PLANETICOSEADJ.
given to wandering or roaming ...1849 nonce word ETYMOLOGY from late Latin planeticus, wandering from Greek πλανητικός, wandering, wandering about FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1849 - see Example below EXAMPLE "...Is there no mission in thy native land, O planeticose and exallotriote spirit?" From: The Caxton Novels: The Caxtons. A Family Picture By: Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933
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VERNATEVERB
to become young again ...1623 obs. ETYMOLOGY from Latin vernat - ppl. stem of vernare to flourish, to renew itself FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1623 - The English Dictionarie or an Interpreter of Hard English Words, Henry Cockeram Vernate, to wax young againe SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 • The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language, Rev. John Ogilvie, 1847-1850 • A Dictionary of the English Language, Samuel Johnson, 1827 • Webster's International Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Porter, 1895 |
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