a person ...1960s rhyming sl. for 'turd'
• LEMON-SQUEEZER a fellow, a man ...1979 UK rhyming sl. for 'geezer'
• LIVER PAD a person ...1882 US jocular
• LOLLYGAG a term of disparagement for a person ...1940 Amer. dial.
• MAKE an equal, a fellow; a friend; a companion, a consort, a 'mate' ...1678 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MAN AND MAN a person ...1970s US Black sl.
• MAN CRITTER a human being ...1940 Amer. dial.
• MEMBER a person, an individual ...1896 Eng. dial.
• MERCHANT a person devoted to or unusually proficient in the stated activity, as a 'speed merchant' ...1914 sl.
• MICKEY a fellow, a person ...1950s US sl.
• MICKIE a fellow, a person ...1950s US sl.
• MICKY a fellow, a person ...1950s US sl.
• MIDGICRAW a term of contempt for a person ...B1905 Eng. dial.
• MR. ANYBODY a generic name for an anonymous member of the public ...1940s sl.
• MR. AVERAGE the average member of the public ...1910s sl.
• MR. AVERAGEMAN the average member of the public ...1910s sl.
• MUDDAFUKKA a motherfucker; a person; a despised person; a difficult thing or situation ...1995 US sl.
• NABS a person of either sex ...1797 Amer. sl.
• NIMSHY a human being; a girl, a young girl ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• NOSPER a person ...L19 back-slang
• NUT a person ...1856 Brit. sl.
• OLD BIRD a person, usually old ...1910s sl.
• OLD IDENTITY a person, usually an eccentric one, a 'character' ...M19 sl.
• OLD SCOUT a person; usually used as an affectionate term of address ...E19 sl.
• OLD SCREAM a person; usually used as a term of address ...1920s sl.
• OONT a person; a fellow ...L19 Aust. & Anglo-Indian
• OUTFIT (usually derogatory) a person or persons ...1867 sl., orig. US
• PACKAGE a man, a person ...1920s US sl.
• PALOOKA a person, irrespective of size or intelligence ...1920s US sl.
• PERISHER a person, usually implying contempt or pity ...1896 sl.
• POSSUM a person of the stated sort, as a 'little possum'; also a term of address ...1894 Aust. sl.
• RAT a person, esp. an enthusiast ...20C sl.
• SAM, COW AND THE DUPPY a random selection of the populace; Tom, Dick and Harry ...1965 Barbados
• SARDINE a person ...M19 US sl.
• SCOUT a fellow or companion; a person of the stated sort, as a 'good scout' ...1912 sl.
• SCRAG-PIECE a term of contempt for a person ...1879 Eng. dial.
• SCROUNGE a derogatory term for a person ...1930s US sl.
• SCULPIN a derogatory term for an animal or person; a rascal; a backbiter ...1836 Amer. dial.
• SHAVETAIL a person ...1832 Amer. dial.
• SHOAT a person; an idle, trifling, worthless fellow ...1809 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SHOTE (derogatory) a person; a trifling, worthless fellow ...1844 Amer. dial.
• SINGULAR * a single person; an individual ...1420
• SKATE a person, irrespective of qualities ...L19 US sl.
• SKEESICKS a person, usually a troublemaker ...1850 US sl.
• SKEEZICKS a person, usually a troublemaker ...1850 US sl.
• SKEEZIX a person, usually a troublemaker ...M19 US sl.
• SKEEZUCKS a person, usually a troublemaker ...M19 US sl.
• SKIN 1. a term of contempt for a person ...1825
2. a person ...1958 UK sl.
• SO-AND-SO a person of the stated sort, as a 'poor so-and-so' ...1943 sl.
• SOD a chap, a fellow, a guy ...19C sl., chiefly Brit.
• SORT a person of the stated sort, as a 'bad sort' ...c1869 sl.
• SPECIMEN (mainly derogatory) a person of the stated sort, as a 'queer specimen' ...1854 sl.
• STICK (often mildly derogatory) a person of the stated sort as an 'old stick' ...1785 sl.
• TAD a person, usually a boy or child ...1871 Amer. dial.
• TADWHACKER a person, usually a boy or child ...1941 Amer. dial.
• TAG a label commonly given to a person or thing ...1960s sl.
• TILLICUM a person, esp. an associate or friend ...1868 Amer. dial.
• UNIT a person ...1960s US college sl.
• WAG † a mischievous boy; often used as a mother's term of endearment to a baby boy; also, a youth, a young man; a fellow ...a1553
• WALLER a derogatory term for a person ...2000s US Black sl.
• WAT † a person; especially 'a great wat' ...1399
• WIGHT a human being; a person ...ME now arch., Eng. dial., & literary
• YAHOO a person ...1970s sl.
PERSONAL - adjectives
• SINGULAR † pert. to or connected with the individual, in contrast to what is common or general; personal, private, one's own ...c1340
• VERNACULAR personal, private ...1840
PERSONAL - nouns
• NEVERMIND one's own business or affairs; a concern ...1935
PERSONAL - phrases
• THAT'S MY DEAL that's my business ...1940s sl.
PERSONALITY - nouns
• EGO-HOOD individuality, personality ...1873 nonce word
• TURN personality, temperament, manner ...1923 Amer. dial.
• VIBE of a person: personality, style ...1960s sl.
• VIBES of a person: personality, style ...1960s sl.
PERSONAL PROPERTY - nouns
• DUFFLE gear; small personal property; trash ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PLUNDER baggage, gear; personal property ...1805 Amer. dial.
• TOGGERY one’s gear or belongings ...1850s
• TRAPS belongings, personal property; things; goods, furniture ...1813
PERSONATE - verbs
• MENT to resemble, to take after; to personate ...1790 Eng. dial.
PERSPIRATION - adjectives
• FADY damp, musty; covered with perspiration ...1790 Eng. dial.
PERSPIRATION - nouns (also see SWEAT)
• HADDER a state of perspiration; sweat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• LAB-DAB a profuse perspiration ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LILLYDEW a perspiration, sweat; an excitement ...1854 Eng. dial.
• MASH heat, a condition of heat and perspiration ...1880 Eng. dial.
• MUCK-SWEAT a very nasty, sweaty state; perspiration; orig. and properly if dust or dirt has accrued ...c1830 Brit. colloq.
• PERSPRIATION perspiration ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SAM a state of perspiration ...1854 Eng. dial.
• SUDATION † sweating, perspiration ...1599
• SUDORIFICATION †* sweat, perspiration ...1708
• THOW perspiration; a profuse sweat ...1838 Sc.
• URE sweat, perspiration ...Bk1905 Sc.
PERSPIRE - verbs
• EXPIRE to perspire, to sweat ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GET A RAZZLING to get into a state of perspiration ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• PERSPIRATE * to perspire; to sweat ...1822
• POPPLE of persons: to be in an overheated state; to stream with perspiration ...1808 Sc.
• REEK to emit vapour; to steam; to perspire; to be misty ...1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REEK AGAIN to perspire freely ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCHVITZ to perspire ...1992 US sl.
• SHVITZ to perspire ...1992 US sl.
• SUDATE † to sweat, to perspire ...1599
PERSPIRING - adjectives
• MALTED perspiring; heated ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SAM moist, in a state of perspiration ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAMMY watery, moist, sodden; in a state of perspiration ...1809 Eng. dial.
• SUDORIFICAL †* sweaty, perspiring ...1828
• URY clammy, covered with perspiration ...Bk1905 Sc.
PERSUADE - adjectives
• PARAENETICAL * advisory, hortatory; apt to persuade, admonishing ...1598
• SUASORIAN †* tending to persuade; persuasive ...1646
• SUASORY * tending to persuade; persuasive ...1576
PERSUADE - verbs
• ARGUFY to persuade by argument ...1853 Amer. dial.
• BAISE † to persuade, to coax ...1825 Sc.
• COP to take in, to persuade ...L19 sl.
• FANNY to deceive or persuade by glib talk ...1930s Brit. sl.
• FANNY ON to talk with the intention to persuade or deceive ...1949 UK sl.
• FINAGLE to get or achieve by trickery, craftiness, or persuasion; to wangle ...1927 US sl.
• FINNEGAN to cozen, to persuade artfully ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GAG to persuade, to boost, to promote ...L19 sl.
• GAGA to persuade, to 'sweet talk' ...1990s sl.
• HAG † to incite, to urge; to try to persuade ...1587 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HOOK to snare, to entice, or to swindle a victim; to persuade with deception or flattery; to trick; to defraud ...c1730 Amer. sl.
• LEAN ON to pressurize, to persuade, possibly with violence or threats of violence, to threaten with force ..1920s sl., orig. US
• MACK to lie or exaggerate in order to deceive, exploit, or influence someone; to convince or persuade in a deceptive way ...1975 US Black sl.
• OIL to persuade in some deceitful manner; to bribe ...1920s US sl.
• OPPUGN †* to prevail upon, to win over, to persuade ...1596
• PALAVER to persuade by talking ...1767
• RAP to persuade; to trick out of ...1940s US sl.
• SALVE OVER to talk over or persuade by smooth speech ...1862 colloq.
• SIREN * to allure, to entice, to persuade ...1690
• SUADE * to persuade ...1531 now rare or Eng. dial.
• TEW to annoy. to vex; to tease, to importune, to pester; to urge, to persuade ...1781 Eng. dial.
• THROW THE HOOKS to persuade victims with deception or flattery ...1887 Amer. criminals' sl.
• TILL † to draw, to attract, to persuade; to entice, to allure, to coax; to win over ...a1225
• WORK to exert one's charm, power, persuasiveness, etc., esp. on an audience; to manipulate ...1851 Amer. sl.
PERSUADED - adjectives
• HAMPER-LOGGED persuaded; overborne ...1893 Eng. dial.
• SUADIBLE †* that may be easily persuaded ...1382
• SUASIBLE * capable of being persuaded; that is easily persuaded ...1582
PERSUADED - nouns, person
• EASY MARK someone or something overcome, mastered, or persuaded without difficulty; a gullible person; anything achieved with ease ...1845 sl.
PERSUADING - adjectives
• ADHORTATORY † persuading or urging to a course; inciting ...1660
• SUASIVE having or exercising the power of persuading or urging ...1601
PERSUADING, PERSUASION, PERSUASIVE - nouns
• ADHORTATION † encouragement, persuasion, incitement ...1536
• ARM-TWISTING powerful persuasion ...colloq.
• BULL CON a concerted attempt at flattery, deception, or persuasion ...1896 US sl.
• EDGEMENT incitement, urging, persuasion ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• INCREED internal persuasion ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• SNOW JOB an act of deception; a lie; an excuse; strong and persistent persuasion, esp. in a dubious cause ...1940s US sl.
• SOFT SOAP flattering, persuasive, or cajoling talk; insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1830 colloq., orig. US
• SUADA † persuasiveness; persuasive eloquence ...1592
• SUASION the act or fact of exhorting or urging; persuasion ...c1374
• SUASIVE a persuasive speech, motive or influence ...1670
• SUASORINESS * aptness to persuade ...1727
• SUASORY † a persuasive speech, motive or influence ...1625
• TIGHTING † persuading, enticement ...c1000
PERSUASION - nouns, person
• ARM-TWISTER someone who uses strong persuasion ...Amer. sl.
PERSUASION - phrases
• I'D HAVE DONE IT FOR A FARTHING it would have taken very little persuasion to make me do it ...L19 sl.
PERSUASIVE - adjectives
• INBEARING † persuasive, eloquent, impressive ...1694 Sc.
• MEDICINE persuasive ...L19 US sl.
• PROTREPTICAL † adapted to persuade; hortatory, persuasive ...1667-8
• SOAPY insincere in manner; ingratiating, sycophantic, flattering or persuasive ...1854 sl.
• SUASORIAN †* tending to persuade; persuasive ...1646
• SUASORY * tending to persuade; persuasive ...1576
PERSUASIVE - verbs
• GAMMON to talk plausibly or persuasively ...1789 colloq.
PERT - adjectives
• BARDIE forward, pert, shameless, insolent ...1822 Sc.
• BARDY forward, pert, shameless, audacious; insolent; defiant ...1822 Sc.
• BOBBEROUS pert, saucy, forward ...19C Eng. dial.
• CALLETING pert, saucy, gossiping ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CLIPPIE sharp of speech; snappish, pert ...19C Sc.
• COBBY stout, hearty, brisk, lively, pert, saucy, in good spirits, merry, cheerful, well in health ...1691 Eng. dial.
• DANDY pert, frolicsome ...1790 Eng. dial.
• DICACIOUS † pert of speech; saucy; talkative ...1830
• FAUSTY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• FEISTY irascible, argumentative, touchy, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• FICETY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• FISTY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• FLOSSY pert, impudent ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FRESH amorously over-free or cheeky; pert; forward; bold; impudent ...1845 sl., orig. US
• FYSTY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• GANDYING pert, chattering, foolishly talkative ...Bk1900 Sc.
• HAFTY saucy, pert ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HEFTY saucy, pert ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• IMPERT pert, impertinent, impudent ...1889 Eng. dial.
• KECK pert, insolent, lively ...1856 Eng. dial.
• KECKLE pert ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• LIPPY impudent, rude, pert, disrespectful, talkative ...1875 sl.
• NASHIN chattering, pert ...1825 Sc.
• OVER-PERTED † made too pert, saucy, or self-conceited ...1614
• PAUGHTY pert, impertinent, saucy, insolent ...1637-50 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PROCACIOUS * forward, insolent, impudent, saucy, pert, petulant ...1660
• TAUNT pert, saucy; high and mighty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THWART cross, contrary, ill-tempered; pert, saucy ...1894 Eng. dial.
• TOITISH saucy, pert, or impudent; easily offended; flighty in temper; irritable, ill-tempered, snappish ...1846 Eng. dial.
• TWIRTY cross, easily put out; pert ...1850 Amer. dial.
• TWORT cross, contrary, ill-tempered; pert, saucy ...1894 Eng. dial.
• YAFFIN pert, forward in speech ...1857 Sc.
PERT, PERTNESS - nouns
• BARDINESS forwardness, pertness, esp. as shown in conversation ...Bk1898 Sc.
• GANDY † pert, foolish talk; a brag, a boast ...1866 Sc.
• GANGE pert, foolish speaking; a gossiping tongue ...1866 Sc.
• GASH prattle, pert language ...1813 Sc.
• HAWBAW impudence; pert, saucy speaking ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SASS pertness; impudent talk ...M19 Amer. colloq.
• PROCACITY * forwardness, petulance, sauciness, pertness, impudence ...1621
• TASH saucy, pert speech; impudence ...1815 Sc.
PERT - nouns, person
• BIRSIE a pert, forward child ...19C Sc.
• BRATCHART a pert, mischievous child; a silly person; a true lover ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRATCHET a pert, mischievous child; a silly person; a true lover ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUBBLY-JOCK a pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow; a stupid boaster ...19C sl.
• CAGMAG a gossip, a newsmonger; a pert, meddling woman or girl ...19C Eng. dial.
• GABBY a pert, chattering person ...Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAB-NASH a pert or voluble chatterer ...1923 Sc.
• GAB-SNASH † a pert or voluble chatterer ...1813 Sc.
• GANDY † a bragging, boastful person; a pert talker ...1790 Sc.
• GIDGET a lithe and pert young woman ...1950s Amer. sl.
• JACK-A-DANDY an insignificant little fellow; a little pert or conceited fellow ...1632
• JACKANAPES 1. a ridiculous upstart; a pert, impertinent, or conceited fellow who assumes ridiculous airs; a coxcomb, a fop ...c1555
2. a playful term for a pert, forward child; a mischievous child; a 'monkey' ...c1555
• JANE-OF-APES † a female 'jackanapes'; a pert, forward girl ...1623 nonce word
• KEG-MEG a gossip, a newsmonger; a pert, meddling woman or girl ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• MALAPERT † a presumptuous, impudent, pert, or saucy person ...1622 obs. exc. arch.
• MINK a minx, a pert girl, a hussy ...1899 Amer. dial.
• NACKET a pert, forward, smart boy; a trifling little person; an insignificant person; a wicked, mischievous, or impertinent child; a precocious child ...1833 Sc.
• NAFF a pert, talkative person ...Bk1903 Sc.
• NASH-GAB a pert or gossiping person, an impertinent, ill-natured fellow, a forward, prattling girl ...1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NASH-GOB a pert or gossiping person ...1816 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NATTI a cross-tempered, malicious or pert fellow ...1908 Sc.
• POP-SQUIRT a pert, conceited man of small physique; an insignificant, pretentious fellow ...1905 Amer. dial.
• PRINCOCK † a pert, forward, saucy boy or youth; a conceited young fellow; a coxcomb ...1540 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SACKET a term of abuse; a scamp, a rascal, a pert, impudent person ...1853 Sc.
• SASS-BOX a saucy, pert, or impudent woman or child ...1871 Amer. dial.
• SASS-BUCKET an impudent person, esp. a child; a saucy or pert woman or child ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SASS-POT an impudent person, esp. a child; a saucy or pert woman or child ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SASSY-BOX an impudent person, esp. a child; a saucy or pert woman or child ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SAUCEBOX an impudent person, esp. a child; a saucy or pert woman or child ...1588
• SKIPJACK a pert, shallow-brained fellow; a young, impudent person; a conceited fop or dandy ...1554 arch.
• SMATCHET a small, contemptible person; a mischievous, impudent, pert child; used as a term of contempt or dislike ...c1582 Sc.
• SNICKET a pert, saucy, forward girl; a term of reproach for a little girl; a naughty child; a dirty, careless, impudent woman ...1867 Eng. dial.
• TITTUP a pert, impudent or forward woman or girl; a hussy, a minx ...1762 Eng. dial.
• TITTY-UP a pert, impudent or forward woman or girl; a hussy, a minx ...1901 Eng. dial.
• TITTY-UPS a pert, forward girl ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• YAFF a chatterbox, a pert creature ...1887 Sc.
PERT - verbs
• CAMPLE † to scold, bully; to retort, answer pertly; to argue or contend saucily; to wrangle or quarrel; to be sulky or cross ...1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GANDY † to talk in a blustering, boastful, or pert fashion ...1808 Sc.
• GANGE to talk in a pert, silly manner; to talk insolently ...1880 Sc.
• GANIE † to talk in a blustering, boastful, or pert fashion ...1808 Sc.
• GAUNGE † to talk in a pert, silly manner; to talk insolently ...1880 Sc.
• KIM-KAM to bicker, to argue, to retort; to use pert language ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• NAFF to talk in a pert, senseless way; to argue snappishly, esp. of children and persons of diminutive appearance ...Bk1903 Sc.
• NASH to talk in a pert, impudent, or caustic manner ...1825 Sc.
• YAFF to chatter, to prate, to talk pertly ...1808 Sc.
PERTAIN - verbs
• BEHOLD † to pertain, relate or belong to; to concern ...c1175
• BELIE † to lie near; to pertain or belong to ...c1200
• BELIMP † to pertain, to belong to, to befit ...c888
• EFFEIR † to pertain to, to fall by right, to be proper or fit ...1631 Sc.
• I-BURE † to pertain, behove, be proper ...c1000
PERTAINING - adjectives
• AFFEIRAND † properly pertaining, appropriate, meet, proportionate ...1535 Sc.
• AFFEIRING † properly pertaining, appropriate, meet, proportionate ...1535 Sc.
• AFFERANT † falling by right, pertaining, befitting, appropriate, suitable ...1480
PERTINACIOUS - adjectives
• ENDLESS pertinacious, long-winded, talkative ...1822 Sc.
• IMPORTUNATE persistent or pressing in solicitation; pertinacious, persistent, persevering ...1477
• IMPORTUNE persistent or pressing in solicitation; pertinacious; irksome through persistency of request ...1447
PERTINACIOUS - nouns, person
• BAUSON a fat, clumsy, or pertinacious person ...1607 arch.
• BAWSON a term of contempt for a fat or pertinacious person ...1607 arch.
• HAKE a greedy, grasping discontented person; a miser; a pertinacious asker or beggar; a covetous person ...1855
PERTINACIOUSLY - adverbs
• IMPORTUNABLY † persistently, pertinaciously; importunately ...1502
• IMPORTUNELY † pressingly, persistently, pertinaciously ...1502
PERTINACITY - nouns
• IMPORTUNACY pertinacity; pressing solicitation ...1548
• IMPORTUNITY 1. troublesome pertinacity in solicitation ...c1460
† 2. pertinacity or constancy of trouble ...1663
PERTINENT - adjectives
• EFFECTUAL † to the point, pertinent, conclusive ...1593
PERTINENTLY - adverbs
• EFFECTUALLY † pertinently, to the purpose, explicitly ...1583
PERTLY - adverbs
• BARDILY pertly ...Bk1898 Sc.
PERTNESS - nouns
• SAUCE sauciness, impertinence, pertness, brashness ...1835 colloq.
PERTURB - verbs
• CONTURBATE † to disturb greatly; to perturb; to throw into confusion ...1657
• PERTROUBLE † to perturb, to trouble greatly ...c1470 chiefly Sc.
PERTURBATION - nouns
• PUCKER a state of agitation or perturbation ...arch.
PERTURBED - adjectives
• AFFESED †* scared, alarmed, perturbed ...1614
• BUGGIN' irritated; perturbed ...20C teen & high school sl.
PERTURBED - nouns
• PALAVER the state of being upset or perturbed ...1899 colloq.
PERTURBED - verbs
• CHAW ONE'S TOBACCO MIGHTY FAST to be perturbed or angry ...1902 Amer. dial.
• FLURRY ONE'S MILK to be worried, perturbed, annoyed ...E19 sl.
• YACK † to be in perturbation ...Bk1905 Sc.
PERVERSE - adjectives
• ARSEWARD perverse, obstinate; unwilling ...1686 Eng. dial.
• ARSEWARDS perverse, obstinate; unwilling ...1686 Eng. dial.
• AWKLY † untoward, perverse ...1556
• AWKWARD of persons or animals: perverse, obstinate, difficult to manage, bad-tempered ...1883 Eng. dial.
• BACK-ENDED perverse; arsy-versy ...1904 Amer. dial.
• BACKFOREMOST perverse, wrong-headed ...1889
• BACKWARD † perverse, unfavourable ...1583
• BOOL-HORNED perverse, headstrong ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAM perverse, obstinate, cross ...a1600 Eng. dial.
• CAMMED crooked, perverse ...c1746 Eng. dial.
• CAMSHOCH perverse ...1606 Sc.
• CAMSTAIRY obstinately perverse, unruly, or wilful; fractious ...1769 Sc.
• CAMSTEERY perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable ...1769 Sc.
• CAMSTERRY perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable ...1769 Sc.
• CAMSTRARIE perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable ...1769 Sc.
• CAMSTROUDGEOUS wild, unmanageable; obstinate, perverse ...19C Sc.
• CANTANKEROUS showing an ill-natured disposition; ill-conditioned and quarrelsome, perverse, cross-grained ...1772
• CONTRARY characterized by self-willed or refractory opposition; perverse ...M18 colloq.
• CONTRARY AS THE DEVIL'S OFF-HORSE perverse, uncooperative, stubborn, obstinate ...1940 Amer. dial.
• CRAB perverse; ill-humoured, mean, cross ...1961 UK sl.
• CROOKED AS AN IZZARD deformed in person; perverse in disposition ...1856 Eng. dial.
• GAMSTERRIE perverse, insubordinate, unmanageable, unruly ...1844 Sc.
• GODDAM perverse, annoying ...E20 colloq.
• HOOKY-CROOKY not straightforward, perverse, dishonest ...1833
• ILL-BELKIFOO perverse, uncompliant, averse to control ...1929 Sc.
• ILL-BENYIED perverse, ill-disposed ...1929 Sc.
• ILL-BISTED bad-tempered, cross, perverse, wicked ...1866 Sc.
• ILL-BISTEN bad-tempered, cross, perverse, wicked ...1866 Sc.
• ILL-DONE wrong, ill-behaved, perverse, mischievous, ill-advised ...1828 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-GATED badly behaved, having bad habits, perverse ...1824 Sc.
• ILL-SPUN wicked, perverse ...1958 Sc.
• ILL-VAMD unpleasant, disagreeable in manner or appearance, or in taste or smell; of evil presence or influence, malignant; perverse ...1897 Sc.
• ILLWHINNERED perverse, mean-minded, malevolent ...1931 Sc.
• KIM-KAM † crooked, awkward, perverse, contrary ...1582 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MAGGATIVOUS capricious, crotchety, contrary, perverse ...1866 Sc.
• MAGGOTIVE capricious, crotchety, contrary, perverse ...1866 Sc.
• MAGGOTTY capricious, crotchety, contrary, perverse ...1846 Sc.
• OBLIQUITOUS morally or mentally perverse ...1864
• REFRACTARIOUS †* obstinate, stubborn, perverse ...1624
• SINISTROUS † erroneous, perverse, heretical ...1560
• TETRICOUS † sour in countenance; austere, severe, harsh, crabbed, perverse, morose ...1727
• THIRTINGILL perverse, wrong-headed ...1872 Eng. dial.
• THRAWART perverse, stubborn, ill-tempered, peevish; unwilling, reluctant ...1796 Sc.
• THRAWN perverse, obstinate; cross-grained; rebellious; morally wrong ...1737 Sc.
• THRAWN-HEADED perverse ...1795 Sc.
• THRAWN-MUGGENT † perverse ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THRAWN-NATURED perverse ...1823 Sc.
• THREFT reluctant, unwilling; perverse ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TOP-THRAWN headstrong, perverse, obstinate, wrong-headed ...1808 Sc.
• UNBIDDABLE perverse, obstinate, intractable, not to be advised ...1825 Sc.
• UNCOSOME awkwardly or perversely disposed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VACENTRARY subject to fits; contrary, perverse ...1897 Eng. dial.
• VASSENTARY subject to fits; contrary, perverse ...1897 Eng. dial.
• WRABBED †* perverse; difficult to manage ...1540
• WRAW † peevish, crabbed, perverse ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
PERVERSE, PERVERSENESS, PERVERSITY - nouns
• CANTANKER † cantankerousness; an ill-natured, quarrelsome, perverse, or cross-grained disposition ...1825 nonce word
• GALLOWSNESS mischief, perversity ...1859 Eng. dial.
• HAWVISHNESS disagreeable behaviour, perversity ...1867 Eng. dial.
• KINK a perverse desire or inclination; a fetishistic or otherwise unconventional sexual preference ...1959 Amer. sl.
• OBLIQUITY divergence from moral rectitude, sound thinking, or right practice; moral or mental perversity or aberration; a delinquency, a fault, an error ...c1422
• THRAWNNESS perverseness, obstinacy, contrariness ...1890 Sc.
• VAMPISHNESS frowardness, perverseness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VISK a warped or perverse mood or disposition ...a1838 Sc.
PERVERSE - nouns, person
• CROOKED STICK a cantankerous, cross-grained, and perverse person; a dishonest person ...1846-8
• THRAW-MULE a perverse and obstinate person ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
• VISION a perverse child ...1973 Sc.
PERVERSE - verbs
• IMPERVERSE †* to render perverse ...1603
PERVERSELY - adverbs
• ARSY-VARSY back to front, upside down; perversely ...1539 UK
• ARSY-VERSY back to front, upside down; perversely ...1539 UK
• AWKLY † perversely, untowardly ...c1440
• BACKWARDLY † perversely ...a1586
• CAMMED perversely, crookedly ...1750 Eng. dial.
• KIM-KAM † crookedly, awry; in a wayward, perverse, or contrary way ...1603 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SINISTRALLY † in a sinister manner; perversely; wrongly ...1548
• SINISTROUSLY in an erroneous manner; incorrectly, wrongly, perversely; awkwardly ...1581
PERVERSENESS - nouns
• AWKWARDNESS perverseness, obstinacy, impracticability ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AWKWARDS perverseness, obstinacy, impracticability ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
PERVERSION - nouns
• ABUSAGE † abuse, misuse, perversion; defilement ...1548
• ABUSION † misuse, misapplication, perversion ...c1450
• OBTORTION †* a twisting, distortion, perversion ...a1656
PERVERSION - verbs
• VERT to practice sexual perversion ...19C US sl.
PERVERSITY - nouns
• ADVERSITY † contrariness of nature; perversity ...1489
• AWVISHNESS disagreeable behaviour, perversity ...1867 Eng. dial.
• CAMSTRARINESS obstinacy, perversity ...1835 Sc.
• SINISTERITY † sinister character; perversity; dishonesty ...1647
• THROW opposition; a fit of perversity or ill-humour; a quarrel, controversy ...1788 Sc.
PERVERT, PERVERTED - nouns, person
• MORPHODITE a sexual pervert; a homosexual male ...M20 US sl.
• MORPHYDITE a sexual pervert; a homosexual male ...M20 US sl.
• SICKO a disgusting or disturbingly revolting person; a mentally unstable person, with overtones of sexual perversion; a pervert or someone with a warped or perverted sense of humour ...1970s sl.
• SICK PUPPY a perverted person ...1984 US sl.
• VERT a sexual pervert ...19C
PERVERT - verbs
• BEND to pervert; to corrupt. to commit some form of fraudulent manoeuvre, esp. as in losing a race deliberately, bribing a policeman or a sporting competitor ...19C sl.
• BESHREW † to make wicked or evil; to deprave, to pervert, to corrupt ...c1325
• FASHION † to counterfeit, to pervert ...1599
• SUBVERT * to undermine the character, loyalty, or faith of; to corrupt, to pervert a person ...c1375
• THROW to distort, to pervert ...1835 Sc.
PERVERTED - adjectives
• IMPERVERTIBLE incapable of being perverted ...1850
• SICKO depraved, perverted, insane ...1970s sl.
• SKEW † distorted, perverted; macaronic ...1607
• WHISKERS pert. to sexually perverted men ...20C US criminals' sl.
PERVERTED - nouns, person
• SICKIE one who is mentally ill or perverted ...1973 Amer. sl.
• SICKO one who is mentally ill or perverted ...1977 Amer. sl.
• SICKY one who is mentally ill or perverted ...1973 Amer. sl.
PERVERTING - adjectives
• SENSE-THRAWING perverting or confusing the senses ...1895 Sc.
PESO - nouns
• ADOBE DOLLAR a Mexican peso ...1927 Amer. dial.
PESSIMISM - nouns
• CALAMITY HOWL a statement of extreme pessimism ...L19 US sl.
PESSIMIST, PESSIMISTIC - nouns, person
• 'APPY DAY a pessimistic and inveterate grumbler ...20C Royal Navy sl.
• BAD NEWS a pessimist ...1960s sl., orig. US
• CALAMITY JANE a nagging woman; a pessimist; a worrier; a prophet of disaster ...1918 US sl.
• CROAKER a pessimist ...US Civil War usage
• DEAD BATTERY an irritable or gloomy person; a pessimist ...World War II Amer. sl.
• GROWLER a pessimist ...US Civil War usage
• LAZY-ASS SACK OF SHIT a miserable, pessimistic, morale-lowering person ...1940s sl., orig. US
• MOANER a complainer, a whinger, a pessimist ...1920s sl., orig. US
• NEGAHOLIC a pessimist ...1980s US sl.
• NEGATIVE NANCY. a female pessimist ...2000s US college sl.
• SAD APPLE a pessimist ...1910s US sl.
• SAD SACK OF SHIT a miserable, pessimistic, morale-lowering person ...1940s sl., orig. US
• SORRY SACK OF SHIT a miserable, pessimistic, morale-lowering person ...1940s sl., orig. US
• WET BLANKET a person who dampens and smothers all enthusiasm; a person who prevents fun; a killjoy; a pessimist ...1879 Amer. sl.
PESSIMISTIC - adjectives
• DOWNBEAT gloomy, subdued, pessimistic ...1952 Amer. sl.
PESSIMISTIC - verbs
• PESSIMIZE * to make the worst of; to take the most unfavourable view of; to hold pessimistic views ...1862
PEST - nouns. person
• AIREDALE a fool; a worthless person; a pest ...1920s US sl.
• GEORGIE BEST a pest, esp. a drunken pest ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• HELLCAT a mean, spiteful or malicious person, esp. a woman; a reckless, impertinent, bad-tempered, or vexatious person; a troublemaker; a devil-may-care person; one who pesters or annoys ...1899 Amer. dial.
• JEFF (derogatory) an ignorant, unsophisticated, or boring person; a pest ...1938 Amer. dial.
• JEFF DAVIS (derogatory) an ignorant, unsophisticated, or boring person; a pest ...1946 Amer. dial.
• JEFFER (derogatory) an ignorant, unsophisticated, or boring person; a pest ...1969 Amer. dial.
• NERDBOMBER a pest; a nuisance ...1990 US sl.
• PAINFUL EXPERIENCE a pest, often a drunken one ...Brit. sl.
• WOOLLY VEST a pest ...Brit. rhyming sl. Brit
PESTER - verbs
• APPLICATE to insist; to pester one with unwelcome requests ...1929 Amer. dial.
• BAT SOMEONE'S EAR to pester, to nag ...1940s US sl.
• BEPESTER to pester greatly, to plague, to vex, to harass ...1600
• BONE to chide, to reprove; to pester ...1858 Amer. dial.
• CROSSQUOBBLE to pester with questions, to confuse ...Bk1920 Eng. dial.
• DING to reiterate tiresomely; to nag, to pester, to worry, to tease ...1899 Amer. dial.
• EGG to tease, to annoy, to pester, to irritate; to importune, to find fault continually, to nag ...1746 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• HAISTER to perplex, to tease, to pester, to vex, to harass a person; to annoy ...1818 Sc.
• HAKE to urge; to pester ...1855 Eng. dial.
• HASSLE to cause trouble or harm to; to bother, to pester, to harass a person ...1959
• HAUL † to worry, to torment, to pester ...1678 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• HESTER to perplex, to tease, to pester, to vex, to harass a person ...1818 Sc.
• IMPORTUNE † to burden; to be troublesome or wearisome to; to trouble, to worry, to pester, to annoy ...1578
• JAY to harass, to pester someone until a desired result is obtained ...1927 Amer. dial.
• MAD-DOG to nag, to pester ...1980s NZ sl.
• PENNY-DOG to follow persistently; to fawn on; to pester; to toady, to curry favour ...1914 Amer. dial.
• PENNY-FEIST to follow persistently; to fawn on; to pester; to toady, to curry favour ...1939 Amer. dial.
• PESTICATE to annoy, to bother, to pester; to nose around ...1905 Amer. dial.
• TARRAGAT to interrogate, to question strictly and persistently; to tease, to torment with questions; to pester ...1825 Sc.
• TEW to annoy. to vex; to tease, to importune, to pester; to urge, to persuade ...1781 Eng. dial.
• WERRICK to tease, pester; to worry ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WHITTLE to fuss; to get uneasy; also, to pester, to tease ...1834 Amer. dial.
• WORRIT to worry; to distress; to pester ...1818 colloq.
PESTERING - adjectives
• IMPORTUNOUS †* burdensome, pestering ...1598
• IN ONE'S FACE annoying or pestering one ...1953 US sl., orig. Black
• ON ONE'S FACE annoying or pestering one ...1953 US sl., orig. Black
• PESTEROUS troublesome, given to pestering, teasing, mischievous ...1806 Amer. dial.
PESTERING - phrases
• IF THE MISSUS OF THE HOUSE CAUGHT A MOUSE IN HER BLOUSE WOULD SHE ROUSE? - BY JOVE SHE WOULD a parental reaction to being pestered by children ...Bk1998 NZ sl.
PESTILENCE - nouns
• MANQUALM † plague, pestilence ...a900
PET, PETTED - adjectives
• CADDLING dainty, fastidious, delicate, accustomed to be petted ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADE petted, indulged, spoiled; applied to lambs brought up by hand, and hence to children ...1790 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• CADED petted, carefully nurtured ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADELY tame; accustomed to be petted, spoiled ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADISH accustomed to be petted, spoiled ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADY tame; accustomed to be petted, spoiled ...1869 Eng. dial.
• DANDILLY spoiled by admiration, or by being made too much of; celebrated for beauty; petted ...1500-20 Sc.
• MAMMIFIED of children: spoiled, petted ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
PET, PETTED - nouns, person
• ALIE a pet, a favourite ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BESSY-BAB(S) a petted, spoiled child; a child who cries for little cause ...1842 Eng. dial.
• CADDLE one who coddles himself; one who is accustomed to be petted ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADE a spoiled, pampered or petted child ...1877 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• DANDILLY a woman spoiled by admiration; one conceited of her personal appearance; a vain woman; a pet, a darling ...1697 Sc.
• DANDLING † a dandled child; a pet, a spoiled child ...1611 obs. or Eng. dial.
• DAUTIE a person caressed or indulged; a darling, a pet, a favourite; a term of affection ...1676 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAWTIE a person caressed or indulged; a darling, a pet, a favourite; a term of affection ...1676 Sc.
• DAWTY a person caressed or indulged; a darling, a pet, a favourite ...1676 Sc.
• DEARLING † a darling, a pet, a favourite ...1715
• DOY a term of endearment for a child; a pet...1884 Eng. dial.
• FEDDLE † one who is made much of; a pet, a favourite, a darling ...a1400-50
• FEDILL † one who is made much of; a pet, a favourite ...a1400-50
• LEVERET † one who is petted, a pet ...1617
• LOLL-POOP a pet; a spoiled child; a wheedling, coaxing child ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MAM'S FOUT the mother's favourite child; a spoiled, petted child ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MAM'S PET the mother's favourite child; a spoiled, petted child ...1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-BIRD n. the youngest child of a family; a pet, a favourite; one who is fond of staying at home ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-BUB the youngest child of a family; a pet, a favourite; one who is fond of staying at home ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE-COCK † the last-hatched bird, or weakling of a brood; hence, a mother's pet; a spoiled or delicate child or youth ...1626 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PIGSNEY one specially cherished; a darling, a pet; a term of endearment; generally applied to a girl or a woman; rarely applied to a man or boy (obs. now for this use) ...c1386 arch. or Eng. dial.
• THRAWN-DAYS a spoiled, petted child ...1824 Sc.
• TIDLING † a pampered or spoiled child; a darling, a pet; a young, delicate, or puny child or animal in need of special care; a weakling ...1520 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WHITE-HAIRED BOY a favoured or favourite man or boy; a pet ...1869 Amer. dial.
PET - verbs
• ALIE to pet, to cherish ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CADDLE to pet, to fondle, to coax, to coddle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADE to pet, to fondle, to indulge, to spoil ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADEL to pet, to fondle, to coax, to coddle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADLE to pet, to fondle, to coax, to coddle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALOOP to neck, to pet ...1942 Amer. sl.
• CARESS to treat with kindness or favour; to pet, to make much of ...1658 arch.
• DALLY to pet, to indulge, to spoil ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DANDLE to make much of, to pet, to pamper ...1575
• DAUT to pet, to fondle, to caress, to make much of ...1500-20 Sc.
• DAWT to pet, to fondle, to caress, to make much of ...1500-20 Sc.
• HANDLE to pet; to fondle ...20C US sl.
• HARBOUR to pet, to spoil, to make much of ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAUNCH to fondle, to pet ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MAKE OF to pet, as a cat ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• MARD UP to be spoiled; to pet, to caress ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAUNGE to pet; to 'cocker up' ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SUGAR-PLUM to reward or pacify with sweetmeats; hence, to pet, to cosset ...1788
• TANTLE to pet, to fondle, to caress; to humour a child; to pay much attention to; to nurse and feed with care ...1898 Eng. dial.
• TIDDLE † to fondle or indulge to excess; to pet, to pamper; to tend carefully, to nurse, to cherish ...1560 obs. exc. Eng. dial. or sl.
• TONTLE to pet, to fondle, to caress; to humour a child; to pay much attention to; to nurse and feed with care ...1898 Eng. dial.
• TITTLE † to fondle or indulge to excess; to pet, to pamper; to tend carefully, to nurse, to cherish ...1560 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WHITE-HEN'S CHICK a spoiled or petted child ...1786 Eng. dial.
PET, PETTED - adjectives
• MAMMIFIED of children: spoiled, petted ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MARDY spoiled, petted, over-indulged; pettish, peevish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MARRED spoiled, petted, over-indulged; pettish, peevish ...1865 Eng. dial.
• MAUNGY spoiled, petted, pampered; cross, peevish, ill-tempered; complaining ...1865 eng. dial.
PET, PETTING - adjectives
• FRISKING petting or groping ...20C US sl.
PET, PETTING - nouns
• LITTLE petting ...1960s US sl.
• MAKING a petting, fondling, caressing ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MOLLY-HUGGING love-making; petting ...1944 Amer. dial.
• WRIGGLE-DIGGLE petting, mutual fondling; hence, sexual intercourse ...1960s sl.
PET, PETTING - verbs
• COP A FEEL to indulge in some form of petting, but not intercourse ...20C US sl.
PETITIONER - nouns, person
• ORATOR † one who offers a prayer or petition; a petitioner or suppliant ...1433
• ORATRESS † a female pleader, petitioner, or plaintiff ...1586
• ORATRICE † a female pleader, plaintiff, petitioner, or offerer of prayers ...1432
• ORATRICLE †* a little or insignificant petitioner ...1574
• ORATRIX † a female petitioner or plaintiff ...1464
PETRIFICATION - nouns
• LAPIDIFICATION the act or process of converting or being converted into stone ...1626
• LAPIDESCENCE † petrifaction ...1650
• LAPIDESCENCY † petrifaction ...1646
PETRIFY - verbs
• LAPIDIFY to become stone; to make or turn into stone ...1657
PETRIFYING - adjectives
• LAPIDESCENT that is in process of becoming stone ...1644
PETROL - see FUEL
PETROLEUM - nouns
• EARTH-OIL petroleum ...1755
• OIL OF SALTPETRE † petroleum ...1692
• OIL PATCH in the petroleum industry: the petroleum industry or a petroleum-producing area ...1980 Amer. sl.
PETTICOAT - nouns
• BARRIE a woman's petticoat ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DICKY an under-petticoat ...1816 sl.
• INSIDE-COAT an undercoat, a petticoat ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MISH-TOPPER a coat; a petticoat ...c1670 Brit. sl.
• PANCROCK a skirt or petticoat ...1746 Eng. dial.
• UNDERCOAT † a woman's underskirt; a petticoat ...1741
• UNDERCOATIE a woman's underskirt, a petticoat ...1773 Sc.
• UNDER TUG † an under petticoat ...1753 UK criminals' sl.
• VASQUINE † a petticoat ...1553 Sc.
PETTICOAT - interjections
• CHARLEY IS DEAD used to caution a girl that her petticoat is showing ...M20 Brit. juvenile jargon
• CHARLIE'S DEAD your slip is showing ...1942 US sl.
• IT'S SNOWING DOWN SOUTH! said to a woman whose slip is showing ...20C US sl.
• SATURDAY IS LONGER THAN SUNDAY a warning to a woman that her slip is showing ...1960s US sl.
• SNOWING DOWN BELOW! an exclamation to a woman that her petticoat is showing ...1930s NZ sl.
• SUNDAY BELOW MONDAY a warning to a woman that her slip is showing ...1960s US sl.
• TUESDAY IS LONGER THAN MONDAY a warning to a woman that her slip is showing ...1960s US sl.
• UNCLE CHARLIE'S DEAD used as a warning that one's slip is showing ...1967 Amer. sl.
• YOUR BOYFRIEND IS THINKING OF YOU your petticoat is showing ...1968 Amer. dial.
• YOU'RE A PH.D. TODAY a warning that one's petticoat is showing ...1966 Amer. dial.
• YOU'RE LOSING YOUR BOYFRIEND your petticoat is showing ...1968 Amer. dial.
• YOU'VE GOT A BOYFRIEND your petticoat is showing ...1968 Amer. dial.
PETTICOAT - phrases
• CHARLIE'S SHOWING used as a warning that one's slip is showing ...1967 Amer. sl.
• DAD LIKES YOUR DRESS used to warn a woman that her slip is showing ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DAD LOVES YOU MORE THAN MOTHER used to warn a woman that her slip is showing ...1950 Amer. dial.
• DADDY LOVES YOU BEST used to warn a woman that her slip is showing ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DO YOU LOVE YOUR DADDY used to warn a woman that her slip is showing ...1966 Amer. dial.
• IT'S GOOD NIGHT UP HERE, BUT GOOD MORNING DOWN THERE a signal to a girl to tell her that her slip is showing ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• MONDAY COMES BEFORE SUNDAY a warning to a woman that her slip is showing ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MONDAY'S LONGER THAN SUNDAY used to indicate that a woman's slip is showing ...1968 Amer. dial.
•. SATURDAY IS LONGER THAN SUNDAY used to indicate that a woman's slip is showing ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SHE HAS A DEGREE, A PH.D. a warning that one's petticoat is showing ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SUNDAY BELOW MONDAY used to indicate that a woman's slip is showing ...1968 Amer. dial.
• TUESDAY BELOW MONDAY used to indicate that a woman's slip is showing ...1968 Amer. dial.
• TUESDAY IS LONGER THAN MONDAY used to indicate that a woman's slip is showing ...1968 Amer. dial.
• YOU LIKE YOUR DADDY BEST used to warn a woman that her slip is showing ...1966 Amer. dial.
• YOUR DADDY'S THINKING OF YOU used to warn a woman that her slip is showing ...1966 Amer. dial.
• YOU'RE AT HALF-MAST a warning that one's slip is showing ...1950 Amer. dial.
• YOUR PAPA LIKES YOU BEST an expression to warn a woman slyly that her slip is showing ...1968 Amer. dial.
• YOUR TUESDAY IS BELOW WEDNESDAY used to indicate that a woman's slip is showing ...1968 Amer. dial.
• YOUR TUESDAY IS HANGING BELOW YOUR MONDAY used to indicate that a woman's slip is showing ...1968 Amer. dial.
PETTINESS - nouns
• NAGGLE pettiness ...1865
• PUSILLITY † littleness, pettiness ...a1619
PETTISH - adjectives
• BANGIE irritable, quarrelsome, pettish ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DORTY spoiled, pettish, sullen, sulky, easily offended, ill-humoured; saucy, haughty, conceited, proud, stubborn; contemptuous ...a1605 Sc.
• MARDY spoiled, petted, over-indulged; pettish, peevish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MARRED spoiled, petted, over-indulged; pettish, peevish ...1865 Eng. dial.
• PAPPANT rendered pettish by indulgence ...Bk1905 Sc.
• SANSHACH precise, pettish, peevish ...1882 Eng. dial.
• SIDY † surly, moody, pettish...1674 Eng. dial.
• STRUMMY pettish, sullen ...B1900 Sc.
• STRUNTY short-tempered, easily offended, sulky, out of humour, pettish, huffy ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIFFISH ready to take offense; pettish, peevish ...1855 colloq. rare
• TIFFY pettish, ill-humoured ...1810
• TIGGY pettish ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UPPISH-LIKE pettish, easily provoked; passionate ...1892 Eng. dial.
PETTISH - nouns
• BOGLE-BO a pettish humour ...Bk1911 Sc.
PETTISH - nouns, person
• MEG DORTS a pettish young woman ...Bk1905 Sc.
PETTISH - verbs
• GALL to annoy, to vex, to irritate, to hurt in feeling; to chafe, to fret, to become pettish ...1602
• URP to become pettish ...Bk1905 Sc,
PETTISHNESS - nouns
• MIFF a slight quarrel or misunderstanding; a tiff; a fit of ill-humour, pettishness; a huff ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• STRAMULLION a fit of ill-humour or bad temper; a display of pettishness ...B1900 Sc.
• TIFF a slight outburst or fit of temper, pettishness, or ill-humour ...1727
PETTY - adjectives
• CHICKEN strictly conventional in conduct; following rules too closely, esp. Army; misusing authority; petty, mean ...20C US sl.
• CHICKENSHIT petty, insignificant ...1940s sl., orig. US
• HENNY fussy, petty, finicky ...1950 Amer. dial.
• KIDLING petty, insignificant ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• NICKEL-AND-DIME petty, small-time, insignificant ...1940s US sl.
• NICKEL-DIME small-time, petty, insignificant ...1960s US sl.
• NICKEL SLICK petty, insignificant, esp. in the context of attempting to do something beyond one's abilities ...1990s US Black sl.
• NIGGLING irritatingly petty; intrinsically unimportant but time and energy consuming ...M19 sl.
• NIGGLY ill-tempered; obsessed with irrelevancies and petty problems ...1950s sl.
• ONE-PUB insignificant, petty ...M19 sl., orig. US
• PADDLING trifling, petty; useless ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PADGELLING trifling, petty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALTING † petty, trifling, paltry ...1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PICAYUNE mean, petty ...US & Can. colloq.
• PICAYUNISH mean, petty ...US & Can. colloq.
• PIMPING petty, mean ...1792 Amer. dial.
• PINHOOK petty, small-time ...1834 Amer. dial.
• PINHOOKISH petty, small-time ...1971 Amer. dial.
• PISS-ANT petty, insignificant, unimportant ...1971 Amer. dial.
• PISSY-ANT petty, insignificant, unimportant ...1971 Amer. dial.
• PUISNE † small, insignificant, petty ...E17
• PUSILL † small, insignificant, petty ...1623
• SCABBED mean, paltry, worthless, petty; ill-looking, shabby ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SNIFTY disdainful, haughty, fault-finding; petty, mean ...1871 Amer. sl.
• TANK TOWN insignificant, petty ...1930s US sl.
• TIN mean, petty, worthless, counterfeit, false ...1886
• TWO-BIT of little value or significance; petty, small-time ...1870 Amer. dial.
• TWO-BY-FOUR of little value or significance; petty, small-time; small ...1887 Amer. dial.
PETTY - nouns
• SMALL FRY applied to persons or things, and signifying petty, mean, or contemptible ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• SMALL POTATOES applied to persons or things, and signifying petty, mean, or contemptible ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• TITMOUSE a small, petty, or insignificant person or thing ...1596
PETTY - nouns, person
• CHAPULIN a person of a mean or petty disposition ...1932 Amer. dial.
• SNITCH a contemptible person; one who is petty or mean ...1910s
• TITMOUSE a small, petty, or insignificant person or thing ...1596
• TOM THUMB a dwarf or pygmy of popular tradition or fable; hence, a dwarf or diminutive male person; also contemptuously, a petty or insignificant person ...1579
PETTY - verbs
• NICKEL-AND-DIME IT to act in a petty manner ...1930s US sl.
• REARRANGE THE DECK CHAIRS to focus on petty matters while ignoring major problems ...1972 US sl.
• REARRANGE THE DECK CHAIRS ON THE TITANIC to focus on petty matters while ignoring major problems ...1972 US sl.