From: Judge Haliburton's Yankee Stories
By Thomas Haliburton, 1836 The Clockmaker Chapter II. The Voluntary System P. 12
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from Yankee + -ese 1883 - Frescoes, etc.: Dramatic Sketches, "Ouida" (Mlle. L. de La Ramée); see Example below From: Frescoes, etc.: Dramatic Sketches
By Ouida (Pseudonym of Mlle. L. de La Ramée) A New Edition, 1895 At Camaldoli P. 118/119 ? 1599 - The Two Angry Women of Abington, Henry Porter see Example below From: The Mermaid Series
Nero & Other Plays The Two Angry Women of Abington Edited by Havelock Ellis, Printed ?1893 Act II. Scene 1. P. 125 the first element, dunder, is obscure - possibly connected with dunner (to make a noise like thunder, to rumble, clatter, reverberate, resound, to fall with a resounding noise) or donner (to daze, stun, stupefy) + whelp 1621 - The Wild-Goose Chase, John Fletcher; see Example below From: The Works of Mr. Francis Beaumont and Mr. John Fletcher
Volume the Fifth, 1750 The Wild-Goose Chase P. 229 see below From: An Universal Etymological English Dictionary Nathan Bailey, The Fifth Edition, 1731 ? c 1731 - as shown above
as if from Latin type *mæstīvus, from mæs-, mærēre to mourn + -ive 1578 - A Gorgious Gallery of Gallant Inventions, Thomas Proctor; see Example below From: A Gorgious Gallery of Gallant Inventions
By Thomas Proctor, 1578 Edited by John Payne Collier, 18?? The Fall of Folly, exampled by needy Age P. 115 from French rodomont or Italian rodomonte, from the name of the boastful Saracen leader in Ariosto's Orlando Furioso 1598 - A Method for Travell, Sir Robert Dallington; see Example below From: Relations of the Most Famous Kingdoms
and Common-Weales Thorough the World, 1611 The Second Booke of Europe France P. 121 of fanciful formation: cf. whipper-snapper c 1590 - The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, Christopher Marlowe; see Example below From: Old English Drama
Select Plays Marlowe Tragical History of Doctor Faustus Edited by Adolphus William Ward. Second Edition. 1887 Scene XI. P. 36 from tongue (n.) + -ster 1872 - The Last Tournament, Gareth and Lynette, Lord Alfred Tennyson; see Example below From: The Last Tournament
By Alfred Tennyson, 1872 P. 27 1608 - A Shorte Dictionarie (English and Latin) for Yonge Begynners, John Withals;
The Seconde Tyrne corrected by Lewys Evans; see below From: A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to Customs, Proverbs, etc.; Robert Nares, 1872 1830 - (noun 1) Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine; see Example below From: Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
Volume XXVII. January-June, 1830 The Port of Venasque. A Scene in the Pyrenees P. 588 from ugly (adj.) + ographize (only used by Southey; see below) 1834 - The Doctor, Robert Southey; see Example below From: The Doctor
By Robert Southey Edited by John Wood Warter New Edition, 1865 Chapter CCXXIII. P. 604 1699 - Autobiography, Diaries, Anecdote and Event Books, Oliver Heywood; see Example below From: The Rev. Oliver Heywood
His Autobiography, Diaries, Anecdote and Event Books Edited by J. Horsfall Turner Volume IV. 1885 Last Diary December 1699 P. 195 DEFINITIONS CONTINUED ADJECTIVES 5. quarrelsome (American and slang) 6. slightly crazy (dialect) NOUN 1. a romping or rude girl (obsolete or dialect) 2. a seesaw (dialect) 3. a wanton person (slang) INTERJECTION an ejaculation expressing contemptuous surprise or anger also HITY-TITY CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES a variant of hoity-toity; apparently sometimes associated in idea with high, height, or with tight, and modified in use accordingly; the pronunciation of oi as i, as in ile, bile = oil, boil, was formerly prevalent a 1700 - A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modem of the Canting Crew, B.E.; "Hightetity, a Ramp or Rude Girl" From: Vanity Fair
A Novel Without a Hero By William Makepeace Thackery, 1849 Chapter XVIII. Who Played on the Piano Captain Dobbin Bought? P. 156 irregular from Latin juvāre to help + ate 1708 - Translation of Rabelais' Works, Peter Motteux; see Example below From: The Works of Francis Rabelais
The Fifth Book Mr. Ozell, Peter Motteux, 1737 An Epistle by Pantagruel's Limousin P. 232 from Latin pōtātōrius from pōtāre to drink + -ory 1827 - Pelham; or The Adventures of a Gentleman, Edward Lytton; see Example below From: Pelham; or, The Adventures of a Gentleman
By Edward George E.L. Bulwer-Lytton Volume II, 1828 Chapter II. P. 11 1809 - The Bibliomania, An Epistle, to Richard Heber, By John Ferriar; see Example below From: The Bibliomania
An Epistle, to Richard Heber By John Ferriar, 1809 P. 5 corruption of 'dubious' 1837 - The Clockmaker; or The Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slickville, Thomas Haliburton; see Example below From: The Clockmaker:
Or, The Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville By Thomas Chandler Halliburton, 1837 Chapter XXIX. A Body Without a Head P. 317 1546 - A Dialogue Conteinyng the Nomber in Effect of all the Prouerbes in the Englishe Tongue, John Heywood;
see below From: The Proverbs and Epigrams of John Heywood Printed for the Spenser Society, 1867 The fyrst parte. The xi. chapiter. P. 26 c 1661 - The Roxburghe Ballads; see Example below From: The Roxburghe Ballads
Illustrating the Last Years of the Stuarts Edited by J. Woodfall Ebsworth Volume IV. Printed for the Ballad Society, 1883 A Turn-Coat of the Times P. 518 |
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