also NIFFLING (dialect)
CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ETYMOLOGY from Middle English nifle a trifle EXAMPLE From: A Select Collection of Old English Plays By W. Carew Hazlitt, Volume XIV, 1875 Lady Alimony Act II. Scene VI. P. 317
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ADJ. 1. having a malicious tongue; speaking evil; slanderous; using bad language; foul-mouthed ...a1300 2. difficult to pronounce ...1898 Sc. ETYMOLOGY from ill (adj.) + tongue (n.) + -ed EXAMPLE From: The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis Translated into English Verse By Mr. Dryden, 1702 Explanatory Notes on the Eleventh Satyr. P. 251 (see below for forms) CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ETYMOLOGY from E-NED: Old English stǽlwierðe, from stǽl place + wierðe worth (adj.) The length of the vowel in the first syllable seems to be authenticated by some of the early Middle English forms; the shortening of ǽ to ă in the first element of a compound is normal. The Old English stǽl(the quantity of which is certain from the three occurrences in poetry) appears not to be immediately connected with the synonymous stæl with short vowel (dat. stale); according to some scholars it represents a contraction of Old Teutonic *staþl- or *stađl-, the relation of Old English stǽl to staðol foundation being considered parallel with that of mǽl speech to the synonymous mæðel. The 13th century form staðelwurðe, occurring only once strongly confirms this view. The early Middle English forms with medial e, stele-, steale-, stalewurðe are difficult to account for. EXAMPLE From: The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Sketch of His Life By J.W. Lake, 1838 Marmion - A Tale of Flodden Field Canto I The Castle also in the following forms: (from E-NED):
α. 1 stǽlwierðe, -wyrðe, 2 stele-, 3 stealewurðe; 3 stalwarþe, 5– warth; 3 stalewurðe; 3–4 stalwrthe; 3–5 stalworþe, 4–6 -worthe, (5 staloworth), 6 stalwoorth; 4–5 stallworthe, stalwurþe, -wurthe, (5 stalwort), 4–7, 9 arch. stalworth. β. 3–5 stalword(e. γ. 3–5 stalwarde, 3 stalewarde, 4, 6, 8 Sc. stalward. δ. 3 staðelwurðe. CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
EXAMPLE From: The Fortunate Shepherdess: A Pastoral Tale By Alexander Ross, 1804 also MY EYES DRAW STRAWS CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ETYMOLOGY From: The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle For the Year MDCCXC (1790) By Sylvanus Urban Volume LX, Part the Second P. 978 P. 1185 - in reply to the above EXAMPLE From: Polite Conversation By Jonathan Swift, 1892 Dialogue III. The Ladies at Their Tea. P. 188 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
ETYMOLOGY from Greek µάγειρος cook + -ist EXAMPLE From: The School for Good Living: Or, A Literary and Historical Essay on the European Kitchen. Printed by J. Gillet, 1814 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
ETYMOLOGY from rhinoceros + -ical EXAMPLE (for definition 4) From: The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff By Richard Steele, Joseph Addison, Volume IV, Printed 1723 The Tatler, No. 260. Thursday, December 7, 1710 P. 300 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
ETYMOLOGY from Latin type *pigritūdo laziness EXAMPLE From: Prose Writings of Nathaniel Parker Willis Selected by Henry A. Beers, 1885 A Sunday Walk. P. 352 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
ETYMOLOGY from Latin dēbellāt-, ppl. stem of dēbellāre to subdue in fight EXAMPLE From: The Calcutta Review Volume LXXXVIII, Jan, 1889 The Quarter CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
EXAMPLE From: Dialect Notes, A Publication of the American Dialect Society, 1905-1912 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
ETYMOLOGY from Latin victitāre to subsist (on something), from victus food, sustenance EXAMPLE From: A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1888-1933 Note: 'norish(e)' is also an obsolete form of 'nourish'
CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ETYMOLOGY variant of Norse EXAMPLE From: A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels In All Parts of the World By John Pinkerton, Volume Third, 1811 A Brief Description of Orkney, Zetland, Pightland-Firth, and Caithness By John Brand A Description of Zetland Chapter VI. P. 767 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
ETYMOLOGY from Latin lūdibundus, fromlūdĕre to play EXAMPLE From: Divine Dialogues Containing Disquisitions Concerning the Attributes and Providence of God By Henry More, 1743 Of the Providence of God P. 331 also HIGH-TWAL' (Scottish)
CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES EXAMPLE From: Illustrations of Masonry, By William Morgan, 1827 The Third, Or Master Mason's Degree P. 71 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
EXAMPLE (for definition 2) From: The Songs and Ballads of Cumberland Edited by Sidney Gilpin, 1866 John Stagg's Poems The Bridewain, P. 204 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
ETYMOLOGY from wriggle (n.) + some EXAMPLE From: Brandon: Or, A Hundred Years Ago A Tale of the American Colonies By Osmond Tiffany, 1858 Chapter XXXI. Lucy Survives Her Sorrows. P. 277 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
EXAMPLE From: The Weekly Northwest Miller Minneapolis, Minn., Friday, February 14, 1890 Volume 29, Number 7 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
ETYMOLOGY from Latin dubitāt-, ppl. stem of dubitāre to doubt EXAMPLE From: The French Revolution By Thomas Carlyle Volume Second. The Constitution. 1837 P. 127 |
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