WHISKISHADJ.
lively, frisky ...1599 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from 'whisk' n. or vb. to move or travel swiftly or briskly FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1599 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...But 'tis no matter, the whores be so whiskish when they're under a bush, That they're never satisfied till their bellies be flush." From: Sir Clyomon and Sir Clamydes By: George Peele, 1599 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933
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ATTEDIATEVERB
to be tedious to; to tire, to weary, to exhaust ...1603 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from late Latin attædiat- ppl. stem of attædiare from at- = ad- to + tædium weariness FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1603 - see Example below EXAMPLE "...as if he feared to attediate and molest us with their multitude and continuance." From: The Essayes of Montaigne Translated by John Florio, 1603 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 |
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