also DANDALIE, DANDILY
CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ADJ. 1. spoiled by admiration, or by being made too much of; celebrated for beauty; petted ...1500-20 Sc. 2. fancy, over-ornamented ...1895 Sc. NOUN 1. a woman spoiled by admiration; one conceited of her personal appearance; a vain woman; a pet, a darling ...1697 Sc. 2. a young person who through over-indulgence is become feeble in body, or pettish in temper, or both ...1808 Sc. ETYMOLOGY apparently a derivative of dandle (vb.) EXAMPLE From: Helenore Or, The Fortunate Shepherdess A Poem in the Broad Scotch Dialect By Alexander Ross, Schoolmaster at Lochlee, 1778 Songs. P. 162
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ETYMOLOGY from Latin æquivocantem, pr. pple. of æquivocāre, from aequivocus ambiguous EXAMPLE From: A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1888-1933 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
ETYMOLOGY from stem of Latin oblīviscī to forget EXAMPLE From: The Antiquarian Repertory A Miscellany Intended to Preserve and Illustrate Several Valuable Remains of Old Times By Francis Grose, Thomas Astle, Volume IV, 1784 The Proverbis in the Garet, at the New Lodge in the Parke of Lekingfelde. P. 10 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
ETYMOLOGY short for FAMBLE EXAMPLE From: Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress By Thomas Moore, Third Edition, 1819 P. 28 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
EXAMPLE From: The Steward: A Romance of Real Life By Henry Cockton, 1850 Chapter VII. George's Week in London. P. 84 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
ETYMOLOGY irregular from Latin umbra umbra (shade, shadow) EXAMPLE From: The History and Topography of the Isle of Axholme By the Rev. W. B. Stonehouse, 1839 Manor of Epworth and Westwood. - Owston Note: a 'Nebuchadnezzar' can be found in modern dictionaries as 'a wine bottle of about 20 times the standard size' - this definition originated in the early 20th century.
CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES pronunciation of NEBUCHADNEZZAR ETYMOLOGY definition 1: from Nebuchadnezzar, a ruler of Babylon in the Chaldean Dynasty who reigned c. 605 – 562 definition 2: from its taste for 'greens' - sexual intercourse EXAMPLE From: The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art Volume XIII, 1862 The Most Total Abstinence, P. 306 also IOBBARD, JOBBARD
Note: E-HAL and E-WRI list 'JOBARDE' CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ETYMOLOGY from Old French jobard, from jobe silly EXAMPLE From: A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, James Orchard Halliwell, 1881 also GENETRICE (Sc.), GENITRESSE, GENITRIX
CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ETYMOLOGY from Latin genetrix, genitrix female parent from gen-stem of gignĕre to beget, give birth. The form genitrice is adopted from Old French while genitresse is a new formation from genitor. EXAMPLE From: The True Intellectual System of the Universe By Ralph Cudworth, 1678 Book I. Chapter IV. P. 366 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
ETYMOLOGY from Belial, the spirit of evil personified; used from early times as a name for the Devil or one of the fiends, and by Milton as the name of one of the fallen angels EXAMPLE From: The Monastery. A Romance By Walter Scott, Volume III. 1821 Chapter IX. DEFINITIONS CONTINUED
NOUNS ? a stitch drawn right through the stuff; hence, figuratively, in reference to thoroughness of action (obsolete rare) CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ETYMOLOGY from thorough (adv.) and stitch (n.) EXAMPLE From: Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists, With Morals and Reflections. By Sir Roger L'Estrange, 1692 Aesop's Fables, Fab. CXXXIII. A Hare and a Tortoise also MALEDIZANT
CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ETYMOLOGY from French maldisant, from mal ill + disant, pr. pple. of dire to say EXAMPLE From: A World of Wordes By John Florio, 1598 To The Reader CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
EXAMPLE From: The Beauties of Nature and Art Displayed in a Tour Through the World Volume X, 1774 Chapter I. Of South America Sect. II. Animals. P. 121 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
ETYMOLOGY from Old French baisier (modern baiser) to kiss EXAMPLE From: Bibliotheca Spenceriana Or A Descriptive Catalogue of the Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century By the Reverend Thomas Frognall Dibdin, Volume IV, 1815 Books Printed by William Caxton (History of Jason). P. 205 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
Pronunciation of CELEBRIOUS ETYMOLOGY from Latin celebris (crowded, much frequent; festive) + -ous EXAMPLE From: The Voyages and Travels of the Ambassadors From the Duke of Holstein, to the Great Duke of Muscovy, and the King of Persia By Adam Olearius, Secretary of the Embasy Rendred into English by John Davies, 1662 Lib. V. The Ambassadors Travels Into Muscovy, Tartary, and Persia, 1637 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
ETYMOLOGY representing Old English type liacueᵹestre, fem. agent-n. to léoᵹan, from lie EXAMPLE From: An Essay on the Language of Lay Le Freine By Albert Laurin, 1869 Lay Le Freine P. 30 variant of dialect CHISSEL-BOB a wood louse
CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ETYMOLOGY From: The English Dialect Dictionary, Joseph Wright, 1888-1933 DEFINITIONS CONTINUED
NOUNS 1. a letter or note; a written message (Anglo-Indian) 2. an endearing name for a cat; also CHITTY-PUSS (dialect) 3. the wren (dialect) 4. the Lesser Redpole, Linota rufescens (dialect) CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ETYMOLOGY Adjective 1.: from chit n. (a freckle or wart, obsolete) + -y Adjective 2. & 3.: apparently deduced from chitty-face, (thin face), but afterwards associated with chit (n. the young of a beast) Noun 1: from Hindī chiṭṭhī, Mahrātī chiṭṭī:—Skr. chitra spot, mark, etc EXAMPLE (for adjective 1) From: The Rival Milliners: or, the Humours of Covent Garden. A Tragi-Comi-Operatic-Pastoral Farce Written by Robert Drury, 1737 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
ETYMOLOGY from muss (n.) a game in which small objects are thrown down to be scrambled for; a scramble; the verb muss occurs in Linc. dialect ( to scramble for, to take forcibly and by surprise) EXAMPLE From: A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1888-1933 |
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