from French blasphémateur, from late Latin blasphēmātōrem, agent noun from blasphēmāre from Greek βλασϕηµέειν to speak profanely 1483 - The Golden Legende, William Caxton; see below from E-NED From: Satirical Poems of the Time of the Reformation
Edited by James Cranstoun Volume I, 1891 Chapter XLIV Ane Admonition to the Antichristian Ministers in the Deformit Kirk of Scotland P. 341
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by transposition From: The Medical Times
A Journal of English and Foreign Medicine And Miscellany of Medical Affairs Volume the First. October 1839, to March 1840 Printed 1840 Confessions of Jasper Bubble, Dissecting-Room Porter The Harmonic Meeting P. 220 1590 - A Midsommer Nights Dreame, William Shakespeare; see Example below From: Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies
Printed 1632 A Midsommer Nights Dreame P. 154 ADJECTIVES passing from memory, being forgotten ...Bk1900 Scot. NOUNS 1. a child born when the parents are old; a darling or favourite child, a pet; the youngest of the family, the last born; a term of endearment ...1584 obs. exc. Eng. dial. 2. the weakest pig of a litter ...1890 Eng. dial. of doubtful etymology; it has been variously conjectured to be connected with dill (vb.) to soothe, assuage (northern dialect), or Old Norse dilla to trill, to lull, or to be a modification of derling, darling 1547 - A Dictionary in Englyshe and Welsh, William Salesbury; see below from E-NED From: The Anatomy Of Melancholy.
What it Is, With All the Kinds Causes, Symptomes, Prognostickes, and Severall Cures of it. By Democritus Junior (Robert Burton), 1638 Part 3. Sect. 1. Honest Objects of Love P. 419 DEFINITIONS CONTINUED NOUN 1. one who knows nothing; an ignorant person; a fool 2. one who holds that nothing can be known; as agnostic 3. a member of a U.S. political party, also called the American party, that was prominent during the years 1853–56; so named because, having been originally organized as a secret society, its members, to preserve this character, professed to outsiders complete ignorance regarding it; the chief principle of the party was that none but native citizens should be permitted to share in the government; it disappeared around 1859 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES from know (vb.) + nothing a 1825 - The Vocabulary of East Anglia, Robert Forby (1830); "Know-nothing, utterly ignorant 'A poor know-nothing creature' " From: The Red Rover: A Tale (1827)
By James Fenimore Cooper Printed 1837 Chapter II. P. 21 1694 - Editor Rabelais' Works by Sir T. Urchard (Urquhart), Peter A. Motteux; see example below From: The Works of Francis Rabelais
Translated from the French by Sir Thomas Urquhart and Motteux A New Edition. Volume II. 1864 An Epistle by Pantagruel's Limosin P. 554 from Latin lūdificāt-, ppl. stem of lūdificāre to delude 1623 - The English Dictionarie, or an Interpreter of Hard English Words, Henry Cockeram; "Ludificate, to deceiue, to beguile" From: A Narrative of the Indian and Civil Wars in Virginia:
In the Years 1675 and 1676 Published 1814 Ingrams Proceedings P. 44 1848 - J. Mitchell in American Speech (1935); "Hog age, between Boyhood & Manhood" From: The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood
Edited by John S. Farmer, 1906 Note-Book and Word-List P. 389 also AS FIT AS A FRITTER FOR A FRIAR'S MOUTH, AS FIT AS A PUDDING FOR A DOG'S MOUTH CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES From: A Select Collection of Old Plays:
In Twelve Volumes Volume XI. 1827 The Chronicle of Edward the First, by George Peele (1593) P. 20 from Latin tripudiāt- ppl. stem of tripudiāre from tripudium a beating the ground with the feet, a leaping or dancing, a religious dance 1623 - The English Dictionarie, or an Interpreter of Hard English Words, Henry Cockeram; "Tripudiate, to daunce" From: Historic Magazine and Notes and Queries:
A Monthly Magazine of History, Folk-Lore, Mathematics, Mysticism, Art, Science, etc. Volume VIII. 1891 The Arval Brothers P. 415 1698 - The London Spy, Edward Ward; see Example below From: The London Spy
The Vanities and Vices of the Town Exposed to View By Ned Ward Printed ?? Chapter 1 P. 10 from medieval or modern Latin pseudōnymus (from Greek ψευδώνυµος under a false name, falsely named) + -ous 1706 - The New World of English Words: Or, a General Dictionary, Edward Phillips; "Pseudonymous, that has a counterfeit Name" From: Athenæ Britannicæ
Or, A Critical History of the Oxford and Cambridge Writers and Writings By Myles Davies Part I. 1716 The Preface, P. 8 From: The Entail:
Or, The Lairds of Grippy By John Galt Volume I. 1823 Chapter XVIII. P. 150/151 irregular from Latin erudire to educate, teach, or enlighten, pp. eruditus instruct From: The Century Dictionary
An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language By William Wright, Volume III. 1895 from Latin lucrāt-, ppl. stem of lucrāri to gain, from lucrum gain 1623 - The English Dictionarie, or an Interpreter of Hard English Words, Henry Cockeram; "Lucrate, to winne, or gain, or get" From: The Decisions of the Court of Session:
From its First Institution until the Separation of the Court into Two Divisions, in the Year 1808 By William Maxwell Morison Volume XI - XII, 1811 Section 8. General Discharges and Renunciations 1702. December 25. Gordon Against Ross. P. 5051 from Latin gelicidium frost, from gelum frost + cid-, cadĕre to fall 1656-81 - Glossographia, or a Dictionary Interpreting such Hard Words, .as are now used,
Thomas Blount; "Gelicide, a frost" From: Supplement to The Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
John Jamieson; Volume II, 1825 irregular from plaudit + -ory, or from Latin plaudĕre to applaud (plaudit- being erroneously taken as ppl. stem) a 1845 - Literary and Literal, Thomas Hood; see Example below From: The Comic Annual
By Thomas Hood, 1830 Literary and Literal P. 145 |
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