a 1618 - Wittes Pilgrimage, John Davies; see Example below From: The Complete Works of John Davies of Hereford
Edited by the Rev. Alexander B. Grosart Volume II. 1878 Wittes Pilgrimage, Through a World of Amorous Sonnets P. 51
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1486 - The Book of St. Albans; see below from E-NED From: The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
By Joseph Strutt A New Edition, 1801 Hunting P. 19 1642 - The Song of the Soul, Henry More; see Example below From: The Complete Poems of Dr. Henry More,
Edited by the Rev. Alexander B. Grosart, 1878 Democritus Platonissans Or an Essay upon The Infinity of Worlds out of Platonick Principles Annexed to this second part of the Song of the Soul By Henry More, 1647 P. 100 1865 - A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words (3rd edition), John Hotten;
"Brain-Canister, the head - Pugilistic" from hypn-, combining form of Greek ὕπνος (hupnos) sleep + Greek -ϕοβία, from ϕόβος fear; cf. F.hypnophobie 1886 - (as per E-NED) The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences; see below From: The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences By Henry Power and Leonard W. Sedgwick Volume III. 1888 Earlier example (1856) shown below
From: A Dictionary of Terms used in Medicine and the Collateral Sciences By Richard Dennis Hoblyn, 1856 variant of 'flapdoodle'; perhaps influenced by flam nonsense, rubbish 1888 - Americanisms, Old and New, John S. Farmer; see Example below From: Americanisms Old and New
By John S. Farmer, 1889 P. 244 c 1850 (as per a Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Eric Partridge,
edited by Paul Beale) from Latin longanimus (from longus long + animus mind, after Greek µακρόθυµος) + -ous 1620 - Confessions of St. Augustine; C. Rawlinson; see below from E-NED From: The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art
Sept. to Dec. 1854 American Humor P. 141 ADJ. harum-scarum, disorderly ...1727-8 obs. NOUN 1. unintelligible language, gibberish ...1600 obs. 2. copulation ...M18 sl. 3. a wordy and mutual recrimination; a noisy argument ...L18 sl. a rhyming combination, perhaps suggested by rant (vb.) 1600 - The First and Second Partes of King Edward the Fourth, Thomas Heywood; precise sense not clear; see below from E-NED: EXAMPLE From: The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany.
Edited by the Right Honourable Lady Llanover Volume I. 1861 Mrs. Pendarves to Mrs. Ann Granville, Somerset House, 14 March, 1727-8 P. 164 from mop (n.) a fool; the ending -sy is common dialect in terms of endearment, as in babsy, ducksy 1582 - Thee First Foure Bookes of Virgil his Æneis translated, Richard Stanyhurst; see below From: The First Four Books of the Æneid of Virgil By Richard Stanyhurst Reprinted 1836 The Firste Booke of Virgil his Æneis P. 27 From: The Complete Correspondence and Works of Charles Lamb
Volume I. 1870 Correspondence with Coleridge Letter XL. (no date; end of 1800) P. 128 irregular from Latin obligūrīre, from ob- + ligūrīre to be dainty, lick, lick up 1623 - The English Dictionarie, or an Interpreter of hard English Words, Henry Cockeram;
"Obligurate, to spend in belly-cheere" 1856 - Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, Elisha K. Kane; see Example below From: Arctic Explorations:
The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin By Elisha Kent Kane Volume II. 1857 Chapter X P. 98 aphetic from avoutry (old form of adultery) 1382 - The Holy Bible, made from the Latin Vulgate by John Wycliffe and his followers;
see below From: The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments Made from the Latin Vulgate by John Wycliffe and his followers Edited by the Rev. Josiah Forshall, and Sir Frederic Madden Volume III. 1850 Jeremiah P. 374 1814 - A Tale of Paraguay, Robert Southey; see Example below From: The Poetical Works of Robert Southey
Published 1829 A Tale of Paraguay Dedication P. 549 from coquinate, from ppl. stem of Latin coquīnāre to cook, fron coquīnus adj., from coquus cook 1658 - The New World of English Words: or, A General Dictionary, Edward Phillips; "Coquination, a dressing, or Cooking of meat" From: A Step to Stir-Bitch-Fair
By Edward Ward, 1700 P. 7 DEFINITIONS CONTINUED NOUN 5. a moth (dialect) 6. a cat (also in the form MOGGIE) (slang) CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES possibly a variant of 'maggie' ? a 1793 - (for noun 1) History of Isaac Jenkins, Thomas Beddoes; see Example below From: The History of Isaac Jenkins:
And Sarah His Wife, and Their Three Children. By Thomas Beddoes Edition the Fifth, 1793 P. 24 DEFINITIONS CONTINUED VERB 1. to be miserly, stingy, or saving (obsolete) 2. to walk with downcast looks, or in a thoughtful, musing way (obsolete except dialect) 3. to lie close and still; to remain snug and quiet; to nestle, to snuggle, to cuddle (dialect) 4. to sulk, to get into a huff (dialect) CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES of obscure origin; perhaps related to 'snug' c 1540 - (verb 1) The Hye Way to the Spytell Hous, Robert Copland; see Example below From: Select Pieces of Early Popular Poetry
Volume II. 1817 The Hye Way to the Spyttell Hous, Robert Copland Prologue from Latin pudibundus easily ashamed, bashful, modest, also shameful, from pudēre to make or be ashamed 1656 - Glossographia, Thomas Blount;
"Pudibund, Pudibundous, shame-fac'd, bashful, modest, honest" for adj. & noun: from Italian in(n)amorato: see below for verb: from Italian inamorare, now innamor-, ‘to enamour, to fall in loue’ (Florio), from in- + amore love 1602 - Antonio's Revenge, John Marston; see Example below From: The Works of John Marston
Edited by J.O. Halliwell Volume I. 1856 Antonio's Revenge The Second Part of Antonio and Mellida Act I. Scene I. P. 76 |
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