REVERSE DICTIONARY A
A - ABURZ
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• A - ABANDONED
• ABASE - ABATE
• ABBESS - ABILITY
• ABJECT - ABOMINATE
• ABORIGINAL - ABRADE
• ABREAST - ABSENCE
• ABSENT-MINDED - ABSOLUTELY
• ABSOLUTION - ABSTRUSE
• ABSURD - ABUNDANCE
• A - ABANDONED
• ABASE - ABATE
• ABBESS - ABILITY
• ABJECT - ABOMINATE
• ABORIGINAL - ABRADE
• ABREAST - ABSENCE
• ABSENT-MINDED - ABSOLUTELY
• ABSOLUTION - ABSTRUSE
• ABSURD - ABUNDANCE
A
n. 1840 Amer. dial. • ABISELFA - the letter "a" (a-by-itself-a) ABISELFA
AARDVARK
n. 1545 • ANT BEAR - an aardvark
n. 1731 • EARTH-HOG - an aardvark
n. 1796 • EARTH-WOLF - an aardvark
n. 1731 • EARTH-HOG - an aardvark
n. 1796 • EARTH-WOLF - an aardvark
ABACK
adj. 1858 Sc. • QUEER-TAKEN - taken aback, surprised, disconcerted
adv. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • BEGONE - taken aback, disagreeably surprised; dismayed
vb. 1870 Sc. • TAKE SOMEBODY TO THE FAIR - to take aback, to disconcert, to abash an over-confident person
vb. 1899 • BACK-WIND - to be taken, or cause to be taken, aback
vb. Bk1904 Sc. • REMAIN FOOLISH - to be taken aback
adv. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • BEGONE - taken aback, disagreeably surprised; dismayed
vb. 1870 Sc. • TAKE SOMEBODY TO THE FAIR - to take aback, to disconcert, to abash an over-confident person
vb. 1899 • BACK-WIND - to be taken, or cause to be taken, aback
vb. Bk1904 Sc. • REMAIN FOOLISH - to be taken aback
ABACUS
n. 1387 • ABACIST - one who uses an abacus in casting accounts
ABANDON
vb. c1175 obs. • BELEAVE - to let or cause to remain behind; to go away without taking with one, to abandon
vb. c1175 obs. • LET - to quit, to abandon, to forsake
vb. c1205 obs. • BELEAVE - to go away from a person or place; to depart from, to forsake, to quit, to abandon
vb. a1225 obs. rare • LEAVE - to abandon, to forsake a habit, practice, etc.
vb. c1330 obs. • WAIVE - to abandon, to leave, to desert; to forsake a person, place, thing
vb. a1400-50 obs. rare • UNBEND - to abandon an effort or attempt
vb. 1430-40 obs. • LEAVE UP - to abandon, to give up, to resign
vb. 1432-50 obs. • TO-LEAVE - to relinquish, to abandon
vb. 1530 obs. • CAST UP - to give up, to abandon
vb. 1559 obs. • ABAND - to abandon, to forsake
vb. 1573 obs. • LEAVE IN THE LASH - to leave in the lurch
vb. 1587 obs. • BANDON - to forsake, to abandon
vb. 1591 obs.• LINQUISH - to abandon, to forsake
vb. 1632 obs. • SUCCUMB - to abandon, to give up
vb. 1635 • THROW UP ONE'S CARDS - to abandon a project
vb. 1654 obs. rare • ABANDONATE - to abandon
vb. 1672 obs. • DECLINE - to abandon, to forsake, to give up a practice
vb. 1688 • FLING UP ONE'S CARDS - to abandon a project
vb. 1760 Amer. sl. • HOLD THE BAG - to be left in the lurch
vb. 1793 • GIVE ONE THE BAG TO HOLD - to engage anyone while taking the opportunity to slip way; to leave in the lurch
vb. 1858 Amer. dial. • THROW OFF - to neglect, to ignore, to abandon
vb. 1873 Eng. dial. • JACK - to give up suddenly; to withdraw or back out of anything; to abandon, esp. to leave off or throw up work
vb. 1873 Eng. dial. • JAG - (as above)
vb. 1877 Eng. dial. • TEW UP - to give up, to abandon
vb. 1899 sl. • DITCH - of people and objects: to throw away, to dispense with, to abandon
vb. L19 sl. • GIVE THE DITCH - of people and objects: to throw away, to dispense with, to abandon
vb. Bk1903 sl. • HANG UP THE FIDDLE - to abandon an undertaking
vb. c1910 sl. • JACK (IT) IN - to abandon or leave an attempt or enterprise; to give up
vb. 1911 Amer. dial. • WHITE-EYE - to be overcome by heat or exhaustion while working; to faint from exhaustion; to quit working, to quit on one; to desert, to abandon
vb. 1920s sl. • TANK - to abandon deliberately, to give up, possibly for illicit monetary gain, esp. in boxing
vb. 1927 Amer. dial. • BUNCH - to quit a job; to leave something unfinished; to stop, to cease, to abandon
vb. 1937 UK sl., orig. theatrical • WALK OUT ON - to abandon someone or something
vb. 1948 UK sl. • LEAVE IN THE AIR - to abandon someone without support
vb. 1950s Aust. & NZ sl. • SHITCAN - to stop, to abandon a course of action; to toss away
vb. 1953 Aust. sl. • GIVE THE GAME AWAY - to cease doing something; to abandon; to give up
vb. 1958 US sl. • EIGHTY-SIX - to eject or bar from a premises; generally, to reject or abandon
vb. 1970s US college sl. • TANG OUT - to abandon; to put an end to
vb. 1970s US college sl. • SCARF - to throw away; to abandon
vb. 1974 sl. • RAT - to abandon, desert, or betray any person or thing
vb. Bk1974 Amer. sl. • PUNCH OUT - to leave; to quit; to abandon
vb. 1980s sl. • ICE - to break an appointment with; to abandon or cancel a plan or scheme
vb. 1980s US sl. • BAIL OUT - to abandon, to terminate a relationship
vb. Bk1999 • CHUCK IN - to abandon, to give up
vb. c1175 obs. • LET - to quit, to abandon, to forsake
vb. c1205 obs. • BELEAVE - to go away from a person or place; to depart from, to forsake, to quit, to abandon
vb. a1225 obs. rare • LEAVE - to abandon, to forsake a habit, practice, etc.
vb. c1330 obs. • WAIVE - to abandon, to leave, to desert; to forsake a person, place, thing
vb. a1400-50 obs. rare • UNBEND - to abandon an effort or attempt
vb. 1430-40 obs. • LEAVE UP - to abandon, to give up, to resign
vb. 1432-50 obs. • TO-LEAVE - to relinquish, to abandon
vb. 1530 obs. • CAST UP - to give up, to abandon
vb. 1559 obs. • ABAND - to abandon, to forsake
vb. 1573 obs. • LEAVE IN THE LASH - to leave in the lurch
vb. 1587 obs. • BANDON - to forsake, to abandon
vb. 1591 obs.• LINQUISH - to abandon, to forsake
vb. 1632 obs. • SUCCUMB - to abandon, to give up
vb. 1635 • THROW UP ONE'S CARDS - to abandon a project
vb. 1654 obs. rare • ABANDONATE - to abandon
vb. 1672 obs. • DECLINE - to abandon, to forsake, to give up a practice
vb. 1688 • FLING UP ONE'S CARDS - to abandon a project
vb. 1760 Amer. sl. • HOLD THE BAG - to be left in the lurch
vb. 1793 • GIVE ONE THE BAG TO HOLD - to engage anyone while taking the opportunity to slip way; to leave in the lurch
vb. 1858 Amer. dial. • THROW OFF - to neglect, to ignore, to abandon
vb. 1873 Eng. dial. • JACK - to give up suddenly; to withdraw or back out of anything; to abandon, esp. to leave off or throw up work
vb. 1873 Eng. dial. • JAG - (as above)
vb. 1877 Eng. dial. • TEW UP - to give up, to abandon
vb. 1899 sl. • DITCH - of people and objects: to throw away, to dispense with, to abandon
vb. L19 sl. • GIVE THE DITCH - of people and objects: to throw away, to dispense with, to abandon
vb. Bk1903 sl. • HANG UP THE FIDDLE - to abandon an undertaking
vb. c1910 sl. • JACK (IT) IN - to abandon or leave an attempt or enterprise; to give up
vb. 1911 Amer. dial. • WHITE-EYE - to be overcome by heat or exhaustion while working; to faint from exhaustion; to quit working, to quit on one; to desert, to abandon
vb. 1920s sl. • TANK - to abandon deliberately, to give up, possibly for illicit monetary gain, esp. in boxing
vb. 1927 Amer. dial. • BUNCH - to quit a job; to leave something unfinished; to stop, to cease, to abandon
vb. 1937 UK sl., orig. theatrical • WALK OUT ON - to abandon someone or something
vb. 1948 UK sl. • LEAVE IN THE AIR - to abandon someone without support
vb. 1950s Aust. & NZ sl. • SHITCAN - to stop, to abandon a course of action; to toss away
vb. 1953 Aust. sl. • GIVE THE GAME AWAY - to cease doing something; to abandon; to give up
vb. 1958 US sl. • EIGHTY-SIX - to eject or bar from a premises; generally, to reject or abandon
vb. 1970s US college sl. • TANG OUT - to abandon; to put an end to
vb. 1970s US college sl. • SCARF - to throw away; to abandon
vb. 1974 sl. • RAT - to abandon, desert, or betray any person or thing
vb. Bk1974 Amer. sl. • PUNCH OUT - to leave; to quit; to abandon
vb. 1980s sl. • ICE - to break an appointment with; to abandon or cancel a plan or scheme
vb. 1980s US sl. • BAIL OUT - to abandon, to terminate a relationship
vb. Bk1999 • CHUCK IN - to abandon, to give up
ABANDONED
adj. 1583 obs. rare • ABRUPT - that has broken away from restraint; abandoned, dissolute
adj. 1597 • CAST - thrown off, disused, worn out, abandoned, forsaken
adj. 1867 sl. • BASKETED - abandoned, ignored, misunderstood, confused
adj. 1874 colloq. • JACKED UP - ruined, given up, abandoned
adj. 1915 • JUNKED - discarded, abandoned; scrapped
adj. 1930s sl. • DOWN THE CRAPPER - wasted, lost, abandoned
adj. 1930s sl. • DOWN THE PAN - (as above)
adj. 1930s sl. • DOWN THE SHITTER - (as above)
adj. 1940s sl. • JACKED IN - given up. abandoned
adj. 1941 Amer. dial. • ABANDED - abandoned
adj. 1980s US college sl. • ICED - abandoned, let down
n. 1909 sl. • GIN-BOTTLE - a dirty, abandoned, debased woman; the victim of alcoholic abuse, within an ace of inevitable death
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • RAGGARD - a wicked and abandoned wretch; a rough and ragged vagabond
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • RAGGELT - (as above)
n. 1944 Amer. dial. • FETCH - an illegitimate or abandoned child
vb. 1584 obs. • LIE IN THE LASH - to be left in the lurch
vb. 1936 Amer. dial. • DANCE IN THE PIG TROUGH - usually of a woman: to remain unmarried after a usually younger sibling is married; to be the last child in a family to remain unmarried; hence; to be abandoned, often used as a jocular threat
vb. 1942 Amer. dial. • DANCE IN THE HOG TROUGH - usually of a woman: to remain unmarried after a usually younger sibling is married; to be the last child in a family to remain unmarried; hence; to be abandoned, often used as a jocular threat
adj. 1597 • CAST - thrown off, disused, worn out, abandoned, forsaken
adj. 1867 sl. • BASKETED - abandoned, ignored, misunderstood, confused
adj. 1874 colloq. • JACKED UP - ruined, given up, abandoned
adj. 1915 • JUNKED - discarded, abandoned; scrapped
adj. 1930s sl. • DOWN THE CRAPPER - wasted, lost, abandoned
adj. 1930s sl. • DOWN THE PAN - (as above)
adj. 1930s sl. • DOWN THE SHITTER - (as above)
adj. 1940s sl. • JACKED IN - given up. abandoned
adj. 1941 Amer. dial. • ABANDED - abandoned
adj. 1980s US college sl. • ICED - abandoned, let down
n. 1909 sl. • GIN-BOTTLE - a dirty, abandoned, debased woman; the victim of alcoholic abuse, within an ace of inevitable death
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • RAGGARD - a wicked and abandoned wretch; a rough and ragged vagabond
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • RAGGELT - (as above)
n. 1944 Amer. dial. • FETCH - an illegitimate or abandoned child
vb. 1584 obs. • LIE IN THE LASH - to be left in the lurch
vb. 1936 Amer. dial. • DANCE IN THE PIG TROUGH - usually of a woman: to remain unmarried after a usually younger sibling is married; to be the last child in a family to remain unmarried; hence; to be abandoned, often used as a jocular threat
vb. 1942 Amer. dial. • DANCE IN THE HOG TROUGH - usually of a woman: to remain unmarried after a usually younger sibling is married; to be the last child in a family to remain unmarried; hence; to be abandoned, often used as a jocular threat
ABASE, ABASED, ABASEMENT, ABASING
adj. c825 obs. • HENE - mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial
adj. 1707 obs. • ABESSED - humbled, abased, cast down, debased, dejected
n. c1525 obs. • ABJECTION - the act of casting down; abasement, humiliation, degradation
n. 1581 obs. • BASING - abasing, debasement
n. 1593 obs. • DEBASEMENT - abasement
n. 1600 obs. rare • VAILER - one who abases or brings down; a humbler
n. a1638 rare • DEMISSION - abasement, lowering, degradation
n. 1653 obs. • ABASURE - the quality of being abased; humiliation
n. 1660 obs. • ABJECTEDNESS - downcast condition; abasement
vb. 1205 obs. • LEATH - to cease, to abate
vb. a1300 obs. • LAY - to cast down, to abase, to humble
vb. 1491 obs. • HUMILE - to humble, to humiliate, to abase
vb. 1548 obs. rare • ADBASS - to abase
vb. 1568 obs.• DEBASE - to lower in position, rank, or dignity; to abase
vb. 1582 obs.• VAIL - to abase, to humble, or lower one's courage, the heart, etc.
vb. 1651 • BEMEAN - to render mean or base; to lower in dignity, to abase
vb. 1731 obs. • ABJECTATE - to cast or throw down; hence, to lower, to degrade, to abase, to debase
vb. 1747 • LET DOWN - to abase, to humble, to humiliate
adj. 1707 obs. • ABESSED - humbled, abased, cast down, debased, dejected
n. c1525 obs. • ABJECTION - the act of casting down; abasement, humiliation, degradation
n. 1581 obs. • BASING - abasing, debasement
n. 1593 obs. • DEBASEMENT - abasement
n. 1600 obs. rare • VAILER - one who abases or brings down; a humbler
n. a1638 rare • DEMISSION - abasement, lowering, degradation
n. 1653 obs. • ABASURE - the quality of being abased; humiliation
n. 1660 obs. • ABJECTEDNESS - downcast condition; abasement
vb. 1205 obs. • LEATH - to cease, to abate
vb. a1300 obs. • LAY - to cast down, to abase, to humble
vb. 1491 obs. • HUMILE - to humble, to humiliate, to abase
vb. 1548 obs. rare • ADBASS - to abase
vb. 1568 obs.• DEBASE - to lower in position, rank, or dignity; to abase
vb. 1582 obs.• VAIL - to abase, to humble, or lower one's courage, the heart, etc.
vb. 1651 • BEMEAN - to render mean or base; to lower in dignity, to abase
vb. 1731 obs. • ABJECTATE - to cast or throw down; hence, to lower, to degrade, to abase, to debase
vb. 1747 • LET DOWN - to abase, to humble, to humiliate
ABASH, ABASHED, ABASHMENT
adj. c897 obs. • SHAMEFAST - showing shame; abashed, bashful, modest
adj. a1000 • ABAIST - abashed; ashamed; discomfited; disconcerted
adj. c1440 obs. • BASHED - abashed, disconcerted, dismayed
adj. a1450 obs. • ABAWED - abashed; astonished; surprised; disconcerted; discomfited; upset
adj. 1803 Sc. & Eng. dial. • DASHED - abashed, cast down, ashamed, bashful
adj. 1845 Sc. • ABASIT - abashed, confounded
adj. 1871 Sc. • BAUCH - abashed, timid, sheepish
adj. 1899 Amer. dial. • ALL-OVERISH - feeling confused or abashed
adj. L19 • SHAMEFACED - showing shame, abashed
adj. 1932 colloq. • AW-SHUCKS - of a person's manner, behaviour, etc.: genially self-deprecating, shy, or abashed; bashful
n. c1440 obs. • BASHEDNESS - abashment, bashfulness
n. c1450 obs. rare • ABASHANCE - abashment, dismay
n. 1530 obs. rare • ABASHEDNESS - abashment
vb. c1375 obs. exc. Eng. dial. • BASH - to destroy the confidence or self-possession of; to daunt, to dismay, to discomfit; to disconcert, to put out of countenance, to abash
vb. c1460 obs. • BASH - to be ashamed or abashed
vb. c1475 obs. exc. Eng. dial. • OVERFACE - to abash or overcome especially by boldness or effrontery
vb. 1537 obs. • DEFACE - to put out of countenance; to outface, to abash
vb. 1570 • DASH - to confound, to put to shame, to abash
vb. 1610 obs. • DEBASH - to abash
vb. 1805 Sc. • DARE - to keep under, to abash, to intimidate
vb. 1814 • CUT THE COMB OF - to lower the pride of; to take down a peg; to abash, to humiliate
vb. 1825 Sc. • COLLIE - to abash, to put to silence in an argument
vb. 1870 Sc. • TAKE SOMEBODY TO THE FAIR - to take aback, to disconcert, to abash an over-confident person
vb. Bk1903 sl. • HAVE THE CHEEK-ACHE - to be made to blush; to be abashed
adj. a1000 • ABAIST - abashed; ashamed; discomfited; disconcerted
adj. c1440 obs. • BASHED - abashed, disconcerted, dismayed
adj. a1450 obs. • ABAWED - abashed; astonished; surprised; disconcerted; discomfited; upset
adj. 1803 Sc. & Eng. dial. • DASHED - abashed, cast down, ashamed, bashful
adj. 1845 Sc. • ABASIT - abashed, confounded
adj. 1871 Sc. • BAUCH - abashed, timid, sheepish
adj. 1899 Amer. dial. • ALL-OVERISH - feeling confused or abashed
adj. L19 • SHAMEFACED - showing shame, abashed
adj. 1932 colloq. • AW-SHUCKS - of a person's manner, behaviour, etc.: genially self-deprecating, shy, or abashed; bashful
n. c1440 obs. • BASHEDNESS - abashment, bashfulness
n. c1450 obs. rare • ABASHANCE - abashment, dismay
n. 1530 obs. rare • ABASHEDNESS - abashment
vb. c1375 obs. exc. Eng. dial. • BASH - to destroy the confidence or self-possession of; to daunt, to dismay, to discomfit; to disconcert, to put out of countenance, to abash
vb. c1460 obs. • BASH - to be ashamed or abashed
vb. c1475 obs. exc. Eng. dial. • OVERFACE - to abash or overcome especially by boldness or effrontery
vb. 1537 obs. • DEFACE - to put out of countenance; to outface, to abash
vb. 1570 • DASH - to confound, to put to shame, to abash
vb. 1610 obs. • DEBASH - to abash
vb. 1805 Sc. • DARE - to keep under, to abash, to intimidate
vb. 1814 • CUT THE COMB OF - to lower the pride of; to take down a peg; to abash, to humiliate
vb. 1825 Sc. • COLLIE - to abash, to put to silence in an argument
vb. 1870 Sc. • TAKE SOMEBODY TO THE FAIR - to take aback, to disconcert, to abash an over-confident person
vb. Bk1903 sl. • HAVE THE CHEEK-ACHE - to be made to blush; to be abashed
ABATE, ABATED, ABATEMENT, ABATING
adj. c1475 obs. • DIMINUTE - diminished, lessened; abated; incomplete, defective, imperfect
n. c1340 obs. • LESSING - lessening, diminution; abatement
n. c1375 obs. rare • PAIR - impairment, abatement
n. c1450 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial. • BATE - deduction, diminution, abatement, cessation
n. 1476 obs. • DEFALCATION - diminution or reduction by taking away a part; cutting down, abatement, curtailment
n. c1550 obs. rare • DEBATEMENT - abatement
n. 1589 obs. • RABBATE - abatement
n. 1732 • ABATER - one who abates, lessens, or lowers
prep. 1568 • BATING - abating, leaving out of account, excepting, except
vb. 1205 obs. • LEATH - to cease, to abate
vb. a1398 obs. • RABBATE - to abate or diminish
vb. a1400-50 obs. • DEBATE - to abate, to fall off, to grow less
vb. 1445 Sc. • FAIK - to abate, to diminish, to lessen; to deduct
vb. 1445 Sc. • FALK - (as above)
vb. 1536 obs. • DEFALK - to cut or lop off; to deduct, to subtract, to abate
vb. 1540-1 obs. • DEFALCATE - to cut or lop off; to deduct, to subtract, to abate
vb. a1541 obs. exc. Eng. dial. • BATE - to decrease in amount, weight, estimation; to abate, to diminish, to fall off in quantity
vb. a1566 obs. • BATE AN ACE - to abate by a tiny amount; to make the slightest abatement
vb. 1776 obs. • TAKE OFF - to abate, to grow less, to decrease
vb. 1984 Amer. dial. • NULL - to abate; to alleviate pain
n. c1340 obs. • LESSING - lessening, diminution; abatement
n. c1375 obs. rare • PAIR - impairment, abatement
n. c1450 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial. • BATE - deduction, diminution, abatement, cessation
n. 1476 obs. • DEFALCATION - diminution or reduction by taking away a part; cutting down, abatement, curtailment
n. c1550 obs. rare • DEBATEMENT - abatement
n. 1589 obs. • RABBATE - abatement
n. 1732 • ABATER - one who abates, lessens, or lowers
prep. 1568 • BATING - abating, leaving out of account, excepting, except
vb. 1205 obs. • LEATH - to cease, to abate
vb. a1398 obs. • RABBATE - to abate or diminish
vb. a1400-50 obs. • DEBATE - to abate, to fall off, to grow less
vb. 1445 Sc. • FAIK - to abate, to diminish, to lessen; to deduct
vb. 1445 Sc. • FALK - (as above)
vb. 1536 obs. • DEFALK - to cut or lop off; to deduct, to subtract, to abate
vb. 1540-1 obs. • DEFALCATE - to cut or lop off; to deduct, to subtract, to abate
vb. a1541 obs. exc. Eng. dial. • BATE - to decrease in amount, weight, estimation; to abate, to diminish, to fall off in quantity
vb. a1566 obs. • BATE AN ACE - to abate by a tiny amount; to make the slightest abatement
vb. 1776 obs. • TAKE OFF - to abate, to grow less, to decrease
vb. 1984 Amer. dial. • NULL - to abate; to alleviate pain
ABBESS
n. c855 obs. • ABBADISSE - an abbess
n. c855 obs. • ABBATESSE - (as above)
n. c855 obs. • ABBATISSE - (as above)
n. c855 obs. • ABBODESSE - (as above)
n. c855 obs. • ABBODISSE - (as above)
n. c855 obs. • ABBOTESS - (as above)
n. 1297 • ABBESS - the female superior of a nunnery or convent of women, having the same authority over nuns that an abbot has over monks
n. 1297 • ABBESSE - (as above)
n. 1297 obs. • ABBAS - an abbess
n. 1297 obs. • ABBASE - (as above)
n. c855 obs. • ABBATESSE - (as above)
n. c855 obs. • ABBATISSE - (as above)
n. c855 obs. • ABBODESSE - (as above)
n. c855 obs. • ABBODISSE - (as above)
n. c855 obs. • ABBOTESS - (as above)
n. 1297 • ABBESS - the female superior of a nunnery or convent of women, having the same authority over nuns that an abbot has over monks
n. 1297 • ABBESSE - (as above)
n. 1297 obs. • ABBAS - an abbess
n. 1297 obs. • ABBASE - (as above)
ABBEY
n. 1896 Sc. • ABBACY - an abbey
ABBOT
n. c880 obs. • ABBOD - an abbot
n. c1123 • ABBOT - the head or superior of an abbey; after the dissolution of the monasteries, sometimes applied to the layman to whom the revenues of an abbacy were impropriated
n. c1130 obs. • ABBAT - the chief ruler of an abbey
n. 1750 • ABBATE - an Italian abbot; also, a priest or clergyman in minor orders; esp. one without an assigned ecclesiastical duty, formerly often acting as a professor, private tutor, etc.; also as a title
n. Bk1852 • ABETTES - abbots
n. Bk1883 • ABATE - an abbot or abbé
n. c1123 • ABBOT - the head or superior of an abbey; after the dissolution of the monasteries, sometimes applied to the layman to whom the revenues of an abbacy were impropriated
n. c1130 obs. • ABBAT - the chief ruler of an abbey
n. 1750 • ABBATE - an Italian abbot; also, a priest or clergyman in minor orders; esp. one without an assigned ecclesiastical duty, formerly often acting as a professor, private tutor, etc.; also as a title
n. Bk1852 • ABETTES - abbots
n. Bk1883 • ABATE - an abbot or abbé
ABBREVIATE, ABBREVIATED, ABBREVIATION
adj. 1565-73 obs. • CUTTED - contracted in expression; abbreviated, concise
adj. 1765 rare • ABBREVIATORY - tending to abbreviate or shorten
adv. 1579 obs. • ABRUPTLY - in short, in brief; by way of abbreviation
n. 1583 obs. • ACCURTATION - shortening, curtailment, abbreviation
n. 1607 • ABBREVIATE - an abbreviation of a word, phrase, or name
n. 1614 obs. • ABBREVIATURE - an abbreviated or shortened state, condition, or form; shortness
n. 1615 • ABBREVIATOR - one who abbreviates, abridges, or shortens; one who summarizes
n. c1630 • ABBREVIATURE - an abbreviated or contracted form of a word or phrase; a contraction, an abbreviation
n. 1650 • ABBREVIATURE - an abbreviated or abridged copy
n. 1659 obs. • ABBREVIATURE - the process of abbreviating; abbreviation, shortening
vb. a1325 obs. • ABREVY - to abbreviate, to abridge
vb. 1483 obs. rare • ABBREVY - to abbreviate, to abridge
adj. 1765 rare • ABBREVIATORY - tending to abbreviate or shorten
adv. 1579 obs. • ABRUPTLY - in short, in brief; by way of abbreviation
n. 1583 obs. • ACCURTATION - shortening, curtailment, abbreviation
n. 1607 • ABBREVIATE - an abbreviation of a word, phrase, or name
n. 1614 obs. • ABBREVIATURE - an abbreviated or shortened state, condition, or form; shortness
n. 1615 • ABBREVIATOR - one who abbreviates, abridges, or shortens; one who summarizes
n. c1630 • ABBREVIATURE - an abbreviated or contracted form of a word or phrase; a contraction, an abbreviation
n. 1650 • ABBREVIATURE - an abbreviated or abridged copy
n. 1659 obs. • ABBREVIATURE - the process of abbreviating; abbreviation, shortening
vb. a1325 obs. • ABREVY - to abbreviate, to abridge
vb. 1483 obs. rare • ABBREVY - to abbreviate, to abridge
ABDICATION, ABDICATOR
n. 1577-87 • DEMISSION - the act of putting away or letting go from oneself, giving up, or laying down, especially a dignity or office; resignation, relinquishment, abdication
n. 1654 • ABDICANT - one who abdicates
n. 1864 • ABDICATOR - one who abdicates
n. 1654 • ABDICANT - one who abdicates
n. 1864 • ABDICATOR - one who abdicates
ABDUCT, ABDUCTED, ABDUCTION, ABDUCTOR
adj. 1432-50 • RAPT - of a woman: carried away by force; raped
n. c1400 • RAPE - the act of carrying away a person by force, esp. a woman
n. 1535 Sc. obs. • RAPT - rape (abduction or ravishing)
n. 1600 obs. • RAPTURE - the act of carrying off a woman
n. 1632 obs. rare • RAPT - an abducted woman
n. 1847 • ABDUCTOR - a person who abducts or illegally leads away
n. 1857 • BABY-SNATCHER - a person who abducts a very young child
n. 1974 • ABDUCTEE - someone supposedly abducted by aliens
vb. 1537 arch. • ABDUCE - to lead or draw away by act or persuasion; to abduct
vb. 1590 • RAPE - to carry off a person by force, esp. a woman
vb. M19 US sl. • MORGANIZE - to abduct
vb. 1919 sl., orig. US military usage • SHANGHAI - to abduct; to compel, to coerce a person into doing something
n. c1400 • RAPE - the act of carrying away a person by force, esp. a woman
n. 1535 Sc. obs. • RAPT - rape (abduction or ravishing)
n. 1600 obs. • RAPTURE - the act of carrying off a woman
n. 1632 obs. rare • RAPT - an abducted woman
n. 1847 • ABDUCTOR - a person who abducts or illegally leads away
n. 1857 • BABY-SNATCHER - a person who abducts a very young child
n. 1974 • ABDUCTEE - someone supposedly abducted by aliens
vb. 1537 arch. • ABDUCE - to lead or draw away by act or persuasion; to abduct
vb. 1590 • RAPE - to carry off a person by force, esp. a woman
vb. M19 US sl. • MORGANIZE - to abduct
vb. 1919 sl., orig. US military usage • SHANGHAI - to abduct; to compel, to coerce a person into doing something
ABET, ABETTOR
n. c1330 • FAUTOR - an adherent, a partisan, a supporter, an abettor, an encourager
n. c1330 obs. • MAINTAINER - one who aids and abets in wrongdoing or error
n. 1514 • ABETTOR - one who abets, instigates, or encourages to the committing of any offense
n. c1550 obs. rare • HEARTER - one who heartens or encourages; an abettor
n. 1596 obs. • FAUTRESS - an adherent, a partisan, a supporter, an abettor, an encourager
n. 1609 obs. rare • SUCCENTOR - an abettor
n. 1611 • ABETTER - one who abets; an instigator, supporter, or promoter, usually of an offense, or of the offender
n. a1662 • FAUTERER - an adherent, a partisan, a supporter, an abettor, an encourager
n. 1671 obs. • BETTOR - an abettor, a person who encourages or assists an offender
vb. 1906 US sl. • PAL IN - to aid and abet in a shady affair
n. c1330 obs. • MAINTAINER - one who aids and abets in wrongdoing or error
n. 1514 • ABETTOR - one who abets, instigates, or encourages to the committing of any offense
n. c1550 obs. rare • HEARTER - one who heartens or encourages; an abettor
n. 1596 obs. • FAUTRESS - an adherent, a partisan, a supporter, an abettor, an encourager
n. 1609 obs. rare • SUCCENTOR - an abettor
n. 1611 • ABETTER - one who abets; an instigator, supporter, or promoter, usually of an offense, or of the offender
n. a1662 • FAUTERER - an adherent, a partisan, a supporter, an abettor, an encourager
n. 1671 obs. • BETTOR - an abettor, a person who encourages or assists an offender
vb. 1906 US sl. • PAL IN - to aid and abet in a shady affair
ABHOR, ABHORRED, ABHORRENCE, ABHORRENT
adj. L16 obs. rare • INEXECRABLE - most execrable or abhorred
adj. 1633 obs. rare • ABHORRIBLE - to be abhorred, detestable
adj. 20C US sl. • DEATH ON - finding abhorrent or being opposed to
int. 1542 • FAH! - an exclamation of abhorrence or disgust
int. 1542 • FAUGH! - (as above)
int. 1542 • FOH! - (as above)
int. 1542 • FOUGH! - (as above)
int. 1828 Sc. • KAE! - an exclamation of disbelief, contempt, or abhorrence
int. 1828 Sc. • KAIGH! - (as above)
int. 1828 Sc. • KAY! - (as above)
int. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • ACH-A-VIE! - an exclamation of disgust or abhorrence
n. 1556 obs. rare • ABHORFULNESS - abhorrence
n. 1576 rare • ABHORMENT - the action of abhorring
n. 1611 • ABHORRER - one who abhors or hates
n. 1613 arch. • AVERSATION - a great dislike for or turning away from anything; abhorrence, hatred, aversion
n. Bk1880 • ABHORRANT - a person who abhors
n. L19 sl. • MUCK - anyone considered disgusting, worthless, or abhorrent
vb. c1225 • STINK - to be offensive; to be abhorrent
vb. a1340 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial. • UG - to abhor, to loathe, to detest; to cause disgust or nausea
vb. a1340 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial. • UGG - (as above)
vb. 1382 obs. rare • HIDOUS - to feel horror, to dread, to abhor
vb. 1548 obs. rare • DETESTATE - to detest, to abhor, to abominate
vb. a1600 • STINK IN THE NOSTRILS - to extremely offensive or abhorrent to a person
vb. 1656 obs. • ASPERNATE - to despise, spurn, abhor
vb. 1683 obs. • ABOMINE - to abominate; to feel extreme disgust and hatred towards; to abhor, to loathe
adj. 1633 obs. rare • ABHORRIBLE - to be abhorred, detestable
adj. 20C US sl. • DEATH ON - finding abhorrent or being opposed to
int. 1542 • FAH! - an exclamation of abhorrence or disgust
int. 1542 • FAUGH! - (as above)
int. 1542 • FOH! - (as above)
int. 1542 • FOUGH! - (as above)
int. 1828 Sc. • KAE! - an exclamation of disbelief, contempt, or abhorrence
int. 1828 Sc. • KAIGH! - (as above)
int. 1828 Sc. • KAY! - (as above)
int. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • ACH-A-VIE! - an exclamation of disgust or abhorrence
n. 1556 obs. rare • ABHORFULNESS - abhorrence
n. 1576 rare • ABHORMENT - the action of abhorring
n. 1611 • ABHORRER - one who abhors or hates
n. 1613 arch. • AVERSATION - a great dislike for or turning away from anything; abhorrence, hatred, aversion
n. Bk1880 • ABHORRANT - a person who abhors
n. L19 sl. • MUCK - anyone considered disgusting, worthless, or abhorrent
vb. c1225 • STINK - to be offensive; to be abhorrent
vb. a1340 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial. • UG - to abhor, to loathe, to detest; to cause disgust or nausea
vb. a1340 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial. • UGG - (as above)
vb. 1382 obs. rare • HIDOUS - to feel horror, to dread, to abhor
vb. 1548 obs. rare • DETESTATE - to detest, to abhor, to abominate
vb. a1600 • STINK IN THE NOSTRILS - to extremely offensive or abhorrent to a person
vb. 1656 obs. • ASPERNATE - to despise, spurn, abhor
vb. 1683 obs. • ABOMINE - to abominate; to feel extreme disgust and hatred towards; to abhor, to loathe
ABIDE, ABIDING
adj. 1447 obs. • MANSIONARY - staying or dwelling in a place, permanently abiding, resident
n. a1340 obs. • MANSION - the act of remaining, abiding, dwelling, or staying in a place
n. c1386 arch. • MANSION - a place where one stays or dwells; a place of abode, an abiding-place
n. 1530 arch. • TARRIANCE - temporary residence or continuance in a place; sojourn, abiding
vb. c900 • SIT - to abide, to dwell, to remain in a place
vb. c1175 obs. • BELEAVE - to remain for the time being in a place; to stay, to abide, to continue, to dwell with a person
vb. c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial. • BIDE - to endure, to suffer, to bear, to undergo, to abide
vb. c1225 • ABEDGE - to abide; to suffer
vb. a1300 obs. • LEND - to tarry, to remain, to stay; to dwell, to abide
vb. a1300 obs. • LENG - (as above)
vb. a1366 obs. • HABIT - to dwell, to abide, to reside, to sojourn
vb. c1440 obs. • ONBIDE - to abide, to remain, to stay on
vb. c1450 obs. • TARRY - to remain, to stay, to abide, to continue in some state or condition
vb. 1885 • ABEAR - to abide; to tolerate
n. a1340 obs. • MANSION - the act of remaining, abiding, dwelling, or staying in a place
n. c1386 arch. • MANSION - a place where one stays or dwells; a place of abode, an abiding-place
n. 1530 arch. • TARRIANCE - temporary residence or continuance in a place; sojourn, abiding
vb. c900 • SIT - to abide, to dwell, to remain in a place
vb. c1175 obs. • BELEAVE - to remain for the time being in a place; to stay, to abide, to continue, to dwell with a person
vb. c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial. • BIDE - to endure, to suffer, to bear, to undergo, to abide
vb. c1225 • ABEDGE - to abide; to suffer
vb. a1300 obs. • LEND - to tarry, to remain, to stay; to dwell, to abide
vb. a1300 obs. • LENG - (as above)
vb. a1366 obs. • HABIT - to dwell, to abide, to reside, to sojourn
vb. c1440 obs. • ONBIDE - to abide, to remain, to stay on
vb. c1450 obs. • TARRY - to remain, to stay, to abide, to continue in some state or condition
vb. 1885 • ABEAR - to abide; to tolerate
ABILITY, ABLE
adj. c1350 obs. • TIDY - of good character or ability; worthy, brave; able, skilful
adj. c1385 obs. • SUFFISANT - competent, able, capable
adj. c1385 obs. • SUFFICIENT - qualified by talent or ability; competent, capable, able
adj. 1423 obs. rare • ASPERT - apt, able, ready, clever
adj. 1558 obs. • HABILE - having the capacity or power to do a thing
adj. 1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial. • TIGHT - of a person: competent, capable, able, skilful
adj. 1614 obs. • ABLEMOST - ablest, most able
adj. 1622 obs. • HABILITATE - endowed with ability; rendered able; capacitated, qualified
adj. 1637 obs. • BASTANT - sufficient, able, capable
adj. 1816 Amer. dial. • FACULIZED - versatile; endowed with many faculties or abilities
adj. 1825 Sc. • YABLE - able
adj. 1825 Sc. • YIBBLE - (as above)
adj. 1871 Amer. dial. • FACULTISED - versatile; endowed with many faculties or abilities
adj. 1873 rare • PANURGIC - able or ready to do anything
adj. 1880 Sc. • EEBLE - able
adj. 1895 Amer. dial. • HEAD - best, chief, most able
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • BADLY ABLE - hardly able
adj. Bk1900 Sc. • FARRACHIE - strong, able, energetic
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • HARD-MATCHED - hardly able
adj. 1930 US sl. • DARB - highly competent; unusually skilled or able; excellent, great
n. 1382 obs. • SUFFICIENCE - capacity; ability; competence
n. c1390 obs. • ABLENESS - the quality of being able; ability
n. c1392 obs. • SUFFISANCE - ability, competence
n. 1430-1678 obs. • HABILITY - ability
n. 1461 obs. • SUFFICIENTY - competence, ability
n. a1555 obs. • CANNING - being able, ability
n. 1567 obs. • SUFFICIENCY - adequate qualification; ability, competency
n. 1585 obs. • HABILIMENTS - abilities, faculties, powers of mind
n. 1598 obs. rare • ABLESSE - ableness
n. 1604 obs. • FATHOM - breadth of comprehension; grasp of intellect; ability
n. c1656 obs. • ABILITATION - a rendering fit or able, a communication of ability
n. 1660 Sc. obs. • INGINE - ingenuity, quickness of intellect; ability; knowledge, invention
n. 1731 Sc. rare • DOUGHT - power, strength, ability
n. 1742 Sc. • FARRACH - strength, substance; force, ability, energy
n. 1742 Sc. • FEEROCH - (as above)
n. 1742 Sc. • FEIROCH - (as above)
n. 1768 Sc. • CAN - cleverness, ability, knowledge
n. 1768 Sc. • CANN - (as above)
n. 1768 Sc. • KANN - (as above)
n. 1768 Sc. obs. • ABILTY - ability
n. 1773 Sc. • MAUGHT - might, strength, ability
n. 1806 Sc. • SCRAN - ability; means of effecting a purpose
n. 1824 Sc. • BIND - capacity, ability, power
n. 1824 Sc. obs. • INGINE - an ingenious person, a genius; a person of ability
n. 1828 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. • CLEVERALITY - cleverness, smartness, ability
n. 1858 Amer. sl. • HOSS - a fine or remarkable specimen; one who exhibits extraordinary ability at something
n. 1892 Sc. • REDD - energy, speed, ability to work
n. 1895 sl., orig. US • CRACKERJACK - someone or something exceptional; a person or thing of highest excellence; a person of marked ability
n. 1896 • BEYOND-MAN - a man of extraordinary power or ability; a 'superman'
n. 19C sl. • CRACK HAND - an able, competent person
n. 1900 Amer. sl. • BALL OF FIRE - a person exhibiting unusual energy, ability, or drive; a person who can do something very well
n. Bk1900 Sc. • FEEROCHRIE - ability, activity, agility
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. • HEAD-GEAR - mental equipment, brains, good sense, ability
n. Bk1904 Sc. • SCOLLE - the skull, the head; the brain; understanding, ability
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • IDOCITY - quick comprehension, ability
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • ODOCITY - ability, gumption; spirit, energy
n. 1910s sl. • OIL - facility, ability
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • CRACKAJACK - a person of marked ability or excellence
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • PIPPIN - a term of endearment; a person of good ability
n. 1926 Amer. logging usage • MOOSE CAT - anyone possessing great ability, strength, etc.; an extraordinary person
n. 1930s sl. • MOXIE - courage, impudence, ability
n. 1940s sl., chiefly African-American usage • COOL CAT - a sophisticated, competent, unruffled, able person
n. 1955 Amer. sl. • HORSE - a fine or remarkable specimen; one who exhibits extraordinary ability at something
n. 1960s sl., orig. US • MOVES - knowledge, ability, 'smarts'
n. 1960s US sl. • OIL-BURNER - an exceptionally able or hard-working person
n. 1961 Amer. sl. • ASS - ability and determination; the actual ability and determination to carry out a promise, threat, etc., as opposed to an empty boast
n. 1970s African-American sl. • EAR MAN - a person expressing a natural ability to excel at an endeavour; a virtuoso
n. Bk1974 Amer. sl. • FOOL - an unusually able person in any field of activity, as a dancing fool, etc.; an enthusiast, a fan
n. c1975 Amer. sl. • THE MOJO AND THE SAY-SO - the ability to enforce one's wishes completely
phr. a1616 obs. rare • IT IS IN A PERSON'S BUTTONS- it is within a person's innate capacity or ability to attain or achieve something
phr. 1748 obs. • ABOVE ONE'S MATCH - above one's level; beyond one's abilities
phr. 1835 Amer. dial. • ABOVE ONE'S BEND - beyond one's abilities
phr. 1859 Amer. dial. • ABOVE ONE'S HUCKLEBERRY - beyond one's ability; out of one's reach
vb. a1325 obs. • SUFFICE - to be competent or able to do something
vb. 1604 obs. • HABILITATE - to endow with ability or capacity; to capacitate, to qualify
vb. 1627 obs. • ABILITATE - to give ability or fitness; to enable
vb. c1870 colloq. • SHOW ONE'S PACES - to display one's ability
vb. c1880 sl. • LOSE ONE'S DASH - to lose one's energy and ability
vb. c1900 sl. • LOSE ONE'S PUNCH - to lose one's energy and ability
vb. Bk1904 Amer. dial. • BLUFF - to make a false show of ability
vb. 1953 Amer. dial. • HANG THE MOON - to be very powerful or important; to be exceptionally able or talented
vb. 1961 • HAVE THE GUNS FOR - to have the ability for something
vb. Bk2006 US sl. • CUT THE MUSTARD - to be able to do something requiring youth or vigour; to come up to expectations; to reach the required standard
adj. c1385 obs. • SUFFISANT - competent, able, capable
adj. c1385 obs. • SUFFICIENT - qualified by talent or ability; competent, capable, able
adj. 1423 obs. rare • ASPERT - apt, able, ready, clever
adj. 1558 obs. • HABILE - having the capacity or power to do a thing
adj. 1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial. • TIGHT - of a person: competent, capable, able, skilful
adj. 1614 obs. • ABLEMOST - ablest, most able
adj. 1622 obs. • HABILITATE - endowed with ability; rendered able; capacitated, qualified
adj. 1637 obs. • BASTANT - sufficient, able, capable
adj. 1816 Amer. dial. • FACULIZED - versatile; endowed with many faculties or abilities
adj. 1825 Sc. • YABLE - able
adj. 1825 Sc. • YIBBLE - (as above)
adj. 1871 Amer. dial. • FACULTISED - versatile; endowed with many faculties or abilities
adj. 1873 rare • PANURGIC - able or ready to do anything
adj. 1880 Sc. • EEBLE - able
adj. 1895 Amer. dial. • HEAD - best, chief, most able
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • BADLY ABLE - hardly able
adj. Bk1900 Sc. • FARRACHIE - strong, able, energetic
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • HARD-MATCHED - hardly able
adj. 1930 US sl. • DARB - highly competent; unusually skilled or able; excellent, great
n. 1382 obs. • SUFFICIENCE - capacity; ability; competence
n. c1390 obs. • ABLENESS - the quality of being able; ability
n. c1392 obs. • SUFFISANCE - ability, competence
n. 1430-1678 obs. • HABILITY - ability
n. 1461 obs. • SUFFICIENTY - competence, ability
n. a1555 obs. • CANNING - being able, ability
n. 1567 obs. • SUFFICIENCY - adequate qualification; ability, competency
n. 1585 obs. • HABILIMENTS - abilities, faculties, powers of mind
n. 1598 obs. rare • ABLESSE - ableness
n. 1604 obs. • FATHOM - breadth of comprehension; grasp of intellect; ability
n. c1656 obs. • ABILITATION - a rendering fit or able, a communication of ability
n. 1660 Sc. obs. • INGINE - ingenuity, quickness of intellect; ability; knowledge, invention
n. 1731 Sc. rare • DOUGHT - power, strength, ability
n. 1742 Sc. • FARRACH - strength, substance; force, ability, energy
n. 1742 Sc. • FEEROCH - (as above)
n. 1742 Sc. • FEIROCH - (as above)
n. 1768 Sc. • CAN - cleverness, ability, knowledge
n. 1768 Sc. • CANN - (as above)
n. 1768 Sc. • KANN - (as above)
n. 1768 Sc. obs. • ABILTY - ability
n. 1773 Sc. • MAUGHT - might, strength, ability
n. 1806 Sc. • SCRAN - ability; means of effecting a purpose
n. 1824 Sc. • BIND - capacity, ability, power
n. 1824 Sc. obs. • INGINE - an ingenious person, a genius; a person of ability
n. 1828 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. • CLEVERALITY - cleverness, smartness, ability
n. 1858 Amer. sl. • HOSS - a fine or remarkable specimen; one who exhibits extraordinary ability at something
n. 1892 Sc. • REDD - energy, speed, ability to work
n. 1895 sl., orig. US • CRACKERJACK - someone or something exceptional; a person or thing of highest excellence; a person of marked ability
n. 1896 • BEYOND-MAN - a man of extraordinary power or ability; a 'superman'
n. 19C sl. • CRACK HAND - an able, competent person
n. 1900 Amer. sl. • BALL OF FIRE - a person exhibiting unusual energy, ability, or drive; a person who can do something very well
n. Bk1900 Sc. • FEEROCHRIE - ability, activity, agility
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. • HEAD-GEAR - mental equipment, brains, good sense, ability
n. Bk1904 Sc. • SCOLLE - the skull, the head; the brain; understanding, ability
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • IDOCITY - quick comprehension, ability
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • ODOCITY - ability, gumption; spirit, energy
n. 1910s sl. • OIL - facility, ability
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • CRACKAJACK - a person of marked ability or excellence
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • PIPPIN - a term of endearment; a person of good ability
n. 1926 Amer. logging usage • MOOSE CAT - anyone possessing great ability, strength, etc.; an extraordinary person
n. 1930s sl. • MOXIE - courage, impudence, ability
n. 1940s sl., chiefly African-American usage • COOL CAT - a sophisticated, competent, unruffled, able person
n. 1955 Amer. sl. • HORSE - a fine or remarkable specimen; one who exhibits extraordinary ability at something
n. 1960s sl., orig. US • MOVES - knowledge, ability, 'smarts'
n. 1960s US sl. • OIL-BURNER - an exceptionally able or hard-working person
n. 1961 Amer. sl. • ASS - ability and determination; the actual ability and determination to carry out a promise, threat, etc., as opposed to an empty boast
n. 1970s African-American sl. • EAR MAN - a person expressing a natural ability to excel at an endeavour; a virtuoso
n. Bk1974 Amer. sl. • FOOL - an unusually able person in any field of activity, as a dancing fool, etc.; an enthusiast, a fan
n. c1975 Amer. sl. • THE MOJO AND THE SAY-SO - the ability to enforce one's wishes completely
phr. a1616 obs. rare • IT IS IN A PERSON'S BUTTONS- it is within a person's innate capacity or ability to attain or achieve something
phr. 1748 obs. • ABOVE ONE'S MATCH - above one's level; beyond one's abilities
phr. 1835 Amer. dial. • ABOVE ONE'S BEND - beyond one's abilities
phr. 1859 Amer. dial. • ABOVE ONE'S HUCKLEBERRY - beyond one's ability; out of one's reach
vb. a1325 obs. • SUFFICE - to be competent or able to do something
vb. 1604 obs. • HABILITATE - to endow with ability or capacity; to capacitate, to qualify
vb. 1627 obs. • ABILITATE - to give ability or fitness; to enable
vb. c1870 colloq. • SHOW ONE'S PACES - to display one's ability
vb. c1880 sl. • LOSE ONE'S DASH - to lose one's energy and ability
vb. c1900 sl. • LOSE ONE'S PUNCH - to lose one's energy and ability
vb. Bk1904 Amer. dial. • BLUFF - to make a false show of ability
vb. 1953 Amer. dial. • HANG THE MOON - to be very powerful or important; to be exceptionally able or talented
vb. 1961 • HAVE THE GUNS FOR - to have the ability for something
vb. Bk2006 US sl. • CUT THE MUSTARD - to be able to do something requiring youth or vigour; to come up to expectations; to reach the required standard
ABJECT
adj. c825 obs. • HEAN - mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial
adj. c825 obs. • HENE - (as above)
adj. 1594 obs. • UNDERFOOT - inferior, abject, low, downtrodden, suppressed, subject to authority
n. a1225 obs. • HEANLING - a base, abject, or humble person
n. 1589 • VASSAL - a base or abject person; a slave
adj. c825 obs. • HENE - (as above)
adj. 1594 obs. • UNDERFOOT - inferior, abject, low, downtrodden, suppressed, subject to authority
n. a1225 obs. • HEANLING - a base, abject, or humble person
n. 1589 • VASSAL - a base or abject person; a slave
ABLE - see ABILITY
ABLE-BODIED
adj. 1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. • YALD - alert, sprightly; nimble, active; able-bodied; strong, powerful
adj. 1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. • YAULD - (as above)
adj. 1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. • YAWL - (as above)
adj. 1816 Eng. dial. • YELD - alert, sprightly; nimble, active; able-bodied; strong, powerful
adj. 1899 Amer. dial. • LIKELY - able-bodied, competent, capable
adj. Bk1911 Sc. • BRAW - stout, able-bodied
adj. 1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. • YAULD - (as above)
adj. 1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. • YAWL - (as above)
adj. 1816 Eng. dial. • YELD - alert, sprightly; nimble, active; able-bodied; strong, powerful
adj. 1899 Amer. dial. • LIKELY - able-bodied, competent, capable
adj. Bk1911 Sc. • BRAW - stout, able-bodied
ABNORMAL, ABNORMALLY
adj. 1650 obs. • EXTRAVAGANT - varying widely from what is usual or proper; unusual, abnormal, strange; unbecoming, unsuitable
adj. a1754 obs. rare • WANTON - of natural occurrences: abnormal, extraordinary
adj. 1830 • ABERRANT - deviating widely from the ordinary or natural type, exceptional, irregular, abnormal
adj. 1842 Sc. • UNCO-LIKE - strange, abnormal
adj. 1866 US sl. • OFF - crazy; eccentric; abnormal; weird
adj. 1991 US sl. • ABB - abnormal
adv. 1634 obs. • UNACCUSTOMARILY - unusually, abnormally
n. 1651 obs. • EXTRAVAGANCY - abnormal or unusual character; eccentricity; impropriety, unbecomingness
vb. 1849 • ABNORMALIZE - to make abnormal
n. 19C euphemism • DEVIATE - a person who is markedly different from normal
n. 1941 Amer. dial. • ODDLING - a person or thing peculiar or abnormal in a harmless, inoffensive way; an agreeable, even-tempered half-wit
n. 1944 Amer. dial. • DING-A-LING - a person with strange or unconventional behaviour; an eccentric; one who is crazy or mentally abnormal
n. 1991 Irish sl. • TULIP - someone whose looks or behaviour mark them as abnormal
n. Bk1994 surfing sl. • ABB - an abnormal person; a weirdo
vb. a1871 • ABNORMALIZE - to render abnormal
adj. a1754 obs. rare • WANTON - of natural occurrences: abnormal, extraordinary
adj. 1830 • ABERRANT - deviating widely from the ordinary or natural type, exceptional, irregular, abnormal
adj. 1842 Sc. • UNCO-LIKE - strange, abnormal
adj. 1866 US sl. • OFF - crazy; eccentric; abnormal; weird
adj. 1991 US sl. • ABB - abnormal
adv. 1634 obs. • UNACCUSTOMARILY - unusually, abnormally
n. 1651 obs. • EXTRAVAGANCY - abnormal or unusual character; eccentricity; impropriety, unbecomingness
vb. 1849 • ABNORMALIZE - to make abnormal
n. 19C euphemism • DEVIATE - a person who is markedly different from normal
n. 1941 Amer. dial. • ODDLING - a person or thing peculiar or abnormal in a harmless, inoffensive way; an agreeable, even-tempered half-wit
n. 1944 Amer. dial. • DING-A-LING - a person with strange or unconventional behaviour; an eccentric; one who is crazy or mentally abnormal
n. 1991 Irish sl. • TULIP - someone whose looks or behaviour mark them as abnormal
n. Bk1994 surfing sl. • ABB - an abnormal person; a weirdo
vb. a1871 • ABNORMALIZE - to render abnormal
ABODE
n. c1150 • HARBOUR - shelter, lodging, entertainment; sojourn, abode
n. c1330 obs. • BELEAVING - remaining, tarrying, abiding, abode
n. 1362 obs. • MANOR - an abode or resting-place
n. 1382 • TABERNACLE - a dwelling, a place of abode
n. c1386 arch. • MANSION - a place where one stays or dwells; a place of abode, an abiding-place
n. 1473 obs. • MANSION-PLACE - a dwelling-place, place of abode; the chief seat of a landed proprietor
n. 1520 obs. • BIDING-PLACE - a place of abode, dwelling
n. 1577 rare • QUARTERAGE - quarters, place of abode
n. 1591 obs. • ABODEMENT - abode, abiding
n. a1600 obs. • BIDING - an abode, dwelling, habitation
n. 1603 obs. rare • HABIT - habitation, abode
n. 1618 obs. • MANSION-SEAT - a place of abode; a dwelling-place
n. 1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. • HAFT - a fixed or established place of abode
n. 1865 rare • FAMILISTERY - the abode of a community living together as one family
n. 1872 Eng. dial. • HEAF - an abode, a residence; an habitual haunt
n. 1879 Sc. • PALYIR - a dwelling, abode, home
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. • HEAFING - a lodging, abode
vb. 1406 obs. • NESTLE - to take up one's abode, to settle or squat, in a place; to establish residence
vb. 1633 obs. rare • BABYLON - to place or establish in a magnificent abode
n. c1330 obs. • BELEAVING - remaining, tarrying, abiding, abode
n. 1362 obs. • MANOR - an abode or resting-place
n. 1382 • TABERNACLE - a dwelling, a place of abode
n. c1386 arch. • MANSION - a place where one stays or dwells; a place of abode, an abiding-place
n. 1473 obs. • MANSION-PLACE - a dwelling-place, place of abode; the chief seat of a landed proprietor
n. 1520 obs. • BIDING-PLACE - a place of abode, dwelling
n. 1577 rare • QUARTERAGE - quarters, place of abode
n. 1591 obs. • ABODEMENT - abode, abiding
n. a1600 obs. • BIDING - an abode, dwelling, habitation
n. 1603 obs. rare • HABIT - habitation, abode
n. 1618 obs. • MANSION-SEAT - a place of abode; a dwelling-place
n. 1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. • HAFT - a fixed or established place of abode
n. 1865 rare • FAMILISTERY - the abode of a community living together as one family
n. 1872 Eng. dial. • HEAF - an abode, a residence; an habitual haunt
n. 1879 Sc. • PALYIR - a dwelling, abode, home
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. • HEAFING - a lodging, abode
vb. 1406 obs. • NESTLE - to take up one's abode, to settle or squat, in a place; to establish residence
vb. 1633 obs. rare • BABYLON - to place or establish in a magnificent abode
ABOLISH, ABOLISHED
adj. 1460 arch. • ABROGATE - repealed, annulled, cancelled, abolished by authority
n. 1599 • ABROGATOR - one who abrogates or repeals by authority; one who abolishes
vb. c1450 obs. rare • ABROGE - to abrogate
vb. 1526 • ABROGATE - to repeal a law; to annul, to abolish authoritatively or formally; to cancel
vb. 1539 obs. • EXTERMINE - to exterminate; to destroy utterly; to put an end to; to abolish
vb. 1592 obs. • IMBOLISH - to do away with; to make away with; to abolish
vb. 1892 Eng. dial. • DISANNUL - to abolish, to destroy, to do away with, to remove
vb. 1903 Amer. dial. • EXTERMISH - to destroy completely, to exterminate, to abolish
n. 1599 • ABROGATOR - one who abrogates or repeals by authority; one who abolishes
vb. c1450 obs. rare • ABROGE - to abrogate
vb. 1526 • ABROGATE - to repeal a law; to annul, to abolish authoritatively or formally; to cancel
vb. 1539 obs. • EXTERMINE - to exterminate; to destroy utterly; to put an end to; to abolish
vb. 1592 obs. • IMBOLISH - to do away with; to make away with; to abolish
vb. 1892 Eng. dial. • DISANNUL - to abolish, to destroy, to do away with, to remove
vb. 1903 Amer. dial. • EXTERMISH - to destroy completely, to exterminate, to abolish
ABOLITION, ABOLITIONIST
n. 1535 • ABROGATION - repeal or abolition by authority
n. 1862 US sl. • AB - an abolitionist
n. 1862 US sl. • AB - an abolitionist
ABOMINABLE, ABOMINABLY, ABOMINATION
adj. a1300 obs. • WLATSOME - loathsome, detestable; disgusting, abominable, hateful
adj. 1477 obs. • ABHOMINAL - unworthy of a man; inhuman, abominable, detestable
adj. 1490 • EXECRABLE - deserving to be execrated or cursed; abominable, detestable
adj. 1490 obs. • NEFAND - not to be spoken of; unmentionable; abominable, atrocious
adj. c1500 Sc. obs. • HUTIT - execrable, abominable
adj. 1602 • ABHORRIBLE - to be abhorred, detestable, abominable
adj. 1640 • NEFANDOUS - not to be spoken of; unmentionable, shocking; abominable, atrocious, heinous, horrible
adj. 1663 obs. rare • AVERSABLE - abominable
adj. 1711 obs. • PUTREDINOUS - filthy, abominable
adj. 1849 rare • NEFANDOUS - wicked, abominable, detestable, vile
adj. L19 Aust., euphemism for 'bloody' • VERMILION - abominable, terrible
adj. L19 sl., chiefly Aust., euphemism for 'bloody' • ADJECTIVAL - abominable, terrible
adj. L19 sl., chiefly Aust., euphemism for 'bloody' • ADJECTIVE - (as above)
adj. 1920s euphemism • HAEMATOID - ‘bloody’, abominable or terrible
adv. 1592 rare • ABOMINATIONLY - abominably, hatefully
n. 1483 obs. rare • ABHOMINALTY - an abominable or inhuman deed
n. 1628 • ABHORRATION - extreme loathing or disgust; an object of disgust; an abomination
adj. 1477 obs. • ABHOMINAL - unworthy of a man; inhuman, abominable, detestable
adj. 1490 • EXECRABLE - deserving to be execrated or cursed; abominable, detestable
adj. 1490 obs. • NEFAND - not to be spoken of; unmentionable; abominable, atrocious
adj. c1500 Sc. obs. • HUTIT - execrable, abominable
adj. 1602 • ABHORRIBLE - to be abhorred, detestable, abominable
adj. 1640 • NEFANDOUS - not to be spoken of; unmentionable, shocking; abominable, atrocious, heinous, horrible
adj. 1663 obs. rare • AVERSABLE - abominable
adj. 1711 obs. • PUTREDINOUS - filthy, abominable
adj. 1849 rare • NEFANDOUS - wicked, abominable, detestable, vile
adj. L19 Aust., euphemism for 'bloody' • VERMILION - abominable, terrible
adj. L19 sl., chiefly Aust., euphemism for 'bloody' • ADJECTIVAL - abominable, terrible
adj. L19 sl., chiefly Aust., euphemism for 'bloody' • ADJECTIVE - (as above)
adj. 1920s euphemism • HAEMATOID - ‘bloody’, abominable or terrible
adv. 1592 rare • ABOMINATIONLY - abominably, hatefully
n. 1483 obs. rare • ABHOMINALTY - an abominable or inhuman deed
n. 1628 • ABHORRATION - extreme loathing or disgust; an object of disgust; an abomination
ABOMINATE, ABOMINATED
adj. a1600 • DETESTATE - abominated, detested
vb. 1548 • DETESTATE - to detest, to abhor, to abominate
vb. 1683 obs. • ABOMINE - to abominate; to feel extreme disgust and hatred towards; to abhor, to loathe
vb. 1548 • DETESTATE - to detest, to abhor, to abominate
vb. 1683 obs. • ABOMINE - to abominate; to feel extreme disgust and hatred towards; to abhor, to loathe
ABORIGINAL, ABORIGINE
n. a1398 • BLACK MAN - a dark-skinned man, esp. a man of sub-Saharan African or Australian Aboriginal origin or descent
n. 1614 • BLACK - a man of 'black' skin; a member of a dark-skinned race, esp. a person of sub-Saharan African origin or descent; also, a person of Australian Aboriginal origin or descent
n. 1775 sl., now derogatory or offensive • DARKEE - an Australian aborigine; any person having very dark skin as a racial trait
n. 1775 sl., now derogatory or offensive • DARKEY - (as above)
n. 1775 sl., now derogatory or offensive • DARKIE - (as above)
n. 1775 sl., now derogatory or offensive • DARKY - (as above)
n. 1810 rare, offensive • BLACKBOY - an Australian Aboriginal man
n. 1827 Aust. sl. • BLACKFELLA - an Aborigine; a dark-skinned person
n. 1827 Aust. sl. • BLACKFELLER - (as above)
n. 1827 Aust. sl. • BLACKFELLOW - (as above)
n. 1830 Aust. • GIN - a native woman; the wife of an Aborigine
n. 1830 Aust. • MARY - an Aboriginal woman or other non-white woman
n. 1832 sl. • YELLOW GIRL - a light-skinned Black woman, esp. if sexually attractive; a mixed-race, a half-white, half-Black or Aborigine woman; a female mulatto
n. 1834 Aust. & US sl. • YALLER GAL - a mixed-race, a half-white, half-Black or Aborigine woman
n. 1834 Aust. & US sl. • YELLOW FELLOW - a mixed-race, half-white, half-Aborigine man
n. 1845 Aust. sl., derogatory • JACKEY - a generic name for the Australian Aboriginal
n. 1845 Aust. sl., derogatory • JACKIE - (as above)
n. 1845 Aust. sl., derogatory • JACKY - (as above)
n. 1845 Aust. sl., derogatory • JACKY-JACKY - (as above)
n. 1862 Aust. • BLACK TRACKER - an Australian Aboriginal employed by police to track down fugitives or persons lost in the bush
n. 1863 • BLACK AUSTRALIAN - a native or inhabitant of Australia who is Black; an Australian Aboriginal
n. 1865 Aust. sl. • BLACKBIRD - an Aborigine
n. 1868 • ABORIGINARY - an aboriginal inhabitant
n. c1870 Aust. sl. • AB - an Aborigine
n. 1885 Aust. sl. • YELLOW AND BLACK - an Aboriginal
n. Bk1892 Aust. sl. • BLACKBOYS - aboriginal servants in Australia
n. 1893 offensive • BLACKBOY - an Aboriginal guide accompanying explorers
n. 1893 Aust. sl., derogatory • BINGHI - a White term for an Aboriginal
n. 1894 Aust. sl., derogatory • TARPOT - an Aborigine
n. 1899 Aust. & NZ sl., offensive • BLACK VELVET - a Black, Aboriginal, or Maori woman, esp. as the focus of a White man's sexual interest
n. 19C Aust. • LUBRA - an Aboriginal woman
n. L19 sl. • UNBLEACHED AUSTRALIAN - a Native Australian; an Aboriginal
n. 1904 Aust. sl. • ABOLIAR - an expert on Aborigine bush customs and folktales
n. 1905 Aust. sl. • BILLY - any Aboriginal singled out from the rest
n. 1908 Aust. sl., now mainly derogatory • ABO - an Australian Aboriginal
n. 1910 Aust. sl. • ABO - an expert on Aborigine and bush customs and folktales
n. 1910 Aust. sl. • BAD NIGGER - an Aborigine who refuses to cooperate with the authorities
n. 1910 Aust. sl. • BLACKBUTT - a native Australian
n. 1913 Aust. sl. • YELLER FELLA - a mixed-race, half-white, half-Aborigine man
n. 1913 Aust. sl. • YELLER FELLER - (as above)
n. 1924 Aust. sl., derogatory • BOONG - an Australian Aboriginal
n. 1925 Aust. sl. • YAMIDGEE - an Aboriginal, esp. an Aboriginal male
n. 1925 Aust. sl. • YAMMAGI - (as above)
n. 1925 Aust. sl. • YAMMIDGEE - (as above)
n. 1933 Aust. sl. • BINGY - an Australian Aboriginal
n. 1943 Aust. sl., derogatory • BITUMEN BLONDE - an Aboriginal girl or woman
n. 1945 Aust. sl., derogatory • DARK CLOUD - an Australian aboriginal
n. 1970s Aust. sl., derogatory • DARKMAN - an Aborigine
n. Bk2001 Aust. colloq. • COOBOO - an Aborigine child
n. 1614 • BLACK - a man of 'black' skin; a member of a dark-skinned race, esp. a person of sub-Saharan African origin or descent; also, a person of Australian Aboriginal origin or descent
n. 1775 sl., now derogatory or offensive • DARKEE - an Australian aborigine; any person having very dark skin as a racial trait
n. 1775 sl., now derogatory or offensive • DARKEY - (as above)
n. 1775 sl., now derogatory or offensive • DARKIE - (as above)
n. 1775 sl., now derogatory or offensive • DARKY - (as above)
n. 1810 rare, offensive • BLACKBOY - an Australian Aboriginal man
n. 1827 Aust. sl. • BLACKFELLA - an Aborigine; a dark-skinned person
n. 1827 Aust. sl. • BLACKFELLER - (as above)
n. 1827 Aust. sl. • BLACKFELLOW - (as above)
n. 1830 Aust. • GIN - a native woman; the wife of an Aborigine
n. 1830 Aust. • MARY - an Aboriginal woman or other non-white woman
n. 1832 sl. • YELLOW GIRL - a light-skinned Black woman, esp. if sexually attractive; a mixed-race, a half-white, half-Black or Aborigine woman; a female mulatto
n. 1834 Aust. & US sl. • YALLER GAL - a mixed-race, a half-white, half-Black or Aborigine woman
n. 1834 Aust. & US sl. • YELLOW FELLOW - a mixed-race, half-white, half-Aborigine man
n. 1845 Aust. sl., derogatory • JACKEY - a generic name for the Australian Aboriginal
n. 1845 Aust. sl., derogatory • JACKIE - (as above)
n. 1845 Aust. sl., derogatory • JACKY - (as above)
n. 1845 Aust. sl., derogatory • JACKY-JACKY - (as above)
n. 1862 Aust. • BLACK TRACKER - an Australian Aboriginal employed by police to track down fugitives or persons lost in the bush
n. 1863 • BLACK AUSTRALIAN - a native or inhabitant of Australia who is Black; an Australian Aboriginal
n. 1865 Aust. sl. • BLACKBIRD - an Aborigine
n. 1868 • ABORIGINARY - an aboriginal inhabitant
n. c1870 Aust. sl. • AB - an Aborigine
n. 1885 Aust. sl. • YELLOW AND BLACK - an Aboriginal
n. Bk1892 Aust. sl. • BLACKBOYS - aboriginal servants in Australia
n. 1893 offensive • BLACKBOY - an Aboriginal guide accompanying explorers
n. 1893 Aust. sl., derogatory • BINGHI - a White term for an Aboriginal
n. 1894 Aust. sl., derogatory • TARPOT - an Aborigine
n. 1899 Aust. & NZ sl., offensive • BLACK VELVET - a Black, Aboriginal, or Maori woman, esp. as the focus of a White man's sexual interest
n. 19C Aust. • LUBRA - an Aboriginal woman
n. L19 sl. • UNBLEACHED AUSTRALIAN - a Native Australian; an Aboriginal
n. 1904 Aust. sl. • ABOLIAR - an expert on Aborigine bush customs and folktales
n. 1905 Aust. sl. • BILLY - any Aboriginal singled out from the rest
n. 1908 Aust. sl., now mainly derogatory • ABO - an Australian Aboriginal
n. 1910 Aust. sl. • ABO - an expert on Aborigine and bush customs and folktales
n. 1910 Aust. sl. • BAD NIGGER - an Aborigine who refuses to cooperate with the authorities
n. 1910 Aust. sl. • BLACKBUTT - a native Australian
n. 1913 Aust. sl. • YELLER FELLA - a mixed-race, half-white, half-Aborigine man
n. 1913 Aust. sl. • YELLER FELLER - (as above)
n. 1924 Aust. sl., derogatory • BOONG - an Australian Aboriginal
n. 1925 Aust. sl. • YAMIDGEE - an Aboriginal, esp. an Aboriginal male
n. 1925 Aust. sl. • YAMMAGI - (as above)
n. 1925 Aust. sl. • YAMMIDGEE - (as above)
n. 1933 Aust. sl. • BINGY - an Australian Aboriginal
n. 1943 Aust. sl., derogatory • BITUMEN BLONDE - an Aboriginal girl or woman
n. 1945 Aust. sl., derogatory • DARK CLOUD - an Australian aboriginal
n. 1970s Aust. sl., derogatory • DARKMAN - an Aborigine
n. Bk2001 Aust. colloq. • COOBOO - an Aborigine child
ABORT, ABORTION, ABORTIONIST
n. 1540 obs. • ABORCEMENT - abortion; premature expulsion of the foetus, miscarriage
n. 1540 obs. • ABORSEMENT - (as above)
n. 1580 obs. • CASTLING - an aborted foetus
n. 1607 obs. • ABORTMENT - the act of aborting; premature expulsion of the foetus
n. 1643 • EFFLUXION - an abortion
n. 1764 obs. • ABORTUS - abortion, miscarriage
n. L19 sl. • ANGEL-MAKER - an abortionist
n. 1933 • ABORTORIUM - a hospital, clinic, in which abortions are performed
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • LOCK PICKER - an abortionist
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • PIN ARTIST - (as above)
n. 1950s homosexual sl. • RABBIT-SCRAPER - a black market abortionist
n. 1950s US criminals' sl. • RABBIT-SNATCHER - an abortionist
n. 1983 anti-abortion campaigners usage, derogatory • ABORTUARY - a clinic in which abortions are performed
n. Bk1988 sl. • BACK-ALLEY BUTCHER - an abortionist
n. 2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl. • ABIGAIL - an abortion
n. Bk2002 criminals' sl. • BACK STREET BUTCHER - an abortionist
vb. 1664 obs., humorous usage • SLIP THE CALF - of women: to suffer abortion
vb. 19C Brit. sl. • KEEP THE CENSUS DOWN - to abort a foetus
vb. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • KNOCK A LID - to cause abortion
vb. 1960s US sl. • MAKE SOMEONE ONE - to give someone an abortion
vb. M20 US criminals' sl. • PULL A RABBIT - to perform an abortion
n. 1540 obs. • ABORSEMENT - (as above)
n. 1580 obs. • CASTLING - an aborted foetus
n. 1607 obs. • ABORTMENT - the act of aborting; premature expulsion of the foetus
n. 1643 • EFFLUXION - an abortion
n. 1764 obs. • ABORTUS - abortion, miscarriage
n. L19 sl. • ANGEL-MAKER - an abortionist
n. 1933 • ABORTORIUM - a hospital, clinic, in which abortions are performed
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • LOCK PICKER - an abortionist
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • PIN ARTIST - (as above)
n. 1950s homosexual sl. • RABBIT-SCRAPER - a black market abortionist
n. 1950s US criminals' sl. • RABBIT-SNATCHER - an abortionist
n. 1983 anti-abortion campaigners usage, derogatory • ABORTUARY - a clinic in which abortions are performed
n. Bk1988 sl. • BACK-ALLEY BUTCHER - an abortionist
n. 2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl. • ABIGAIL - an abortion
n. Bk2002 criminals' sl. • BACK STREET BUTCHER - an abortionist
vb. 1664 obs., humorous usage • SLIP THE CALF - of women: to suffer abortion
vb. 19C Brit. sl. • KEEP THE CENSUS DOWN - to abort a foetus
vb. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. • KNOCK A LID - to cause abortion
vb. 1960s US sl. • MAKE SOMEONE ONE - to give someone an abortion
vb. M20 US criminals' sl. • PULL A RABBIT - to perform an abortion
ABORTIVE
adj. 1639 obs. rare • ABORSIVE - abortive from the first; checked before even a beginning had been made
vb. c1630 obs. rare • ABORTIVATE - to render abortive; to render ineffectual or fruitless
vb. c1630 obs. rare • ABORTIVATE - to render abortive; to render ineffectual or fruitless
ABOUND, ABOUNDING
adj. a1300 obs. • RANK - abounding in, full of
vb. 1399 obs. • WALM to abound, to be plentiful
vb. 1623 • EXUBERATE - to be in great abundance; to be plentiful; to abound; to overflow
vb. 1623 obs. • EXUPERATE - to abound
vb. 1623 obs. • UBERATE - to make plentiful; to make plenteous and fruitful; to abound
vb. 1625 obs. • EXSUPERATE - to abound
vb. 1399 obs. • WALM to abound, to be plentiful
vb. 1623 • EXUBERATE - to be in great abundance; to be plentiful; to abound; to overflow
vb. 1623 obs. • EXUPERATE - to abound
vb. 1623 obs. • UBERATE - to make plentiful; to make plenteous and fruitful; to abound
vb. 1625 obs. • EXSUPERATE - to abound
ABOUT
adv. c900 obs. • UMBE - about, concerning, of
adv. 971 obs. • UMBE - around, about
adv. a1300 obs. • UMBE - about, round
adv. 1691 Eng. dial. • ANEWST - of manner or degree: nearly, approximately, about
adv. 971 obs. • UMBE - around, about
adv. a1300 obs. • UMBE - about, round
adv. 1691 Eng. dial. • ANEWST - of manner or degree: nearly, approximately, about
ABOVE
adv. 1875 Eng. dial. • ABOON - above
adv. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • BEHEIGH - above
adv. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • UPSIDE - above
adv. Bk1911 Sc. • BOON - above
adv. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • BEHEIGH - above
adv. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • UPSIDE - above
adv. Bk1911 Sc. • BOON - above
ABOVEBOARD
adj. 1905 Aust. & NZ • DINKUM - honest, aboveboard; true; also, fair, just
ABRADE, ABRASION
n. 1793 Sc. & Eng. dial. • GAW - a sore place or abrasion on the skin
n. 1866 Sc. • SCAM - a spot, blemish, crack, injury, an abrasion
n. 1969 Amer. dial. • BOBO - a hurt or sore, an abrasion, a cut
vb. 1726 • LOSE LEATHER - to suffer abrasion of skin
vb. 1845 Amer. dial. • GRAIN - to scrape, to abrade
vb. 1850 • BARK - to scrape or rub off the skin, esp. from the shins and joints; to graze, to abrade
vb. 1899 Sc. • RASE - to abrade or cut the flesh slightly
vb. Bk1904 Eng. dial. • SCRAZE - to scratch; to graze, to abrade; to rub slightly
vb. Bk1911 Sc. • BREAK - to break the skin; to abrade
vb. 1929 Sc. • SCAW - to chafe, to peel, to abrade the skin
n. 1866 Sc. • SCAM - a spot, blemish, crack, injury, an abrasion
n. 1969 Amer. dial. • BOBO - a hurt or sore, an abrasion, a cut
vb. 1726 • LOSE LEATHER - to suffer abrasion of skin
vb. 1845 Amer. dial. • GRAIN - to scrape, to abrade
vb. 1850 • BARK - to scrape or rub off the skin, esp. from the shins and joints; to graze, to abrade
vb. 1899 Sc. • RASE - to abrade or cut the flesh slightly
vb. Bk1904 Eng. dial. • SCRAZE - to scratch; to graze, to abrade; to rub slightly
vb. Bk1911 Sc. • BREAK - to break the skin; to abrade
vb. 1929 Sc. • SCAW - to chafe, to peel, to abrade the skin
ABREAST
adv. 1834 Amer. dial. • SIDE AND SIDE - side by side; abreast; close together
ABRIDGE, ABRIDGED, ABRIDGEMENT
adj. 1579 obs. • CURTAL - abridged, curtailed; brief, scant, curt
adj. a1638 rare • DECURTATE - cut down, shortened, abridged, curtailed
adj. 1654 obs. • CORREPT - abridged, shortened
adj. 1730 obs. • COMPENDIARIOUS - brief, short, concise, abridged, compendious
n. 1581 obs. rare • SUMMULARY - one who summarizes or abridges
n. 1586 obs. • SUMMISTER - one who summarizes or abridges
n. 1600 obs. • SUMMIST - one who summarizes or abridges
n. 1611 obs. rare • ABRIDGE - abridgement, shortening
n. 1615 • ABBREVIATOR - one who abbreviates, abridges, or shortens - one who summarizes
n. 1650 • ABBREVIATURE - an abbreviated or abridged copy
n. 1652 • SUMMULIST - a writer of a small compendious treatise of a science; an abridger
n. 1652 obs. • DECURTATION - shortening; abridging, cutting down
n. 1716 Sc. • ABBREVIATE - abstract, abridgement
vb. a1325 obs. • ABREVY - to abbreviate, to abridge
vb. 1413 • CUT - to curtail, to abridge, to shorten, to reduce; to shorten a play by omitting portions
vb. 1483 obs. rare • ABBREVY - to abbreviate, to abridge
vb. 1550 obs. • DECURT - to cut down, to shorten, to dock, to curtail, to abridge; to summarize
vb. 1623 obs. • DECURTATE - to cut down, to shorten, to dock, to curtail, to abridge
adj. a1638 rare • DECURTATE - cut down, shortened, abridged, curtailed
adj. 1654 obs. • CORREPT - abridged, shortened
adj. 1730 obs. • COMPENDIARIOUS - brief, short, concise, abridged, compendious
n. 1581 obs. rare • SUMMULARY - one who summarizes or abridges
n. 1586 obs. • SUMMISTER - one who summarizes or abridges
n. 1600 obs. • SUMMIST - one who summarizes or abridges
n. 1611 obs. rare • ABRIDGE - abridgement, shortening
n. 1615 • ABBREVIATOR - one who abbreviates, abridges, or shortens - one who summarizes
n. 1650 • ABBREVIATURE - an abbreviated or abridged copy
n. 1652 • SUMMULIST - a writer of a small compendious treatise of a science; an abridger
n. 1652 obs. • DECURTATION - shortening; abridging, cutting down
n. 1716 Sc. • ABBREVIATE - abstract, abridgement
vb. a1325 obs. • ABREVY - to abbreviate, to abridge
vb. 1413 • CUT - to curtail, to abridge, to shorten, to reduce; to shorten a play by omitting portions
vb. 1483 obs. rare • ABBREVY - to abbreviate, to abridge
vb. 1550 obs. • DECURT - to cut down, to shorten, to dock, to curtail, to abridge; to summarize
vb. 1623 obs. • DECURTATE - to cut down, to shorten, to dock, to curtail, to abridge
ABROAD
adv. 1892 Sc. & Eng. dial. • ABREED - abroad; spread about, cast to the winds
phr. 1644 • BEYOND SEAS - out of the country, abroad
vb. 1657 obs. rare • ABLEGATE - to send abroad or to a distance
phr. 1644 • BEYOND SEAS - out of the country, abroad
vb. 1657 obs. rare • ABLEGATE - to send abroad or to a distance
ABRUPT, ABRUPTLY
adj. 1513 obs. exc. Eng. dial. • KNAPPISH - rudely abrupt or forward, testy, snappish, sharp-tongued, spiteful
adj. 1644 obs. • EJACULATORY - given to abrupt, impulsive expression
adv. 1530 obs. • CUTTEDLY - concisely, abruptly, curtly
adv. 1840 Amer. dial. • SMACK - with a sudden blow, sharply, abruptly
adv. 1847 Eng. dial. • BANG - suddenly, abruptly
adv. 1852 Amer. dial. • SMACK-DAB - with a sudden blow, sharply, abruptly
adv. 1861 Eng. dial. • BAZZ - suddenly, abruptly
adv. 1965 Amer. dial. • SMACK-BANG - with a sudden blow, sharply, abruptly
adv. 1965 Amer. dial. • SMACK-DAB-DASH - (as above)
adv. 1965 Amer. dial. • SMACK-JAM - (as above)
adv. 1966 Amer. dial. • A-POP - suddenly, abruptly, at once
adv. 1966 Amer. dial. • POP - (as above)
adj. 1644 obs. • EJACULATORY - given to abrupt, impulsive expression
adv. 1530 obs. • CUTTEDLY - concisely, abruptly, curtly
adv. 1840 Amer. dial. • SMACK - with a sudden blow, sharply, abruptly
adv. 1847 Eng. dial. • BANG - suddenly, abruptly
adv. 1852 Amer. dial. • SMACK-DAB - with a sudden blow, sharply, abruptly
adv. 1861 Eng. dial. • BAZZ - suddenly, abruptly
adv. 1965 Amer. dial. • SMACK-BANG - with a sudden blow, sharply, abruptly
adv. 1965 Amer. dial. • SMACK-DAB-DASH - (as above)
adv. 1965 Amer. dial. • SMACK-JAM - (as above)
adv. 1966 Amer. dial. • A-POP - suddenly, abruptly, at once
adv. 1966 Amer. dial. • POP - (as above)
ABSCESS, ABSCESSED
adj. 1790 Eng. & Amer. dial. • BEALED - festered; infected; abscessed
n. c1400 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial. • BEAL - a pustule or boil; an abscess
n. a1605 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial. • BEALING - suppuration; a boil, an abscess
n. 1610 obs. rare • ABSCESSION - an abscess
n. 1808 Sc. • INCOME - an illness or infirmity not due to any apparent external cause; often applied to a swelling, abscess, boil, or other festering sore; a sharp attack of pain, a stitch in the side
n. 1825 Eng. dial. • ADDLE - an abscess containing pus; a swelling; a blister
n. a1838 Sc. • INGROWTH - an abscess, tumour, or the like
n. 1857 Eng. dial. • APSE - an abscess, a tumour
n. Bk1903 Eng. dial. • NABSY - an abscess
n. Bk1903 Eng. dial. • NAPSY - (as above)
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • MAPSY - an abscess
n. 1943 Amer. dial. • ANT HEAP - an abscess, a carbuncle
n. 1966 Amer. dial. • RAISING - a boil, an abscess, or other swelling
n. c1400 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial. • BEAL - a pustule or boil; an abscess
n. a1605 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial. • BEALING - suppuration; a boil, an abscess
n. 1610 obs. rare • ABSCESSION - an abscess
n. 1808 Sc. • INCOME - an illness or infirmity not due to any apparent external cause; often applied to a swelling, abscess, boil, or other festering sore; a sharp attack of pain, a stitch in the side
n. 1825 Eng. dial. • ADDLE - an abscess containing pus; a swelling; a blister
n. a1838 Sc. • INGROWTH - an abscess, tumour, or the like
n. 1857 Eng. dial. • APSE - an abscess, a tumour
n. Bk1903 Eng. dial. • NABSY - an abscess
n. Bk1903 Eng. dial. • NAPSY - (as above)
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • MAPSY - an abscess
n. 1943 Amer. dial. • ANT HEAP - an abscess, a carbuncle
n. 1966 Amer. dial. • RAISING - a boil, an abscess, or other swelling
ABSCOND, ABSCONDER, ABSCONDING
adj. 1855 • LEVANTING - absconding secretly
n. 1685 obs. rare • ABSCONDENT - a person who absconds
n. 1781 • LEVANTER - one who absconds, esp. one who does so after losing bets
n. 1842 Amer. sl. • ABSQUATULATOR - an absconder
n. 1847 • LEVANTING - a secretly absconding
n. 1847 Amer. sl. • ABSQUATULATION - a sudden disappearance or absconding
n. 1901 • SCALER - an absconder
n. 1904 US prison & criminals' sl. • LAMASTER - a fugitive; an absconder
n. 1904 US prison & criminals' sl. • LAMISTER - (as above)
n. 1904 US prison & criminals' sl. • LAMMIE - (as above)
n. 1904 US prison & criminals' sl. • LAMMISTER - (as above)
n. 1904 US prison & criminals' sl. • LAMSTER - (as above)
vb. 1338 • SKIP - to hasten, to hurry, to move lightly and rapidly; to make off, to abscond
vb. 1781 Amer. dial. • MIZZIL - to depart in haste, to abscond, to run away, to escape
vb. 1781 Amer. dial. • MIZZLE - (as above)
vb. 1797 • LEVANT - to go away suddenly or secretly, to abscond
vb. 1829 Amer. sl. • ABSQUATULIZE - to abscond, to depart
vb. 1830 Amer. sl. • ABSQUATILATE - to depart or abscond; to flee, to run away
vb. 1830 sl., orig. US • ABSQUATULATE - of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond
vb. 1830 sl., orig. US • ABSQUOTULATE - (as above)
vb. 1839 Amer. sl. • ABSQUATIATE - to abscond, to depart
vb. 1842 Amer. sl. • AMPUTATE - to clear out, to abscond; to decamp; to take flight
vb. 1842 sl., orig. US • ABSQUATTLE - of a person or animal: to leave; to run away; to abscond
vb. 1868 sl., orig. US • ABSQUAT - of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond
vb. 1886 US sl., chiefly criminals' & police usage • LAM (OUT) - to abscond; to make an escape from; to flee; hence, to run; to depart hurriedly
vb. 1887 Sc. sl. • SHOOT THE CROW - -to steal away without paying one's bill; to depart hurriedly, to abscond
vb. 1894 US sl. • SKIN - to abscond, to make off, to slip away
vb. L19 sl. • JUMP ONE'S BILL - to abscond, esp. from a hotel or lodging, without paying one's bill
vb. L19 sl. • JUMP ONE'S BOARD - (as above)
vb. Bk1911 Sc. • BOG-SCLENT - to avoid fighting; to abscond on the day of battle
vb. 1921 US sl. • LAMMISTER - to abscond; to flee from authorities
vb. 1924 Amer. sl. • TAKE A MICKEY FINN - to abscond
vb. 1934 Amer. Western usage • BUY A TRUNK - to abscond or depart, esp. permanently; to leave the country
vb. 1947 Aust. & NZ sl. • SHOOT THROUGH - to escape, to abscond; to depart, to leave
vb. 1982 Amer. dial. • GO SOUTH - to steal, to abscond with
n. 1685 obs. rare • ABSCONDENT - a person who absconds
n. 1781 • LEVANTER - one who absconds, esp. one who does so after losing bets
n. 1842 Amer. sl. • ABSQUATULATOR - an absconder
n. 1847 • LEVANTING - a secretly absconding
n. 1847 Amer. sl. • ABSQUATULATION - a sudden disappearance or absconding
n. 1901 • SCALER - an absconder
n. 1904 US prison & criminals' sl. • LAMASTER - a fugitive; an absconder
n. 1904 US prison & criminals' sl. • LAMISTER - (as above)
n. 1904 US prison & criminals' sl. • LAMMIE - (as above)
n. 1904 US prison & criminals' sl. • LAMMISTER - (as above)
n. 1904 US prison & criminals' sl. • LAMSTER - (as above)
vb. 1338 • SKIP - to hasten, to hurry, to move lightly and rapidly; to make off, to abscond
vb. 1781 Amer. dial. • MIZZIL - to depart in haste, to abscond, to run away, to escape
vb. 1781 Amer. dial. • MIZZLE - (as above)
vb. 1797 • LEVANT - to go away suddenly or secretly, to abscond
vb. 1829 Amer. sl. • ABSQUATULIZE - to abscond, to depart
vb. 1830 Amer. sl. • ABSQUATILATE - to depart or abscond; to flee, to run away
vb. 1830 sl., orig. US • ABSQUATULATE - of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond
vb. 1830 sl., orig. US • ABSQUOTULATE - (as above)
vb. 1839 Amer. sl. • ABSQUATIATE - to abscond, to depart
vb. 1842 Amer. sl. • AMPUTATE - to clear out, to abscond; to decamp; to take flight
vb. 1842 sl., orig. US • ABSQUATTLE - of a person or animal: to leave; to run away; to abscond
vb. 1868 sl., orig. US • ABSQUAT - of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond
vb. 1886 US sl., chiefly criminals' & police usage • LAM (OUT) - to abscond; to make an escape from; to flee; hence, to run; to depart hurriedly
vb. 1887 Sc. sl. • SHOOT THE CROW - -to steal away without paying one's bill; to depart hurriedly, to abscond
vb. 1894 US sl. • SKIN - to abscond, to make off, to slip away
vb. L19 sl. • JUMP ONE'S BILL - to abscond, esp. from a hotel or lodging, without paying one's bill
vb. L19 sl. • JUMP ONE'S BOARD - (as above)
vb. Bk1911 Sc. • BOG-SCLENT - to avoid fighting; to abscond on the day of battle
vb. 1921 US sl. • LAMMISTER - to abscond; to flee from authorities
vb. 1924 Amer. sl. • TAKE A MICKEY FINN - to abscond
vb. 1934 Amer. Western usage • BUY A TRUNK - to abscond or depart, esp. permanently; to leave the country
vb. 1947 Aust. & NZ sl. • SHOOT THROUGH - to escape, to abscond; to depart, to leave
vb. 1982 Amer. dial. • GO SOUTH - to steal, to abscond with
ABSENCE, ABSENT
adj. c825 obs. • WANE - lacking, absent, deficient
adj. Bk1721 • ABSENTANEOUS - done in absence; pert. to absence
adj. 1898 Sc. • ABSTENT - absent
adj. 19C sl. • NASHED - said of a person who is gone
adj. 19C sl. • MR. NASH IS CONCERNED - said of a person who is gone or absent
adj. M19 sl. • MINUS - absent
adj. L19 US sl. • OFF THE RESERVATION - absent, away
adj. 1942 Aust. sl. • ACK WILLIE - absent without leave
adj. 1942 Aust. sl. • ACK WILLY - (as above)
adj. 1980s Black British sl. • OUT OF SOMEONE'S FACE - absent, away
n. c888 obs. • WANE - want, lack, shortage, absence of
n. c1425 obs. • ABSENT - one who is absent; an absentee
n. c1480 obs. • WANT - the fact that a person is not present; absence
n. 1520 obs. • ABSENTY - absence
n. 1599 obs. rare • ABSENCY - absence
n. 1600 obs. • ABSENTMENT - the act of absenting oneself; a withdrawal or staying away
n. M18 sl. • LAND SECURITY - unauthorized absence
n. 1800 • ABSENTATION - the act of absenting oneself
n. 1976 US college sl. • GHOST - an absentee, someone who has opted out of normal social life
vb. c1375 obs. • FAULT - to be wanting or absent
vb. 1435 obs. • WANT - to be a defaulter; to be absent or missing
vb. 1746 Eng. dial. • LACK - to be absent, esp. from home; to loiter
vb. 1783 Amer. dial. • PLAY OFF - to shirk responsibility; esp. to evade work; to absent oneself or escape from some responsibility without adequate excuse
vb. L19 Brit. sl. • SAG - to be illicitly absent from work
vb. Bk1904 Eng. dial. • SCARCIFY - to absent oneself, to make oneself scarce
vb. 1969 Amer. dial. • TAKE OUT - to absent oneself from work or school; to quit a job
vb. 20C sl. • GET OUT OF THE RAIN - to absent oneself when there's likely to be any trouble
vb. 20C Amer. sl., World War I usage • CHUCK A DUMMY - to be absent; to feign a fainting fit to get out of duty or get sympathy
adj. Bk1721 • ABSENTANEOUS - done in absence; pert. to absence
adj. 1898 Sc. • ABSTENT - absent
adj. 19C sl. • NASHED - said of a person who is gone
adj. 19C sl. • MR. NASH IS CONCERNED - said of a person who is gone or absent
adj. M19 sl. • MINUS - absent
adj. L19 US sl. • OFF THE RESERVATION - absent, away
adj. 1942 Aust. sl. • ACK WILLIE - absent without leave
adj. 1942 Aust. sl. • ACK WILLY - (as above)
adj. 1980s Black British sl. • OUT OF SOMEONE'S FACE - absent, away
n. c888 obs. • WANE - want, lack, shortage, absence of
n. c1425 obs. • ABSENT - one who is absent; an absentee
n. c1480 obs. • WANT - the fact that a person is not present; absence
n. 1520 obs. • ABSENTY - absence
n. 1599 obs. rare • ABSENCY - absence
n. 1600 obs. • ABSENTMENT - the act of absenting oneself; a withdrawal or staying away
n. M18 sl. • LAND SECURITY - unauthorized absence
n. 1800 • ABSENTATION - the act of absenting oneself
n. 1976 US college sl. • GHOST - an absentee, someone who has opted out of normal social life
vb. c1375 obs. • FAULT - to be wanting or absent
vb. 1435 obs. • WANT - to be a defaulter; to be absent or missing
vb. 1746 Eng. dial. • LACK - to be absent, esp. from home; to loiter
vb. 1783 Amer. dial. • PLAY OFF - to shirk responsibility; esp. to evade work; to absent oneself or escape from some responsibility without adequate excuse
vb. L19 Brit. sl. • SAG - to be illicitly absent from work
vb. Bk1904 Eng. dial. • SCARCIFY - to absent oneself, to make oneself scarce
vb. 1969 Amer. dial. • TAKE OUT - to absent oneself from work or school; to quit a job
vb. 20C sl. • GET OUT OF THE RAIN - to absent oneself when there's likely to be any trouble
vb. 20C Amer. sl., World War I usage • CHUCK A DUMMY - to be absent; to feign a fainting fit to get out of duty or get sympathy
ABSENT-MINDED
adj. 1828 Eng. dial. • YONDERLY - vague, absent-minded; shy, timid
adj. 1864 sl. • NOT ALL THERE - inattentive; absent-minded
adj. 1934 sl. • PEBBLE-BEACHED - dazed, absent-minded
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • ASLEEP AT THE BAG - inattentive; absent-minded
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • ASLEEP AT THE BASE - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • ASLEEP ON THE JOB - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • BLAH - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • BLANK - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • DEAD ABOVE THE EARS - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • DEAD BETWEEN THE EARS - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • DEAD FROM THE HOOFS UP - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • DEAD FROM THE NECK UP - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • DEAD-HEADED - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • GONE TO SLEEP ON THE BAG - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • GONE TO SLEEP ON THE BASE - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • GONE TO SLEEP ON THE JOB - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • HALF THERE - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • MOONEY - absent-minded; dreamy
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • MOONY - absent-minded; dreamy
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • NO ONE AT HOME - inattentive; absent-minded
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • NOT KEEPING ONE'S EYE ON THE BALL - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • NOT ON THE JOB - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • NOT THERE - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • OUT OF TOWN - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • WITH A VACANT ATTIC - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • WITH A VACANT HOUSE - (as above)
adj. 1960s US college sl. • LUNCHY - dull, stupid, absent-minded
adj. 20C sl., orig. US • DEAD TO THE WORLD - unconscious of one's surroundings, lost in a dream, day-dreaming; inattentive, absent-minded
n. 1523 • DUMP - a fit of abstraction or musing; a reverie; a dazed or puzzled state; perplexity, amazement; absence of mind
n. a1627 • MOONCALF - a person who idles time away in dreaming; an absent-minded, distracted person, or one given to sentimentality
n. 1790 rare • ABSENTNESS - a being absent in mind; distractedness, absent-mindedness
n. 1932 • HEAD-IN-AIR - an absent-minded or unworldly person; a dreamer
n. 1932 Amer. sl. • MAGOO - a useless or foolish person; an absent-minded or inattentive person
n. 1957 S. Afr. • DWAAL - a dreamy, dazed, or absent-minded state
n. 1963 US sl. • DIZ - a silly or eccentric person; an absent-minded or inattentive person
n. 1963 US sl. • DIZZ - (as above)
n. 1964 US sl. • DIRK - a foolish, peculiar, or obnoxious person; an absent-minded or inattentive person; a jerk
n. 1966 Amer. sl. • MENTAL MIDGET - an absent-minded or inattentive person; a stupid person
n. Bk2006 US sl. • DITZ - a giddy, absent-minded person
n. Bk2006 US sl. • DITZO - (as above)
phr. c1915 Amer. sl. • NOBODY HOME - an expression applied to any person thought to be stupid, feeble-minded, absent-minded, inattentive, etc.
phr. 1951 Amer. dial. • NOBODY HOME UPSTAIRS - said of someone considered to be stupid, feeble-minded, absent-minded, inattentive, etc.
phr. 1979 UK sl. • YOU'D FORGET YOUR HEAD IF IT WASN'T JAMMED ON - addressed to an absent-minded person
phr. 1979 UK sl. • YOU'D FORGET YOUR HEAD IF IT WASN'T SCREWED ON - (as above)
phr. 1979 UK sl. • YOU'D FORGET YOUR HEAD IF IT WASN'T STUCK ON - (as above)
phr. 1979 UK sl. • YOU'D FORGET YOUR HEAD IF IT WASN'T TIED ON - (as above)
vb. 1877 Eng. dial. • MEASE - to be absent-minded, to muse
adj. 1864 sl. • NOT ALL THERE - inattentive; absent-minded
adj. 1934 sl. • PEBBLE-BEACHED - dazed, absent-minded
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • ASLEEP AT THE BAG - inattentive; absent-minded
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • ASLEEP AT THE BASE - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • ASLEEP ON THE JOB - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • BLAH - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • BLANK - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • DEAD ABOVE THE EARS - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • DEAD BETWEEN THE EARS - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • DEAD FROM THE HOOFS UP - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • DEAD FROM THE NECK UP - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • DEAD-HEADED - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • GONE TO SLEEP ON THE BAG - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • GONE TO SLEEP ON THE BASE - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • GONE TO SLEEP ON THE JOB - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • HALF THERE - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • MOONEY - absent-minded; dreamy
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • MOONY - absent-minded; dreamy
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • NO ONE AT HOME - inattentive; absent-minded
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • NOT KEEPING ONE'S EYE ON THE BALL - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • NOT ON THE JOB - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • NOT THERE - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • OUT OF TOWN - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • WITH A VACANT ATTIC - (as above)
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. • WITH A VACANT HOUSE - (as above)
adj. 1960s US college sl. • LUNCHY - dull, stupid, absent-minded
adj. 20C sl., orig. US • DEAD TO THE WORLD - unconscious of one's surroundings, lost in a dream, day-dreaming; inattentive, absent-minded
n. 1523 • DUMP - a fit of abstraction or musing; a reverie; a dazed or puzzled state; perplexity, amazement; absence of mind
n. a1627 • MOONCALF - a person who idles time away in dreaming; an absent-minded, distracted person, or one given to sentimentality
n. 1790 rare • ABSENTNESS - a being absent in mind; distractedness, absent-mindedness
n. 1932 • HEAD-IN-AIR - an absent-minded or unworldly person; a dreamer
n. 1932 Amer. sl. • MAGOO - a useless or foolish person; an absent-minded or inattentive person
n. 1957 S. Afr. • DWAAL - a dreamy, dazed, or absent-minded state
n. 1963 US sl. • DIZ - a silly or eccentric person; an absent-minded or inattentive person
n. 1963 US sl. • DIZZ - (as above)
n. 1964 US sl. • DIRK - a foolish, peculiar, or obnoxious person; an absent-minded or inattentive person; a jerk
n. 1966 Amer. sl. • MENTAL MIDGET - an absent-minded or inattentive person; a stupid person
n. Bk2006 US sl. • DITZ - a giddy, absent-minded person
n. Bk2006 US sl. • DITZO - (as above)
phr. c1915 Amer. sl. • NOBODY HOME - an expression applied to any person thought to be stupid, feeble-minded, absent-minded, inattentive, etc.
phr. 1951 Amer. dial. • NOBODY HOME UPSTAIRS - said of someone considered to be stupid, feeble-minded, absent-minded, inattentive, etc.
phr. 1979 UK sl. • YOU'D FORGET YOUR HEAD IF IT WASN'T JAMMED ON - addressed to an absent-minded person
phr. 1979 UK sl. • YOU'D FORGET YOUR HEAD IF IT WASN'T SCREWED ON - (as above)
phr. 1979 UK sl. • YOU'D FORGET YOUR HEAD IF IT WASN'T STUCK ON - (as above)
phr. 1979 UK sl. • YOU'D FORGET YOUR HEAD IF IT WASN'T TIED ON - (as above)
vb. 1877 Eng. dial. • MEASE - to be absent-minded, to muse
ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE
phr. 1920 sl., orig. US • AWOL - absent without leave
phr. 1920 US sl. • A.W.O. LOOSE - absence without leave
phr. 1920 US sl. • A.W.O. LOOSE - absence without leave
ABSOLUTE
adj. 1589 • DEAD - absolute; assured
adj. 1590 rare • SINGLE - undivided, unbroken, absolute
adj. 1825 Sc. • SKIRE - utter, absolute
adj. 1845 Amer. dial. • POINT-BLANK - absolute, unqualified, out-and-out
adj. 1872 • FAIR - undoubted, complete, thorough, absolute
adj. 1887 Amer. dial. • BODACIOUS - complete, thorough, utter, absolute, arrant
adj. M19 sl. • UP-AND-DOWN - absolute, complete
adj. M19 sl. • UP-AND-DOWN-STAIRS - (as above)
adj. M19 US sl. • DEADWOOD - absolute, complete, unequivocal
adj. L19 US sl. • COPPER-PLATED - absolute, certain, definite
adj. 1924 Amer. sl. • ABSOTIVE - absolute
adj. 1961 US sl. • BUST-OUT - out-and-out, pure and simple, absolute
adj. 1962 African-American sl. • COLD-BLOODED - out-and-out; absolute
adj. 1970 US • FULL-ON - maximum, complete, absolute, very
adj. 1985 Amer. sl. • DEAD-BANG - certain; absolute
adj. 1590 rare • SINGLE - undivided, unbroken, absolute
adj. 1825 Sc. • SKIRE - utter, absolute
adj. 1845 Amer. dial. • POINT-BLANK - absolute, unqualified, out-and-out
adj. 1872 • FAIR - undoubted, complete, thorough, absolute
adj. 1887 Amer. dial. • BODACIOUS - complete, thorough, utter, absolute, arrant
adj. M19 sl. • UP-AND-DOWN - absolute, complete
adj. M19 sl. • UP-AND-DOWN-STAIRS - (as above)
adj. M19 US sl. • DEADWOOD - absolute, complete, unequivocal
adj. L19 US sl. • COPPER-PLATED - absolute, certain, definite
adj. 1924 Amer. sl. • ABSOTIVE - absolute
adj. 1961 US sl. • BUST-OUT - out-and-out, pure and simple, absolute
adj. 1962 African-American sl. • COLD-BLOODED - out-and-out; absolute
adj. 1970 US • FULL-ON - maximum, complete, absolute, very
adj. 1985 Amer. sl. • DEAD-BANG - certain; absolute
ABSOLUTELY
adv. c1340 obs. • BARELY - without qualification or reserve; unconditionally; wholly, completely; absolutely, positively
adv. 1589 • DEAD - intensifier; very, thoroughly, absolutely, extremely, completely; wholeheartedly
adv. L18 • OUT-AND-OUT - completely, absolutely, utterly
adv. 1840s • DANG - absolutely, extremely
adv. 1851 Amer. dial. • POINT-BLANK - absolutely, completely, exactly, simply
adv. 1856 Sc. & Eng. dial. • EVEN-DOWN - downright, thoroughly, completely, utterly, absolutely
adv. 1858 Amer. dial. • PLUM - entirely, completely, absolutely, very
adv. a1883 Amer. dial. • POINTEDLY - certainly, thoroughly, absolutely, unquestionably, simply
adv. 1887 US sl. • DEAD-NUTS - completely, absolutely, keenly for or against something
adv. 1891 Sc. • FAIRLINS - properly, completely, absolutely
adv. M19 • FAIR - very, absolutely, really
adv. L19 sl. • JUST - absolutely, definitely, very
adv. 1910s sl. • ABSOBALLYLUTELY - absolutely, very much indeed
adv. 1910s sl. • ABSOBLOOMINGLUTELY - (as above)
adv. 1910s US sl. • BY THE CLOCK - absolutely, definitely
adv. 1918 US • FULL OUT - absolutely, completely, intensely
adv. 1919 Amer. police usage • DEAD-BANG - absolutely; without doubt; hence, in the act; red-handed
adv. 1921 Amer. sl. • ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY - absolutely
adv. 1923 Amer. sl. • ABSOBLOODYLUTELY - absolutely
adv. 1926 Amer. sl. • ABSOTIVELY - absolutely and positively
adv. 1928 Amer. dial. • BACK-ACTUALLY - truly, absolutely
adv. 1928 Amer. dial. • BLACK-ACTUALLY - (as above)
adv. 1933 Amer. dial. • EVERMORE - really, absolutely
adv. 1950s Amer. sl. • FULL - absolutely
adv. 1950s Amer. sl. • FROM ASSHOLE TO APPETITE - thoroughly, absolutely, totally
adv. 1954 US sl. • SURE AS SHIT - absolutely, surely; without a doubt
adv. 1955 Amer. dial. • ABSOTOOTLY - absolutely
adv. 1962 Amer. sl. • ABSOGODDAMLUTELY - absolutely
adv. 1971 Amer. sl. • DEAD-ASS - utterly; absolutely; usually considered vulgar
adv. 1986 Amer. sl. • ABSOGODDAMNTIVELY - absolutely and positively
adv. 1994 UK sl. • DOUBLE TIME - very much, greatly, absolutely
adv. 20C Brit. sl. • ABSO-ONE-HUNDRED-PERCENT-LUTELY - absolutely; most definite
adv. Bk2006 US sl. • FLAT-ASS - absolutely; totally
int. M19 sl. • QUITE! - an expression of agreement; absolutely, indeed
int. M19 sl. • QUITE SO! - (as above)
int. L19 US sl. • I GUESS YES! - yes indeed! absolutely!
int. 1910s US sl. • DAMN TOOTIN'! - certainly; absolutely; completely accurate; not doubt at all
int. 1950s African-American sl. • A! - absolutely! yes! certainly!
int. 1970s orig. African-American • DAMN SKIPPING! - an exclamation of enthusiastic affirmation; absolutely! undoubtedly!
int. 1970s orig. African-American • DAMN STRAIGHT! - (as above)
int. 1994 US sl. • DAMN SKIPPY! - absolutely! without a doubt!
phr. 1910s sl., orig. US • I'LL SAY - absolutely, definitely, I couldn't agree more
phr. 1910s sl., orig. US • I'LL SAY SO - (as above)
adv. 1589 • DEAD - intensifier; very, thoroughly, absolutely, extremely, completely; wholeheartedly
adv. L18 • OUT-AND-OUT - completely, absolutely, utterly
adv. 1840s • DANG - absolutely, extremely
adv. 1851 Amer. dial. • POINT-BLANK - absolutely, completely, exactly, simply
adv. 1856 Sc. & Eng. dial. • EVEN-DOWN - downright, thoroughly, completely, utterly, absolutely
adv. 1858 Amer. dial. • PLUM - entirely, completely, absolutely, very
adv. a1883 Amer. dial. • POINTEDLY - certainly, thoroughly, absolutely, unquestionably, simply
adv. 1887 US sl. • DEAD-NUTS - completely, absolutely, keenly for or against something
adv. 1891 Sc. • FAIRLINS - properly, completely, absolutely
adv. M19 • FAIR - very, absolutely, really
adv. L19 sl. • JUST - absolutely, definitely, very
adv. 1910s sl. • ABSOBALLYLUTELY - absolutely, very much indeed
adv. 1910s sl. • ABSOBLOOMINGLUTELY - (as above)
adv. 1910s US sl. • BY THE CLOCK - absolutely, definitely
adv. 1918 US • FULL OUT - absolutely, completely, intensely
adv. 1919 Amer. police usage • DEAD-BANG - absolutely; without doubt; hence, in the act; red-handed
adv. 1921 Amer. sl. • ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY - absolutely
adv. 1923 Amer. sl. • ABSOBLOODYLUTELY - absolutely
adv. 1926 Amer. sl. • ABSOTIVELY - absolutely and positively
adv. 1928 Amer. dial. • BACK-ACTUALLY - truly, absolutely
adv. 1928 Amer. dial. • BLACK-ACTUALLY - (as above)
adv. 1933 Amer. dial. • EVERMORE - really, absolutely
adv. 1950s Amer. sl. • FULL - absolutely
adv. 1950s Amer. sl. • FROM ASSHOLE TO APPETITE - thoroughly, absolutely, totally
adv. 1954 US sl. • SURE AS SHIT - absolutely, surely; without a doubt
adv. 1955 Amer. dial. • ABSOTOOTLY - absolutely
adv. 1962 Amer. sl. • ABSOGODDAMLUTELY - absolutely
adv. 1971 Amer. sl. • DEAD-ASS - utterly; absolutely; usually considered vulgar
adv. 1986 Amer. sl. • ABSOGODDAMNTIVELY - absolutely and positively
adv. 1994 UK sl. • DOUBLE TIME - very much, greatly, absolutely
adv. 20C Brit. sl. • ABSO-ONE-HUNDRED-PERCENT-LUTELY - absolutely; most definite
adv. Bk2006 US sl. • FLAT-ASS - absolutely; totally
int. M19 sl. • QUITE! - an expression of agreement; absolutely, indeed
int. M19 sl. • QUITE SO! - (as above)
int. L19 US sl. • I GUESS YES! - yes indeed! absolutely!
int. 1910s US sl. • DAMN TOOTIN'! - certainly; absolutely; completely accurate; not doubt at all
int. 1950s African-American sl. • A! - absolutely! yes! certainly!
int. 1970s orig. African-American • DAMN SKIPPING! - an exclamation of enthusiastic affirmation; absolutely! undoubtedly!
int. 1970s orig. African-American • DAMN STRAIGHT! - (as above)
int. 1994 US sl. • DAMN SKIPPY! - absolutely! without a doubt!
phr. 1910s sl., orig. US • I'LL SAY - absolutely, definitely, I couldn't agree more
phr. 1910s sl., orig. US • I'LL SAY SO - (as above)
ABSOLUTION, ABSOLVE, ABSOLVING
adj. 1609 Sc. • ABSOLVITORY - pert. to absolution; absolving
n. c950 obs. • LESNESS - absolution, redemption, forgiveness of sins
n. 1506 obs. • ABSOLVANT - he who absolves
n. 1586 Sc. obs. • ABSOLVITURE - the act of absolving; absolution
vb. c950 obs. • UNBIND - to free from sin or its consequences; to absolve
vb. c1450 obs. • ABSOIL - to absolve
vb. c1450 obs. • ABSOYLE - (as above)
n. c950 obs. • LESNESS - absolution, redemption, forgiveness of sins
n. 1506 obs. • ABSOLVANT - he who absolves
n. 1586 Sc. obs. • ABSOLVITURE - the act of absolving; absolution
vb. c950 obs. • UNBIND - to free from sin or its consequences; to absolve
vb. c1450 obs. • ABSOIL - to absolve
vb. c1450 obs. • ABSOYLE - (as above)
ABSORB, ABSORBED, ABSORBENT, ABSORBING, ABSORPTION
adj. 1528 arch. • ABSORPT - absorbed; swallowed up; fig. engrossed
adj. a1631 • ABSORPTED - absorbed
adj. 1664 • ABSORPTIVE - having the quality of absorbing, swallowing, or imbibing; fig. engrossing
adj. 1902 rare • OBSORBENT - absorbent, imbibing
n. c1600 obs. rare • OBSORPTION - swallowing up; absorption
n. c1680 obs. • ABSORBITION - absorption
n. 1747 rare • OBSORBENT - an absorbing substance
vb. Bk1626 obs. • ABSORBEATE - to swallow up
vb. 1684 obs. rare • OBSORB - to absorb
adj. a1631 • ABSORPTED - absorbed
adj. 1664 • ABSORPTIVE - having the quality of absorbing, swallowing, or imbibing; fig. engrossing
adj. 1902 rare • OBSORBENT - absorbent, imbibing
n. c1600 obs. rare • OBSORPTION - swallowing up; absorption
n. c1680 obs. • ABSORBITION - absorption
n. 1747 rare • OBSORBENT - an absorbing substance
vb. Bk1626 obs. • ABSORBEATE - to swallow up
vb. 1684 obs. rare • OBSORB - to absorb
ABSTAIN, ABSTAINER, ABSTAINING
(also see TEETOTALLER)
adj. 1906 Amer. dial. • UP THE POLE - abstaining from alcoholic beverages; on the wagon
adj. 1910s sl. • OFF - abstaining from alcohol
adj. 20C US • ON THE WAGON - abstaining totally from alcohol
adj. 20C Amer. sl., World War I usage • ON THE COT - refraining from drink
adj. 20C Amer. sl., World War I usage • ON THE TACK - (as above)
n. 1623 obs. • HYDROPOTIC - a water drinker; an abstainer from alcoholic drinks
n. 1624-47 • ABSTENTION - the act of keeping oneself back, abstaining, or refraining
n. 1678 obs. rare • HYDROPOTIST - a water-drinker; an abstainer from alcoholic drinks; a teetotaller
n. 1727 • HYDROPOT - a water drinker; an abstainer from alcoholic drinks
n. 1727 • HYDROPOTE - (as above)
n. M18 military sl. • CAGG - a vow to abstain from liquor for a certain period
n. 1857 Sc. & Eng. dial. • TEETOTAL - a teetotaller; a total abstainer
n. 1859 rare • ABSTAINMENT - the act of keeping from or refraining
n. 1861 • NEPHALIST - one who abstains from intoxicating liquors; a teetotaller
n. 1880 • ABSTENTIONIST - one who practices or approves abstention
n. 1894 Sc. • COLD-WATER MAN - a total abstainer; a teetotaller
n. L19 sl. • WATER-BOTTLE - a total abstainer; a teetotaller
n. 1900 Sc. • TEETEE - a total abstainer; a teetotaller
n. Bk1909 sl. • BALLOON-JUICE LOWERER - a total abstainer (balloon juice = soda-water)
n. Bk2006 US sl. • DRY - a prohibitionist; an abstainer from alcohol
vb. M18 military sl. • CAGG - to abstain from liquor for a certain period
vb. L18 US sl. • KEG - to abstain from drinking alcohol
vb. 1842 Eng. dial. • BETHINK - to begrudge; to abstain from
adj. 1910s sl. • OFF - abstaining from alcohol
adj. 20C US • ON THE WAGON - abstaining totally from alcohol
adj. 20C Amer. sl., World War I usage • ON THE COT - refraining from drink
adj. 20C Amer. sl., World War I usage • ON THE TACK - (as above)
n. 1623 obs. • HYDROPOTIC - a water drinker; an abstainer from alcoholic drinks
n. 1624-47 • ABSTENTION - the act of keeping oneself back, abstaining, or refraining
n. 1678 obs. rare • HYDROPOTIST - a water-drinker; an abstainer from alcoholic drinks; a teetotaller
n. 1727 • HYDROPOT - a water drinker; an abstainer from alcoholic drinks
n. 1727 • HYDROPOTE - (as above)
n. M18 military sl. • CAGG - a vow to abstain from liquor for a certain period
n. 1857 Sc. & Eng. dial. • TEETOTAL - a teetotaller; a total abstainer
n. 1859 rare • ABSTAINMENT - the act of keeping from or refraining
n. 1861 • NEPHALIST - one who abstains from intoxicating liquors; a teetotaller
n. 1880 • ABSTENTIONIST - one who practices or approves abstention
n. 1894 Sc. • COLD-WATER MAN - a total abstainer; a teetotaller
n. L19 sl. • WATER-BOTTLE - a total abstainer; a teetotaller
n. 1900 Sc. • TEETEE - a total abstainer; a teetotaller
n. Bk1909 sl. • BALLOON-JUICE LOWERER - a total abstainer (balloon juice = soda-water)
n. Bk2006 US sl. • DRY - a prohibitionist; an abstainer from alcohol
vb. M18 military sl. • CAGG - to abstain from liquor for a certain period
vb. L18 US sl. • KEG - to abstain from drinking alcohol
vb. 1842 Eng. dial. • BETHINK - to begrudge; to abstain from
ABSTINENCE, ABSTINENT
adj. 1610 rare • ABSTEMIOUS- abstinent, refraining, sparing (with regard to other things than food)
adj. 1681 obs. rare • ABSTINENTIAL - pert. to abstinence
adj. 1879 • ABSTENTIOUS - characterized by abstinence; self-restraining or refraining
n. 1623 obs. • JEJUNATION - fasting, abstinence from food
n. 1861 rare • NEPHALISM - total abstinence from intoxicating liquors; teetotalism
n. 1881 • ABSISTENCE - a standing off; an abstaining or refraining from something; abstinence
phr. 1962 Amer. sl. • CHINAMAN ON ONE'S BACK - suffering from abstinence symptoms
adj. 1681 obs. rare • ABSTINENTIAL - pert. to abstinence
adj. 1879 • ABSTENTIOUS - characterized by abstinence; self-restraining or refraining
n. 1623 obs. • JEJUNATION - fasting, abstinence from food
n. 1861 rare • NEPHALISM - total abstinence from intoxicating liquors; teetotalism
n. 1881 • ABSISTENCE - a standing off; an abstaining or refraining from something; abstinence
phr. 1962 Amer. sl. • CHINAMAN ON ONE'S BACK - suffering from abstinence symptoms
ABSTRACTED
adj. 1545 obs. • DUMPISH - abstracted, insensible to outward things; dull, uninteresting
adj. 1918 Sc. • FAR BEN - of the eyes, look: dreamy, abstracted, distant
adj. 20C UK sl. • STANDING THERE LIKE A TIT IN A TRANCE - dreamy, abstracted
adj. 20C UK sl. • STANDING THERE LIKE A TOM TIT ON A BLATHER O' LARD - (as above)
adj. 20C UK sl. • STANDING THERE LIKE A TOM TIT ON A SIDE OF BEEF - (as above)
vb. 1530 obs. • DUMP - to be in an abstracted or absent state of mind; to muse
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • NAZZLE - to be in a dreamy, stupid, abstracted state
adj. 1918 Sc. • FAR BEN - of the eyes, look: dreamy, abstracted, distant
adj. 20C UK sl. • STANDING THERE LIKE A TIT IN A TRANCE - dreamy, abstracted
adj. 20C UK sl. • STANDING THERE LIKE A TOM TIT ON A BLATHER O' LARD - (as above)
adj. 20C UK sl. • STANDING THERE LIKE A TOM TIT ON A SIDE OF BEEF - (as above)
vb. 1530 obs. • DUMP - to be in an abstracted or absent state of mind; to muse
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • NAZZLE - to be in a dreamy, stupid, abstracted state
ABSTRUSE
adj. 1625 rare or obs. • ORACULOUS - abstruse, profound, obscure
ABSURD, ABSURDITY, ABSURDLY
adj. c1440 obs. • DEAF - dull, stupid; absurd
adj. 1526 obs. • FURIOUS - foolish, absurd
adj. 1622 obs. • ABSONOUS - out of tune, inharmonious; fig. incongruous, absurd, unreasonable
adj. 1639 obs. • IMPERTINENT - of persons: absurd, silly
adj. 1652 obs. rare • ADOXAL - not according to right reason; not based on reason; absurd
adj. 1790 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. • DAFT-LIKE - foolish, dull-witted, mad, absurd
adj. 1866 • LAPUTAN - pertaining to Laputa, the flying island in Gulliver's Travels; hence, visionary, absurd, fanciful, preposterous, ridiculous, impossible
adj. 1887 Sc. • OUT OF ALL REASON - quite absurd or incredible
adj. 1896 UK sl. • COCK-EYED - absurd, ridiculous; topsy-turvy
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • FOND AS A BESOM - very foolish; apt to commit absurd mistakes
adj. 1930s sl. • BALLSY - absurd, ridiculous
adj. 1940s sl. • MAD - absurd
adj. 1960s sl. • MADMEN - crazy, absurd
adj. 1960s US sl. • JUNKY - nonsensical, absurd
adj. 1961 sl. • RADGE - of an idea or situation: foolish, silly, absurd
adj. 1988 Amer. sl. • OKEY-DOKE - absurd; ridiculous
adj. 1990s sl. • RADGY - of an idea or situation: foolish, absurd
adj. 1993 Amer. sl. • OKEY-DOKEY - absurd; ridiculous
adj. 20C colloq. • ARSE-WISE - inept; preposterous, absurd, ludicrous, wrong
adj. 20C W. Indies sl. • OBSOCKY - of events: absurd, ridiculous
adj. 2003 UK sl. • BIZZURD - bizarre, absurd
adv. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • OAFLY - foolishly, absurdly
n. 1377 obs. rare • A TALE OF WALTROT - an idle tale, a piece of absurdity
n. c1384 obs. • BABERY - grotesque ornamentation in architecture and books; grotesque absurdity
n. a1400 obs. • BABELAVANTE - a foolish or absurd person
n. 1533 obs. • TRIM-TRAM - an absurd or silly device or practice; an absurdity; a piece of folly or nonsense
n. 1597 obs. • FANTASTICO - an absurd and irrational person
n. 1603 • IMPERTINENCES - something unsuitable, out of place, or irrational; an incongruity; a trifle, absurdity, piece of folly
n. 1606 • ABSURDUM - an absurd or illogical conclusion; also, an absurd state or condition
n. 1606 obs. rare • ADOX - an absurdity
n. 1606 obs. rare • ADOXE - (as above)
n. 1610 obs. • ABSURD - an unreasonable thing, act, or statement; an absurdity
n. 1669 • PUNCHINELLO - a grotesque or absurd person or thing
n. 1706 obs. • MAGGOTRY - folly, absurdity
n. 1790 • QUOZ - a queer or absurd person or thing
n. 1831 Sc. & Eng. dial. • MEGRIM - a whim, fancy, caprice; an absurd notion or fancy; generally in plural
n. 1894 rare • ABSURDIST - a person who behaves in an illogical or absurd manner
n. 1916 Aust. sl. • FURPHY - a false report or rumour; an absurd story
phr. 1822 • WHEN THE SKY FALLS WE SHALL CATCH LARKS - a way of stating to a person that his scheme is absurd or ridiculous
phr. 1950s sl. • THE MIND BOGGLES - a comment on any marked absurdity; to be surprised
vb. 1548 • MAKE AN ASS OF SOMEONE - to cause someone to appear absurd or foolish
vb. 1605 obs. • ASS - to cause a person to appear absurd or foolish; to make an ass
vb. 18C colloq. • BELIEVE THE MOON IS MADE OF CHEESE - to believe firmly something astounding, impossible, or absurd; hence, to be a fool
vb. 1865 Eng. dial. • MAKE WIMWAMS FOR WATER-WHEELS - to do an absurd or ridiculous thing
vb. 1883 sl. • ROAST SNOW IN A FURNACE - to attempt the unnecessary or absurd; to act foolishly and to no purpose
vb. 1884 • TEACH A PIG TO PLAY ON THE FLUTE - to attempt the absurd or impossible
vb. B1900 • PUT A ROPE TO THE EYE OF A NEEDLE - to attempt the impossible or absurd; to act foolishly and to no purpose
vb. 1990 sl. • TAKE THE PISS OUT OF - of a person: to act absurdly, to play the fool
adj. 1526 obs. • FURIOUS - foolish, absurd
adj. 1622 obs. • ABSONOUS - out of tune, inharmonious; fig. incongruous, absurd, unreasonable
adj. 1639 obs. • IMPERTINENT - of persons: absurd, silly
adj. 1652 obs. rare • ADOXAL - not according to right reason; not based on reason; absurd
adj. 1790 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. • DAFT-LIKE - foolish, dull-witted, mad, absurd
adj. 1866 • LAPUTAN - pertaining to Laputa, the flying island in Gulliver's Travels; hence, visionary, absurd, fanciful, preposterous, ridiculous, impossible
adj. 1887 Sc. • OUT OF ALL REASON - quite absurd or incredible
adj. 1896 UK sl. • COCK-EYED - absurd, ridiculous; topsy-turvy
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. • FOND AS A BESOM - very foolish; apt to commit absurd mistakes
adj. 1930s sl. • BALLSY - absurd, ridiculous
adj. 1940s sl. • MAD - absurd
adj. 1960s sl. • MADMEN - crazy, absurd
adj. 1960s US sl. • JUNKY - nonsensical, absurd
adj. 1961 sl. • RADGE - of an idea or situation: foolish, silly, absurd
adj. 1988 Amer. sl. • OKEY-DOKE - absurd; ridiculous
adj. 1990s sl. • RADGY - of an idea or situation: foolish, absurd
adj. 1993 Amer. sl. • OKEY-DOKEY - absurd; ridiculous
adj. 20C colloq. • ARSE-WISE - inept; preposterous, absurd, ludicrous, wrong
adj. 20C W. Indies sl. • OBSOCKY - of events: absurd, ridiculous
adj. 2003 UK sl. • BIZZURD - bizarre, absurd
adv. Bk1905 Eng. dial. • OAFLY - foolishly, absurdly
n. 1377 obs. rare • A TALE OF WALTROT - an idle tale, a piece of absurdity
n. c1384 obs. • BABERY - grotesque ornamentation in architecture and books; grotesque absurdity
n. a1400 obs. • BABELAVANTE - a foolish or absurd person
n. 1533 obs. • TRIM-TRAM - an absurd or silly device or practice; an absurdity; a piece of folly or nonsense
n. 1597 obs. • FANTASTICO - an absurd and irrational person
n. 1603 • IMPERTINENCES - something unsuitable, out of place, or irrational; an incongruity; a trifle, absurdity, piece of folly
n. 1606 • ABSURDUM - an absurd or illogical conclusion; also, an absurd state or condition
n. 1606 obs. rare • ADOX - an absurdity
n. 1606 obs. rare • ADOXE - (as above)
n. 1610 obs. • ABSURD - an unreasonable thing, act, or statement; an absurdity
n. 1669 • PUNCHINELLO - a grotesque or absurd person or thing
n. 1706 obs. • MAGGOTRY - folly, absurdity
n. 1790 • QUOZ - a queer or absurd person or thing
n. 1831 Sc. & Eng. dial. • MEGRIM - a whim, fancy, caprice; an absurd notion or fancy; generally in plural
n. 1894 rare • ABSURDIST - a person who behaves in an illogical or absurd manner
n. 1916 Aust. sl. • FURPHY - a false report or rumour; an absurd story
phr. 1822 • WHEN THE SKY FALLS WE SHALL CATCH LARKS - a way of stating to a person that his scheme is absurd or ridiculous
phr. 1950s sl. • THE MIND BOGGLES - a comment on any marked absurdity; to be surprised
vb. 1548 • MAKE AN ASS OF SOMEONE - to cause someone to appear absurd or foolish
vb. 1605 obs. • ASS - to cause a person to appear absurd or foolish; to make an ass
vb. 18C colloq. • BELIEVE THE MOON IS MADE OF CHEESE - to believe firmly something astounding, impossible, or absurd; hence, to be a fool
vb. 1865 Eng. dial. • MAKE WIMWAMS FOR WATER-WHEELS - to do an absurd or ridiculous thing
vb. 1883 sl. • ROAST SNOW IN A FURNACE - to attempt the unnecessary or absurd; to act foolishly and to no purpose
vb. 1884 • TEACH A PIG TO PLAY ON THE FLUTE - to attempt the absurd or impossible
vb. B1900 • PUT A ROPE TO THE EYE OF A NEEDLE - to attempt the impossible or absurd; to act foolishly and to no purpose
vb. 1990 sl. • TAKE THE PISS OUT OF - of a person: to act absurdly, to play the fool
ABUNDANCE, ABUNDANT
adj. a1225 obs. • LARGE - ample in quantity; copious, abundant
adj. 1303 obs. • RANK - abundant, copious
adj. a1400 obs. • WALLING - abundant
adj. c1400 obs. • ABOUND - overflowing; plentiful; abundant
adj. c1400 obs. • ABOUNDABLE - fully sufficient, abundant
adj. c1440 obs. • MANYFULL - abundant
adj. 1533 obs. • OPIME - rich, abundant, sumptuous, splendid
adj. 1563 • FAT - of things: abundant, plentiful; also, well-stocked
adj. 1622 obs. rare • UBERANT - abundant, copious
adj. 1633 • UBEROUS - abundant, copious, full
adj. 1638 obs. • EXUBERATE - overflowing, superabundant
adj. 1651 obs. rare • TRABOCCANT - superabundant; excessive, superfluous
adj. 1656 obs. • OPIMOUS - rich, abundant, plentiful, sumptuous, splendid
adj. 1737 Sc. & Eng. dial. • MICKLE - much in quantity, abundant
adj. 1737 Sc. & Eng. dial. • MUCKLE - (as above)
adj. 1738 obs. • PLENTEVOUS - abundant, plentiful, plenteous
adj. 1870 Amer. dial. • PLENTIFUL AS PIG-TRACKS - very plentiful, abundant
adj. 1870 Amer. dial. • THICK AS PIG-TRACKS - (as above)
adj. 1871 Sc. • RAFFIE - abundant, generous, plentiful, well-supplied
adj. 1871 Sc. • RAFFY - (as above)
adj. 1892 Eng. dial. • DIGGLES - thick clusters of fruit; abundance, plenty
adj. 1893 UK sl. • THICK ON THE GROUND - abundant, numerous, crowded
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. • DEGORE - plentiful, abundant
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. • DELORE - (as above)
adj. 1968 Amer. dial. • BALORE - galore; in abundance
adj. 1970 Amer. dial. • RESTING - in abundance, galore
adj. 1986 US sl. • UTA - in abundance
adj. 1990s W. Indies sl. • WAGGA-WAGGA - plentiful, abundant
adv. a1300 obs., chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial. • LARGE - amply, fully, quite, by a great deal; abundantly
adv. 1515 obs. • FATLY - plentifully, abundantly
adv. 1813 Sc. obs. • GALLORUM - in abundance
adv. 1813 Sc. obs. • GALOREM - (as above)
adv. 1866 Eng. dial. • ALL ENDS AND SIDES - in excess, too great abundance
adv. 1950s W. Indies & Black British sl. • LIKE STUPIDNESS - abundantly, in great supply
adv. 1967 Amer. dial. • AGLORE - aplenty, in abundance
adv. 1969 Amer. dial. • AGLORY - aplenty, in abundance
n. c1320 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. • RAFF - abundance, plenty
n. c1380 obs. • TALLOW - plenty, abundance
n. 1390 obs. • SUFFISANCE - abundance, ample means, wealth
n. a1400-50 obs. • TALENT - treasure, riches, wealth, abundance
n. a1412 rare • UBERTY - rich growth; fruitfulness; fertility; copiousness, abundance
n. 1483 obs. • LAVISH - profusion, excessive abundance, extravagant outpouring or expenditure; prodigality, lavishness
n. 1570-6 obs. • FAT - plenty, superabundance
n. 1575 obs. rare • OMBERTY - abundance
n. 1575 obs. rare • UMBERTY - (as above)
n. L16 • OCEANS - a large amount or quantity; an abundance, multitude, more than enough
n. 1620 obs. • ABUNDANCY - the quality of being abundant; abundantness, plentifulness
n. 1635 rare • SATIETY - a sufficiency or abundance
n. 1674 Eng. & Amer. dial. • MURTH - plenty, abundance
n. 1677 Eng. dial. • MERTH - plenty, abundance; a great deal
n. 1727 obs. rare • AFFLUENTNESS - profusion, abundance
n. 1804 Sc. • SCOUTH - plenty, abundance
n. 1804 Sc. • SCOWTH - (as above)
n. 1806 Sc. • SCAFF AND RAFF - abundance, plenty, esp. of food
n. 1822 Sc. obs. • MAIN'S MORE - abundance, ever so much
n. 1849 Amer. dial. • GUSH - an abundance; a large quantity
n. 1852 • LUSHINGS - abundance
n. 1859 sl. • BUMPER - anything unusually large or abundant
n. 1876 Eng. dial. • TEEM - large quantity; abundant supply
n. 1888 • WHIPS - abundance, lots
n. 1894 Amer. dial. • LASHINGS - an abundance, a great plenty
n. 1899 Amer. dial. • MORT - a large quantity or number; an abundance
n. 19C Eng. dial. • ABUNDATION - abundance, plenty, a large quantity
n. 1900 Sc. • SCOUTH AND ROUTH - abundance, plenty
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. • LABIES - a store; plenty, abundance
n. 1908 Amer. dial. • BUNDANCE - an abundance
n. 1913 Amer. dial. • REMPTION - an abundance; plenty; a large amount or number
n. 1913 Amer. dial. • RIMPTION - (as above)
n. 1917 Amer. dial. • RIMPSHIONS - an abundance; plenty; a large amount or number
n. 1949 Amer. dial. • GOD'S PLENTY - an abundance
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War I usage • BOKOO - an abundance of anything; (French 'beaucoup')
n. 20C colloq. • TRUNKFUL - a full or abundant supply
phr. c1380 • AT RACK AND MANGER - in the midst of abundance or plenty, wanting for nothing
phr. 1838 • THERE'S CORN IN EGYPT - there is abundance; there is a plentiful supply
phr. 1935 Amer. dial. • TILL HELL WOULDN'T SNEEZE AT IT - aplenty, in abundance, galore
phr. 1939 Amer. dial. • TILL HELL WOULDN'T HAVE IT - aplenty, in abundance, galore
phr. 1965 Amer. sl. • COMING OUT OF ONE'S EARS - in superabundant supply
phr. 1967 Amer. dial. • TILL HECK WOULDN'T HAVE IT - aplenty, in abundance, galore
vb. 1623 • EXUBERATE - to be in great abundance; to be plentiful; to abound; to overflow
vb. 2003 Trinidad and Tobago • COME LIKE SALT - to be in great abundance
adj. 1303 obs. • RANK - abundant, copious
adj. a1400 obs. • WALLING - abundant
adj. c1400 obs. • ABOUND - overflowing; plentiful; abundant
adj. c1400 obs. • ABOUNDABLE - fully sufficient, abundant
adj. c1440 obs. • MANYFULL - abundant
adj. 1533 obs. • OPIME - rich, abundant, sumptuous, splendid
adj. 1563 • FAT - of things: abundant, plentiful; also, well-stocked
adj. 1622 obs. rare • UBERANT - abundant, copious
adj. 1633 • UBEROUS - abundant, copious, full
adj. 1638 obs. • EXUBERATE - overflowing, superabundant
adj. 1651 obs. rare • TRABOCCANT - superabundant; excessive, superfluous
adj. 1656 obs. • OPIMOUS - rich, abundant, plentiful, sumptuous, splendid
adj. 1737 Sc. & Eng. dial. • MICKLE - much in quantity, abundant
adj. 1737 Sc. & Eng. dial. • MUCKLE - (as above)
adj. 1738 obs. • PLENTEVOUS - abundant, plentiful, plenteous
adj. 1870 Amer. dial. • PLENTIFUL AS PIG-TRACKS - very plentiful, abundant
adj. 1870 Amer. dial. • THICK AS PIG-TRACKS - (as above)
adj. 1871 Sc. • RAFFIE - abundant, generous, plentiful, well-supplied
adj. 1871 Sc. • RAFFY - (as above)
adj. 1892 Eng. dial. • DIGGLES - thick clusters of fruit; abundance, plenty
adj. 1893 UK sl. • THICK ON THE GROUND - abundant, numerous, crowded
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. • DEGORE - plentiful, abundant
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. • DELORE - (as above)
adj. 1968 Amer. dial. • BALORE - galore; in abundance
adj. 1970 Amer. dial. • RESTING - in abundance, galore
adj. 1986 US sl. • UTA - in abundance
adj. 1990s W. Indies sl. • WAGGA-WAGGA - plentiful, abundant
adv. a1300 obs., chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial. • LARGE - amply, fully, quite, by a great deal; abundantly
adv. 1515 obs. • FATLY - plentifully, abundantly
adv. 1813 Sc. obs. • GALLORUM - in abundance
adv. 1813 Sc. obs. • GALOREM - (as above)
adv. 1866 Eng. dial. • ALL ENDS AND SIDES - in excess, too great abundance
adv. 1950s W. Indies & Black British sl. • LIKE STUPIDNESS - abundantly, in great supply
adv. 1967 Amer. dial. • AGLORE - aplenty, in abundance
adv. 1969 Amer. dial. • AGLORY - aplenty, in abundance
n. c1320 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. • RAFF - abundance, plenty
n. c1380 obs. • TALLOW - plenty, abundance
n. 1390 obs. • SUFFISANCE - abundance, ample means, wealth
n. a1400-50 obs. • TALENT - treasure, riches, wealth, abundance
n. a1412 rare • UBERTY - rich growth; fruitfulness; fertility; copiousness, abundance
n. 1483 obs. • LAVISH - profusion, excessive abundance, extravagant outpouring or expenditure; prodigality, lavishness
n. 1570-6 obs. • FAT - plenty, superabundance
n. 1575 obs. rare • OMBERTY - abundance
n. 1575 obs. rare • UMBERTY - (as above)
n. L16 • OCEANS - a large amount or quantity; an abundance, multitude, more than enough
n. 1620 obs. • ABUNDANCY - the quality of being abundant; abundantness, plentifulness
n. 1635 rare • SATIETY - a sufficiency or abundance
n. 1674 Eng. & Amer. dial. • MURTH - plenty, abundance
n. 1677 Eng. dial. • MERTH - plenty, abundance; a great deal
n. 1727 obs. rare • AFFLUENTNESS - profusion, abundance
n. 1804 Sc. • SCOUTH - plenty, abundance
n. 1804 Sc. • SCOWTH - (as above)
n. 1806 Sc. • SCAFF AND RAFF - abundance, plenty, esp. of food
n. 1822 Sc. obs. • MAIN'S MORE - abundance, ever so much
n. 1849 Amer. dial. • GUSH - an abundance; a large quantity
n. 1852 • LUSHINGS - abundance
n. 1859 sl. • BUMPER - anything unusually large or abundant
n. 1876 Eng. dial. • TEEM - large quantity; abundant supply
n. 1888 • WHIPS - abundance, lots
n. 1894 Amer. dial. • LASHINGS - an abundance, a great plenty
n. 1899 Amer. dial. • MORT - a large quantity or number; an abundance
n. 19C Eng. dial. • ABUNDATION - abundance, plenty, a large quantity
n. 1900 Sc. • SCOUTH AND ROUTH - abundance, plenty
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. • LABIES - a store; plenty, abundance
n. 1908 Amer. dial. • BUNDANCE - an abundance
n. 1913 Amer. dial. • REMPTION - an abundance; plenty; a large amount or number
n. 1913 Amer. dial. • RIMPTION - (as above)
n. 1917 Amer. dial. • RIMPSHIONS - an abundance; plenty; a large amount or number
n. 1949 Amer. dial. • GOD'S PLENTY - an abundance
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War I usage • BOKOO - an abundance of anything; (French 'beaucoup')
n. 20C colloq. • TRUNKFUL - a full or abundant supply
phr. c1380 • AT RACK AND MANGER - in the midst of abundance or plenty, wanting for nothing
phr. 1838 • THERE'S CORN IN EGYPT - there is abundance; there is a plentiful supply
phr. 1935 Amer. dial. • TILL HELL WOULDN'T SNEEZE AT IT - aplenty, in abundance, galore
phr. 1939 Amer. dial. • TILL HELL WOULDN'T HAVE IT - aplenty, in abundance, galore
phr. 1965 Amer. sl. • COMING OUT OF ONE'S EARS - in superabundant supply
phr. 1967 Amer. dial. • TILL HECK WOULDN'T HAVE IT - aplenty, in abundance, galore
vb. 1623 • EXUBERATE - to be in great abundance; to be plentiful; to abound; to overflow
vb. 2003 Trinidad and Tobago • COME LIKE SALT - to be in great abundance