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A
ABISELFA
- n. 1840 Amer. dial. - the letter "a" (a-by-itself-a)
- n. 1840 Amer. dial. - the letter "a" (a-by-itself-a)
AARDVARK
ANT BEAR
- n. 1545 - an aardvark
EARTH-HOG
- n. 1731 - an aardvark
EARTH-WOLF
- n. 1796 - an aardvark
- n. 1545 - an aardvark
EARTH-HOG
- n. 1731 - an aardvark
EARTH-WOLF
- n. 1796 - an aardvark
ABACK
BEGONE
- adv. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - taken aback, disagreeably surprised; dismayed
BACK-WIND
- vb. 1899 - to be taken, or cause to be taken, aback
QUEER-TAKEN
- adj. 1858 Sc. - taken aback, surprised, disconcerted
REMAIN FOOLISH
- vb. Bk1904 Sc. - to be taken aback
TAKE SOMEBODY TO THE FAIR
- vb. 1870 Sc. - to take aback, to disconcert, to abash an over-confident person
- adv. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - taken aback, disagreeably surprised; dismayed
BACK-WIND
- vb. 1899 - to be taken, or cause to be taken, aback
QUEER-TAKEN
- adj. 1858 Sc. - taken aback, surprised, disconcerted
REMAIN FOOLISH
- vb. Bk1904 Sc. - to be taken aback
TAKE SOMEBODY TO THE FAIR
- vb. 1870 Sc. - to take aback, to disconcert, to abash an over-confident person
ABACUS
ABACIST
- n. 1387 - one who uses an abacus in casting accounts
- n. 1387 - one who uses an abacus in casting accounts
ABANDON
ABAND
- vb. 1559 obs. - to abandon, to forsake
ABANDONATE
- vb. 1654 obs. rare - to abandon
BANDON
- vb. 1587 obs. - to forsake, to abandon
BELEAVE
- vb. 1. c1175 obs. - to let or cause to remain behind; to go away without taking with one, to abandon
- vb. 2. c1205 obs. - to go away from a person or place; to depart from, to forsake, to quit, to abandon
BUNCH
- vb. 1927 Amer. dial. - to quit a job; to leave something unfinished; to stop, to cease, to abandon
CAST UP
- vb. 1530 obs. - to give up, to abandon
CHUCK IN
- vb. Bk1999 - to abandon, to give up
DECLINE
- vb. 1672 obs. - to abandon, to forsake, to give up a practice
DITCH
- vb. 1899 sl. - of people and objects: to throw away, to dispense with, to abandon
EIGHTY-SIX
- vb. 1958 US sl. - to eject or bar from a premises; generally, to reject or abandon
FLING UP ONE'S CARDS
- vb. 1688 - to abandon a project
GIVE ONE THE BAG TO HOLD
- vb. 1793 - to engage anyone while taking the opportunity to slip way; to leave in the lurch
GIVE THE DITCH
- vb. L19 sl. - of people and objects: to throw away, to dispense with, to abandon
GIVE THE GAME AWAY
- vb. 1953 Aust. sl. - to cease doing something; to abandon; to give up
HANG UP THE FIDDLE
- vb. Bk1903 sl. - to abandon an undertaking
HOLD THE BAG
- vb. 1760 Amer. sl. - to be left in the lurch
ICE
- vb. 1980s sl. - to break an appointment with; to abandon or cancel a plan or scheme
JACK
- vb. 1873 Eng. dial. - to give up suddenly; to withdraw or back out of anything; to relinquish, to abandon, esp. to leave off or throw up work
JACK (IT) IN
- vb. c1910 sl. - to abandon or leave an attempt or enterprise; to give up
JAG
- vb. 1873 Eng. dial. - to give up suddenly; to withdraw or back out of anything; to relinquish, to abandon, esp. to leave off or throw up work
LEAVE
- vb. a1225 obs. rare - to abandon, to forsake a habit, practice, etc.
LEAVE IN THE LASH
- vb. 1573 obs. - to leave in the lurch
LEAVE UP
- vb. 1430-40 obs. - to abandon, to give up, to resign
LET
- vb. c1175 obs. - to quit, to abandon, to forsake
LINQUISH
- vb. 1591 obs. - to abandon, to forsake
PUNCH OUT
- vb. Bk1974 Amer. sl. - to leave; to quit; to abandon
RAT
- vb. 1974 sl. - to abandon, desert, or betray any person or thing
SCARF
- vb. 1970s US sl. - to throw away; to abandon (college sl.)
SHITCAN
- vb. 1950s Aust. & NZ sl. - to stop, to abandon a course of action; to toss away
SUCCUMB
- vb. 1632 obs. - to abandon, to give up
TANG OUT
- vb. 1970s US sl. - to abandon; to put an end to US college sl. (college sl.)
TANK
- vb. 1920s sl. - to abandon deliberately, to give up, possibly for illicit monetary gain, esp. in boxing
TEW UP
- vb. 1877 Eng. dial. - to give up, to abandon
THROW OFF
- vb. 1858 Amer. dial. - to neglect, to ignore, to abandon
THROW UP ONE'S CARDS
- vb. 1635 - to abandon a project
TO-LEAVE
- vb. 1432-50 obs. - to relinquish, to abandon
UNBEND
- vb. a1400-50 obs. rare - to abandon an effort or attempt
WAIVE
- vb. c1330 obs. - to abandon, to leave, to desert; to forsake a person, place, thing
WALK OUT ON
- vb. 1937 UK sl. - to abandon someone or something (orig. theatrical)
WHITE-EYE
- vb. 1911 Amer. dial. - 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. 1559 obs. - to abandon, to forsake
ABANDONATE
- vb. 1654 obs. rare - to abandon
BANDON
- vb. 1587 obs. - to forsake, to abandon
BELEAVE
- vb. 1. c1175 obs. - to let or cause to remain behind; to go away without taking with one, to abandon
- vb. 2. c1205 obs. - to go away from a person or place; to depart from, to forsake, to quit, to abandon
BUNCH
- vb. 1927 Amer. dial. - to quit a job; to leave something unfinished; to stop, to cease, to abandon
CAST UP
- vb. 1530 obs. - to give up, to abandon
CHUCK IN
- vb. Bk1999 - to abandon, to give up
DECLINE
- vb. 1672 obs. - to abandon, to forsake, to give up a practice
DITCH
- vb. 1899 sl. - of people and objects: to throw away, to dispense with, to abandon
EIGHTY-SIX
- vb. 1958 US sl. - to eject or bar from a premises; generally, to reject or abandon
FLING UP ONE'S CARDS
- vb. 1688 - to abandon a project
GIVE ONE THE BAG TO HOLD
- vb. 1793 - to engage anyone while taking the opportunity to slip way; to leave in the lurch
GIVE THE DITCH
- vb. L19 sl. - of people and objects: to throw away, to dispense with, to abandon
GIVE THE GAME AWAY
- vb. 1953 Aust. sl. - to cease doing something; to abandon; to give up
HANG UP THE FIDDLE
- vb. Bk1903 sl. - to abandon an undertaking
HOLD THE BAG
- vb. 1760 Amer. sl. - to be left in the lurch
ICE
- vb. 1980s sl. - to break an appointment with; to abandon or cancel a plan or scheme
JACK
- vb. 1873 Eng. dial. - to give up suddenly; to withdraw or back out of anything; to relinquish, to abandon, esp. to leave off or throw up work
JACK (IT) IN
- vb. c1910 sl. - to abandon or leave an attempt or enterprise; to give up
JAG
- vb. 1873 Eng. dial. - to give up suddenly; to withdraw or back out of anything; to relinquish, to abandon, esp. to leave off or throw up work
LEAVE
- vb. a1225 obs. rare - to abandon, to forsake a habit, practice, etc.
LEAVE IN THE LASH
- vb. 1573 obs. - to leave in the lurch
LEAVE UP
- vb. 1430-40 obs. - to abandon, to give up, to resign
LET
- vb. c1175 obs. - to quit, to abandon, to forsake
LINQUISH
- vb. 1591 obs. - to abandon, to forsake
PUNCH OUT
- vb. Bk1974 Amer. sl. - to leave; to quit; to abandon
RAT
- vb. 1974 sl. - to abandon, desert, or betray any person or thing
SCARF
- vb. 1970s US sl. - to throw away; to abandon (college sl.)
SHITCAN
- vb. 1950s Aust. & NZ sl. - to stop, to abandon a course of action; to toss away
SUCCUMB
- vb. 1632 obs. - to abandon, to give up
TANG OUT
- vb. 1970s US sl. - to abandon; to put an end to US college sl. (college sl.)
TANK
- vb. 1920s sl. - to abandon deliberately, to give up, possibly for illicit monetary gain, esp. in boxing
TEW UP
- vb. 1877 Eng. dial. - to give up, to abandon
THROW OFF
- vb. 1858 Amer. dial. - to neglect, to ignore, to abandon
THROW UP ONE'S CARDS
- vb. 1635 - to abandon a project
TO-LEAVE
- vb. 1432-50 obs. - to relinquish, to abandon
UNBEND
- vb. a1400-50 obs. rare - to abandon an effort or attempt
WAIVE
- vb. c1330 obs. - to abandon, to leave, to desert; to forsake a person, place, thing
WALK OUT ON
- vb. 1937 UK sl. - to abandon someone or something (orig. theatrical)
WHITE-EYE
- vb. 1911 Amer. dial. - to be overcome by heat or exhaustion while working; to faint from exhaustion; to quit working, to quit on one; to desert, to abandon
ABANDONED
ABANDED
- adj. 1941 Amer. dial. - abandoned
BASKETED
- adj. 1867 sl. - abandoned, ignored, misunderstood, confused
CAST
- adj. 1597 - thrown off, disused, worn out, abandoned, forsaken
DANCE IN THE HOG TROUGH
- vb. 1942 Amer. dial. - 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
DANCE IN THE PIG TROUGH
- vb. 1936 Amer. dial. - 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
DOWN THE CRAPPER
- adj. 1930s sl.- wasted, lost, abandoned
DOWN THE PAN
- adj. 1930s sl. - wasted, lost, abandoned
DOWN THE SHITTER
- adj. 1930s sl. - wasted, lost, abandoned
FETCH
- n. 1944 Amer. dial. - an illegitimate or abandoned child
GIN-BOTTLE
- n. 1909 sl. - a dirty, abandoned, debased woman; the victim of alcoholic abuse, within an ace of inevitable death
ICED
- adj. 1980s US college sl. - abandoned, let down
JACKED IN
- adj. 1940s sl. - given up. abandoned
JACKED UP
- adj. 1874 colloq. - ruined, given up, abandoned
JUNKED
- adj. 1915 - discarded, abandoned; scrapped
LIE IN THE LASH
- vb. 1584 obs. - to be left in the lurch
RAGGARD
- n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a wicked and abandoned wretch; a rough and ragged vagabond
RAGGELT
- n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a person of low character; a wicked and abandoned wretch
- adj. 1941 Amer. dial. - abandoned
BASKETED
- adj. 1867 sl. - abandoned, ignored, misunderstood, confused
CAST
- adj. 1597 - thrown off, disused, worn out, abandoned, forsaken
DANCE IN THE HOG TROUGH
- vb. 1942 Amer. dial. - 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
DANCE IN THE PIG TROUGH
- vb. 1936 Amer. dial. - 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
DOWN THE CRAPPER
- adj. 1930s sl.- wasted, lost, abandoned
DOWN THE PAN
- adj. 1930s sl. - wasted, lost, abandoned
DOWN THE SHITTER
- adj. 1930s sl. - wasted, lost, abandoned
FETCH
- n. 1944 Amer. dial. - an illegitimate or abandoned child
GIN-BOTTLE
- n. 1909 sl. - a dirty, abandoned, debased woman; the victim of alcoholic abuse, within an ace of inevitable death
ICED
- adj. 1980s US college sl. - abandoned, let down
JACKED IN
- adj. 1940s sl. - given up. abandoned
JACKED UP
- adj. 1874 colloq. - ruined, given up, abandoned
JUNKED
- adj. 1915 - discarded, abandoned; scrapped
LIE IN THE LASH
- vb. 1584 obs. - to be left in the lurch
RAGGARD
- n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a wicked and abandoned wretch; a rough and ragged vagabond
RAGGELT
- n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a person of low character; a wicked and abandoned wretch
ABASE, ABASED, ABASEMENT, ABASING
ABASURE
- n. 1653 obs. - the quality of being abased; humiliation
ABESSED
- adj. 1707 obs. - humbled, abased, cast down, debased, dejected
ABJECTATE
- vb. 1731 obs. - to cast or throw down; hence, to lower, to degrade, to abase, to debase
ABJECTEDNESS
- n. 1660 obs. - downcast condition; abasement
ABJECTION
- n. c1525 obs. - the act of casting down; abasement, humiliation, degradation
ADBASS
- vb. 1548 obs. rare - to abase
BASING
- n. 1581 obs. - abasing, debasement
BEMEAN
- vb. 1651 - to render mean or base; to lower in dignity, to abase
DEBASE
- vb. 1568 obs. - to lower in position, rank, or dignity; to abase
DEBASEMENT
- n. 1593 obs. - abasement
DEMISSION
- n. a1638 rare - abasement, lowering, degradation
HENE
- adj. c825 obs. - mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial
HUMILE
- vb. 1491 obs. - to humble, to humiliate, to abase
LAY
- vb. a1300 obs. - to cast down, to abase, to humble
LEATH
- vb. 1205 obs. - to cease, to abate
LET DOWN
- vb. 1747 - to abase, to humble, to humiliate
VAIL
- vb. 1582 obs. - to abase, to humble, or lower one's courage, the heart, etc.
VAILER
- n. 1600 obs. rare - one who abases or brings down; a humbler
- n. 1653 obs. - the quality of being abased; humiliation
ABESSED
- adj. 1707 obs. - humbled, abased, cast down, debased, dejected
ABJECTATE
- vb. 1731 obs. - to cast or throw down; hence, to lower, to degrade, to abase, to debase
ABJECTEDNESS
- n. 1660 obs. - downcast condition; abasement
ABJECTION
- n. c1525 obs. - the act of casting down; abasement, humiliation, degradation
ADBASS
- vb. 1548 obs. rare - to abase
BASING
- n. 1581 obs. - abasing, debasement
BEMEAN
- vb. 1651 - to render mean or base; to lower in dignity, to abase
DEBASE
- vb. 1568 obs. - to lower in position, rank, or dignity; to abase
DEBASEMENT
- n. 1593 obs. - abasement
DEMISSION
- n. a1638 rare - abasement, lowering, degradation
HENE
- adj. c825 obs. - mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial
HUMILE
- vb. 1491 obs. - to humble, to humiliate, to abase
LAY
- vb. a1300 obs. - to cast down, to abase, to humble
LEATH
- vb. 1205 obs. - to cease, to abate
LET DOWN
- vb. 1747 - to abase, to humble, to humiliate
VAIL
- vb. 1582 obs. - to abase, to humble, or lower one's courage, the heart, etc.
VAILER
- n. 1600 obs. rare - one who abases or brings down; a humbler
ABASH, ABASHED, ABASHMENT
ABAIST
- adj. a1000 - abashed; ashamed; discomfited; disconcerted
ABASHANCE
- n. c1450 obs. rare - abashment, dismay
ABASHEDNESS
- n. 1530 obs. rare - abashment
ABASIT
- adj. 1845 Sc. - abashed, confounded
ABAWED
- adj. a1450 obs. - abashed; astonished; surprised; disconcerted; discomfited; upset
ALL-OVERISH
- adj. 1899 Amer. dial. - feeling confused or abashed
AW-SHUCKS
- adj. 1932 colloq. - of a person's manner, behaviour, etc.: genially self-deprecating, shy, or abashed; bashful
BASH
- vb. 1. c1375 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to destroy the confidence or self-possession of; to daunt, to dismay, to discomfit; to disconcert, to put out of countenance, to abash
- vb. 2. c1460 obs. - to be ashamed or abashed
BASHED
- adj. c1440 obs. - abashed, disconcerted, dismayed
BASHEDNESS
- n. c1440 obs. - abashment, bashfulness
BAUCH
- adj. 1871 Sc. - abashed, timid, sheepish
COLLIE
- vb. 1825 Sc. - to abash, to put to silence in an argument
CUT THE COMB OF
- vb. 1814 - to lower the pride of; to take down a peg; to abash, to humiliate
DARE
- vb. 1805 Sc. - to keep under, to abash, to intimidate
DASH
- vb. 1570 - to confound, to put to shame, to abash
DASHED
- adj. 1803 Sc. & Eng. dial. - abashed, cast down, ashamed, bashful
DEBASH
- vb. 1610 obs. - to abash
DEFACE
- vb. 1537 obs. - to put out of countenance; to outface, to abash
HAVE THE CHEEK-ACHE, TO
- vb. Bk1903 sl. - to be made to blush; to be abashed
OVERFACE
- vb. c1475 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to abash or overcome especially by boldness or effrontery
SHAMEFACED
- adj. L19 - showing shame, abashed
SHAMEFAST
- adj. c897 obs. - showing shame; abashed, bashful, modest
TAKE SOMEBODY TO THE FAIR
- vb. 1870 Sc. - to take aback, to disconcert, to abash an over-confident person
- adj. a1000 - abashed; ashamed; discomfited; disconcerted
ABASHANCE
- n. c1450 obs. rare - abashment, dismay
ABASHEDNESS
- n. 1530 obs. rare - abashment
ABASIT
- adj. 1845 Sc. - abashed, confounded
ABAWED
- adj. a1450 obs. - abashed; astonished; surprised; disconcerted; discomfited; upset
ALL-OVERISH
- adj. 1899 Amer. dial. - feeling confused or abashed
AW-SHUCKS
- adj. 1932 colloq. - of a person's manner, behaviour, etc.: genially self-deprecating, shy, or abashed; bashful
BASH
- vb. 1. c1375 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to destroy the confidence or self-possession of; to daunt, to dismay, to discomfit; to disconcert, to put out of countenance, to abash
- vb. 2. c1460 obs. - to be ashamed or abashed
BASHED
- adj. c1440 obs. - abashed, disconcerted, dismayed
BASHEDNESS
- n. c1440 obs. - abashment, bashfulness
BAUCH
- adj. 1871 Sc. - abashed, timid, sheepish
COLLIE
- vb. 1825 Sc. - to abash, to put to silence in an argument
CUT THE COMB OF
- vb. 1814 - to lower the pride of; to take down a peg; to abash, to humiliate
DARE
- vb. 1805 Sc. - to keep under, to abash, to intimidate
DASH
- vb. 1570 - to confound, to put to shame, to abash
DASHED
- adj. 1803 Sc. & Eng. dial. - abashed, cast down, ashamed, bashful
DEBASH
- vb. 1610 obs. - to abash
DEFACE
- vb. 1537 obs. - to put out of countenance; to outface, to abash
HAVE THE CHEEK-ACHE, TO
- vb. Bk1903 sl. - to be made to blush; to be abashed
OVERFACE
- vb. c1475 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to abash or overcome especially by boldness or effrontery
SHAMEFACED
- adj. L19 - showing shame, abashed
SHAMEFAST
- adj. c897 obs. - showing shame; abashed, bashful, modest
TAKE SOMEBODY TO THE FAIR
- vb. 1870 Sc. - to take aback, to disconcert, to abash an over-confident person
ABATE, ABATED, ABATEMENT, ABATING
ABATER
- n. 1732 - one who abates, lessens, or lowers
BATE
- n. c1450 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial. - deduction, diminution, abatement, cessation
- vb. a1541 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to decrease in amount, weight, estimation; to abate, to diminish, to fall off in quantity
BATE AN ACE
- vb. a1600 - to abate a jot or tittle; to make the slightest abatement
BATING
- prep. 1568 - abating, leaving out of account, excepting, except
DEBATE
- vb. a1400-50 obs. - to abate, to fall off, to grow less
DEBATEMENT
- n. c1550 obs. rare - abatement
DEFALCATE
- vb. 1540-1 obs. - to cut or lop off; to deduct, to subtract, to abate
DEFALCATION
- n. 1476 obs. - diminution or reduction by taking away a part; cutting down, abatement, curtailment
DEFALK
- vb. 1536 obs. - to cut or lop off; to deduct, to subtract, to abate
DIMINUTE
- adj. c1475 obs. - diminished, lessened; abated; incomplete, defective, imperfect
FAIK; FALK
- vb. 1445 Sc. - to abate, to diminish, to lessen; to deduct
LEATH
- vb. 1205 obs. - to cease, to abate
LESSING
- n. c1340 obs. - lessening, diminution; abatement
NULL
- vb. 1984 Amer. dial. - to abate; to alleviate pain
PAIR
- n. c1375 obs. rare - impairment, abatement
RABBATE
- n. 1589 obs. - abatement
- vb. a1398 obs. - to abate or diminish
TAKE OFF
- vb. 1776 obs. - to abate, to grow less, to decrease
- n. 1732 - one who abates, lessens, or lowers
BATE
- n. c1450 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial. - deduction, diminution, abatement, cessation
- vb. a1541 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to decrease in amount, weight, estimation; to abate, to diminish, to fall off in quantity
BATE AN ACE
- vb. a1600 - to abate a jot or tittle; to make the slightest abatement
BATING
- prep. 1568 - abating, leaving out of account, excepting, except
DEBATE
- vb. a1400-50 obs. - to abate, to fall off, to grow less
DEBATEMENT
- n. c1550 obs. rare - abatement
DEFALCATE
- vb. 1540-1 obs. - to cut or lop off; to deduct, to subtract, to abate
DEFALCATION
- n. 1476 obs. - diminution or reduction by taking away a part; cutting down, abatement, curtailment
DEFALK
- vb. 1536 obs. - to cut or lop off; to deduct, to subtract, to abate
DIMINUTE
- adj. c1475 obs. - diminished, lessened; abated; incomplete, defective, imperfect
FAIK; FALK
- vb. 1445 Sc. - to abate, to diminish, to lessen; to deduct
LEATH
- vb. 1205 obs. - to cease, to abate
LESSING
- n. c1340 obs. - lessening, diminution; abatement
NULL
- vb. 1984 Amer. dial. - to abate; to alleviate pain
PAIR
- n. c1375 obs. rare - impairment, abatement
RABBATE
- n. 1589 obs. - abatement
- vb. a1398 obs. - to abate or diminish
TAKE OFF
- vb. 1776 obs. - to abate, to grow less, to decrease
ABBESS
ABBADISSE
- n. c855 obs. - an abbess
ABBAS, ABBASE
- n. 1297 obs. - an abbess
ABBATESSE; ABBATISSE; ABBODESSE; ABBODISSE; ABBOTESS
- n. c855 obs. - abbess
ABBESS; ABBESSE
- n. 1297 - the female superior of a nunnery or convent of women, having the same authority over nuns that an abbot has over monks
- n. c855 obs. - an abbess
ABBAS, ABBASE
- n. 1297 obs. - an abbess
ABBATESSE; ABBATISSE; ABBODESSE; ABBODISSE; ABBOTESS
- n. c855 obs. - abbess
ABBESS; ABBESSE
- n. 1297 - the female superior of a nunnery or convent of women, having the same authority over nuns that an abbot has over monks
ABBEY
ABBACY
- n. 1896 Sc. - an abbey
- n. 1896 Sc. - an abbey
ABBOT
ABATE
- n. Bk1883 - an abbot or abbé
ABBAT
- n. c1130 obs. - the chief ruler of an abbey
ABBATE
- n. 1750 - 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
ABBOD
- n. c880 obs. - an abbot
ABBOT
- n. c1123 - 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
ABETTES
- n. Bk1852 - abbots
- n. Bk1883 - an abbot or abbé
ABBAT
- n. c1130 obs. - the chief ruler of an abbey
ABBATE
- n. 1750 - 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
ABBOD
- n. c880 obs. - an abbot
ABBOT
- n. c1123 - 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
ABETTES
- n. Bk1852 - abbots
ABBREVIATE, ABBREVIATED, ABBREVIATION
ABBREVIATOR
- n. 1615 - one who abbreviates, abridges, or shortens; one who summarizes
ABBREVIATORY
- adj. 1765 rare - tending to abbreviate or shorten
ABBREVIATURE
- n. 1. 1614 obs. - an abbreviated or shortened state, condition, or form; shortness
- n. 2. c1630 - an abbreviated or contracted form of a word or phrase; a contraction, an abbreviation
- n. 3. 1650 - an abbreviated or abridged copy
- n. 4. 1659 obs. - the process of abbreviating; abbreviation, shortening
ABBREVY
- vb. 1483 obs. rare - to abbreviate, to abridge
ACCURTATION
- n. 1583 obs. - shortening, curtailment, abbreviation
CUTTED
- adj. 1565-73 obs. - contracted in expression; abbreviated, concise
- n. 1615 - one who abbreviates, abridges, or shortens; one who summarizes
ABBREVIATORY
- adj. 1765 rare - tending to abbreviate or shorten
ABBREVIATURE
- n. 1. 1614 obs. - an abbreviated or shortened state, condition, or form; shortness
- n. 2. c1630 - an abbreviated or contracted form of a word or phrase; a contraction, an abbreviation
- n. 3. 1650 - an abbreviated or abridged copy
- n. 4. 1659 obs. - the process of abbreviating; abbreviation, shortening
ABBREVY
- vb. 1483 obs. rare - to abbreviate, to abridge
ACCURTATION
- n. 1583 obs. - shortening, curtailment, abbreviation
CUTTED
- adj. 1565-73 obs. - contracted in expression; abbreviated, concise
ABDICATION, ABDICATOR
ABDICANT
- n. 1654 - one who abdicates
ABDICATOR
- n. 1864 - one who abdicates
DEMISSION
- n. 1577-87 - 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 - one who abdicates
ABDICATOR
- n. 1864 - one who abdicates
DEMISSION
- n. 1577-87 - the act of putting away or letting go from oneself, giving up, or laying down, especially a dignity or office; resignation, relinquishment, abdication
ABDUCT, ABDUCTED, ABDUCTION, ABDUCTOR
ABDUCE
- vb. 1537 arch. - to lead or draw away by act or persuasion; to abduct
ABDUCTEE
- n. 1974 - someone supposedly abducted by aliens
ABDUCTOR
- n. 1847 - a person who abducts or illegally leads away
BABY-SNATCHER
- n. 1857 - a person who abducts a very young child
MORGANIZE
- vb. M19 US sl. - to abduct
SHANGHAI
- vb. 1919 sl. - to abduct; to compel, to coerce a person into doing something (orig. US military)
RAPE
- n. c1400 - the act of carrying away a person by force, esp. a woman
- vb. 1590 - to carry off a person by force, esp. a woman
RAPT
- adj. 1432-50 - of a woman: carried away by force; raped
- n. 1. 1535 Sc. obs. - rape (abduction or ravishing)
- n. 2. 1632 obs. rare - an abducted woman
RAPTURE
- n. 1600 obs. - the act of carrying off a woman
- vb. 1537 arch. - to lead or draw away by act or persuasion; to abduct
ABDUCTEE
- n. 1974 - someone supposedly abducted by aliens
ABDUCTOR
- n. 1847 - a person who abducts or illegally leads away
BABY-SNATCHER
- n. 1857 - a person who abducts a very young child
MORGANIZE
- vb. M19 US sl. - to abduct
SHANGHAI
- vb. 1919 sl. - to abduct; to compel, to coerce a person into doing something (orig. US military)
RAPE
- n. c1400 - the act of carrying away a person by force, esp. a woman
- vb. 1590 - to carry off a person by force, esp. a woman
RAPT
- adj. 1432-50 - of a woman: carried away by force; raped
- n. 1. 1535 Sc. obs. - rape (abduction or ravishing)
- n. 2. 1632 obs. rare - an abducted woman
RAPTURE
- n. 1600 obs. - the act of carrying off a woman
ABET, ABETTOR
ABETTER
- n. 1611 - one who abets; an instigator, supporter, or promoter, usually of an offense, or of the offender
ABETTOR
- n. 1514 - one who abets, instigates, or encourages to the committing of any offense
BETTOR
- n. 1671 obs. - an abettor, a person who encourages or assists an offender
FAUTERER
- n. a1662 - an adherent, a partisan, a supporter, an abettor, an encourager
FAUTOR
- n. c1330 - an adherent, a partisan, a supporter, an abettor, an encourager
FAUTRESS
- n. 1596 obs. - an adherent, a partisan, a supporter, an abettor, an encourager
HEARTER
- n. c1550 obs. rare - one who heartens or encourages; an abettor
MAINTAINER
- n. c1330 obs. - one who aids and abets in wrongdoing or error
PAL IN
- vb. 1906 US sl. - to aid and abet in a shady affair
SUCCENTOR
- n. 1609 obs. rare - an abettor
- n. 1611 - one who abets; an instigator, supporter, or promoter, usually of an offense, or of the offender
ABETTOR
- n. 1514 - one who abets, instigates, or encourages to the committing of any offense
BETTOR
- n. 1671 obs. - an abettor, a person who encourages or assists an offender
FAUTERER
- n. a1662 - an adherent, a partisan, a supporter, an abettor, an encourager
FAUTOR
- n. c1330 - an adherent, a partisan, a supporter, an abettor, an encourager
FAUTRESS
- n. 1596 obs. - an adherent, a partisan, a supporter, an abettor, an encourager
HEARTER
- n. c1550 obs. rare - one who heartens or encourages; an abettor
MAINTAINER
- n. c1330 obs. - one who aids and abets in wrongdoing or error
PAL IN
- vb. 1906 US sl. - to aid and abet in a shady affair
SUCCENTOR
- n. 1609 obs. rare - an abettor
ABHOR, ABHORRED, ABHORRENCE, ABHORRENT
ABHORFULNESS
- n. 1556 obs. rare - abhorrence
ABHORMENT
- n. 1576 rare - the action of abhorring
ABHORRANT
- n. Bk1880 - a person who abhors
ABHORRER
- n. 1611 - one who abhors or hates
ABHORRIBLE
- adj. 1633 obs. rare - to be abhorred, detestable
ABOMINE
- vb. 1683 obs. - to abominate; to feel extreme disgust and hatred towards; to abhor, to loathe
ACH-A-VIE!
- int. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - an exclamation of disgust or abhorrence
ASPERNATE
- vb. 1656 obs. - to despise, spurn, abhor
AVERSATION
- n. 1613 arch. - a great dislike for or turning away from anything; abhorrence, hatred, aversion
DEATH ON
- adj. 20C US sl. - finding abhorrent or being opposed to
DETESTATE
- vb. 1548 obs. rare - to detest, to abhor, to abominate
FAH!; FAUGH!; FOH!; FOUGH!
- int. 1542 - an exclamation of abhorrence or disgust
HIDOUS
- vb. 1382 obs. rare - to feel horror, to dread, to abhor
INEXECRABLE
- adj. L16 obs. rare - most execrable or abhorred
KAE!; KAIGH!; KAY!
- int. 1828 Sc. - an exclamation of disbelief, contempt, or abhorrence
MUCK
- n. L19 sl. - anyone considered disgusting, worthless, or abhorrent
STINK
- vb. c1225 - to be offensive; to be abhorrent
STINK IN THE NOSTRILS
- vb. a1600 - to extremely offensive or abhorrent to a person
UG; UGG
- vb. a1340 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial. - to abhor, to loathe, to detest; to cause disgust or nausea
- n. 1556 obs. rare - abhorrence
ABHORMENT
- n. 1576 rare - the action of abhorring
ABHORRANT
- n. Bk1880 - a person who abhors
ABHORRER
- n. 1611 - one who abhors or hates
ABHORRIBLE
- adj. 1633 obs. rare - to be abhorred, detestable
ABOMINE
- vb. 1683 obs. - to abominate; to feel extreme disgust and hatred towards; to abhor, to loathe
ACH-A-VIE!
- int. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - an exclamation of disgust or abhorrence
ASPERNATE
- vb. 1656 obs. - to despise, spurn, abhor
AVERSATION
- n. 1613 arch. - a great dislike for or turning away from anything; abhorrence, hatred, aversion
DEATH ON
- adj. 20C US sl. - finding abhorrent or being opposed to
DETESTATE
- vb. 1548 obs. rare - to detest, to abhor, to abominate
FAH!; FAUGH!; FOH!; FOUGH!
- int. 1542 - an exclamation of abhorrence or disgust
HIDOUS
- vb. 1382 obs. rare - to feel horror, to dread, to abhor
INEXECRABLE
- adj. L16 obs. rare - most execrable or abhorred
KAE!; KAIGH!; KAY!
- int. 1828 Sc. - an exclamation of disbelief, contempt, or abhorrence
MUCK
- n. L19 sl. - anyone considered disgusting, worthless, or abhorrent
STINK
- vb. c1225 - to be offensive; to be abhorrent
STINK IN THE NOSTRILS
- vb. a1600 - to extremely offensive or abhorrent to a person
UG; UGG
- vb. a1340 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial. - to abhor, to loathe, to detest; to cause disgust or nausea
ABIDE, ABIDING
ABEAR
- vb. 1885 - to abide; to tolerate
ABEDGE
- vb. c1225 - to abide; to suffer
BELEAVE
- vb. c1175 obs. - to remain for the time being in a place; to stay, to abide, to continue, to dwell with a person
BIDE
- vb. c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to endure, to suffer, to bear, to undergo, to abide
HABIT
- vb. a1366 obs. - to dwell, to abide, to reside, to sojourn
LEND; LENG
- vb. a1300 obs. - to tarry, to remain, to stay; to dwell, to abide
MANSION
- n. 1. a1340 obs. - the act of remaining, abiding, dwelling, or staying in a place
- n. 2. c1386 arch. - a place where one stays or dwells; a place of abode, an abiding-place
MANSIONARY
- adj. 1447 obs. - staying or dwelling in a place, permanently abiding, resident
ONBIDE
- vb. c1440 obs. - to abide, to remain, to stay on
SIT
- vb. c900 - to abide, to dwell, to remain in a place
TARRIANCE
- n. 1530 arch. - temporary residence or continuance in a place; sojourn, abiding
TARRY
- vb. 1. c1450 obs. - to remain, to stay, to abide, to continue in some state or condition
- vb. 2. 1704 Amer. dial. - to lodge someplace; to sojourn, to abide temporarily
- vb. 1885 - to abide; to tolerate
ABEDGE
- vb. c1225 - to abide; to suffer
BELEAVE
- vb. c1175 obs. - to remain for the time being in a place; to stay, to abide, to continue, to dwell with a person
BIDE
- vb. c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to endure, to suffer, to bear, to undergo, to abide
HABIT
- vb. a1366 obs. - to dwell, to abide, to reside, to sojourn
LEND; LENG
- vb. a1300 obs. - to tarry, to remain, to stay; to dwell, to abide
MANSION
- n. 1. a1340 obs. - the act of remaining, abiding, dwelling, or staying in a place
- n. 2. c1386 arch. - a place where one stays or dwells; a place of abode, an abiding-place
MANSIONARY
- adj. 1447 obs. - staying or dwelling in a place, permanently abiding, resident
ONBIDE
- vb. c1440 obs. - to abide, to remain, to stay on
SIT
- vb. c900 - to abide, to dwell, to remain in a place
TARRIANCE
- n. 1530 arch. - temporary residence or continuance in a place; sojourn, abiding
TARRY
- vb. 1. c1450 obs. - to remain, to stay, to abide, to continue in some state or condition
- vb. 2. 1704 Amer. dial. - to lodge someplace; to sojourn, to abide temporarily
ABILITY, ABLE
ABILITATE
- vb. 1627 obs. - to give ability or fitness; to enable
ABILITATION
- n. c1656 obs. - a rendering fit or able, a communication of ability
ABILTY
- n. 1768 Sc. obs. - ability
ABLEMOST
- adj. 1614 obs. - ablest, most able
ABLENESS
- n. c1390 obs. - the quality of being able; ability
ABOVE ONE'S BEND
- phr. 1835 Amer. dial. –beyond one's abilities
ABOVE ONE'S HUCKLEBERRY
- phr. 1859 Amer. dial. - beyond one's ability; out of one's reach
ABOVE ONE'S MATCH
- phr. 1748 obs. - above one's level; beyond one's abilities
ASPERT
- adj. 1423 obs. rare - apt, able, ready, clever
ASS
- n. 1961 Amer. sl. - ability and determination; the actual ability and determination to carry out a promise, threat, etc., as opposed to an empty boast
BADLY ABLE
- adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - hardly able
BALL OF FIRE
- n. 1900 Amer. sl. - a person exhibiting unusual energy, ability, or drive; a person who can do something very well
BASTANT
- adj. 1637 obs. - sufficient, able, capable
BEYOND-MAN
- n. 1896 - a man of extraordinary power or ability; a 'superman'
BIND
- n. 1824 Sc. - capacity, ability, power
BLUFF
- vb. Bk1904 Amer. dial. - to make a false show of ability
CAN; CANN; KANN
- n. 1768 Sc. - cleverness, ability, knowledge
CANNING
- n. a1555 obs. - being able, ability
CLEVERALITY
- n. 1828 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - cleverness, smartness, ability
COOL CAT
- n. 1940s sl. - a sophisticated, competent, unruffled, able person (chiefly US Black)
CRACKAJACK
- n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - a person of marked ability or excellent
CRACKERJACK
- n. 1895 sl. - someone or something exceptional; a person or thing of highest excellence; a person of marked ability (orig. US)
CRACK HAND
- n. 19C sl. - an able, competent person
CUT THE MUSTARD
- vb. Bk2006 US sl. - to be able to do something requiring youth or vigour; to come up to expectations; to reach the required standard
DARB
- adj. 1930 US sl. - highly competent; unusually skilled or able; excellent, great
DOUGHT
- n. ME now Sc. rare - power, strength, ability
EAR MAN
- n. 1970s US sl. - a person expressing a natural ability to excel at an endeavour; a virtuoso (African-American sl.)
EEBLE
- adj. 1880 Sc. - able
FACULIZED
- adj. 1816 Amer. dial. - versatile; endowed with many faculties or abilities
FACULTISED
- adj. 1871 Amer. dial. - versatile; endowed with many faculties or abilities
FARRACH; FEEROCH; FEIROCH
- n. 1742 Sc. - strength, substance; force, ability, energy
FARRACHIE
- adj. Bk1900 Sc. - strong, able, energetic
FATHOM
- n. 1604 obs. - breadth of comprehension; grasp of intellect; ability
FEEROCHRIE
- n. Bk1900 Sc. - ability, activity, agility
FOOL
- n. Bk1974 Amer. sl. - an unusually able person in any field of activity, as a dancing fool, etc.; an enthusiast, a fan
HABILE
- adj. 1558 obs. - having the capacity or power to do a thing
HABILIMENTS
- n. 1585 obs. - abilities, faculties, powers of mind
HABILITATE
- adj. 1622 obs. - endowed with ability; rendered able; capacitated, qualified
- vb. 1604 obs. - to endow with ability or capacity; to capacitate, to qualify
HABILITY
- n. 1430-1678 obs. - ability
HANG THE MOON
- vb. 1953 Amer. dial. - to be very powerful or important; to be exceptionally able or talented
HARD-MATCHED
- adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - hardly able
HAVE THE GUNS FOR
- vb. 1961 - to have the ability for something
HEAD
- adj. 1895 Amer. dial. - best, chief, most able
HEAD-GEAR
- n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - mental equipment, brains, good sense, ability
HORSE
- n. 1955 Amer. sl. - a fine or remarkable specimen; one who exhibits extraordinary ability at something
HOSS
- n. 1858 Amer. sl. - a fine or remarkable specimen; one who exhibits extraordinary ability at something
IDOCITY
- n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - quick comprehension, ability
INGINE
- n. 1. 1660 Sc. obs. - ingenuity, quickness of intellect; ability; knowledge, invention
- n. 2. 1824 Sc. obs. - an ingenious person, a genius; a person of ability
IT IS IN A PERSON'S BUTTONS
- phr. a1616 obs. rare - it is within a person's innate capacity or ability to attain or achieve something
LOSE ONE'S DASH
- vb. c1880 sl. - to lose one's energy and ability
LOSE ONE'S PUNCH
- vb. c1900 sl. - to lose one's energy and ability
MAUGHT
- n. 1773 Sc. - might, strength, ability
THE MOJO AND THE SAY-SO
- n. c1975 Amer. sl. - the ability to enforce one's wishes completely
MOOSE CAT
- n. 1926 Amer. - anyone possessing great ability, strength, etc.; an extraordinary person (logging usage)
MOVES
- n. 1960s sl. - knowledge, ability, 'smarts' (orig. US)
MOXIE
- n. 1930s sl. - courage, impudence, ability
ODOCITY
- n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - ability, gumption; spirit, energy
OIL
- n. 1910s sl. - facility, ability
OIL-BURNER
- n. 1960s US sl. - an exceptionally able or hard-working person
PANURGIC
- adj. 1873 rare - able or ready to do anything
PIPPIN
- n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - a term of endearment; a person of good ability
REDD
- n. 1892 Sc. - energy, speed, ability to work
SCOLLE
- n. Bk1904 Sc. - the skull, the head; the brain; understanding, ability
SCRAN
- n. 1806 Sc. - ability; means of effecting a purpose
SHOW ONE'S PACES
- vb. c1870 colloq. - to display one's ability
SUFFICE
- vb. a1325 obs. - to be competent or able to do something
SUFFICIENCE
- n. 1382 obs. - capacity; ability; competence
SUFFICIENCY
- n. 1567 obs. - adequate qualification; ability, competency
SUFFICIENT
- adj. c1385 obs. - qualified by talent or ability; competent, capable, able
SUFFICIENTY
- n. 1461 obs. - competence, ability
SUFFISANCE
- n. c1392 obs. - ability, competence
SUFFISANT
- adj. c1385 obs. - competent, able. capable
TIDY
- adj. c1350 obs. - of good character or ability; worthy, brave; able, skilful
TIGHT
- adj. 1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - of a person: competent, capable, able, skilful
YABLE; YIBBLE
- adj. 1825 Sc. - able
- vb. 1627 obs. - to give ability or fitness; to enable
ABILITATION
- n. c1656 obs. - a rendering fit or able, a communication of ability
ABILTY
- n. 1768 Sc. obs. - ability
ABLEMOST
- adj. 1614 obs. - ablest, most able
ABLENESS
- n. c1390 obs. - the quality of being able; ability
ABOVE ONE'S BEND
- phr. 1835 Amer. dial. –beyond one's abilities
ABOVE ONE'S HUCKLEBERRY
- phr. 1859 Amer. dial. - beyond one's ability; out of one's reach
ABOVE ONE'S MATCH
- phr. 1748 obs. - above one's level; beyond one's abilities
ASPERT
- adj. 1423 obs. rare - apt, able, ready, clever
ASS
- n. 1961 Amer. sl. - ability and determination; the actual ability and determination to carry out a promise, threat, etc., as opposed to an empty boast
BADLY ABLE
- adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - hardly able
BALL OF FIRE
- n. 1900 Amer. sl. - a person exhibiting unusual energy, ability, or drive; a person who can do something very well
BASTANT
- adj. 1637 obs. - sufficient, able, capable
BEYOND-MAN
- n. 1896 - a man of extraordinary power or ability; a 'superman'
BIND
- n. 1824 Sc. - capacity, ability, power
BLUFF
- vb. Bk1904 Amer. dial. - to make a false show of ability
CAN; CANN; KANN
- n. 1768 Sc. - cleverness, ability, knowledge
CANNING
- n. a1555 obs. - being able, ability
CLEVERALITY
- n. 1828 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - cleverness, smartness, ability
COOL CAT
- n. 1940s sl. - a sophisticated, competent, unruffled, able person (chiefly US Black)
CRACKAJACK
- n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - a person of marked ability or excellent
CRACKERJACK
- n. 1895 sl. - someone or something exceptional; a person or thing of highest excellence; a person of marked ability (orig. US)
CRACK HAND
- n. 19C sl. - an able, competent person
CUT THE MUSTARD
- vb. Bk2006 US sl. - to be able to do something requiring youth or vigour; to come up to expectations; to reach the required standard
DARB
- adj. 1930 US sl. - highly competent; unusually skilled or able; excellent, great
DOUGHT
- n. ME now Sc. rare - power, strength, ability
EAR MAN
- n. 1970s US sl. - a person expressing a natural ability to excel at an endeavour; a virtuoso (African-American sl.)
EEBLE
- adj. 1880 Sc. - able
FACULIZED
- adj. 1816 Amer. dial. - versatile; endowed with many faculties or abilities
FACULTISED
- adj. 1871 Amer. dial. - versatile; endowed with many faculties or abilities
FARRACH; FEEROCH; FEIROCH
- n. 1742 Sc. - strength, substance; force, ability, energy
FARRACHIE
- adj. Bk1900 Sc. - strong, able, energetic
FATHOM
- n. 1604 obs. - breadth of comprehension; grasp of intellect; ability
FEEROCHRIE
- n. Bk1900 Sc. - ability, activity, agility
FOOL
- n. Bk1974 Amer. sl. - an unusually able person in any field of activity, as a dancing fool, etc.; an enthusiast, a fan
HABILE
- adj. 1558 obs. - having the capacity or power to do a thing
HABILIMENTS
- n. 1585 obs. - abilities, faculties, powers of mind
HABILITATE
- adj. 1622 obs. - endowed with ability; rendered able; capacitated, qualified
- vb. 1604 obs. - to endow with ability or capacity; to capacitate, to qualify
HABILITY
- n. 1430-1678 obs. - ability
HANG THE MOON
- vb. 1953 Amer. dial. - to be very powerful or important; to be exceptionally able or talented
HARD-MATCHED
- adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - hardly able
HAVE THE GUNS FOR
- vb. 1961 - to have the ability for something
HEAD
- adj. 1895 Amer. dial. - best, chief, most able
HEAD-GEAR
- n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - mental equipment, brains, good sense, ability
HORSE
- n. 1955 Amer. sl. - a fine or remarkable specimen; one who exhibits extraordinary ability at something
HOSS
- n. 1858 Amer. sl. - a fine or remarkable specimen; one who exhibits extraordinary ability at something
IDOCITY
- n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - quick comprehension, ability
INGINE
- n. 1. 1660 Sc. obs. - ingenuity, quickness of intellect; ability; knowledge, invention
- n. 2. 1824 Sc. obs. - an ingenious person, a genius; a person of ability
IT IS IN A PERSON'S BUTTONS
- phr. a1616 obs. rare - it is within a person's innate capacity or ability to attain or achieve something
LOSE ONE'S DASH
- vb. c1880 sl. - to lose one's energy and ability
LOSE ONE'S PUNCH
- vb. c1900 sl. - to lose one's energy and ability
MAUGHT
- n. 1773 Sc. - might, strength, ability
THE MOJO AND THE SAY-SO
- n. c1975 Amer. sl. - the ability to enforce one's wishes completely
MOOSE CAT
- n. 1926 Amer. - anyone possessing great ability, strength, etc.; an extraordinary person (logging usage)
MOVES
- n. 1960s sl. - knowledge, ability, 'smarts' (orig. US)
MOXIE
- n. 1930s sl. - courage, impudence, ability
ODOCITY
- n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - ability, gumption; spirit, energy
OIL
- n. 1910s sl. - facility, ability
OIL-BURNER
- n. 1960s US sl. - an exceptionally able or hard-working person
PANURGIC
- adj. 1873 rare - able or ready to do anything
PIPPIN
- n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - a term of endearment; a person of good ability
REDD
- n. 1892 Sc. - energy, speed, ability to work
SCOLLE
- n. Bk1904 Sc. - the skull, the head; the brain; understanding, ability
SCRAN
- n. 1806 Sc. - ability; means of effecting a purpose
SHOW ONE'S PACES
- vb. c1870 colloq. - to display one's ability
SUFFICE
- vb. a1325 obs. - to be competent or able to do something
SUFFICIENCE
- n. 1382 obs. - capacity; ability; competence
SUFFICIENCY
- n. 1567 obs. - adequate qualification; ability, competency
SUFFICIENT
- adj. c1385 obs. - qualified by talent or ability; competent, capable, able
SUFFICIENTY
- n. 1461 obs. - competence, ability
SUFFISANCE
- n. c1392 obs. - ability, competence
SUFFISANT
- adj. c1385 obs. - competent, able. capable
TIDY
- adj. c1350 obs. - of good character or ability; worthy, brave; able, skilful
TIGHT
- adj. 1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - of a person: competent, capable, able, skilful
YABLE; YIBBLE
- adj. 1825 Sc. - able
ABJECT
HEAN; HENE
- adj. c825 obs. - mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial
HEANLING
- n. a1225 obs. - a base, abject, or humble person
UNDERFOOT
- adj. 1594 obs. - inferior, abject, low, downtrodden, suppressed, subject to authority
VASSAL
- n. 1589 - a base or abject person; a slave
- adj. c825 obs. - mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial
HEANLING
- n. a1225 obs. - a base, abject, or humble person
UNDERFOOT
- adj. 1594 obs. - inferior, abject, low, downtrodden, suppressed, subject to authority
VASSAL
- n. 1589 - a base or abject person; a slave
ABLE-BODIED
BRAW
- adj. Bk1911 Sc. - stout, able-bodied
LIKELY
- adj. 1899 Amer. dial. - able-bodied, competent, capable
YALD; YAULD; YAWL
- adj. 1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - alert, sprightly; nimble, active; able-bodied; strong, powerful
YELD
- adj. 1816 Eng. dial. - alert, sprightly; nimble, active; able-bodied; strong, powerful
- adj. Bk1911 Sc. - stout, able-bodied
LIKELY
- adj. 1899 Amer. dial. - able-bodied, competent, capable
YALD; YAULD; YAWL
- adj. 1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - alert, sprightly; nimble, active; able-bodied; strong, powerful
YELD
- adj. 1816 Eng. dial. - alert, sprightly; nimble, active; able-bodied; strong, powerful
ABNORMAL, ABNORMALLY
ABB
- adj. 1991 US sl. - abnormal
- n. Bk1994 sl. - an abnormal person; a weirdo (surfing sl.)
ABERRANT
- adj. 1830 - deviating widely from the ordinary or natural type, exceptional, irregular, abnormal
ABNORMALIZE
- vb. a1871 - to render abnormal
DEVIATE
- n. 19C - a person who is markedly different from normal (euphemism)
DING-A-LING
- n. 1944 Amer. dial. - a person with strange or unconventional behaviour; an eccentric; one who is crazy or mentally abnormal
EXTRAVAGANCY
- n. 1651 obs. - abnormal or unusual character; eccentricity; impropriety, unbecomingness
EXTRAVAGANT
- adj. 1650 obs. - varying widely from what is usual or proper; unusual, abnormal, strange; unbecoming, unsuitable
ODDLING
- n. 1941 Amer. dial. - a person or thing peculiar or abnormal in a harmless, inoffensive way; an agreeable, even-tempered half-wit
OFF
- adj. 1866 US sl. - crazy; eccentric; abnormal; weird
TULIP
- n. 1991 Irish sl. - someone whose looks or behaviour mark them as abnormal
UNACCUSTOMARILY
- adv. 1634 obs. - unusually, abnormally
UNCO-LIKE
- adj. 1842 Sc. - strange, abnormal
WANTON
- adj. a1754 obs. rare - of natural occurrences: abnormal, extraordinary
- adj. 1991 US sl. - abnormal
- n. Bk1994 sl. - an abnormal person; a weirdo (surfing sl.)
ABERRANT
- adj. 1830 - deviating widely from the ordinary or natural type, exceptional, irregular, abnormal
ABNORMALIZE
- vb. a1871 - to render abnormal
DEVIATE
- n. 19C - a person who is markedly different from normal (euphemism)
DING-A-LING
- n. 1944 Amer. dial. - a person with strange or unconventional behaviour; an eccentric; one who is crazy or mentally abnormal
EXTRAVAGANCY
- n. 1651 obs. - abnormal or unusual character; eccentricity; impropriety, unbecomingness
EXTRAVAGANT
- adj. 1650 obs. - varying widely from what is usual or proper; unusual, abnormal, strange; unbecoming, unsuitable
ODDLING
- n. 1941 Amer. dial. - a person or thing peculiar or abnormal in a harmless, inoffensive way; an agreeable, even-tempered half-wit
OFF
- adj. 1866 US sl. - crazy; eccentric; abnormal; weird
TULIP
- n. 1991 Irish sl. - someone whose looks or behaviour mark them as abnormal
UNACCUSTOMARILY
- adv. 1634 obs. - unusually, abnormally
UNCO-LIKE
- adj. 1842 Sc. - strange, abnormal
WANTON
- adj. a1754 obs. rare - of natural occurrences: abnormal, extraordinary
ABODE
ABODEMENT
- n. 1591 obs. - abode, abiding
BABYLON
- vb. 1633 obs. rare - to place or establish in a magnificent abode
BELEAVING
- n. c1330 obs. - remaining, tarrying, abiding, abode
BIDING
- n. a1600 obs. - an abode, dwelling, habitation
BIDING-PLACE
- n. 1520 obs. - a place of abode, dwelling
FAMILISTERY
- n. 1865 rare - the abode of a community living together as one family
HABIT
- n. 1603 obs. rare - habitation, abode
HAFT
- n. 1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - a fixed or established place of abode
HARBOUR
- n. c1150 - shelter, lodging, entertainment; sojourn, abode
HEAF
- n. 1872 Eng. dial. - an abode, a residence; an habitual haunt
HEAFING
- n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - a lodging, abode
MANOR
- n. 1362 obs. - an abode or resting-place
MANSION
- n. c1386 arch. - a place where one stays or dwells; a place of abode, an abiding-place
MANSION-PLACE
- n. 1473 obs. - a dwelling-place, place of abode; the chief seat of a landed proprietor
MANSION-SEAT
- n. 1618 obs. - a place of abode; a dwelling-place
NESTLE
- vb. 1406 obs. - to take up one's abode, to settle or squat, in a place; to establish residence
PALYIR
- n. 1879 Sc. - a dwelling, abode, home
QUARTERAGE
- n. 1577 rare - quarters, place of abode
TABERNACLE
- n. 1382 - a dwelling, a place of abode
- n. 1591 obs. - abode, abiding
BABYLON
- vb. 1633 obs. rare - to place or establish in a magnificent abode
BELEAVING
- n. c1330 obs. - remaining, tarrying, abiding, abode
BIDING
- n. a1600 obs. - an abode, dwelling, habitation
BIDING-PLACE
- n. 1520 obs. - a place of abode, dwelling
FAMILISTERY
- n. 1865 rare - the abode of a community living together as one family
HABIT
- n. 1603 obs. rare - habitation, abode
HAFT
- n. 1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - a fixed or established place of abode
HARBOUR
- n. c1150 - shelter, lodging, entertainment; sojourn, abode
HEAF
- n. 1872 Eng. dial. - an abode, a residence; an habitual haunt
HEAFING
- n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - a lodging, abode
MANOR
- n. 1362 obs. - an abode or resting-place
MANSION
- n. c1386 arch. - a place where one stays or dwells; a place of abode, an abiding-place
MANSION-PLACE
- n. 1473 obs. - a dwelling-place, place of abode; the chief seat of a landed proprietor
MANSION-SEAT
- n. 1618 obs. - a place of abode; a dwelling-place
NESTLE
- vb. 1406 obs. - to take up one's abode, to settle or squat, in a place; to establish residence
PALYIR
- n. 1879 Sc. - a dwelling, abode, home
QUARTERAGE
- n. 1577 rare - quarters, place of abode
TABERNACLE
- n. 1382 - a dwelling, a place of abode
ABOLISH, ABOLISHED
ABROGATE
- adj. 1460 arch. - repealed, annulled, cancelled, abolished by authority
- vb. 1526 - to repeal a law; to annul, to abolish authoritatively or formally; to cancel
ABROGATOR
- n. 1599 - one who abrogates or repeals by authority; one who abolishes
ABROGE
- vb. c1450 obs. rare - to abrogate
DISANNUL
- vb. 1892 Eng. dial. - to abolish, to destroy, to do away with, to remove
EXTERMINE
- vb. 1539 obs. - to exterminate; to destroy utterly; to put an end to; to abolish
EXTERMISH
- vb. 1903 Amer. dial. - to destroy completely, to exterminate, to abolish
IMBOLISH
- vb. 1592 obs. - to do away with; to make away with; to abolish
- adj. 1460 arch. - repealed, annulled, cancelled, abolished by authority
- vb. 1526 - to repeal a law; to annul, to abolish authoritatively or formally; to cancel
ABROGATOR
- n. 1599 - one who abrogates or repeals by authority; one who abolishes
ABROGE
- vb. c1450 obs. rare - to abrogate
DISANNUL
- vb. 1892 Eng. dial. - to abolish, to destroy, to do away with, to remove
EXTERMINE
- vb. 1539 obs. - to exterminate; to destroy utterly; to put an end to; to abolish
EXTERMISH
- vb. 1903 Amer. dial. - to destroy completely, to exterminate, to abolish
IMBOLISH
- vb. 1592 obs. - to do away with; to make away with; to abolish
ABOLITION, ABOLITIONIST
AB
- n. 1862 US sl. - an abolitionist
ABROGATION
- n. 1535 - repeal or abolition by authority
- n. 1862 US sl. - an abolitionist
ABROGATION
- n. 1535 - repeal or abolition by authority
ABOMINABLE
ADJECTIVAL
- adj. L19 sl. - euphemism for 'bloody', abominable, terrible (chiefly Aust.)
ADJECTIVE
- adj. L19 sl. - euphemism for 'bloody', abominable, terrible (chiefly Aust.)
AVERSABLE
- adj. 1663 obs. rare - abominable
EXECRABLE
- adj. 1490 - deserving to be execrated or cursed; abominable, detestable
HAEMATOID
- adj. 1920s - ‘bloody’, abominable or terrible (euphemism)
HUTIT
- adj. c1500 Sc. obs. - execrable, abominable
NEFAND
- adj. 1490 obs. - not to be spoken of; unmentionable; abominable, atrocious
NEFANDOUS
- adj. 1640 - not to be spoken of; unmentionable, shocking; abominable, atrocious, heinous, horrible
NEFAST
- adj. 1849 rare - wicked, abominable, detestable, vile
PUTREDINOUS
- adj. 1711 obs. - filthy, abominable
VERMILION
- adj. L19 Aust. - abominable, terrible (euphemism for 'bloody')
WLATSOME
- adj. a1300 obs. - loathsome, detestable; disgusting, abominable, hateful
- adj. L19 sl. - euphemism for 'bloody', abominable, terrible (chiefly Aust.)
ADJECTIVE
- adj. L19 sl. - euphemism for 'bloody', abominable, terrible (chiefly Aust.)
AVERSABLE
- adj. 1663 obs. rare - abominable
EXECRABLE
- adj. 1490 - deserving to be execrated or cursed; abominable, detestable
HAEMATOID
- adj. 1920s - ‘bloody’, abominable or terrible (euphemism)
HUTIT
- adj. c1500 Sc. obs. - execrable, abominable
NEFAND
- adj. 1490 obs. - not to be spoken of; unmentionable; abominable, atrocious
NEFANDOUS
- adj. 1640 - not to be spoken of; unmentionable, shocking; abominable, atrocious, heinous, horrible
NEFAST
- adj. 1849 rare - wicked, abominable, detestable, vile
PUTREDINOUS
- adj. 1711 obs. - filthy, abominable
VERMILION
- adj. L19 Aust. - abominable, terrible (euphemism for 'bloody')
WLATSOME
- adj. a1300 obs. - loathsome, detestable; disgusting, abominable, hateful
ABOMINATE, ABOMINATED
ABOMINE
- vb. 1683 obs. - to abominate; to feel extreme disgust and hatred towards; to abhor, to loathe
DETESTATE
- adj. a1600 - abominated, detested
- vb. 1548 - to detest, to abhor, to abominate
- vb. 1683 obs. - to abominate; to feel extreme disgust and hatred towards; to abhor, to loathe
DETESTATE
- adj. a1600 - abominated, detested
- vb. 1548 - to detest, to abhor, to abominate
ABORIGINAL, ABORIGINE
AB
- n. c1870 Aust. sl. - an Aborigine
ABO
- n. 1. 1908 Aust. sl. - (now mainly derogatory) an Australian Aboriginal
- n. 2. 1910s Aust. sl. - an expert on Aborigine and bush customs and folktales
ABOLIAR
- n. 1904 Aust. sl. - an expert on Aborigine bush customs and folktales
ABORIGINARY
- n. 1868 - an aboriginal inhabitant
BAD NIGGER
- n. 1910 Aust. sl. - an Aborigine who refuses to cooperate with the authorities
BILLY
- n. 1905 Aust sl. - any Aboriginal singled out from the rest
BINGHI
- n. 1893 Aust. sl. - (derogatory) a White term for an Aboriginal
BINGY
- n. 1933 Aust. sl. - an Australian Aboriginal
BITUMEN BLONDE
- n. 1943 Aust. sl. - (derogatory) an Aboriginal girl or woman
BLACK
- n. 1614 - 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
BLACK AUSTRALIAN
- n. 1863 - a native or inhabitant of Australia who is Black; an Australian Aboriginal
BLACKBIRD
- n. 1865 Aust. sl. - an Aborigine
BLACKBOY
- n. 1. 1810 rare - (offensive) an Australian Aboriginal man
- n. 2. 1893 - (offensive) an Aboriginal guide accompanying explorers
BLACKBOYS
- n. Bk1892 Aust. sl. - aboriginal servants in Australia
BLACKBUTT
- n. 1910 Aust. sl. - a native Australian
BLACKFELLA; BLACKFELLER; BLACKFELLOW
- n. 1827 Aust. sl. - an Aborigine; a dark-skinned person
BLACK MAN
- n. a1398 - a dark-skinned man, esp. a man of sub-Saharan African or Australian Aboriginal origin or descent
BLACK TRACKER
- n. 1862 Aust. - an Australian Aboriginal employed by police to track down fugitives or persons lost in the bush
BLACK VELVET
- n. 1899 Aust. & NZ sl. - (offensive) a Black, Aboriginal, or Maori woman, esp. as the focus of a White man's sexual interest
BOONG
- n. 1924 Aust. sl. - (derogatory) an Australian Aboriginal
COOBOO
- n. Bk2001 Aust. colloq. - an Aborigine child
DARK CLOUD
- n. 1945 Aust. sl. - (derogatory) an Australian aboriginal
DARKEE; DARKEY; DARKIE; DARKY
- n. 1775 sl. - (now derogatory or offensive) an Australian aborigine; any person having very dark skin as a racial trait
DARKMAN
- n. 1970s Aust. sl. - (derogatory) an Aborigine
GIN
- n. 1830 Aust. - a native woman; the wife of an Aborigine
JACKEY; JACKIE; JACKY
- n. 1845 Aust. sl. - a generic name for the Australian Aboriginal
JACKY-JACKY
- n. 1845 Aust. sl. - (derogatory) (a nickname for) an Australian Aboriginal
LUBRA
- n. 19C Aust. - an Aboriginal woman
MARY
- n. 1830 Aust. sl. - an Aboriginal woman or other non-white woman
TARPOT
- n. 1894 Aust. sl. - (derogatory) an Aborigine
UNBLEACHED AUSTRALIAN
- n. L19 sl. - a Native Australian; an Aboriginal
YALLER GAL
- n. 1834 Aust. & US sl. - a mixed-race, a half-white, half-Black or Aborigine woman
YAMIDGEE; YAMMAGI; YAMMIDGEE
- n. 1925 Aust. sl. - an Aboriginal, esp. an Aboriginal male
YELLER FELLA; YELLER FELLER
- n. 1913 Aust. sl. - a mixed-race, half-white, half-Aborigine man
YELLOW AND BLACK
- n. 1885 Aust. sl. - an Aboriginal
YELLOW FELLOW
- n. 1834 Aust. & US sl. - a mixed-race, half-white, half-Aborigine man
YELLOW GIRL
- n. 1832 sl. - a light-skinned Black woman, esp. if sexually attractive; a mixed-race, a half-white, half-Black or Aborigine woman; a female mulatto
- n. c1870 Aust. sl. - an Aborigine
ABO
- n. 1. 1908 Aust. sl. - (now mainly derogatory) an Australian Aboriginal
- n. 2. 1910s Aust. sl. - an expert on Aborigine and bush customs and folktales
ABOLIAR
- n. 1904 Aust. sl. - an expert on Aborigine bush customs and folktales
ABORIGINARY
- n. 1868 - an aboriginal inhabitant
BAD NIGGER
- n. 1910 Aust. sl. - an Aborigine who refuses to cooperate with the authorities
BILLY
- n. 1905 Aust sl. - any Aboriginal singled out from the rest
BINGHI
- n. 1893 Aust. sl. - (derogatory) a White term for an Aboriginal
BINGY
- n. 1933 Aust. sl. - an Australian Aboriginal
BITUMEN BLONDE
- n. 1943 Aust. sl. - (derogatory) an Aboriginal girl or woman
BLACK
- n. 1614 - 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
BLACK AUSTRALIAN
- n. 1863 - a native or inhabitant of Australia who is Black; an Australian Aboriginal
BLACKBIRD
- n. 1865 Aust. sl. - an Aborigine
BLACKBOY
- n. 1. 1810 rare - (offensive) an Australian Aboriginal man
- n. 2. 1893 - (offensive) an Aboriginal guide accompanying explorers
BLACKBOYS
- n. Bk1892 Aust. sl. - aboriginal servants in Australia
BLACKBUTT
- n. 1910 Aust. sl. - a native Australian
BLACKFELLA; BLACKFELLER; BLACKFELLOW
- n. 1827 Aust. sl. - an Aborigine; a dark-skinned person
BLACK MAN
- n. a1398 - a dark-skinned man, esp. a man of sub-Saharan African or Australian Aboriginal origin or descent
BLACK TRACKER
- n. 1862 Aust. - an Australian Aboriginal employed by police to track down fugitives or persons lost in the bush
BLACK VELVET
- n. 1899 Aust. & NZ sl. - (offensive) a Black, Aboriginal, or Maori woman, esp. as the focus of a White man's sexual interest
BOONG
- n. 1924 Aust. sl. - (derogatory) an Australian Aboriginal
COOBOO
- n. Bk2001 Aust. colloq. - an Aborigine child
DARK CLOUD
- n. 1945 Aust. sl. - (derogatory) an Australian aboriginal
DARKEE; DARKEY; DARKIE; DARKY
- n. 1775 sl. - (now derogatory or offensive) an Australian aborigine; any person having very dark skin as a racial trait
DARKMAN
- n. 1970s Aust. sl. - (derogatory) an Aborigine
GIN
- n. 1830 Aust. - a native woman; the wife of an Aborigine
JACKEY; JACKIE; JACKY
- n. 1845 Aust. sl. - a generic name for the Australian Aboriginal
JACKY-JACKY
- n. 1845 Aust. sl. - (derogatory) (a nickname for) an Australian Aboriginal
LUBRA
- n. 19C Aust. - an Aboriginal woman
MARY
- n. 1830 Aust. sl. - an Aboriginal woman or other non-white woman
TARPOT
- n. 1894 Aust. sl. - (derogatory) an Aborigine
UNBLEACHED AUSTRALIAN
- n. L19 sl. - a Native Australian; an Aboriginal
YALLER GAL
- n. 1834 Aust. & US sl. - a mixed-race, a half-white, half-Black or Aborigine woman
YAMIDGEE; YAMMAGI; YAMMIDGEE
- n. 1925 Aust. sl. - an Aboriginal, esp. an Aboriginal male
YELLER FELLA; YELLER FELLER
- n. 1913 Aust. sl. - a mixed-race, half-white, half-Aborigine man
YELLOW AND BLACK
- n. 1885 Aust. sl. - an Aboriginal
YELLOW FELLOW
- n. 1834 Aust. & US sl. - a mixed-race, half-white, half-Aborigine man
YELLOW GIRL
- n. 1832 sl. - a light-skinned Black woman, esp. if sexually attractive; a mixed-race, a half-white, half-Black or Aborigine woman; a female mulatto
ABORT, ABORTION, ABORTIONIST
ABIGAIL
- n. 2000s S. Afr. sl. - an abortion (homosexual sl.)
ABORCEMENT; ABORSEMENT
- n. 1540 obs. - abortion; premature expulsion of the foetus, miscarriage
ABORTMENT
- n. 1607 obs. - the act of aborting; premature expulsion of the foetus
BACK-ALLEY BUTCHER
- n. Bk1988 sl. - an abortionist
BACK STREET BUTCHER
- n. Bk2002 sl. - an abortionist (criminals' sl.)
CASTLING
- n. 1580 obs. - an aborted foetus
EFFLUXION
- n. 1643 - an abortion
KEEP THE CENSUS DOWN
- vb. 19C Brit. sl. - to abort a foetus
KNOCK A LID
- vb. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - to cause abortion
LOCK PICKER
- n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - an abortionist
MAKE SOMEONE ONE
- vb. 1960s US sl. - to give someone an abortion
PIN ARTIST
- n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - an abortionist
RABBIT-SCRAPER
- n. 1950s sl. - a black market abortionist (homosexual sl.)
RABBIT-SNATCHER
- n. 1950s US sl. - an abortionist (criminals' sl.)
PULL A RABBIT
- vb. M20 US sl. - to perform an abortion (criminals' sl.)
SLIP THE CALF
- vb. 1664 obs. - of women: to suffer abortion (humorous usage)
- n. 2000s S. Afr. sl. - an abortion (homosexual sl.)
ABORCEMENT; ABORSEMENT
- n. 1540 obs. - abortion; premature expulsion of the foetus, miscarriage
ABORTMENT
- n. 1607 obs. - the act of aborting; premature expulsion of the foetus
BACK-ALLEY BUTCHER
- n. Bk1988 sl. - an abortionist
BACK STREET BUTCHER
- n. Bk2002 sl. - an abortionist (criminals' sl.)
CASTLING
- n. 1580 obs. - an aborted foetus
EFFLUXION
- n. 1643 - an abortion
KEEP THE CENSUS DOWN
- vb. 19C Brit. sl. - to abort a foetus
KNOCK A LID
- vb. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - to cause abortion
LOCK PICKER
- n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - an abortionist
MAKE SOMEONE ONE
- vb. 1960s US sl. - to give someone an abortion
PIN ARTIST
- n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - an abortionist
RABBIT-SCRAPER
- n. 1950s sl. - a black market abortionist (homosexual sl.)
RABBIT-SNATCHER
- n. 1950s US sl. - an abortionist (criminals' sl.)
PULL A RABBIT
- vb. M20 US sl. - to perform an abortion (criminals' sl.)
SLIP THE CALF
- vb. 1664 obs. - of women: to suffer abortion (humorous usage)
ABORTIVE
ABORSIVE
- adj. 1639 obs. rare - abortive from the first; checked before even a beginning had been made
ABORTIVATE
- vb. c1630 obs. rare - to render abortive; to render ineffectual or fruitless
- adj. 1639 obs. rare - abortive from the first; checked before even a beginning had been made
ABORTIVATE
- vb. c1630 obs. rare - to render abortive; to render ineffectual or fruitless
ABOUND, ABOUNDING
EXSUPERATE
- vb. 1625 obs. - to abound
EXUBERATE
- vb. 1623 - to be in great abundance; to be plentiful; to abound; to overflow
EXUPERATE
- vb. 1623 obs. - to abound
RANK
- adj. a1300 obs. - abounding in, full of
UBERATE
- vb. 1623 obs. - to make plentiful; to make plenteous and fruitful; to abound
WALM
- vb. 1399 obs. - to abound, to be plentiful
- vb. 1625 obs. - to abound
EXUBERATE
- vb. 1623 - to be in great abundance; to be plentiful; to abound; to overflow
EXUPERATE
- vb. 1623 obs. - to abound
RANK
- adj. a1300 obs. - abounding in, full of
UBERATE
- vb. 1623 obs. - to make plentiful; to make plenteous and fruitful; to abound
WALM
- vb. 1399 obs. - to abound, to be plentiful
ABOUT
ANEWST
- adv. 1691 Eng. dial. - of manner or degree: nearly, approximately, about
UMBE
- adv. 1. c900 obs. - about, concerning, of
- adv. 2. 971 obs. - around, about
- adv. 3. a1300 obs. - about, round
- adv. 1691 Eng. dial. - of manner or degree: nearly, approximately, about
UMBE
- adv. 1. c900 obs. - about, concerning, of
- adv. 2. 971 obs. - around, about
- adv. 3. a1300 obs. - about, round
ABOVE
ABOON
- adv. 1875 Eng. dial. - above
BOON
- adv. Bk1911 Sc. - above
BEHEIGH
- adv. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - above
UPSIDE
- adv. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - above
- adv. 1875 Eng. dial. - above
BOON
- adv. Bk1911 Sc. - above
BEHEIGH
- adv. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - above
UPSIDE
- adv. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - above
ABOVEBOARD
DINKUM
- adj. 1905 Aust. & NZ - honest, aboveboard; true; also, fair, just
- adj. 1905 Aust. & NZ - honest, aboveboard; true; also, fair, just
ABRADE, ABRASION
BARK
- vb. 1850 - to scrape or rub off the skin, esp. from the shins and joints; to graze, to abrade
BOBO
- n. 1969 Amer. dial. - a hurt or sore, an abrasion, a cut
BREAK
- vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to break the skin; to abrade
GAW
- n. 1793 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a sore place or abrasion on the skin
GRAIN
- vb. 1845 Amer. dial. - to scrape, to abrade
LOSE LEATHER
- vb. 1726 - to suffer abrasion of skin
RASE
- vb. 1899 Sc. - to abrade or cut the flesh slightly
SCAM
- n. 1866 Sc. - a spot, blemish, crack, injury, an abrasion
SCAW
- vb. 1929 Sc. - to chafe, to peel, to abrade the skin
SCRAZE
- vb. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - to scratch; to graze, to abrade; to rub slightly
- vb. 1850 - to scrape or rub off the skin, esp. from the shins and joints; to graze, to abrade
BOBO
- n. 1969 Amer. dial. - a hurt or sore, an abrasion, a cut
BREAK
- vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to break the skin; to abrade
GAW
- n. 1793 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a sore place or abrasion on the skin
GRAIN
- vb. 1845 Amer. dial. - to scrape, to abrade
LOSE LEATHER
- vb. 1726 - to suffer abrasion of skin
RASE
- vb. 1899 Sc. - to abrade or cut the flesh slightly
SCAM
- n. 1866 Sc. - a spot, blemish, crack, injury, an abrasion
SCAW
- vb. 1929 Sc. - to chafe, to peel, to abrade the skin
SCRAZE
- vb. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - to scratch; to graze, to abrade; to rub slightly
ABREAST
SIDE AND SIDE
- adv. 1834 Amer. dial. - side by side; abreast; close together
- adv. 1834 Amer. dial. - side by side; abreast; close together
ABRIDGE, ABRIDGED, ABRIDGEMENT
ABBREVIATE
- n. 1716 Sc. - abstract, abridgement
ABBREVIATOR
- n. 1615 - one who abbreviates, abridges, or shortens - one who summarizes
ABBREVIATURE
- n. 1650 - an abbreviated or abridged copy
ABBREVY
- vb. 1483 obs. rare - to abbreviate, to abridge
COMPENDIARIOUS
- adj. 1730 obs. - brief, short, concise, abridged, compendious
CORREPT
- adj. 1654 obs. - abridged, shortened
CUT
- vb. 1413 - to curtail, to abridge, to shorten, to reduce; to shorten a play by omitting portions
DECURT
- vb. 1550 obs. - to cut down, to shorten, to dock, to curtail, to abridge; to summarize
DECURTATE
- adj. a1638 rare - cut down, shortened, abridged, curtailed
- vb. 1623 obs. - to cut down, to shorten, to dock, to curtail, to abridge
DECURTATION
- n. 1652 obs. - shortening; abridging, cutting down
SUMMIST
- n. 1600 obs. - one who summarizes or abridges
SUMMISTER
- n. 1586 obs. one who summarizes or abridges
SUMMULARY
- n. 1581 obs. rare - one who summarizes or abridges
SUMMULIST
- n. 1652 - a writer of a small compendious treatise of a science; an abridger
- n. 1716 Sc. - abstract, abridgement
ABBREVIATOR
- n. 1615 - one who abbreviates, abridges, or shortens - one who summarizes
ABBREVIATURE
- n. 1650 - an abbreviated or abridged copy
ABBREVY
- vb. 1483 obs. rare - to abbreviate, to abridge
COMPENDIARIOUS
- adj. 1730 obs. - brief, short, concise, abridged, compendious
CORREPT
- adj. 1654 obs. - abridged, shortened
CUT
- vb. 1413 - to curtail, to abridge, to shorten, to reduce; to shorten a play by omitting portions
DECURT
- vb. 1550 obs. - to cut down, to shorten, to dock, to curtail, to abridge; to summarize
DECURTATE
- adj. a1638 rare - cut down, shortened, abridged, curtailed
- vb. 1623 obs. - to cut down, to shorten, to dock, to curtail, to abridge
DECURTATION
- n. 1652 obs. - shortening; abridging, cutting down
SUMMIST
- n. 1600 obs. - one who summarizes or abridges
SUMMISTER
- n. 1586 obs. one who summarizes or abridges
SUMMULARY
- n. 1581 obs. rare - one who summarizes or abridges
SUMMULIST
- n. 1652 - a writer of a small compendious treatise of a science; an abridger
ABROAD
ABLEGATE
- vb. 1657 obs. rare - to send abroad or to a distance
ABREED
- adv. 1892 Sc. & Eng. dial. - abroad; spread about, cast to the winds
BEYOND SEAS
- phr. 1644 - out of the country, abroad
- vb. 1657 obs. rare - to send abroad or to a distance
ABREED
- adv. 1892 Sc. & Eng. dial. - abroad; spread about, cast to the winds
BEYOND SEAS
- phr. 1644 - out of the country, abroad
ABRUPT, ABRUPTLY
A-POP
- adv. 1966 Amer. dial. - suddenly, abruptly, at once
BANG
- adv. 1847 Eng. dial. - suddenly, abruptly
BAZZ
- adv. 1861 Eng. dial. - suddenly, abruptly
CUTTEDLY
- adv. 1530 obs. - concisely, abruptly, curtly
EJACULATORY
- adj. 1644 obs. - given to abrupt, impulsive expression
KNAPPISH
- adj. 1513 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - rudely abrupt or forward, testy, snappish, sharp-tongued, spiteful
POP
- adv. 1966 Amer. dial. - suddenly, abruptly, at once
SMACK
- adv. 1840 Amer. dial. - with a sudden blow, sharply, abruptly
SMACK-BANG
- adv. 1965 Amer. dial. - with a sudden blow, sharply, abruptly
SMACK-DAB
- adv. 1852 Amer. dial. - with a sudden blow, sharply, abruptly
SMACK-DAB-DASH
- adv. 1965 Amer. dial. - with a sudden blow, sharply, abruptly
SMACK-JAM
- adv. 1965 Amer. dial. - with a sudden blow, sharply, abruptly
- adv. 1966 Amer. dial. - suddenly, abruptly, at once
BANG
- adv. 1847 Eng. dial. - suddenly, abruptly
BAZZ
- adv. 1861 Eng. dial. - suddenly, abruptly
CUTTEDLY
- adv. 1530 obs. - concisely, abruptly, curtly
EJACULATORY
- adj. 1644 obs. - given to abrupt, impulsive expression
KNAPPISH
- adj. 1513 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - rudely abrupt or forward, testy, snappish, sharp-tongued, spiteful
POP
- adv. 1966 Amer. dial. - suddenly, abruptly, at once
SMACK
- adv. 1840 Amer. dial. - with a sudden blow, sharply, abruptly
SMACK-BANG
- adv. 1965 Amer. dial. - with a sudden blow, sharply, abruptly
SMACK-DAB
- adv. 1852 Amer. dial. - with a sudden blow, sharply, abruptly
SMACK-DAB-DASH
- adv. 1965 Amer. dial. - with a sudden blow, sharply, abruptly
SMACK-JAM
- adv. 1965 Amer. dial. - with a sudden blow, sharply, abruptly
ABSCESS, ABSCESSED
ABSCESSION
- n. 1610 obs. rare - an abscess
ADDLE
- n. 1825 Eng. dial. - an abscess containing pus; a swelling; a blister
ANT HEAP
- n. 1943 Amer. dial. - an abscess, a carbuncle
APSE
- n. 1857 Eng. dial. - an abscess, a tumour
BEAL
- n. c1400 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial. - a pustule or boil; an abscess
BEALED
- adj. 1790 Eng. & Amer. dial. - festered; infected; abscessed
BEALING
- n. a1605 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial. - suppuration; a boil, an abscess
INCOME
- n. 1808 Sc. - 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
INGROWTH
- n. a1838 Sc. - an abscess, tumour, or the like
MAPSY
- n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - an abscess
NABSY; NAPSY
- n. Bk1903 Eng. dial. - an abscess
RAISING
- n. 1966 Amer. dial. - a boil, an abscess, or other swelling
- n. 1610 obs. rare - an abscess
ADDLE
- n. 1825 Eng. dial. - an abscess containing pus; a swelling; a blister
ANT HEAP
- n. 1943 Amer. dial. - an abscess, a carbuncle
APSE
- n. 1857 Eng. dial. - an abscess, a tumour
BEAL
- n. c1400 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial. - a pustule or boil; an abscess
BEALED
- adj. 1790 Eng. & Amer. dial. - festered; infected; abscessed
BEALING
- n. a1605 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial. - suppuration; a boil, an abscess
INCOME
- n. 1808 Sc. - 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
INGROWTH
- n. a1838 Sc. - an abscess, tumour, or the like
MAPSY
- n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - an abscess
NABSY; NAPSY
- n. Bk1903 Eng. dial. - an abscess
RAISING
- n. 1966 Amer. dial. - a boil, an abscess, or other swelling
ABSCOND, ABSCONDER, ABSCONDING
ABSQUAT
- vb. 1868 sl. - of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond (orig. US)
ABSQUATIATE
- vb. 1839 Amer. sl. - to abscond, to depart
ABSQUATILATE
- vb. 1830 Amer. sl. - to depart or abscond; to flee, to run away
ABSQUATTLE
- vb. 1842 sl. - of a person or animal: to leave; to run away; to abscond (orig. US)
ABSQUATULATE; ABSQUOTULATE
- vb. 1830 sl. - of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond (orig. US)
ABSQUATULATION
- n. 1847 Amer. sl. - a sudden disappearance or absconding
ABSQUATULATOR
- n. 1842 Amer. sl. - an absconder
ABSQUATULIZE
- vb. 1829 Amer. sl. - to abscond, to depart
AMPUTATE
- vb. 1842 Amer. sl. - to clear out, to abscond; to decamp; to take flight
BOG-SCLENT
- vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to avoid fighting; to abscond on the day of battle
BUY A TRUNK
- vb. 1934 Amer. - to abscond or depart, esp. permanently; to leave the country (Western usage)
GO SOUTH
- vb. 1982 Amer. dial. - to steal, to abscond with
JUMP ONE'S BILL
- vb. L19 sl. - to abscond, esp. from a hotel or lodging, without paying one's bill
JUMP ONE'S BOARD
- vb. L19 sl. - to abscond, esp. from a hotel or lodging, without paying one's bill
LAM (OUT)
- vb. 1886 US sl. - to abscond; to make an escape from; to flee; hence, to run; to depart hurriedly (chiefly criminals' & police usage)
LAMASTER; LAMISTER
- n. 1904 US sl. - a fugitive; an absconder (prison & criminals' sl.)
LAMMIE
- n. 1933 US sl. - a fugitive; an absconder
LAMMISTER
- n. 1904 US sl. - a fugitive; an absconder (prison & criminals' sl.)
- vb. 1921 US sl. - to abscond; to flee from authorities
LAMSTER
- n. 1904 US sl. - a fugitive; an absconder (prison & criminals' sl.)
LEVANT
- vb. 1797 - to go away suddenly or secretly, to abscond
LEVANTER
- n. 1781 - one who absconds, esp. one who does so after losing bets
LEVANTING
- adj. 1855 - absconding secretly
- n. 1847 - a secretly absconding
MIZZIL; MIZZLE
- vb. 1781 Amer. dial. - to depart in haste, to abscond, to run away, to escape
SCALER
- n. 1901 - an absconder
SHOOT THE CROW
- vb. 1887 Sc. sl. - to steal away without paying one's bill; to depart hurriedly, to abscond
SHOOT THROUGH
- vb. 1947 Aust. & NZ sl. - to escape, to abscond; to depart, to leave
SKIN
- vb. 1894 US sl. - to abscond, to make off, to slip away
SKIP
- vb. 1338 - to hasten, to hurry, to move lightly and rapidly; to make off, to abscond
TAKE A MICKEY FINN
- vb. 1924 Amer. sl. - to abscond
- vb. 1868 sl. - of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond (orig. US)
ABSQUATIATE
- vb. 1839 Amer. sl. - to abscond, to depart
ABSQUATILATE
- vb. 1830 Amer. sl. - to depart or abscond; to flee, to run away
ABSQUATTLE
- vb. 1842 sl. - of a person or animal: to leave; to run away; to abscond (orig. US)
ABSQUATULATE; ABSQUOTULATE
- vb. 1830 sl. - of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond (orig. US)
ABSQUATULATION
- n. 1847 Amer. sl. - a sudden disappearance or absconding
ABSQUATULATOR
- n. 1842 Amer. sl. - an absconder
ABSQUATULIZE
- vb. 1829 Amer. sl. - to abscond, to depart
AMPUTATE
- vb. 1842 Amer. sl. - to clear out, to abscond; to decamp; to take flight
BOG-SCLENT
- vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to avoid fighting; to abscond on the day of battle
BUY A TRUNK
- vb. 1934 Amer. - to abscond or depart, esp. permanently; to leave the country (Western usage)
GO SOUTH
- vb. 1982 Amer. dial. - to steal, to abscond with
JUMP ONE'S BILL
- vb. L19 sl. - to abscond, esp. from a hotel or lodging, without paying one's bill
JUMP ONE'S BOARD
- vb. L19 sl. - to abscond, esp. from a hotel or lodging, without paying one's bill
LAM (OUT)
- vb. 1886 US sl. - to abscond; to make an escape from; to flee; hence, to run; to depart hurriedly (chiefly criminals' & police usage)
LAMASTER; LAMISTER
- n. 1904 US sl. - a fugitive; an absconder (prison & criminals' sl.)
LAMMIE
- n. 1933 US sl. - a fugitive; an absconder
LAMMISTER
- n. 1904 US sl. - a fugitive; an absconder (prison & criminals' sl.)
- vb. 1921 US sl. - to abscond; to flee from authorities
LAMSTER
- n. 1904 US sl. - a fugitive; an absconder (prison & criminals' sl.)
LEVANT
- vb. 1797 - to go away suddenly or secretly, to abscond
LEVANTER
- n. 1781 - one who absconds, esp. one who does so after losing bets
LEVANTING
- adj. 1855 - absconding secretly
- n. 1847 - a secretly absconding
MIZZIL; MIZZLE
- vb. 1781 Amer. dial. - to depart in haste, to abscond, to run away, to escape
SCALER
- n. 1901 - an absconder
SHOOT THE CROW
- vb. 1887 Sc. sl. - to steal away without paying one's bill; to depart hurriedly, to abscond
SHOOT THROUGH
- vb. 1947 Aust. & NZ sl. - to escape, to abscond; to depart, to leave
SKIN
- vb. 1894 US sl. - to abscond, to make off, to slip away
SKIP
- vb. 1338 - to hasten, to hurry, to move lightly and rapidly; to make off, to abscond
TAKE A MICKEY FINN
- vb. 1924 Amer. sl. - to abscond
ABSENCE, ABSENT
ABSENCY
- n. 1599 obs. rare - absence
ABSENT
- n. c1425 obs. - one who is absent; an absentee
ABSENTANEOUS
- adj. Bk1721 - done in absence; pert. to absence
ABSENTATION
- n. 1800 - the act of absenting oneself
ABSENTMENT
- n. 1600 obs. - the act of absenting oneself; a withdrawal or staying away
ABSTENT
- adj. 1898 Sc. - absent
ACK WILLIE; ACK WILLY
- adj. 1942 Aust. sl. - absent without leave
CHUCK A DUMMY
- vb. Amer. sl. - to be absent; to feign a fainting fit to get out of duty or get sympathy (World War I usage)
FAULT
- vb. c1375 obs. - to be wanting or absent
GET OUT OF THE RAIN
- vb. 20C sl. - to absent oneself when there's likely to be any trouble
GHOST
- n. 1976 US sl. - an absentee, someone who has opted out of normal social life (college sl.)
LACK
- vb. 1746 Eng. dial. - to be absent, esp. from home; to loiter
LAND SECURITY
- n. M18 sl. - unauthorized absence
MINUS
- adj. M19 sl. - absent
NASHED
- adj. 19C sl. - said of a person who is gone
MR. NASH IS CONCERNED
- adj. 19C sl. - said of a person who is gone or absent
OFF THE RESERVATION
- adj. L19 US sl. - absent, away
OUT OF SOMEONE'S FACE
- adj. 1980s UK Black sl. - absent, away
PLAY OFF
- vb. 1783 Amer. dial. - to shirk responsibility; esp. to evade work; to absent oneself or escape from some responsibility without adequate excuse
SAG
- vb. L19 Brit. sl. - to be illicitly absent from work
SCARCIFY
- vb. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - to absent oneself, to make oneself scarce
TAKE OUT
- vb. 1969 Amer. dial. - to absent oneself from work or school; to quit a job
WANE
- adj. c825 obs. - lacking, absent, deficient
- n. c888 obs. - want, lack, shortage, absence of
WANT
- n. c1480 obs. - the fact that a person is not present; absence
- vb. 1435 obs. - to be a defaulter; to be absent or missing
- n. 1599 obs. rare - absence
ABSENT
- n. c1425 obs. - one who is absent; an absentee
ABSENTANEOUS
- adj. Bk1721 - done in absence; pert. to absence
ABSENTATION
- n. 1800 - the act of absenting oneself
ABSENTMENT
- n. 1600 obs. - the act of absenting oneself; a withdrawal or staying away
ABSTENT
- adj. 1898 Sc. - absent
ACK WILLIE; ACK WILLY
- adj. 1942 Aust. sl. - absent without leave
CHUCK A DUMMY
- vb. Amer. sl. - to be absent; to feign a fainting fit to get out of duty or get sympathy (World War I usage)
FAULT
- vb. c1375 obs. - to be wanting or absent
GET OUT OF THE RAIN
- vb. 20C sl. - to absent oneself when there's likely to be any trouble
GHOST
- n. 1976 US sl. - an absentee, someone who has opted out of normal social life (college sl.)
LACK
- vb. 1746 Eng. dial. - to be absent, esp. from home; to loiter
LAND SECURITY
- n. M18 sl. - unauthorized absence
MINUS
- adj. M19 sl. - absent
NASHED
- adj. 19C sl. - said of a person who is gone
MR. NASH IS CONCERNED
- adj. 19C sl. - said of a person who is gone or absent
OFF THE RESERVATION
- adj. L19 US sl. - absent, away
OUT OF SOMEONE'S FACE
- adj. 1980s UK Black sl. - absent, away
PLAY OFF
- vb. 1783 Amer. dial. - to shirk responsibility; esp. to evade work; to absent oneself or escape from some responsibility without adequate excuse
SAG
- vb. L19 Brit. sl. - to be illicitly absent from work
SCARCIFY
- vb. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - to absent oneself, to make oneself scarce
TAKE OUT
- vb. 1969 Amer. dial. - to absent oneself from work or school; to quit a job
WANE
- adj. c825 obs. - lacking, absent, deficient
- n. c888 obs. - want, lack, shortage, absence of
WANT
- n. c1480 obs. - the fact that a person is not present; absence
- vb. 1435 obs. - to be a defaulter; to be absent or missing
ABSENT-MINDED
ASLEEP AT THE BAG
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
ASLEEP AT THE BASE
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
ASLEEP ON THE JOB
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
BLAH
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
BLANK
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
DEAD ABOVE THE EARS
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
DEAD BETWEEN THE EARS
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
DEAD FROM THE HOOFS UP
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
DEAD FROM THE NECK UP
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
DEAD TO THE WORLD
- adj. 20C sl. - unconscious of one's surroundings, lost in a dream, day-dreaming; inattentive, absent-minded (orig. US)
DEAD-HEADED
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded Amer. sl.
DIRK
- n.. 1964 US sl. - a foolish, peculiar, or obnoxious person; an absent-minded or inattentive person; a jerk
DITZ
- n. Bk2006 US sl. - a giddy, absent-minded person
DITZO
- n. Bk2006 US sl. - a giddy, absent-minded person
DIZ; DIZZ
- n. 1963 US sl. - a silly or eccentric person; an absent-minded or inattentive person
DUMP
- n. 1523 - a fit of abstraction or musing; a reverie; a dazed or puzzled state; perplexity, amazement; absence of mind
DWAAL
- n. 1957 S. Afr. - a dreamy, dazed, or absent-minded state
GONE TO SLEEP ON THE BAG
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
GONE TO SLEEP ON THE BASE
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
GONE TO SLEEP ON THE JOB
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
HALF THERE
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
HEAD-IN-AIR
- n. 1932 - an absent-minded or unworldly person; a dreamer
LUNCHY
- adj. 1960s US sl. - dull, stupid, absent-minded (college sl.)
MAGOO
- n. 1932 Amer. sl. - a useless or foolish person; an absent-minded or inattentive person
MEASE
- vb. 1877 Eng. dial. - to be absent-minded, to muse
MENTAL MIDGET
- n. 1966 Amer. sl. - an absent-minded or inattentive person; a stupid person
MOONCALF
- n. a1627 - a person who idles time away in dreaming; an absent-minded, distracted person, or one given to sentimentality
MOONEY; MOONY
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - absent-minded; dreamy
NOBODY HOME
- phr. c1915 Amer. sl. - an expression applied to any person thought to be stupid, feeble-minded, absent-minded, inattentive, etc.
NOBODY HOME UPSTAIRS
- phr. 1951 Amer. dial. - said of someone considered to be stupid, feeble-minded, absent-minded, inattentive, etc.
NO ONE AT HOME
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
NOT ALL THERE
- adj. 1864 sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
NOT KEEPING ONE'S EYE ON THE BALL
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
NOT ON THE JOB
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
NOT THERE
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
OUT OF TOWN
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded Amer. sl.
PEBBLE-BEACHED
- adj. 1934 sl. - dazed, absent-minded
WITH A VACANT ATTIC
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
WITH A VACANT HOUSE
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
YONDERLY
- adj. 1828 Eng. dial. - vague, absent-minded; shy, timid
YOU'D FORGET YOUR HEAD IF IT WASN'T JAMMED ON
- phr. 1979 UK sl. - addressed to an absent-minded person
YOU'D FORGET YOUR HEAD IF IT WASN'T SCREWED ON
- phr. 1979 UK sl. - addressed to an absent-minded person
YOU'D FORGET YOUR HEAD IF IT WASN'T STUCK ON
- phr. 1979 UK sl. - addressed to an absent-minded person
YOU'D FORGET YOUR HEAD IF IT WASN'T TIED ON
- phr. 1979 UK sl. - addressed to an absent-minded person
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
ASLEEP AT THE BASE
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
ASLEEP ON THE JOB
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
BLAH
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
BLANK
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
DEAD ABOVE THE EARS
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
DEAD BETWEEN THE EARS
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
DEAD FROM THE HOOFS UP
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
DEAD FROM THE NECK UP
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
DEAD TO THE WORLD
- adj. 20C sl. - unconscious of one's surroundings, lost in a dream, day-dreaming; inattentive, absent-minded (orig. US)
DEAD-HEADED
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded Amer. sl.
DIRK
- n.. 1964 US sl. - a foolish, peculiar, or obnoxious person; an absent-minded or inattentive person; a jerk
DITZ
- n. Bk2006 US sl. - a giddy, absent-minded person
DITZO
- n. Bk2006 US sl. - a giddy, absent-minded person
DIZ; DIZZ
- n. 1963 US sl. - a silly or eccentric person; an absent-minded or inattentive person
DUMP
- n. 1523 - a fit of abstraction or musing; a reverie; a dazed or puzzled state; perplexity, amazement; absence of mind
DWAAL
- n. 1957 S. Afr. - a dreamy, dazed, or absent-minded state
GONE TO SLEEP ON THE BAG
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
GONE TO SLEEP ON THE BASE
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
GONE TO SLEEP ON THE JOB
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
HALF THERE
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
HEAD-IN-AIR
- n. 1932 - an absent-minded or unworldly person; a dreamer
LUNCHY
- adj. 1960s US sl. - dull, stupid, absent-minded (college sl.)
MAGOO
- n. 1932 Amer. sl. - a useless or foolish person; an absent-minded or inattentive person
MEASE
- vb. 1877 Eng. dial. - to be absent-minded, to muse
MENTAL MIDGET
- n. 1966 Amer. sl. - an absent-minded or inattentive person; a stupid person
MOONCALF
- n. a1627 - a person who idles time away in dreaming; an absent-minded, distracted person, or one given to sentimentality
MOONEY; MOONY
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - absent-minded; dreamy
NOBODY HOME
- phr. c1915 Amer. sl. - an expression applied to any person thought to be stupid, feeble-minded, absent-minded, inattentive, etc.
NOBODY HOME UPSTAIRS
- phr. 1951 Amer. dial. - said of someone considered to be stupid, feeble-minded, absent-minded, inattentive, etc.
NO ONE AT HOME
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
NOT ALL THERE
- adj. 1864 sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
NOT KEEPING ONE'S EYE ON THE BALL
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
NOT ON THE JOB
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
NOT THERE
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
OUT OF TOWN
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded Amer. sl.
PEBBLE-BEACHED
- adj. 1934 sl. - dazed, absent-minded
WITH A VACANT ATTIC
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
WITH A VACANT HOUSE
- adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - inattentive; absent-minded
YONDERLY
- adj. 1828 Eng. dial. - vague, absent-minded; shy, timid
YOU'D FORGET YOUR HEAD IF IT WASN'T JAMMED ON
- phr. 1979 UK sl. - addressed to an absent-minded person
YOU'D FORGET YOUR HEAD IF IT WASN'T SCREWED ON
- phr. 1979 UK sl. - addressed to an absent-minded person
YOU'D FORGET YOUR HEAD IF IT WASN'T STUCK ON
- phr. 1979 UK sl. - addressed to an absent-minded person
YOU'D FORGET YOUR HEAD IF IT WASN'T TIED ON
- phr. 1979 UK sl. - addressed to an absent-minded person
ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE
AWOL
- phr. 1920 sl. - absent without leave (orig. US)
A.W.O. LOOSE
- phr. 1920 US sl. - absence without leave
- phr. 1920 sl. - absent without leave (orig. US)
A.W.O. LOOSE
- phr. 1920 US sl. - absence without leave
ABSOLUTE
ABSOTIVE
- adj. 1924 Amer. sl. - absolute
BODACIOUS
- adj. 1887 Amer. dial. - complete, thorough, utter, absolute, arrant
BUST-OUT
- adj. 1961 US sl. - out-and-out, pure and simple, absolute
COLD-BLOODED
- adj. 1962 US sl. - out-and-out; absolute (African-American sl.)
COPPER-PLATED
- adj. L19 US sl. - absolute, certain, definite
DEAD
- adj. 1589 - absolute; assured
DEAD-BANG
- adj. 1985 Amer. sl. - certain; absolute
DEADWOOD
- adj. M19 US sl. - absolute, complete, unequivocal
FAIR
- adj. 1872 - undoubted, complete, thorough, absolute
FULL-ON
- adj. 1970 US - maximum, complete, absolute, very
POINT-BLANK
- adj. 1845 Amer. dial. - absolute, unqualified, out-and-out
SINGLE
- adj. 1590 rare - undivided, unbroken, absolute
SKIRE
- adj. 1825 Sc. - utter, absolute
UP-AND-DOWN
- adj. M19 sl. - absolute, complete
UP-AND-DOWN-STAIRS
- adj. M19 sl. - absolute, complete
- adj. 1924 Amer. sl. - absolute
BODACIOUS
- adj. 1887 Amer. dial. - complete, thorough, utter, absolute, arrant
BUST-OUT
- adj. 1961 US sl. - out-and-out, pure and simple, absolute
COLD-BLOODED
- adj. 1962 US sl. - out-and-out; absolute (African-American sl.)
COPPER-PLATED
- adj. L19 US sl. - absolute, certain, definite
DEAD
- adj. 1589 - absolute; assured
DEAD-BANG
- adj. 1985 Amer. sl. - certain; absolute
DEADWOOD
- adj. M19 US sl. - absolute, complete, unequivocal
FAIR
- adj. 1872 - undoubted, complete, thorough, absolute
FULL-ON
- adj. 1970 US - maximum, complete, absolute, very
POINT-BLANK
- adj. 1845 Amer. dial. - absolute, unqualified, out-and-out
SINGLE
- adj. 1590 rare - undivided, unbroken, absolute
SKIRE
- adj. 1825 Sc. - utter, absolute
UP-AND-DOWN
- adj. M19 sl. - absolute, complete
UP-AND-DOWN-STAIRS
- adj. M19 sl. - absolute, complete
ABSOLUTELY
A!
- int. 1950s US sl. - absolutely! yes! certainly! (African-American sl.)
ABSOBALLYLUTELY
- adv. 1910s sl. - absolutely, very much indeed
ABSOBLOODYLUTELY
- adv. 1923 Amer. sl. - absolutely
ABSOBLOOMINGLUTELY
- adv. 1910s sl. - absolutely, very much indeed
ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY
- adv. 1921 Amer. sl. - absolutely
ABSOGODDAMLUTELY
- adv. 1962 Amer. sl. - absolutely
ABSOGODDAMNTIVELY
- adv. 1986 Amer. sl. - absolutely and positively
ABSO-ONE-HUNDRED-PERCENT-LUTELY
- adv. Brit. sl. - absolutely; most definite
ABSOTIVELY
- adv. 1926 Amer. sl. - absolutely and positively
ABSOTOOTLY
- adv. 1955 Amer. dial. - absolutely
BACK-ACTUALLY
- adv. 1928 Amer. dial. - truly, absolutely
BARELY
- adv. c1340 obs. - without qualification or reserve; unconditionally; wholly, completely; absolutely, positively
BLACK-ACTUALLY
- adv. 1928 Amer. dial. - truly, absolutely
DAMN SKIPPING!
- int. 1970s - an exclamation of enthusiastic affirmation; absolutely! undoubtedly! (orig. US Black usage)
DAMN SKIPPY!
- int. 1994 US sl. - absolutely! without a doubt!
DAMN STRAIGHT!
- int. 1970s sl. - an exclamation of enthusiastic affirmation; absolutely! undoubtedly! (orig. US Black usage)
DAMN TOOTIN'!
- int. 1910s US sl. - certainly; absolutely; completely accurate; not doubt at all
DANG
- adv. 1840s - absolutely, extremely
DEAD
- adv. 1589 - intensifier; very, thoroughly, absolutely, extremely, completely; wholeheartedly
DEAD-ASS
- adv. 1971 Amer. sl. - utterly; absolutely; usually considered vulgar
DEAD-BANG
- adv. 1919 Amer. - absolutely; without doubt; hence, in the act; red-handed (police usage)
DEAD-NUTS
- adv. 1887 US sl. - completely, absolutely, keenly for or against something
EVEN-DOWN
- adv. 1856 Sc. & Eng. dial. - downright, thoroughly, completely, utterly, absolutely
EVERMORE
- adv. 1933 Amer. dial. - really, absolutely
FAIR
- adv. M19 - very, absolutely, really
FAIRLINS
- adv. 1891 Sc. - properly, completely, absolutely
FLAT-ASS
- adv. Bk2006 US sl. - absolutely; totally
FROM ASSHOLE TO APPETITE
- adv. 1950s US sl. - thoroughly, absolutely, totally
FULL
- adv. 1950s Amer. sl. - absolutely
FULL OUT
- adv. 1918 US - absolutely, completely, intensely
I GUESS YES!
- int. L19 US sl. - yes indeed! absolutely!
I'LL SAY (SO)
- phr. 1910s sl. - absolutely, definitely, I couldn't agree more (orig. US)
JUST
- adv. L19 sl. - absolutely, definitely, very
OUT-AND-OUT
- adv. L18 - completely, absolutely, utterly
PLUM
- adv. 1858 Amer. dial. - entirely, completely, absolutely, very
POINT-BLANK
- adv. 1851 Amer. dial. - absolutely, completely, exactly, simply
POINTEDLY
- adv. a1883 Amer. dial. - certainly, thoroughly, absolutely, unquestionably, simply
QUITE!
- int. M19 sl. - an expression of agreement; absolutely, indeed
QUITE SO!
- int. M19 sl. - an expression of agreement; absolutely, indeed
SURE AS SHIT
- adv. 1954 US sl. - absolutely, surely; without a doubt
- int. 1950s US sl. - absolutely! yes! certainly! (African-American sl.)
ABSOBALLYLUTELY
- adv. 1910s sl. - absolutely, very much indeed
ABSOBLOODYLUTELY
- adv. 1923 Amer. sl. - absolutely
ABSOBLOOMINGLUTELY
- adv. 1910s sl. - absolutely, very much indeed
ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY
- adv. 1921 Amer. sl. - absolutely
ABSOGODDAMLUTELY
- adv. 1962 Amer. sl. - absolutely
ABSOGODDAMNTIVELY
- adv. 1986 Amer. sl. - absolutely and positively
ABSO-ONE-HUNDRED-PERCENT-LUTELY
- adv. Brit. sl. - absolutely; most definite
ABSOTIVELY
- adv. 1926 Amer. sl. - absolutely and positively
ABSOTOOTLY
- adv. 1955 Amer. dial. - absolutely
BACK-ACTUALLY
- adv. 1928 Amer. dial. - truly, absolutely
BARELY
- adv. c1340 obs. - without qualification or reserve; unconditionally; wholly, completely; absolutely, positively
BLACK-ACTUALLY
- adv. 1928 Amer. dial. - truly, absolutely
DAMN SKIPPING!
- int. 1970s - an exclamation of enthusiastic affirmation; absolutely! undoubtedly! (orig. US Black usage)
DAMN SKIPPY!
- int. 1994 US sl. - absolutely! without a doubt!
DAMN STRAIGHT!
- int. 1970s sl. - an exclamation of enthusiastic affirmation; absolutely! undoubtedly! (orig. US Black usage)
DAMN TOOTIN'!
- int. 1910s US sl. - certainly; absolutely; completely accurate; not doubt at all
DANG
- adv. 1840s - absolutely, extremely
DEAD
- adv. 1589 - intensifier; very, thoroughly, absolutely, extremely, completely; wholeheartedly
DEAD-ASS
- adv. 1971 Amer. sl. - utterly; absolutely; usually considered vulgar
DEAD-BANG
- adv. 1919 Amer. - absolutely; without doubt; hence, in the act; red-handed (police usage)
DEAD-NUTS
- adv. 1887 US sl. - completely, absolutely, keenly for or against something
EVEN-DOWN
- adv. 1856 Sc. & Eng. dial. - downright, thoroughly, completely, utterly, absolutely
EVERMORE
- adv. 1933 Amer. dial. - really, absolutely
FAIR
- adv. M19 - very, absolutely, really
FAIRLINS
- adv. 1891 Sc. - properly, completely, absolutely
FLAT-ASS
- adv. Bk2006 US sl. - absolutely; totally
FROM ASSHOLE TO APPETITE
- adv. 1950s US sl. - thoroughly, absolutely, totally
FULL
- adv. 1950s Amer. sl. - absolutely
FULL OUT
- adv. 1918 US - absolutely, completely, intensely
I GUESS YES!
- int. L19 US sl. - yes indeed! absolutely!
I'LL SAY (SO)
- phr. 1910s sl. - absolutely, definitely, I couldn't agree more (orig. US)
JUST
- adv. L19 sl. - absolutely, definitely, very
OUT-AND-OUT
- adv. L18 - completely, absolutely, utterly
PLUM
- adv. 1858 Amer. dial. - entirely, completely, absolutely, very
POINT-BLANK
- adv. 1851 Amer. dial. - absolutely, completely, exactly, simply
POINTEDLY
- adv. a1883 Amer. dial. - certainly, thoroughly, absolutely, unquestionably, simply
QUITE!
- int. M19 sl. - an expression of agreement; absolutely, indeed
QUITE SO!
- int. M19 sl. - an expression of agreement; absolutely, indeed
SURE AS SHIT
- adv. 1954 US sl. - absolutely, surely; without a doubt
ABSOLUTION, ABSOLVE, ABSOLVING
ABSOLVANT
- n. 1506 obs. - he who absolves
ABSOLVITORY
- adj. 1609 Sc. - pert. to absolution; absolving
ABSOLVITURE
- n. 1586 Sc. obs. - the act of absolving; absolution
ABSOIL; ABSOYLE
- vb. c1450 obs. - to absolve
LESNESS
- n. c950 obs. - absolution, redemption, forgiveness of sins
UNBIND
- vb. c950 obs. - to free from sin or its consequences; to absolve
- n. 1506 obs. - he who absolves
ABSOLVITORY
- adj. 1609 Sc. - pert. to absolution; absolving
ABSOLVITURE
- n. 1586 Sc. obs. - the act of absolving; absolution
ABSOIL; ABSOYLE
- vb. c1450 obs. - to absolve
LESNESS
- n. c950 obs. - absolution, redemption, forgiveness of sins
UNBIND
- vb. c950 obs. - to free from sin or its consequences; to absolve
ABSORB, ABSORBED, ABSORBENT, ABSORBING, ABSORPTION
ABSORBEATE
- vb. Bk1626 obs. - to swallow up
ABSORBITION
- n. c1680 obs. - absorption
ABSORPT
- adj. 1528 arch. - absorbed; swallowed up; fig. engrossed
ABSORPTED
- adj. a1631 - absorbed
ABSORPTIVE
- adj. 1664 - having the quality of absorbing, swallowing, or imbibing; fig. engrossing
OBSORB
- vb. 1684 obs. rare - to absorb
OBSORBENT
- adj. 1902 rare - absorbent, imbibing
- n. 1747 rare - an absorbing substance
OBSORPTION
- n. c1600 obs. rare - swallowing up; absorption
- vb. Bk1626 obs. - to swallow up
ABSORBITION
- n. c1680 obs. - absorption
ABSORPT
- adj. 1528 arch. - absorbed; swallowed up; fig. engrossed
ABSORPTED
- adj. a1631 - absorbed
ABSORPTIVE
- adj. 1664 - having the quality of absorbing, swallowing, or imbibing; fig. engrossing
OBSORB
- vb. 1684 obs. rare - to absorb
OBSORBENT
- adj. 1902 rare - absorbent, imbibing
- n. 1747 rare - an absorbing substance
OBSORPTION
- n. c1600 obs. rare - swallowing up; absorption
ABSTAIN, ABSTAINER, ABSTAINING
(also see TEETOTALLER)
ABSTAINMENT
- n. 1859 rare - the act of keeping from or refraining
ABSTENTION
- n. 1624-47 - the act of keeping oneself back, abstaining, or refraining
ABSTENTIONIST
- n. 1880 - one who practices or approves abstention
BALLOON-JUICE LOWERER
- n. Bk1909 sl. - a total abstainer (balloon juice = soda-water)
BETHINK
- vb. 1842 Eng. dial. - to begrudge; to abstain from
CAGG
- n. M18 sl. - a vow to abstain from liquor for a certain period (military sl.)
- vb. M18 sl. - to abstain from liquor for a certain period (military sl.)
COLD-WATER MAN
- n. 1894 Sc. - a total abstainer; a teetotaller
DRY
- n. Bk2006 US sl. - a prohibitionist; an abstainer from alcohol
HYDROPOT; HYDROPOTE
- n. 1727 - a water drinker; an abstainer from alcoholic drinks
HYDROPOTIC
- n. 1623 obs. - a water drinker; an abstainer from alcoholic drinks
HYDROPOTIST
- n. 1678 obs. rare - a water-drinker; an abstainer from alcoholic drinks; a teetotaller
KEG
- vb. L18 US sl. - to abstain from drinking alcohol
NEPHALIST
- n. 1861 - one who abstains from intoxicating liquors; a teetotaller
OFF
- adj. 1910s sl. - abstaining from alcohol
ON THE COT
- adj. Amer. sl. - refraining from drink (World War I usage)
ON THE TACK
- adj. Amer. sl. - refraining from drink (World War I usage)
ON THE WAGON
- adj. 20C US - abstaining totally from alcohol
TEETEE
- n. 1900 Sc. - a total abstainer; a teetotaller
TEETOTAL
- n. 1857 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a teetotaller; a total abstainer
UP THE POLE
- adj. 1906 Amer. dial. - abstaining from alcoholic beverages; on the wagon
WATER-BOTTLE
- n. L19 sl. - a total abstainer; a teetotaller
- n. 1859 rare - the act of keeping from or refraining
ABSTENTION
- n. 1624-47 - the act of keeping oneself back, abstaining, or refraining
ABSTENTIONIST
- n. 1880 - one who practices or approves abstention
BALLOON-JUICE LOWERER
- n. Bk1909 sl. - a total abstainer (balloon juice = soda-water)
BETHINK
- vb. 1842 Eng. dial. - to begrudge; to abstain from
CAGG
- n. M18 sl. - a vow to abstain from liquor for a certain period (military sl.)
- vb. M18 sl. - to abstain from liquor for a certain period (military sl.)
COLD-WATER MAN
- n. 1894 Sc. - a total abstainer; a teetotaller
DRY
- n. Bk2006 US sl. - a prohibitionist; an abstainer from alcohol
HYDROPOT; HYDROPOTE
- n. 1727 - a water drinker; an abstainer from alcoholic drinks
HYDROPOTIC
- n. 1623 obs. - a water drinker; an abstainer from alcoholic drinks
HYDROPOTIST
- n. 1678 obs. rare - a water-drinker; an abstainer from alcoholic drinks; a teetotaller
KEG
- vb. L18 US sl. - to abstain from drinking alcohol
NEPHALIST
- n. 1861 - one who abstains from intoxicating liquors; a teetotaller
OFF
- adj. 1910s sl. - abstaining from alcohol
ON THE COT
- adj. Amer. sl. - refraining from drink (World War I usage)
ON THE TACK
- adj. Amer. sl. - refraining from drink (World War I usage)
ON THE WAGON
- adj. 20C US - abstaining totally from alcohol
TEETEE
- n. 1900 Sc. - a total abstainer; a teetotaller
TEETOTAL
- n. 1857 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a teetotaller; a total abstainer
UP THE POLE
- adj. 1906 Amer. dial. - abstaining from alcoholic beverages; on the wagon
WATER-BOTTLE
- n. L19 sl. - a total abstainer; a teetotaller
ABSTINENCE, ABSTINENT
ABSTEMIOUS
- adj. 1610 rare - abstinent, refraining, sparing (with regard to other things than food)
ABSTENTIOUS
- adj. 1879 - characterized by abstinence; self-restraining or refraining
ABSTINENTIAL
- adj. 1681 obs. rare - pert. to abstinence
CHINAMAN ON ONE'S BACK
- phr. 1962 Amer. sl. - suffering from abstinence symptoms
JEJUNATION
- n. 1623 obs. - fasting, abstinence from food
NEPHALISM
- n. 1861 rare - total abstinence from intoxicating liquors; teetotalism
- adj. 1610 rare - abstinent, refraining, sparing (with regard to other things than food)
ABSTENTIOUS
- adj. 1879 - characterized by abstinence; self-restraining or refraining
ABSTINENTIAL
- adj. 1681 obs. rare - pert. to abstinence
CHINAMAN ON ONE'S BACK
- phr. 1962 Amer. sl. - suffering from abstinence symptoms
JEJUNATION
- n. 1623 obs. - fasting, abstinence from food
NEPHALISM
- n. 1861 rare - total abstinence from intoxicating liquors; teetotalism
ABSTRACTED
DUMP
- vb. 1530 obs. - to be in an abstracted or absent state of mind; to muse
DUMPISH
- adj. 1545 obs. - abstracted, insensible to outward things; dull, uninteresting
FAR BEN
- adj. 1918 Sc. - of the eyes, look: dreamy, abstracted, distant
NAZZLE
- vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to be in a dreamy, stupid, abstracted state
STANDING THERE LIKE A TIT IN A TRANCE
- adj. 20C UK sl. - dreamy, abstracted
STANDING THERE LIKE A TOM TIT ON A BLATHER O' LARD
- adj. 20C UK sl. - dreamy, abstracted
STANDING THERE LIKE A TOM TIT ON A SIDE OF BEEF
- adj. 20C UK sl. - dreamy, abstracted
- vb. 1530 obs. - to be in an abstracted or absent state of mind; to muse
DUMPISH
- adj. 1545 obs. - abstracted, insensible to outward things; dull, uninteresting
FAR BEN
- adj. 1918 Sc. - of the eyes, look: dreamy, abstracted, distant
NAZZLE
- vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to be in a dreamy, stupid, abstracted state
STANDING THERE LIKE A TIT IN A TRANCE
- adj. 20C UK sl. - dreamy, abstracted
STANDING THERE LIKE A TOM TIT ON A BLATHER O' LARD
- adj. 20C UK sl. - dreamy, abstracted
STANDING THERE LIKE A TOM TIT ON A SIDE OF BEEF
- adj. 20C UK sl. - dreamy, abstracted
ABSTRUSE
ORACULOUS
- adj. 1625 rare or obs. - abstruse, profound, obscure
- adj. 1625 rare or obs. - abstruse, profound, obscure
ABSURD, ABSURDITY, ABSURDLY
ABSONOUS
- adj. 1622 obs. - out of tune, inharmonious; fig. incongruous, absurd, unreasonable
ABSURD
- n. 1610 obs. - an unreasonable thing, act, or statement; an absurdity
ABSURDIST
- n. 1894 rare - a person who behaves in an illogical or absurd manner
ADOX; ADOXE
- n. 1606 obs. rare - an absurdity
ADOXAL
- adj. 1652 obs. rare - not according to right reason; not based on reason; absurd
ASS
- vb. 1605 obs. - to cause a person to appear absurd or foolish; to make an ass
BABELAVANTE
- n. a1400 obs. - a foolish or absurd person
BABERY
- n. c1384 obs. - grotesque ornamentation in architecture and books; grotesque absurdity
BELIEVE THE MOON IS MADE OF CHEESE
- vb. 18C colloq. - to believe firmly something astounding, impossible, or absurd; hence, to be a fool
BIZZURD
- adj. 2003 UK sl. - bizarre, absurd
COCK-EYED
- adj. 1896 UK sl. - absurd, ridiculous; topsy-turvy
DAFT-LIKE
- adj. 1790 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - foolish, dull-witted, mad, absurd
DEAF
- adj. c1440 obs. - dull, stupid; absurd
FANTASTICO
- n. 1597 obs. - an absurd and irrational person
FOND AS A BESOM
- adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - very foolish; apt to commit absurd mistakes
FURIOUS
- adj. 1526 obs. - foolish, absurd
FURPHY
- n. 1916 Aust. sl. - a false report or rumour; an absurd story
IMPERTINENCES
- n. 1603 - something unsuitable, out of place, or irrational; an incongruity; a trifle, absurdity, piece of folly
IMPERTINENT
- adj. 1639 obs. - of persons: absurd, silly
JUNKY
- adj. 1960s US sl. - nonsensical, absurd
LAPUTAN
- adj. 1866 - pertaining to Laputa, the flying island in Gulliver's Travels; hence, visionary, absurd, fanciful, preposterous, ridiculous, impossible
MAD
- adj. 1940s sl. - absurd
MADMEN
- adj. 1960s sl. - crazy, absurd
MAGGOTRY
- n. 1706 obs. - folly, absurdity
MAKE AN ASS OF SOMEONE
- vb. 1548 - to cause someone to appear absurd or foolish
MAKE WIMWAMS FOR WATER-WHEELS
- vb. 1865 Eng. dial. - to do an absurd or ridiculous thing
MEGRIM
- n. 1831 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a whim, fancy, caprice; an absurd notion or fancy; generally in plural
MIND BOGGLES, THE
- phr. 1950s sl. - a comment on any marked absurdity; to be surprised
OAFLY
- adv. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - foolishly, absurdly
OBSOCKY
- adj. 20C W. Indies sl. - of events: absurd, ridiculous
OKEY-DOKE
- adj. 1988 Amer. sl. - absurd; ridiculous
OKEY-DOKEY
- adj. 1993 Amer. sl. - absurd; ridiculous
OUT OF ALL REASON
- adj. 1887 Sc. - quite absurd or incredible
PUNCHINELLO
- n. 1669 - a grotesque or absurd person or thing
PUT A ROPE TO THE EYE OF A NEEDLE
- vb. B1900 - to attempt the impossible or absurd; to act foolishly and to no purpose
QUOZ
- n. 1790 - a queer or absurd person or thing
RADGE
- adj. 1961 sl. - of an idea or situation: foolish, silly, absurd
RADGY
- adj. 1990s sl. - of an idea or situation: foolish, absurd
ROAST SNOW IN A FURNACE
- vb. 1883 sl. - to attempt the unnecessary or absurd; to act foolishly and to no purpose
TAKE THE PISS OUT OF
- vb. 1990 sl. - of a person: to act absurdly, to play the fool
A TALE OF WALTROT
- n. 1377 obs. rare - an idle tale, a piece of absurdity
TEACH A PIG TO PLAY ON THE FLUTE
- vb. 1884 - to attempt the absurd or impossible
TRIM-TRAM
- n. 1533 obs. - an absurd or silly device or practice; an absurdity; a piece of folly or nonsense
WHEN THE SKY FALLS WE SHALL CATCH LARKS
- phr. 1822 - a way of stating to a person that his scheme is absurd or ridiculous
- adj. 1622 obs. - out of tune, inharmonious; fig. incongruous, absurd, unreasonable
ABSURD
- n. 1610 obs. - an unreasonable thing, act, or statement; an absurdity
ABSURDIST
- n. 1894 rare - a person who behaves in an illogical or absurd manner
ADOX; ADOXE
- n. 1606 obs. rare - an absurdity
ADOXAL
- adj. 1652 obs. rare - not according to right reason; not based on reason; absurd
ASS
- vb. 1605 obs. - to cause a person to appear absurd or foolish; to make an ass
BABELAVANTE
- n. a1400 obs. - a foolish or absurd person
BABERY
- n. c1384 obs. - grotesque ornamentation in architecture and books; grotesque absurdity
BELIEVE THE MOON IS MADE OF CHEESE
- vb. 18C colloq. - to believe firmly something astounding, impossible, or absurd; hence, to be a fool
BIZZURD
- adj. 2003 UK sl. - bizarre, absurd
COCK-EYED
- adj. 1896 UK sl. - absurd, ridiculous; topsy-turvy
DAFT-LIKE
- adj. 1790 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - foolish, dull-witted, mad, absurd
DEAF
- adj. c1440 obs. - dull, stupid; absurd
FANTASTICO
- n. 1597 obs. - an absurd and irrational person
FOND AS A BESOM
- adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - very foolish; apt to commit absurd mistakes
FURIOUS
- adj. 1526 obs. - foolish, absurd
FURPHY
- n. 1916 Aust. sl. - a false report or rumour; an absurd story
IMPERTINENCES
- n. 1603 - something unsuitable, out of place, or irrational; an incongruity; a trifle, absurdity, piece of folly
IMPERTINENT
- adj. 1639 obs. - of persons: absurd, silly
JUNKY
- adj. 1960s US sl. - nonsensical, absurd
LAPUTAN
- adj. 1866 - pertaining to Laputa, the flying island in Gulliver's Travels; hence, visionary, absurd, fanciful, preposterous, ridiculous, impossible
MAD
- adj. 1940s sl. - absurd
MADMEN
- adj. 1960s sl. - crazy, absurd
MAGGOTRY
- n. 1706 obs. - folly, absurdity
MAKE AN ASS OF SOMEONE
- vb. 1548 - to cause someone to appear absurd or foolish
MAKE WIMWAMS FOR WATER-WHEELS
- vb. 1865 Eng. dial. - to do an absurd or ridiculous thing
MEGRIM
- n. 1831 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a whim, fancy, caprice; an absurd notion or fancy; generally in plural
MIND BOGGLES, THE
- phr. 1950s sl. - a comment on any marked absurdity; to be surprised
OAFLY
- adv. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - foolishly, absurdly
OBSOCKY
- adj. 20C W. Indies sl. - of events: absurd, ridiculous
OKEY-DOKE
- adj. 1988 Amer. sl. - absurd; ridiculous
OKEY-DOKEY
- adj. 1993 Amer. sl. - absurd; ridiculous
OUT OF ALL REASON
- adj. 1887 Sc. - quite absurd or incredible
PUNCHINELLO
- n. 1669 - a grotesque or absurd person or thing
PUT A ROPE TO THE EYE OF A NEEDLE
- vb. B1900 - to attempt the impossible or absurd; to act foolishly and to no purpose
QUOZ
- n. 1790 - a queer or absurd person or thing
RADGE
- adj. 1961 sl. - of an idea or situation: foolish, silly, absurd
RADGY
- adj. 1990s sl. - of an idea or situation: foolish, absurd
ROAST SNOW IN A FURNACE
- vb. 1883 sl. - to attempt the unnecessary or absurd; to act foolishly and to no purpose
TAKE THE PISS OUT OF
- vb. 1990 sl. - of a person: to act absurdly, to play the fool
A TALE OF WALTROT
- n. 1377 obs. rare - an idle tale, a piece of absurdity
TEACH A PIG TO PLAY ON THE FLUTE
- vb. 1884 - to attempt the absurd or impossible
TRIM-TRAM
- n. 1533 obs. - an absurd or silly device or practice; an absurdity; a piece of folly or nonsense
WHEN THE SKY FALLS WE SHALL CATCH LARKS
- phr. 1822 - a way of stating to a person that his scheme is absurd or ridiculous
ABUNDANCE, ABUNDANT
ABOUND
- adj. c1400 obs. - overflowing; plentiful; abundant
ABOUNDABLE
- adj. c1400 obs. - fully sufficient, abundant
ABUNDANCY
- n. 1620 obs. - the quality of being abundant; abundantness, plentifulness
ABUNDATION
- n. 19C Eng. dial. - abundance, plenty, a large quantity
AGLORE
- adv. 1967 Amer. dial. - aplenty, in abundance
AGLORY
- adv. 1969 Amer. dial. - aplenty, in abundance
ALL ENDS AND SIDES
- adv. 1866 Eng. dial. - in excess, too great abundance
AT RACK AND MANGER
- phr. c1380 - in the midst of abundance or plenty, wanting for nothing
BALORE
- adj. 1968 Amer. dial. - galore; in abundance
BOKOO
- n. Amer. sl. - an abundance of anything; (French 'beaucoup') (World War I usage)
BUMPER
- n. 1859 sl. - anything unusually large or abundant
BUNDANCE
- n. 1908 Amer. dial. - an abundance
COME LIKE SALT
- vb. 2003 Trinidad and Tobago - to be in great abundance
COMING OUT OF ONE'S EARS
- phr. 1965 Amer. sl. - in superabundant supply
DEGORE
- adj. 1965 Amer. dial. - plentiful, abundant
DELORE
- adj. 1965 Amer. dial. - plentiful, abundant
DIGGLES
- adj. 1892 Eng. dial. - thick clusters of fruit; abundance, plenty
EXUBERATE
- adj. 1638 obs. - overflowing, superabundant
- vb. 1623 - to be in great abundance; to be plentiful; to abound; to overflow
FAT
- adj. 1563 - of things: abundant, plentiful; also, well-stocked
- n. 1570-6 obs. - plenty, superabundance
FATLY
- adv. 1515 obs. - plentifully, abundantly
GALLORUM; GALOREM
- adv. 1813 Sc. obs. - in abundance
GOD'S PLENTY
- n. 1949 Amer. dial. - an abundance
GUSH
- n. 1849 Amer. dial. - an abundance; a large quantity
LABIES
- n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - a store; plenty, abundance
LARGE
- adj. a1225 obs. - ample in quantity; copious, abundant
- adv. a1300 obs. - amply, fully, quite, by a great deal; abundantly (chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. usage)
LASHINGS
- n. 1894 Amer. dial. - an abundance, a great plenty
LAVISH
- n. 1483 obs. - profusion, excessive abundance, extravagant outpouring or expenditure; prodigality, lavishness
LIKE STUPIDNESS
- adv. 1950s W. Indies & UK Black sl. - abundantly, in great supply
LUSHINGS
- n. 1852 - abundance
MAIN'S MORE
- n. 1822 Sc. obs. - abundance, ever so much
MANYFULL
- adj. c1440 obs. - abundant
MERTH
- n. 1677 Eng. dial. - plenty, abundance; a great deal
MICKLE
- adj. 1737 Sc. & Eng. dial. - much in quantity, abundant
MORT
- n. 1899 Amer. dial. - a large quantity or number; an abundance
MUCKLE
- adj. 1737 Sc. & Eng. dial. - much in quantity, abundant
MURTH
- n. 1674 Eng. & Amer. dial. - plenty, abundance
OCEANS
- n. L16 - a large amount or quantity; an abundance, multitude, more than enough
OMBERTY
- n. 1575 obs. rare - abundance
OPIME
- adj. 1533 obs. - rich, abundant, sumptuous, splendid
OPIMOUS
- adj. 1656 obs. - rich, abundant, plentiful, sumptuous, splendid
PLENTEVOUS
- adj. 1738 obs. - abundant, plentiful, plenteous
PLENTIFUL AS PIG-TRACKS
- adj. 1870 Amer. dial. - very plentiful, abundant
RAFF
- n. c1320 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - abundance, plenty
RAFFIE; RAFFY
- adj. 1871 Sc. - abundant, generous, plentiful, well-supplied
RANK
- adj. 1303 obs. - abundant, copious
REMPTION
- n. 1913 Amer. dial. - an abundance; plenty; a large amount or number
RESTING
- adj. 1970 Amer. dial. - in abundance, galore
RIMPSHIONS
- n. 1917 Amer. dial. - an abundance; plenty; a large amount or number
RIMPTION
- n. 1913 Amer. dial. - an abundance; plenty; a large amount or number
SATIETY
- n. 1635 rare - a sufficiency or abundance
SCAFF AND RAFF
- n. 1806 Sc. - abundance, plenty, esp. of food
SCOUTH; SCOWTH
- n. 1804 Sc. - plenty, abundance
SCOUTH AND ROUTH
- n. 1900 Sc. - abundance, plenty
SUFFISANCE
- n. 1390 obs. - abundance, ample means, wealth
TALENT
- n. a1400-50 obs. - treasure, riches, wealth, abundance
TALLOW
- n. c1380 obs. - plenty, abundance
TEEM
- n. 1876 Eng. dial. - large quantity; abundant supply
THERE'S CORN IN EGYPT
- phr. 1838 - there is abundance; there is a plentiful supply
THICK AS PIG-TRACKS
- adj. 1870 Amer. dial. - very plentiful, abundant
THICK ON THE GROUND
- adj. 1893 UK sl. - abundant, numerous, crowded
TILL HECK WOULDN'T HAVE IT
- phr. 1967 Amer. dial. - aplenty, in abundance, galore
TILL HELL WOULDN'T HAVE IT
- phr. 1939 Amer. dial. - aplenty, in abundance, galore
TILL HELL WOULDN'T SNEEZE AT IT
- phr. 1935 Amer. dial. - aplenty, in abundance, galore
TRABOCCANT
- adj. 1651 obs. rare - superabundant; excessive, superfluous
TRUNKFUL
- n. colloq. - a full or abundant supply
UBERANT
- adj. 1622 obs. rare - abundant, copious
UBEROUS
- adj. 1633 - abundant, copious, full
UBERTY
- n. a1412 rare - rich growth; fruitfulness; fertility; copiousness, abundance
UMBERTY
- n. 1575 obs. rare - abundance
UTA
- adj. 1986 US sl. - in abundance
WAGGA-WAGGA
- adj. 1990s W. Indies sl. - plentiful, abundant
WALLING
- adj. a1400 obs. - abundant
WHIPS
- n. 1888 - abundance, lots
- adj. c1400 obs. - overflowing; plentiful; abundant
ABOUNDABLE
- adj. c1400 obs. - fully sufficient, abundant
ABUNDANCY
- n. 1620 obs. - the quality of being abundant; abundantness, plentifulness
ABUNDATION
- n. 19C Eng. dial. - abundance, plenty, a large quantity
AGLORE
- adv. 1967 Amer. dial. - aplenty, in abundance
AGLORY
- adv. 1969 Amer. dial. - aplenty, in abundance
ALL ENDS AND SIDES
- adv. 1866 Eng. dial. - in excess, too great abundance
AT RACK AND MANGER
- phr. c1380 - in the midst of abundance or plenty, wanting for nothing
BALORE
- adj. 1968 Amer. dial. - galore; in abundance
BOKOO
- n. Amer. sl. - an abundance of anything; (French 'beaucoup') (World War I usage)
BUMPER
- n. 1859 sl. - anything unusually large or abundant
BUNDANCE
- n. 1908 Amer. dial. - an abundance
COME LIKE SALT
- vb. 2003 Trinidad and Tobago - to be in great abundance
COMING OUT OF ONE'S EARS
- phr. 1965 Amer. sl. - in superabundant supply
DEGORE
- adj. 1965 Amer. dial. - plentiful, abundant
DELORE
- adj. 1965 Amer. dial. - plentiful, abundant
DIGGLES
- adj. 1892 Eng. dial. - thick clusters of fruit; abundance, plenty
EXUBERATE
- adj. 1638 obs. - overflowing, superabundant
- vb. 1623 - to be in great abundance; to be plentiful; to abound; to overflow
FAT
- adj. 1563 - of things: abundant, plentiful; also, well-stocked
- n. 1570-6 obs. - plenty, superabundance
FATLY
- adv. 1515 obs. - plentifully, abundantly
GALLORUM; GALOREM
- adv. 1813 Sc. obs. - in abundance
GOD'S PLENTY
- n. 1949 Amer. dial. - an abundance
GUSH
- n. 1849 Amer. dial. - an abundance; a large quantity
LABIES
- n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - a store; plenty, abundance
LARGE
- adj. a1225 obs. - ample in quantity; copious, abundant
- adv. a1300 obs. - amply, fully, quite, by a great deal; abundantly (chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. usage)
LASHINGS
- n. 1894 Amer. dial. - an abundance, a great plenty
LAVISH
- n. 1483 obs. - profusion, excessive abundance, extravagant outpouring or expenditure; prodigality, lavishness
LIKE STUPIDNESS
- adv. 1950s W. Indies & UK Black sl. - abundantly, in great supply
LUSHINGS
- n. 1852 - abundance
MAIN'S MORE
- n. 1822 Sc. obs. - abundance, ever so much
MANYFULL
- adj. c1440 obs. - abundant
MERTH
- n. 1677 Eng. dial. - plenty, abundance; a great deal
MICKLE
- adj. 1737 Sc. & Eng. dial. - much in quantity, abundant
MORT
- n. 1899 Amer. dial. - a large quantity or number; an abundance
MUCKLE
- adj. 1737 Sc. & Eng. dial. - much in quantity, abundant
MURTH
- n. 1674 Eng. & Amer. dial. - plenty, abundance
OCEANS
- n. L16 - a large amount or quantity; an abundance, multitude, more than enough
OMBERTY
- n. 1575 obs. rare - abundance
OPIME
- adj. 1533 obs. - rich, abundant, sumptuous, splendid
OPIMOUS
- adj. 1656 obs. - rich, abundant, plentiful, sumptuous, splendid
PLENTEVOUS
- adj. 1738 obs. - abundant, plentiful, plenteous
PLENTIFUL AS PIG-TRACKS
- adj. 1870 Amer. dial. - very plentiful, abundant
RAFF
- n. c1320 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - abundance, plenty
RAFFIE; RAFFY
- adj. 1871 Sc. - abundant, generous, plentiful, well-supplied
RANK
- adj. 1303 obs. - abundant, copious
REMPTION
- n. 1913 Amer. dial. - an abundance; plenty; a large amount or number
RESTING
- adj. 1970 Amer. dial. - in abundance, galore
RIMPSHIONS
- n. 1917 Amer. dial. - an abundance; plenty; a large amount or number
RIMPTION
- n. 1913 Amer. dial. - an abundance; plenty; a large amount or number
SATIETY
- n. 1635 rare - a sufficiency or abundance
SCAFF AND RAFF
- n. 1806 Sc. - abundance, plenty, esp. of food
SCOUTH; SCOWTH
- n. 1804 Sc. - plenty, abundance
SCOUTH AND ROUTH
- n. 1900 Sc. - abundance, plenty
SUFFISANCE
- n. 1390 obs. - abundance, ample means, wealth
TALENT
- n. a1400-50 obs. - treasure, riches, wealth, abundance
TALLOW
- n. c1380 obs. - plenty, abundance
TEEM
- n. 1876 Eng. dial. - large quantity; abundant supply
THERE'S CORN IN EGYPT
- phr. 1838 - there is abundance; there is a plentiful supply
THICK AS PIG-TRACKS
- adj. 1870 Amer. dial. - very plentiful, abundant
THICK ON THE GROUND
- adj. 1893 UK sl. - abundant, numerous, crowded
TILL HECK WOULDN'T HAVE IT
- phr. 1967 Amer. dial. - aplenty, in abundance, galore
TILL HELL WOULDN'T HAVE IT
- phr. 1939 Amer. dial. - aplenty, in abundance, galore
TILL HELL WOULDN'T SNEEZE AT IT
- phr. 1935 Amer. dial. - aplenty, in abundance, galore
TRABOCCANT
- adj. 1651 obs. rare - superabundant; excessive, superfluous
TRUNKFUL
- n. colloq. - a full or abundant supply
UBERANT
- adj. 1622 obs. rare - abundant, copious
UBEROUS
- adj. 1633 - abundant, copious, full
UBERTY
- n. a1412 rare - rich growth; fruitfulness; fertility; copiousness, abundance
UMBERTY
- n. 1575 obs. rare - abundance
UTA
- adj. 1986 US sl. - in abundance
WAGGA-WAGGA
- adj. 1990s W. Indies sl. - plentiful, abundant
WALLING
- adj. a1400 obs. - abundant
WHIPS
- n. 1888 - abundance, lots
ABUSE, ABUSED, ABUSIVE, ABUSIVELY
also see TERM OF ABUSE below
ABUSAGE
- n. 1548 obs. - abuse, misuse, perversion; defilement
ABUSEFUL
- adj. 1642 obs. - abounding in abuse; using or practicing abuse; abusive, reproachful
ABUSEFULLY
- adv. 1656 obs. rare - in an abusive manner; abusively; improperly
ABUSEFULNESS
- n. 1893 Eng. dial. - abuse
ABUSEMENT
- n. 1819 obs. - an abusing or misleading
ABUSIOUS
- adj. 1594 obs. rare - given to abuse; abusive
AIR OUT ONE'S MOUTH ON
- vb. 20C W. Indies sl. - to speak aggressively or abusively
AMPERLASH
- n. 1879 Eng. dial. - saucy, abusive language
BABY BATTERER
- n. 1972 - one who inflicts harmful physical abuse on an infant or small child, usually a parent
BACK-CHAT
- n. 1901 sl. - saucy or impertinent replies to a superior; cheek, impudence, abuse, insulting speech; altercation, heated talk
BACK-HASH
- n. 1898 Sc. - abusive talk
- vb. 1816 Sc. - to abuse, to scold vigorously; to annoy, to molest
BACK-JAW
- n. M19 Sc. & Amer. dial. - an insolent or hostile answer; a retort; impudence; abusive language
- vb. 1866 Sc. & Amer. dial. - to answer in an insolent or hostile manner; to retort, altercate, abuse
BADDORDS
- n. 1778 Sc. obs. - low raillery or half-humorous abuse
BAD-MOUTH
- vb. N. Amer. sl. - to abuse, to criticize maliciously
BAGHASH
- vb. 1816 Sc. - to abuse, to scold vigorously; to annoy, to molest
BALDER
- vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to use coarse language, to abuse
BALDERDASH
- n. 1715 Eng. dial. - filthy or obscene talk or writing; impudent language; abuse
BALE
- n. c1220 - evil-speaking, abuse
BALLYRAG
- n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - violent or coarse abuse
- vb. 1790 Eng. dial. - to abuse violently; to scold or revile in foul language
BALLYRAGGING
- n. 1885 Eng. dial. - scolding, abuse
BAMBOOZE
- vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to abuse; to domineer over, to push about
BARGE
- vb. 1860 Eng. dial. - to scold, to abuse
BECALL
- vb. 1682 Eng. dial. - to abuse, to call names, to rail at
BEDAUB
- vb. 1553-87 - to spatter with abuse; to vilify
BEQUARREL
- vb. 1624 obs. - to quarrel with; to find fault with, to abuse
BERAY
- vb. 1576 obs. or arch. - to befoul, to stain, to disfigure; to asperse, to cover with abuse
BEROGUE
- vb. 1673 obs. - to call one a rogue; to abuse
BESCUMMER
- vb. 1825 Eng. dial. - to abuse, to calumniate
BESHREW
- vb. c1430 obs. - to treat evilly, to use ill, to abuse
BESPATTER
- vb. 1. 1644 - to asperse with abuse, flame, flattery, praise, etc., to hold in contempt
- vb. 2. 1653 - to cover with abuse; to vilify or slander, to calumniate
BESPATTERMENT
- n. 1870 - abuse
BESPURT
- vb. 1603 obs. - to abuse; to sully with vice
BESPURTLE
- vb. 1604 obs. - to asperse with reproach or abuse; to sully with vice
BETONGUE
- vb. 1639 - to assail with the tongue; to abuse
BLACKGUARD
- adj. 1806 Amer. dial. - characterized by abusive or obscene language
- vb. 1950 Amer. dial. - to slander or abuse verbally; to talk in scurrilous terms about someone or something
BLACK-MOUTHED
- adj. 1595 obs. - having a black mouth; fig. using foul or scurrilous language; abusive, foul-mouthed; slanderous, calumnious
BLAD
- vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to abuse, to defame
BLADE
- n. 1996 Ulster sl. - a cantankerous, verbally abusive woman
BLARE (OUT)
- vb. 1908 Amer. dial. - to break forth in vituperation
BULLY-RAG
- vb. 1813 colloq. - to assail with abusive language
CAGMAG
- vb. 19C Eng. dial. - to quarrel, to speak abusively
CAIRD
- vb. 1928 Sc. - to abuse, to scold
CALL
- n. Bk1888 Eng. dial. - scolding, abuse
- vb. 1854 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to abuse, to call names, to speak ill of; to scold
CALL ALL TO PIECES
- vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to abuse violently
CALLING
- n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a scolding, abuse, vituperation
CALL ONE OUT OF HIS NAME; CALL OUT OF NAME
- vb. Bk1898 Eng. & Amer. dial. - to call or address a person by a name other than the true one; to abuse, to vilify
CALLS
- n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a scolding, abuse, vituperation
CAMPERLASH
- n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - abusive language
CHESTER THE MOLESTER
- n. 1980s US sl. - a child abuser, a sex criminal (college & criminals' sl.)
CHEWED
- adj. Bk2006 US sl. - abused
CLAPPERCLAW
- vb. 1692 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to abuse with the tongue, to scold vehemently
CONVICIATORY
- adj. 1611 obs. - wrangling, railing; reproachful, abusive
CONVICY
- n. Bk1955 - reviling, abuse
CORREPT
- adj. 1659 - chiding, abusive, blameworthy, reprehensible
DAMSON-PIE
- n. c1865 colloq. - abuse; a slanging match; obscene language
DISABUSE
- vb. Bk1900 Sc. - to abuse, to misuse
DUMP ON
- vb. 1967 - to criticize or abuse someone; to better in argument
DISH OUT
- vb. 1908 US sl. - to dispense abuse
DUMPED ON
- adj. Bk2006 US sl. - maligned; abused
EAT
- vb. 1930s sl. - to verbally abuse
EAT SHIT
- vb. M20 US sl. - to put up with a lot of abuse
EAT THE FACE OFF
- vb. 1930s sl. - to verbally abuse
EAT THE HEAD OFF
- vb. 1930s sl. - to verbally abuse
FAIR TROD ON
- adj. L19 sl. - abused, treated very badly
FARMYARD TALK
- n. L19 sl. - rude, abusive talk
GANGSTER
- n. 1980 US sl. - a troublemaker; an aggressive, abusive person; a hoodlum, a thug (African-American sl.)
GET THE BLUE PENCIL
- vb. L19 sl. - to be verbally abused
GIVE OFF A LOT OF MOUTH
- vb. 1999 UK sl. - to shout abuse
GIVE SOMEONE THE VERBAL
- vb. 1973 Brit. sl. - to insult, to abuse
HAMMIL
- vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to ill-treat; to abuse; to overwork
HAMMILLED
- adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - ill-treated, abused
HARD WORD
- n. 1891 Sc. & Eng. dial. - abuse; scandal
HAZY
- n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - a scolding; a quarrel; abusive language
HOLLER AND HOOT
- vb. 2001 UK sl. - to engage in an abusive verbal attack
ILL-GAB
- vb. 1866 Sc. - to use abusive language, to abuse a person
ILL-GABBED
- adj. 1866 Sc. - foul-mouthed, in the habit of using abusive or malicious language
ILL-HIVERED; ILL-HYVERED
- adj. Bk1905 Sc. - awkward; abusive
ILLIFY
- vb. 1862 Eng. dial. - to slander, defame, vilify, abuse; to speak disparagingly of
ILL-JAW
- n. 1809 Sc. - coarse, abusive language, insolence; an abusive tongue
- vb. 1866 Sc. - to give someone insolence, to revile, to abuse
ILL-MOUTH
- n. 1880 Sc. - insolent, vile language, an abusive tongue, a disposition to use such language
- vb. 1866 Sc. - to use abusive, insolent language
ILL-MOUTHED
- adj. 1825 Sc. - impudent, insolent, abusive, foul-mouthed
ILL-SCRAPED
- adj. 1777 Sc. - of the tongue: slanderous, abusive, rude, bitter
ILL-TONGUE
- n. 1746 Sc. - a malevolent or abusive tongue; bad language; vituperation, abuse; slander
- vb. 1883 Sc. - to vilify, to abuse
ILL-TONGUED
- adj. a1300 - given to uttering slander or abuse, vituperative
ILL-WEEN
- n. Bk1905 Sc. - bad language; an abusive tongue
- vb. Bk1905 Sc. - to use insolent, abusive language
ILL-WIND
- n. 1866 Sc. - impudence, abusive language
- vb. 1866 Sc. - to use abusive language to a person
- JAW
- n. 1748 sl. - abuse; chatter; impudence; any sort of talk
- vb. 1748 sl. - to chatter; to abuse; to use violent language
JAWHAWK
- vb. 1890 Amer. sl. - to abuse; to vilify
JOLLY
- vb. - to tease roughly, to chaff, to abuse, to trick (M19 sl., orig. US)
LAND-DAMN
- vb. 1891 Eng. dial. obs. - to abuse with rancour
LASTING
- n. a1225 obs. - abuse, blame, reproach
LAY A HEARING ON
- vb. 1931 Amer. dial. - to abuse verbally; to lay a curse on
MALLERAG
- vb. B1900 Eng. dial. - to abuse, to scold
MANDY
- adj. c1730 Eng. dial. - abusive, insolent, saucy; surly
MARGULLIE
- vb. 1721 Sc. obs. - to mismanage, to abuse
MESS
- n. 1937 Amer. dial. - trash, junk; hence, stuff, nonsense; abuse
MISCALL
- vb. 1660 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to abuse, to call names, to speak evil of; to scold; to malign, to misrepresent
MISGUIDE
- vb. 1787 Sc. - to ill-use, to maltreat, to abuse, to spoil, to injure
MOLLYHAWK
- vb. Bk1913 Amer. dial. - to tease, to abuse
MURGULLY
- vb. 1721 Sc. obs. - to mismanage, to abuse
OLD BUCK
- n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - impudence, cheek; gossip; abuse
OPEN OUT
- vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to censure, to reprimand, to use violent language, to abuse, to cry aloud
OPPROBRIATE
- vb. 1649 - to cover with opprobrium; to speak abusively or contemptuously of or to; to abuse; to slander, to calumniate
OPPROBRIOUS
- adj. 1387 - of words, language, etc.: intended to disgrace; contumelious, vituperative, abusive; of persons: using contumelious or abusive language
OPPROBRIOUSLY
- adv. 1494 - with opprobrious language, abusively
OPPROBRY
- n. 1432-50 obs. - the imputation of shameful or infamous conduct; abuse
PALAVER
- n. 1781 Eng. dial. obs. - noise; abuse
PASH AT
- vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to abuse verbally
POCKEY; POCKY
- adj. 16C sl. - a general term of abuse
PUNCHING BAG
- n. colloq. - a person serving as an object of abuse; a scapegoat
QUEER
- vb. 1970s sl. - to abuse sexually
RAG
- n. c1880 sl. - talk, banter, abuse, teasing
- vb. a1796 Eng. dial. & sl. - to scold, to rate; to talk severely to, to reproach; to abuse violently
RAGGING
- n. 1796 - the act of scolding, annoying, etc.; abuse; an instance of this
RAG OUT
- vb. 1980s US & Can. sl. - to abuse verbally
RAIL
- vb. 1460-70 - to utter abusive language
RAILING
- n. 1470-85 - abusing, abuse
RAILIPOTENT
- adj. 1593 nonce word - powerful in raillery or abuse; abusive
RANDAN
- vb. 1764 obs. rare - to abuse, to vituperate
RANDY
- adj. 1822 Sc. & Eng. dial. - scolding, abusive, noisy
RAPE
- vb. 1970s US sl. - to abuse (college sl.)
RAVEN
- vb. B1900 Eng. dial. - to abuse
RICK INTO
- vb. 1894 Eng. dial. - to do anything with energy, esp. to rate, to scold, to abuse vigorously
ROAR THE TRIPE OUT OF
- vb. Bk1999 Aust. sl. - to verbally abuse
ROUGH TONGUING
- n. 1916 colloq. rare - rude, harsh, or abrasive speech; verbal abuse
ROUNDSHAVE
- vb. 1892 Eng. dial. - to scold; to reprimand severely; to abuse
SAUCE
- n. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - a scolding; blame, recrimination, abuse
- vb. 1882 Eng. dial. - to scold; to find fault with; to abuse
SCALD
- n. a1500 Sc. - one given to the use of abusive language; one who by the use of such language causes public disturbance; a foul-mouthed quarreller; applied to both men and women, but in the 17th century perhaps increasingly to women
SCALL
- vb. 1820 Sc. - to scold; to abuse
SHAFT
- vb. 1970s US sl. - to cheat; to trick; to deceive; to abuse (African-American sl.)
SHAKE UP
- vb. a1556 obs. - to rate soundly; to abuse violently
SHIT
- n. 1980 UK sl. - abuse; unfair treatment
SHIT-BREECHED
- adj. M17 sl. - general term of abuse
SHIT-WORD
- n. c1275 obs. - a dirty word; a term of abuse
TACKLE
- n. 1998 Ulster sl. - cantankerous, verbally abusive woman
TAKE DOWN
- vb. 17C - to abuse
TAKE GAS
- vb. 1950s US sl. - to be scolded and abused
TAKE IT IN THE SHORTS
- vb. 1994 US sl. - to be abused or defeated
TAKE SOMEONE APART
- vb. 1984 sl. - to reprimand someone severely; to berate or abuse someone
TANTARIA
- n. 1996 W. Indies sl. - an abusive, loud, shrewish woman
TARGET
- n. 1757 - a person who is the object of general abuse, scorn, derision, or the like
TATOO
- vb. 1827 Ireland - to scold, to abuse
THERSITICAL
- adj. 1650 rare - foul-mouthed, scurrilous, grossly abusive
TINKER'S TONGUE
- n. 1821 Sc. - an abusive, vituperative tongue
TINKLER'S JAW
- n. 1886 Sc. - a loud, scolding tongue; abusive language
TINKLER'S TONGUE
- n. 1887 Sc. - a loud, scolding tongue; abusive language
TINKLER-TONGUED
- adj. 1885 Sc. - abusive in speech
TONGUE-BANG
- vb. 1901 Eng. dial. - to scold heartily, to berate, to abuse
TONGUE-SORE
- n. 1542 obs. - evil-speaking; act of using abuse
TONGUE-WALK
- vb. 1841 - to scold, to abuse
UGLY
- n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - an abuse; a beating
USE (UP)
- vb. M19 US sl. - to criticize or abuse
VERBAL
- vb. 1960s sl. - to talk aggressively, to abuse
VERBALS
- n. 1960s sl. - insults, abuse, backtalk
VILIPEND
- adj. a1851 Sc. - disparaging, abusive
VITUPERIOUS
- adj. 1604 obs. - strongly abusive or censorious
VOLLEY
- n. 1996 UK sl. - an abusive verbal attack
WALK DOWN ONE'S THROAT
- vb. B1900 - to scold; to abuse
WALLIPEND
- vb. 1847 Sc. - to vilipend, to despise, to disparage, to abuse
WANK; WHANK
- vb. 1940s sl. - to abuse someone else
WOMAN-JESSIE
- n. 1930s sl. - a weak man who physically abuses women
YAMBER
- vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to scold; to abuse freely
- n. 1548 obs. - abuse, misuse, perversion; defilement
ABUSEFUL
- adj. 1642 obs. - abounding in abuse; using or practicing abuse; abusive, reproachful
ABUSEFULLY
- adv. 1656 obs. rare - in an abusive manner; abusively; improperly
ABUSEFULNESS
- n. 1893 Eng. dial. - abuse
ABUSEMENT
- n. 1819 obs. - an abusing or misleading
ABUSIOUS
- adj. 1594 obs. rare - given to abuse; abusive
AIR OUT ONE'S MOUTH ON
- vb. 20C W. Indies sl. - to speak aggressively or abusively
AMPERLASH
- n. 1879 Eng. dial. - saucy, abusive language
BABY BATTERER
- n. 1972 - one who inflicts harmful physical abuse on an infant or small child, usually a parent
BACK-CHAT
- n. 1901 sl. - saucy or impertinent replies to a superior; cheek, impudence, abuse, insulting speech; altercation, heated talk
BACK-HASH
- n. 1898 Sc. - abusive talk
- vb. 1816 Sc. - to abuse, to scold vigorously; to annoy, to molest
BACK-JAW
- n. M19 Sc. & Amer. dial. - an insolent or hostile answer; a retort; impudence; abusive language
- vb. 1866 Sc. & Amer. dial. - to answer in an insolent or hostile manner; to retort, altercate, abuse
BADDORDS
- n. 1778 Sc. obs. - low raillery or half-humorous abuse
BAD-MOUTH
- vb. N. Amer. sl. - to abuse, to criticize maliciously
BAGHASH
- vb. 1816 Sc. - to abuse, to scold vigorously; to annoy, to molest
BALDER
- vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to use coarse language, to abuse
BALDERDASH
- n. 1715 Eng. dial. - filthy or obscene talk or writing; impudent language; abuse
BALE
- n. c1220 - evil-speaking, abuse
BALLYRAG
- n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - violent or coarse abuse
- vb. 1790 Eng. dial. - to abuse violently; to scold or revile in foul language
BALLYRAGGING
- n. 1885 Eng. dial. - scolding, abuse
BAMBOOZE
- vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to abuse; to domineer over, to push about
BARGE
- vb. 1860 Eng. dial. - to scold, to abuse
BECALL
- vb. 1682 Eng. dial. - to abuse, to call names, to rail at
BEDAUB
- vb. 1553-87 - to spatter with abuse; to vilify
BEQUARREL
- vb. 1624 obs. - to quarrel with; to find fault with, to abuse
BERAY
- vb. 1576 obs. or arch. - to befoul, to stain, to disfigure; to asperse, to cover with abuse
BEROGUE
- vb. 1673 obs. - to call one a rogue; to abuse
BESCUMMER
- vb. 1825 Eng. dial. - to abuse, to calumniate
BESHREW
- vb. c1430 obs. - to treat evilly, to use ill, to abuse
BESPATTER
- vb. 1. 1644 - to asperse with abuse, flame, flattery, praise, etc., to hold in contempt
- vb. 2. 1653 - to cover with abuse; to vilify or slander, to calumniate
BESPATTERMENT
- n. 1870 - abuse
BESPURT
- vb. 1603 obs. - to abuse; to sully with vice
BESPURTLE
- vb. 1604 obs. - to asperse with reproach or abuse; to sully with vice
BETONGUE
- vb. 1639 - to assail with the tongue; to abuse
BLACKGUARD
- adj. 1806 Amer. dial. - characterized by abusive or obscene language
- vb. 1950 Amer. dial. - to slander or abuse verbally; to talk in scurrilous terms about someone or something
BLACK-MOUTHED
- adj. 1595 obs. - having a black mouth; fig. using foul or scurrilous language; abusive, foul-mouthed; slanderous, calumnious
BLAD
- vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to abuse, to defame
BLADE
- n. 1996 Ulster sl. - a cantankerous, verbally abusive woman
BLARE (OUT)
- vb. 1908 Amer. dial. - to break forth in vituperation
BULLY-RAG
- vb. 1813 colloq. - to assail with abusive language
CAGMAG
- vb. 19C Eng. dial. - to quarrel, to speak abusively
CAIRD
- vb. 1928 Sc. - to abuse, to scold
CALL
- n. Bk1888 Eng. dial. - scolding, abuse
- vb. 1854 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to abuse, to call names, to speak ill of; to scold
CALL ALL TO PIECES
- vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to abuse violently
CALLING
- n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a scolding, abuse, vituperation
CALL ONE OUT OF HIS NAME; CALL OUT OF NAME
- vb. Bk1898 Eng. & Amer. dial. - to call or address a person by a name other than the true one; to abuse, to vilify
CALLS
- n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a scolding, abuse, vituperation
CAMPERLASH
- n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - abusive language
CHESTER THE MOLESTER
- n. 1980s US sl. - a child abuser, a sex criminal (college & criminals' sl.)
CHEWED
- adj. Bk2006 US sl. - abused
CLAPPERCLAW
- vb. 1692 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to abuse with the tongue, to scold vehemently
CONVICIATORY
- adj. 1611 obs. - wrangling, railing; reproachful, abusive
CONVICY
- n. Bk1955 - reviling, abuse
CORREPT
- adj. 1659 - chiding, abusive, blameworthy, reprehensible
DAMSON-PIE
- n. c1865 colloq. - abuse; a slanging match; obscene language
DISABUSE
- vb. Bk1900 Sc. - to abuse, to misuse
DUMP ON
- vb. 1967 - to criticize or abuse someone; to better in argument
DISH OUT
- vb. 1908 US sl. - to dispense abuse
DUMPED ON
- adj. Bk2006 US sl. - maligned; abused
EAT
- vb. 1930s sl. - to verbally abuse
EAT SHIT
- vb. M20 US sl. - to put up with a lot of abuse
EAT THE FACE OFF
- vb. 1930s sl. - to verbally abuse
EAT THE HEAD OFF
- vb. 1930s sl. - to verbally abuse
FAIR TROD ON
- adj. L19 sl. - abused, treated very badly
FARMYARD TALK
- n. L19 sl. - rude, abusive talk
GANGSTER
- n. 1980 US sl. - a troublemaker; an aggressive, abusive person; a hoodlum, a thug (African-American sl.)
GET THE BLUE PENCIL
- vb. L19 sl. - to be verbally abused
GIVE OFF A LOT OF MOUTH
- vb. 1999 UK sl. - to shout abuse
GIVE SOMEONE THE VERBAL
- vb. 1973 Brit. sl. - to insult, to abuse
HAMMIL
- vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to ill-treat; to abuse; to overwork
HAMMILLED
- adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - ill-treated, abused
HARD WORD
- n. 1891 Sc. & Eng. dial. - abuse; scandal
HAZY
- n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - a scolding; a quarrel; abusive language
HOLLER AND HOOT
- vb. 2001 UK sl. - to engage in an abusive verbal attack
ILL-GAB
- vb. 1866 Sc. - to use abusive language, to abuse a person
ILL-GABBED
- adj. 1866 Sc. - foul-mouthed, in the habit of using abusive or malicious language
ILL-HIVERED; ILL-HYVERED
- adj. Bk1905 Sc. - awkward; abusive
ILLIFY
- vb. 1862 Eng. dial. - to slander, defame, vilify, abuse; to speak disparagingly of
ILL-JAW
- n. 1809 Sc. - coarse, abusive language, insolence; an abusive tongue
- vb. 1866 Sc. - to give someone insolence, to revile, to abuse
ILL-MOUTH
- n. 1880 Sc. - insolent, vile language, an abusive tongue, a disposition to use such language
- vb. 1866 Sc. - to use abusive, insolent language
ILL-MOUTHED
- adj. 1825 Sc. - impudent, insolent, abusive, foul-mouthed
ILL-SCRAPED
- adj. 1777 Sc. - of the tongue: slanderous, abusive, rude, bitter
ILL-TONGUE
- n. 1746 Sc. - a malevolent or abusive tongue; bad language; vituperation, abuse; slander
- vb. 1883 Sc. - to vilify, to abuse
ILL-TONGUED
- adj. a1300 - given to uttering slander or abuse, vituperative
ILL-WEEN
- n. Bk1905 Sc. - bad language; an abusive tongue
- vb. Bk1905 Sc. - to use insolent, abusive language
ILL-WIND
- n. 1866 Sc. - impudence, abusive language
- vb. 1866 Sc. - to use abusive language to a person
- JAW
- n. 1748 sl. - abuse; chatter; impudence; any sort of talk
- vb. 1748 sl. - to chatter; to abuse; to use violent language
JAWHAWK
- vb. 1890 Amer. sl. - to abuse; to vilify
JOLLY
- vb. - to tease roughly, to chaff, to abuse, to trick (M19 sl., orig. US)
LAND-DAMN
- vb. 1891 Eng. dial. obs. - to abuse with rancour
LASTING
- n. a1225 obs. - abuse, blame, reproach
LAY A HEARING ON
- vb. 1931 Amer. dial. - to abuse verbally; to lay a curse on
MALLERAG
- vb. B1900 Eng. dial. - to abuse, to scold
MANDY
- adj. c1730 Eng. dial. - abusive, insolent, saucy; surly
MARGULLIE
- vb. 1721 Sc. obs. - to mismanage, to abuse
MESS
- n. 1937 Amer. dial. - trash, junk; hence, stuff, nonsense; abuse
MISCALL
- vb. 1660 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to abuse, to call names, to speak evil of; to scold; to malign, to misrepresent
MISGUIDE
- vb. 1787 Sc. - to ill-use, to maltreat, to abuse, to spoil, to injure
MOLLYHAWK
- vb. Bk1913 Amer. dial. - to tease, to abuse
MURGULLY
- vb. 1721 Sc. obs. - to mismanage, to abuse
OLD BUCK
- n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - impudence, cheek; gossip; abuse
OPEN OUT
- vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to censure, to reprimand, to use violent language, to abuse, to cry aloud
OPPROBRIATE
- vb. 1649 - to cover with opprobrium; to speak abusively or contemptuously of or to; to abuse; to slander, to calumniate
OPPROBRIOUS
- adj. 1387 - of words, language, etc.: intended to disgrace; contumelious, vituperative, abusive; of persons: using contumelious or abusive language
OPPROBRIOUSLY
- adv. 1494 - with opprobrious language, abusively
OPPROBRY
- n. 1432-50 obs. - the imputation of shameful or infamous conduct; abuse
PALAVER
- n. 1781 Eng. dial. obs. - noise; abuse
PASH AT
- vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to abuse verbally
POCKEY; POCKY
- adj. 16C sl. - a general term of abuse
PUNCHING BAG
- n. colloq. - a person serving as an object of abuse; a scapegoat
QUEER
- vb. 1970s sl. - to abuse sexually
RAG
- n. c1880 sl. - talk, banter, abuse, teasing
- vb. a1796 Eng. dial. & sl. - to scold, to rate; to talk severely to, to reproach; to abuse violently
RAGGING
- n. 1796 - the act of scolding, annoying, etc.; abuse; an instance of this
RAG OUT
- vb. 1980s US & Can. sl. - to abuse verbally
RAIL
- vb. 1460-70 - to utter abusive language
RAILING
- n. 1470-85 - abusing, abuse
RAILIPOTENT
- adj. 1593 nonce word - powerful in raillery or abuse; abusive
RANDAN
- vb. 1764 obs. rare - to abuse, to vituperate
RANDY
- adj. 1822 Sc. & Eng. dial. - scolding, abusive, noisy
RAPE
- vb. 1970s US sl. - to abuse (college sl.)
RAVEN
- vb. B1900 Eng. dial. - to abuse
RICK INTO
- vb. 1894 Eng. dial. - to do anything with energy, esp. to rate, to scold, to abuse vigorously
ROAR THE TRIPE OUT OF
- vb. Bk1999 Aust. sl. - to verbally abuse
ROUGH TONGUING
- n. 1916 colloq. rare - rude, harsh, or abrasive speech; verbal abuse
ROUNDSHAVE
- vb. 1892 Eng. dial. - to scold; to reprimand severely; to abuse
SAUCE
- n. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - a scolding; blame, recrimination, abuse
- vb. 1882 Eng. dial. - to scold; to find fault with; to abuse
SCALD
- n. a1500 Sc. - one given to the use of abusive language; one who by the use of such language causes public disturbance; a foul-mouthed quarreller; applied to both men and women, but in the 17th century perhaps increasingly to women
SCALL
- vb. 1820 Sc. - to scold; to abuse
SHAFT
- vb. 1970s US sl. - to cheat; to trick; to deceive; to abuse (African-American sl.)
SHAKE UP
- vb. a1556 obs. - to rate soundly; to abuse violently
SHIT
- n. 1980 UK sl. - abuse; unfair treatment
SHIT-BREECHED
- adj. M17 sl. - general term of abuse
SHIT-WORD
- n. c1275 obs. - a dirty word; a term of abuse
TACKLE
- n. 1998 Ulster sl. - cantankerous, verbally abusive woman
TAKE DOWN
- vb. 17C - to abuse
TAKE GAS
- vb. 1950s US sl. - to be scolded and abused
TAKE IT IN THE SHORTS
- vb. 1994 US sl. - to be abused or defeated
TAKE SOMEONE APART
- vb. 1984 sl. - to reprimand someone severely; to berate or abuse someone
TANTARIA
- n. 1996 W. Indies sl. - an abusive, loud, shrewish woman
TARGET
- n. 1757 - a person who is the object of general abuse, scorn, derision, or the like
TATOO
- vb. 1827 Ireland - to scold, to abuse
THERSITICAL
- adj. 1650 rare - foul-mouthed, scurrilous, grossly abusive
TINKER'S TONGUE
- n. 1821 Sc. - an abusive, vituperative tongue
TINKLER'S JAW
- n. 1886 Sc. - a loud, scolding tongue; abusive language
TINKLER'S TONGUE
- n. 1887 Sc. - a loud, scolding tongue; abusive language
TINKLER-TONGUED
- adj. 1885 Sc. - abusive in speech
TONGUE-BANG
- vb. 1901 Eng. dial. - to scold heartily, to berate, to abuse
TONGUE-SORE
- n. 1542 obs. - evil-speaking; act of using abuse
TONGUE-WALK
- vb. 1841 - to scold, to abuse
UGLY
- n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - an abuse; a beating
USE (UP)
- vb. M19 US sl. - to criticize or abuse
VERBAL
- vb. 1960s sl. - to talk aggressively, to abuse
VERBALS
- n. 1960s sl. - insults, abuse, backtalk
VILIPEND
- adj. a1851 Sc. - disparaging, abusive
VITUPERIOUS
- adj. 1604 obs. - strongly abusive or censorious
VOLLEY
- n. 1996 UK sl. - an abusive verbal attack
WALK DOWN ONE'S THROAT
- vb. B1900 - to scold; to abuse
WALLIPEND
- vb. 1847 Sc. - to vilipend, to despise, to disparage, to abuse
WANK; WHANK
- vb. 1940s sl. - to abuse someone else
WOMAN-JESSIE
- n. 1930s sl. - a weak man who physically abuses women
YAMBER
- vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to scold; to abuse freely
TERM OF ABUSE
ACAMY; AKAMY
- n. 1908 Sc. - weak or infirm person or animal; a weakling; also, a term of abuse
AFTERBIRTH
- n. 1960s sl. - a general term of abuse
ALLEY BAT
- n. 1968 Amer. dial. - a promiscuous, careless, or slovenly woman; an immoral woman; sometimes used as a general term of abuse
APPLEKNOCKER
- n. 1939 Amer. dial. - a stupid person; used as a general term of abuse
ARAB
- n. 1976 UK sl. - (derogatory and offensive) a term of abuse or contempt
ARSEHOLE-CRAWLER
- n. L19 sl. - a sycophant; a toady; hence, a general term of abuse
ARSEHOLE-CREEPER
- n. L19 sl. - a sycophant; a toady; hence, a general term of abuse
ARSEL-CREEPER
- n. L19 sl. - a sycophant; a toady; hence, a general term of abuse
ASPERSEAND
- n. 1848 Ireland - a term of abuse; a wretch
ASSHOLE-SUCKER
- n. 1934 Amer. sl. - a violent term of abuse
ASS-LICKER
- n. 1972 Amer. sl. - a term of abuse
ATE-YOUR-BUN
- n. 1990s Irish sl. - a term of abuse
BABOON
- n. c1500 - an ugly or uncouth person; a stupid person; an inferior person; an oaf, a jerk; also, a term of abuse
BABY-RAPER
- n. 1950s US sl. - (derogatory) a term of abuse
BACON-FACE
- n. 19C sl. - a term of abuse
BAINGLE
- n. 1870 Sc. - a term of abuse applied to a woman
BARGHEST
- n. 1863 Eng. dial. - a term of reproach or abuse; one who is unsightly in appearance; a noisy or ill-conducted person
BLIRT
- n. 1950s Irish sl. - a term of abuse; a loudmouth
BOHUNKUS
- n. 1933 - a stupid, obnoxious, or worthless person; often used as a term of abuse or a contemptuous form of address
BOUSY; BOUZZIE; BOWSEY; BOWSIE; BOWSY
- n. L19 Irish sl. - a general term of abuse
CACK
- n. 1970s sl. - a general term of abuse; a contemptuous term for an individual
CAKPANTS
- n. 2000s sl. - a general term of abuse, the implication is that the subject is a coward, who soils their underwear through fear
CALLET
- n. a1528 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a term of abuse; a hag; a scold
CALLYMOOCHER
- n. 1661 obs. rare - a term of abuse or reproach; ? a raw cadger, a greenhorn
CAN OF PISS
- n. 2000s Irish sl. - a term of abuse
CONGER-HEAD
- n. 1810 - a term of abuse for a man
COOSE; COOZE; KUSE
- n. 1948 US sl. - a term of abuse or contempt
COOSIE; COOZEY; COOZIE; COOZY
- n. 1948 US sl. - a term of abuse for a woman
CRUD
- n. 1932 - an unpleasant or despicable person; a general term of abuse
CUM-TWANG
- n. 1599 obs. - a term of abuse, reproach, or contempt; apparently, a miser
CUT
- n. a1534 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a term of abuse applied to a man or woman; a strumpet
DARRYL
- n. 1990s sl. - a general term of abuse
DATE
- n. 1910s Aust. sl. - a term of abuse
DEAD CUNT
- n. 1990s Aust. sl. - a strong term of abuse
DEADEYE
- n. 1849 US sl. - a term of abuse; a worthless fellow (nautical sl.)
DEADPICKER
- n. 1930s US sl. - a term of abuse
DEADSHIT
- n. 1980s Aust. sl. - a term of abuse
DIRTY FINGERS
- n. 1865 Eng. dial. - a term of abuse applied to one accused of dishonesty
DITCH
- n. 17C sl. - the vagina; thus a term of abuse for a woman
DOG BREATH
- n. 1981 US sl. - a contemptible person; used as a term of abuse
DOG'S FACE
- n. c1590 - a term of abuse or reproach
DORKBREATH
- n. 1974 US sl. - a term of abuse
DROL
- n. 1960s S. Afr. sl. - a general term of abuse
DUNGHILL
- n. 1608 obs. - (derogatory) a person of low social status; a commoner or peasant; chiefly used as a demeaning term of reproach or abuse
DUNGHILL RAKER
- n. 1591 rare - a person who rakes through or rakes up refuse, esp. in search of things which may be reused, sold, or recycled; in early use also as a term of abuse or contempt
EGG ROLL
- n. 1970s NZ sl. - a term of abuse (prison sl.)
FACE FART
- n. 2000s NZ sl. - a general term of abuse
FAGGOT
- n. 1. 1591 - a general term of abuse, usually of women or children; a shrewish, bad-tempered, or offensive woman; an old or dissipated woman; an unpleasant, miserable woman
- n. 2. 1950s US sl. - a general term of abuse, irrespective of sex
FANNY RAT
- n. 1990s sl. - a term of abuse
FART-FACE
- n. 1938 Amer. sl. - a term of abuse; an ugly or contemptible person
FART-SACK
- n. 1940s sl. - a term of abuse
FART'S END
- n. E18 sl. - a term of abuse
FAT-FACE
- n. 1741 - a term of abuse
FATGUT
- n. L16 sl. - a term of abuse for a person who has a fat stomach
FAT-GUTS
- n. 1596 - one having a big belly; used as a term of abuse
FILLET OF COD
- n. L20 sl. - a term of abuse for a person (rhyming sl. for 'sod')
FLOBBERCHOPS
- n. 19C Eng. dial. - a term of abuse
FUNKY ASS
- n. 1960s US sl. - a general term of abuse, implying bad odours (African-American sl.)
FUSTILUGS
- n. 1607 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a gross, fat, unwieldy person, especially a woman; a slovenly woman that smells rank; a person with a sour, forbidding aspect; a dirty child; a term of abuse
GRIZZLEDEMUNDY
- n. - 1818 Eng. dial. a term of abuse applied to a person who laughs at any trifling thing; a grinning fool
GRUNGE
- n. 1960s sl. - a general term of abuse; a repugnant, odious, dirty, or boring person (orig US)
GURRIER
- n. 1936 Ireland colloq. - orig., a Dublin street urchin; now usually: a rough, aggressive young man; a lout, a hooligan; also, a term of abuse
GUTFATTY
- n. L16 sl. - a term of abuse for a person who has a fat stomach
GUTS
- n. 1596 UK - (derogatory) a term of abuse, an overweight or obese person; a notably fat person
GUTSY
- n. 1596 UK - (derogatory) a term of abuse, an overweight or obese person; a fat man
HACK-MUCK
- n. 1931 Sc. - a term of abuse for a person
HADDIE
- n. 1955 Sc. - a term of mild, jocular abuse; a blockhead
HADDOCK (AND COD)
- n. 1962 UK sl. - a term of abuse; a sod, an annoying, irritating, or unpleasant person (rhyming sl.)
HALTER-SACK
- n. 1598 obs. - a 'gallows-bird'; a term of reproach or abuse
HANGING BONE VILLAIN
- n. 1848 Ireland - a term of abuse for a person
HANIEL; HANNIEL
- n. 1783 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a lout; a lazy, awkward, good-for-nothing fellow; a worthless, mischievous person; a general term of abuse
HARLICAN
- n. 1896 Eng. dial. - a term of abuse to a person
HELL-PUP
- n. 1903 Amer. dial. - a term of abuse for a person; a fiendish person
HOBBLE
- n. 1952 Irish sl. - a term of abuse
HOM
- n. 1990s sl. - a term of abuse (homosexual)
JACK-A-LANTERN
- n. 1895 Eng. dial. - a term of abuse
JACK A LOON
- n. 1895 Eng. dial. - a term of abuse
JAMES HUNT
- n. 2003 UK sl. - a cunt; used in all senses, but esp. as a term of abuse (rhyming sl.)
KENNEL-RAKER
- n. c1589 obs. - a raker of the gutter; a scavenger; also, a term of abuse
LAND-RAT
- n. 1632 obs. - a term of abuse for a person
LETHRON
- n. 1718 Sc. obs. - a term of abuse for a lazy, loutish person; a loafer; a slattern, a drab
LOBCOCK
- n. a1553 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a country bumpkin; a clown, a lout, a boor; a dull, stupid, sluggish person; a clumsy, lubberly fellow; a blundering fool; a blockhead; a term of abuse
LOLLYPOT
- n. 1746 Eng. dial. - a term of abuse; an idiot, a booby; a lazy lubber
MAGA DOG
- n. 1950s W. Indies - a mongrel; hence, a term of abuse for a person (Rasta usage)
MAGGOT
- n. 1980s Aust. sl. - a term of abuse, esp. aimed at girls or women
MALT-HORSE
- n. 1590 obs. - a term of reproach or abuse for a dull, stupid fellow; a dolt
MANDRAKE
- n. 1508 obs. - a term of abuse; an inferior person (chiefly Sc.)
MARE
- n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a term of abuse
MARMOSET
- n. a1500 obs. - a term of abuse or contempt to a man
MAWKIN
- n. 1819 Eng. dial. - a term of abuse or contempt for anyone
MIXEN
- n. 1777 Eng. dial. - a term of abuse or reproach to a woman or child
MONGREL
- n. L16 Aust. & NZ sl. - a general term of abuse
MOOK
- n. 1930s US sl. - a term of abuse; a foolish person
MOPOKE
- n. 1946 Aust. sl. - a stupid, boring, tiresome person; often used as a term of abuse
MOTHER-PLUGGER
- n. 1920s US sl. - a term of abuse; an extreme insult; an unpleasant or despicable person (African-American sl.)
NAG
- n. 1598 obs. - a term of abuse for a person
NAGAS
- n. Bk1903 Eng. dial. - a term of abuse for a greedy, stingy person
NAUGHTY-PACK
- n. 16C obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a term of abuse or reproach to a male or female
NEEDLEDICK
- n. 1969 Amer. sl. - a man having a small penis; hence, a contemptible fellow; a term of abuse
OIL TANKER
- n. 1992 UK sl. - an unpleasant person; a term of abuse (rhyming sl. for 'wanker')
OLD CROW
- n. L19 sl. - a general term of abuse, not specifically of a woman
OMADHAUN
- n. 1818 Ireland - a fool, a simpleton; a dull, stupid person; a term of abuse
PANZER HEAD
- n. 1980s sl. - a term of abuse used of someone who is or resembles a German
PARCEL
- n. 20C Irish sl. - a difficult, troublesome person; a term of abuse
PARRACK
- n. 1867 Eng. dial. - a term of abuse; a spiritless simpleton
PARTAN
- n. 1895 Sc. - a term of abuse or ridicule; an ugly or bad-tempered person, a stupid person
PENTWEEZLE
- n. 1656 obs. - a term of abuse or reproach
PISSHEAD
- n. 1946 NZ & UK sl. - a confirmed or heavy drinker; a drunkard; also used as a term of abuse
QUEAN
- n. a1000 - a woman; a female; from early Middle English a term of disparagement or abuse; hence, a bold, impudent, or ill-behaved woman; a jade, a hussy; a harlot, a strumpet, esp. in 16th-17th centuries
RAASHOLE
- n. 2000 UK sl. - a contemptible person; used as a general term of abuse
RABBIT
- n. 1597 - a term of abuse or contempt for a person
RAISIN-BRAIN
- n. 1990s US sl. - a fool; a term of abuse (African-American sl.)
RAKES
- n. 1575 obs. rare - a term of abuse for a person
RAM-SKYT
- n. c1460 obs. rare - a term of abuse
RAT-ASS
- n. 1950s sl. - a term of abuse (orig. US)
RATBAG
- n. 1890 sl. - a term of abuse; a rogue, an eccentric (orig. Aust. & NZ)
RAT BASTARD
- n. 1920s sl. - a term of abuse (orig. US)
RIBIBE
- n. c1386 obs. - a term of contempt or abuse for an old woman; a shrill-voiced old woman
RIDGEL
- n. 1703 Eng. dial. - a term of abuse applied to men; a sportive, mischievous lad
SACKET
- n. 1853 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a term of reproach or abuse
SAD
- n. 1990s sl. - a term of abuse
SALAMI SLAPPER
- n. 1990s sl. - a term of abuse
SARDINE
- n. M19 US sl. - a term of abuse
SATCHEL-ARSE
- n. 18C sl. - a general term of abuse
SATCHEL-ARSED SON OF A WHORE
- n. 18C sl. - a general term of abuse
SAUERKRAUT
- n. M19 sl. - a cantankerous person; a term of abuse (chiefly Aust. & US sl.)
SAUERKRAUTER
- n. M19 sl. - a cantankerous person; a term of abuse (chiefly Aust. & US sl.)
S.B.
- n. L19 US - a sonofabitch; a derogatory term of abuse (euphemism)
SCADGER
- n. M19 sl. - a term of abuse; a mean, contemptible person; someone who always wants a loan
SCAMY BEGGAR
- n. Bk1904 Sc. - a term of abuse
SCHLEP
- n. 1930s sl. - a general term of abuse (orig. US)
SCLYOG
- n. 1882 Sc. obs. - a term of abuse for a dirty, objectionable person
SCRUFF
- n. 1950s sl. - an unkempt, messy person; also, a term of abuse
SCUNGE
- n. 1967 colloq. - a term of abuse
SHAGAMUFFIN
- n. 1642 obs. rare - a term of abuse
SHITABED
- n. 1653 sl. rare - a lazy or worthless person; a term of abuse
SHIT-BREECH
- n. 1675 - a term of abuse applied to a person
SHITBUM
- n. 1960s sl. - a term of abuse
SHIT-FACE
- n. 1937 sl. - an unpleasant or despicable person, an obnoxious person, usually male; a term of abusive address
SHITHEAD
- n. 1961 sl. - an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male; a term of abuse for an obnoxious person
SHIT-RAGS
- n. 1598 sl. obs. rare - a lazy person; a term of abuse
SHITTER
- n. 1970s sl. - a term of abuse
SHYPOO
- n. 1952 NZ sl. - a term of abuse
SILLY LEGS
- n. Brit. sl. - a term of mild abuse aimed at someone behaving like a fool
SKEET
- n. 20C sl. - a general term of abuse
SKEEZA; SKEEZE; SKEEZER
- n. 1980s sl. - a term of abuse for any disliked person (orig. US Black)
SKID MARKS
- n. 1990s sl. - a term of abuse
SON OF A SEA COCK
- n. 1851 Amer. dial. - a term of abuse for a man
SON OF A SEA COOK
- n. 1851 Amer. dial. - a term of abuse for a man
SON OF A SEA CROOK
- n. 1851 Amer. dial. - a term of abuse for a man
SON OF A SEA-GOING COOK
- n. 1851 Amer. dial. - a term of abuse for a man
SOPPY DATE
- n. 1900s UK sl. - an affectionate term of abuse (juvenile usage)
SOURCROUT; SOURKRAUT
- n. M19 sl. - a cantankerous person; a term of abuse (chiefly Aust. & US sl.)
SPUNKBUBBLE
- n. 1984 UK sl. - a term of abuse between men
SPUNK DUST
- n. 1984 UK sl. - a term of abuse between men
SQUALL
- n. 1570 obs. - a girl, a minx; a term of endearment, and of abuse or reproach
STOOGE
- n. 1960s US sl. - a term of abuse for a person (college sl.)
SUCCUBUS
- n. 1622 - a strumpet, a whore; a term of abuse for low woman
SWAMP-HOG
- n. 1980s Aust. sl. - a term of abuse, usually aimed at girls or women
SWISS BANKER
- n. 2003 UK sl. - a despicable person; an all-purpose form of abuse (rhyming sl. for 'wanker')
TAR-BARREL
- n. 1695 obs. - a term of abuse for a person; an inferior person
TARLEATHER
- n. 1575 obs. rare - a term of abuse or reproach applied to a woman; an inferior woman
TARTAR
- n. 1590 - a term of abuse for a person; an inferior person
TIM
- n. 1610 obs. - a term of personal abuse
TINKER
- n. 1895 Ireland - a term of abuse applied to persons or animals
TOAD'S-GUTS
- n. 1634 obs. - a term of abuse
UNCLE BEN
- n. 1970s US sl. - a homosexual Black man who prefers White men; hence, a term of abuse (homosexual sl.)
UPJUMP
- n. 1910s Aust. sl. - an upstart, a nouveau riche; a term of abuse
VADGE
- n. 1980s sl. - a general term of abuse
VAG
- n. 1980s sl. - a general term of abuse
VARK
- n. 1950s S. Afr. sl. - a general term of abuse, esp. of a policeman
VEEKO
- n. 1929 Sc. - a term of abuse for a person
VERDUGO
- n. a1616 obs. rare - a hangman or executioner; also, a term of abuse
VERMIN
- n. 1777 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a term of abuse; also, applied playfully to a mischievous child
WANK-BAG
- n. 1990s sl. - a general term of abuse
WARIANGLE
- n. a1400-50 obs. rare - a term of contemptuous abuse
WARLOCK
- n. a1000 obs. - a wicked person; a scoundrel, a reprobate; a general term of reproach or abuse
WISGAN
- n. 1894 Sc. - a term of abuse; a stunted, useless, feckless person
WOOLLY DOG
- n. Bk1919 Aust. sl. - a term of abuse for a person (services sl.)
WORRIE-CROW
- n. 1824 Sc. - an unprepossessing or unfavourable person; a term of abuse
WRETCH-CLAAT; WRETCH-CLAHT
- n. 1980s UK sl. - a term of abuse (African-American sl.)
WRIST JOB
- n. 2000 UK sl. - a term of abuse; a 'wanker'
YAK
- n. 1980s US sl. - a term of abuse
YIT
- n. 1970s UK sl. - a term of abuse (juvenile usage)
- n. 1908 Sc. - weak or infirm person or animal; a weakling; also, a term of abuse
AFTERBIRTH
- n. 1960s sl. - a general term of abuse
ALLEY BAT
- n. 1968 Amer. dial. - a promiscuous, careless, or slovenly woman; an immoral woman; sometimes used as a general term of abuse
APPLEKNOCKER
- n. 1939 Amer. dial. - a stupid person; used as a general term of abuse
ARAB
- n. 1976 UK sl. - (derogatory and offensive) a term of abuse or contempt
ARSEHOLE-CRAWLER
- n. L19 sl. - a sycophant; a toady; hence, a general term of abuse
ARSEHOLE-CREEPER
- n. L19 sl. - a sycophant; a toady; hence, a general term of abuse
ARSEL-CREEPER
- n. L19 sl. - a sycophant; a toady; hence, a general term of abuse
ASPERSEAND
- n. 1848 Ireland - a term of abuse; a wretch
ASSHOLE-SUCKER
- n. 1934 Amer. sl. - a violent term of abuse
ASS-LICKER
- n. 1972 Amer. sl. - a term of abuse
ATE-YOUR-BUN
- n. 1990s Irish sl. - a term of abuse
BABOON
- n. c1500 - an ugly or uncouth person; a stupid person; an inferior person; an oaf, a jerk; also, a term of abuse
BABY-RAPER
- n. 1950s US sl. - (derogatory) a term of abuse
BACON-FACE
- n. 19C sl. - a term of abuse
BAINGLE
- n. 1870 Sc. - a term of abuse applied to a woman
BARGHEST
- n. 1863 Eng. dial. - a term of reproach or abuse; one who is unsightly in appearance; a noisy or ill-conducted person
BLIRT
- n. 1950s Irish sl. - a term of abuse; a loudmouth
BOHUNKUS
- n. 1933 - a stupid, obnoxious, or worthless person; often used as a term of abuse or a contemptuous form of address
BOUSY; BOUZZIE; BOWSEY; BOWSIE; BOWSY
- n. L19 Irish sl. - a general term of abuse
CACK
- n. 1970s sl. - a general term of abuse; a contemptuous term for an individual
CAKPANTS
- n. 2000s sl. - a general term of abuse, the implication is that the subject is a coward, who soils their underwear through fear
CALLET
- n. a1528 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a term of abuse; a hag; a scold
CALLYMOOCHER
- n. 1661 obs. rare - a term of abuse or reproach; ? a raw cadger, a greenhorn
CAN OF PISS
- n. 2000s Irish sl. - a term of abuse
CONGER-HEAD
- n. 1810 - a term of abuse for a man
COOSE; COOZE; KUSE
- n. 1948 US sl. - a term of abuse or contempt
COOSIE; COOZEY; COOZIE; COOZY
- n. 1948 US sl. - a term of abuse for a woman
CRUD
- n. 1932 - an unpleasant or despicable person; a general term of abuse
CUM-TWANG
- n. 1599 obs. - a term of abuse, reproach, or contempt; apparently, a miser
CUT
- n. a1534 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a term of abuse applied to a man or woman; a strumpet
DARRYL
- n. 1990s sl. - a general term of abuse
DATE
- n. 1910s Aust. sl. - a term of abuse
DEAD CUNT
- n. 1990s Aust. sl. - a strong term of abuse
DEADEYE
- n. 1849 US sl. - a term of abuse; a worthless fellow (nautical sl.)
DEADPICKER
- n. 1930s US sl. - a term of abuse
DEADSHIT
- n. 1980s Aust. sl. - a term of abuse
DIRTY FINGERS
- n. 1865 Eng. dial. - a term of abuse applied to one accused of dishonesty
DITCH
- n. 17C sl. - the vagina; thus a term of abuse for a woman
DOG BREATH
- n. 1981 US sl. - a contemptible person; used as a term of abuse
DOG'S FACE
- n. c1590 - a term of abuse or reproach
DORKBREATH
- n. 1974 US sl. - a term of abuse
DROL
- n. 1960s S. Afr. sl. - a general term of abuse
DUNGHILL
- n. 1608 obs. - (derogatory) a person of low social status; a commoner or peasant; chiefly used as a demeaning term of reproach or abuse
DUNGHILL RAKER
- n. 1591 rare - a person who rakes through or rakes up refuse, esp. in search of things which may be reused, sold, or recycled; in early use also as a term of abuse or contempt
EGG ROLL
- n. 1970s NZ sl. - a term of abuse (prison sl.)
FACE FART
- n. 2000s NZ sl. - a general term of abuse
FAGGOT
- n. 1. 1591 - a general term of abuse, usually of women or children; a shrewish, bad-tempered, or offensive woman; an old or dissipated woman; an unpleasant, miserable woman
- n. 2. 1950s US sl. - a general term of abuse, irrespective of sex
FANNY RAT
- n. 1990s sl. - a term of abuse
FART-FACE
- n. 1938 Amer. sl. - a term of abuse; an ugly or contemptible person
FART-SACK
- n. 1940s sl. - a term of abuse
FART'S END
- n. E18 sl. - a term of abuse
FAT-FACE
- n. 1741 - a term of abuse
FATGUT
- n. L16 sl. - a term of abuse for a person who has a fat stomach
FAT-GUTS
- n. 1596 - one having a big belly; used as a term of abuse
FILLET OF COD
- n. L20 sl. - a term of abuse for a person (rhyming sl. for 'sod')
FLOBBERCHOPS
- n. 19C Eng. dial. - a term of abuse
FUNKY ASS
- n. 1960s US sl. - a general term of abuse, implying bad odours (African-American sl.)
FUSTILUGS
- n. 1607 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a gross, fat, unwieldy person, especially a woman; a slovenly woman that smells rank; a person with a sour, forbidding aspect; a dirty child; a term of abuse
GRIZZLEDEMUNDY
- n. - 1818 Eng. dial. a term of abuse applied to a person who laughs at any trifling thing; a grinning fool
GRUNGE
- n. 1960s sl. - a general term of abuse; a repugnant, odious, dirty, or boring person (orig US)
GURRIER
- n. 1936 Ireland colloq. - orig., a Dublin street urchin; now usually: a rough, aggressive young man; a lout, a hooligan; also, a term of abuse
GUTFATTY
- n. L16 sl. - a term of abuse for a person who has a fat stomach
GUTS
- n. 1596 UK - (derogatory) a term of abuse, an overweight or obese person; a notably fat person
GUTSY
- n. 1596 UK - (derogatory) a term of abuse, an overweight or obese person; a fat man
HACK-MUCK
- n. 1931 Sc. - a term of abuse for a person
HADDIE
- n. 1955 Sc. - a term of mild, jocular abuse; a blockhead
HADDOCK (AND COD)
- n. 1962 UK sl. - a term of abuse; a sod, an annoying, irritating, or unpleasant person (rhyming sl.)
HALTER-SACK
- n. 1598 obs. - a 'gallows-bird'; a term of reproach or abuse
HANGING BONE VILLAIN
- n. 1848 Ireland - a term of abuse for a person
HANIEL; HANNIEL
- n. 1783 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a lout; a lazy, awkward, good-for-nothing fellow; a worthless, mischievous person; a general term of abuse
HARLICAN
- n. 1896 Eng. dial. - a term of abuse to a person
HELL-PUP
- n. 1903 Amer. dial. - a term of abuse for a person; a fiendish person
HOBBLE
- n. 1952 Irish sl. - a term of abuse
HOM
- n. 1990s sl. - a term of abuse (homosexual)
JACK-A-LANTERN
- n. 1895 Eng. dial. - a term of abuse
JACK A LOON
- n. 1895 Eng. dial. - a term of abuse
JAMES HUNT
- n. 2003 UK sl. - a cunt; used in all senses, but esp. as a term of abuse (rhyming sl.)
KENNEL-RAKER
- n. c1589 obs. - a raker of the gutter; a scavenger; also, a term of abuse
LAND-RAT
- n. 1632 obs. - a term of abuse for a person
LETHRON
- n. 1718 Sc. obs. - a term of abuse for a lazy, loutish person; a loafer; a slattern, a drab
LOBCOCK
- n. a1553 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a country bumpkin; a clown, a lout, a boor; a dull, stupid, sluggish person; a clumsy, lubberly fellow; a blundering fool; a blockhead; a term of abuse
LOLLYPOT
- n. 1746 Eng. dial. - a term of abuse; an idiot, a booby; a lazy lubber
MAGA DOG
- n. 1950s W. Indies - a mongrel; hence, a term of abuse for a person (Rasta usage)
MAGGOT
- n. 1980s Aust. sl. - a term of abuse, esp. aimed at girls or women
MALT-HORSE
- n. 1590 obs. - a term of reproach or abuse for a dull, stupid fellow; a dolt
MANDRAKE
- n. 1508 obs. - a term of abuse; an inferior person (chiefly Sc.)
MARE
- n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a term of abuse
MARMOSET
- n. a1500 obs. - a term of abuse or contempt to a man
MAWKIN
- n. 1819 Eng. dial. - a term of abuse or contempt for anyone
MIXEN
- n. 1777 Eng. dial. - a term of abuse or reproach to a woman or child
MONGREL
- n. L16 Aust. & NZ sl. - a general term of abuse
MOOK
- n. 1930s US sl. - a term of abuse; a foolish person
MOPOKE
- n. 1946 Aust. sl. - a stupid, boring, tiresome person; often used as a term of abuse
MOTHER-PLUGGER
- n. 1920s US sl. - a term of abuse; an extreme insult; an unpleasant or despicable person (African-American sl.)
NAG
- n. 1598 obs. - a term of abuse for a person
NAGAS
- n. Bk1903 Eng. dial. - a term of abuse for a greedy, stingy person
NAUGHTY-PACK
- n. 16C obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a term of abuse or reproach to a male or female
NEEDLEDICK
- n. 1969 Amer. sl. - a man having a small penis; hence, a contemptible fellow; a term of abuse
OIL TANKER
- n. 1992 UK sl. - an unpleasant person; a term of abuse (rhyming sl. for 'wanker')
OLD CROW
- n. L19 sl. - a general term of abuse, not specifically of a woman
OMADHAUN
- n. 1818 Ireland - a fool, a simpleton; a dull, stupid person; a term of abuse
PANZER HEAD
- n. 1980s sl. - a term of abuse used of someone who is or resembles a German
PARCEL
- n. 20C Irish sl. - a difficult, troublesome person; a term of abuse
PARRACK
- n. 1867 Eng. dial. - a term of abuse; a spiritless simpleton
PARTAN
- n. 1895 Sc. - a term of abuse or ridicule; an ugly or bad-tempered person, a stupid person
PENTWEEZLE
- n. 1656 obs. - a term of abuse or reproach
PISSHEAD
- n. 1946 NZ & UK sl. - a confirmed or heavy drinker; a drunkard; also used as a term of abuse
QUEAN
- n. a1000 - a woman; a female; from early Middle English a term of disparagement or abuse; hence, a bold, impudent, or ill-behaved woman; a jade, a hussy; a harlot, a strumpet, esp. in 16th-17th centuries
RAASHOLE
- n. 2000 UK sl. - a contemptible person; used as a general term of abuse
RABBIT
- n. 1597 - a term of abuse or contempt for a person
RAISIN-BRAIN
- n. 1990s US sl. - a fool; a term of abuse (African-American sl.)
RAKES
- n. 1575 obs. rare - a term of abuse for a person
RAM-SKYT
- n. c1460 obs. rare - a term of abuse
RAT-ASS
- n. 1950s sl. - a term of abuse (orig. US)
RATBAG
- n. 1890 sl. - a term of abuse; a rogue, an eccentric (orig. Aust. & NZ)
RAT BASTARD
- n. 1920s sl. - a term of abuse (orig. US)
RIBIBE
- n. c1386 obs. - a term of contempt or abuse for an old woman; a shrill-voiced old woman
RIDGEL
- n. 1703 Eng. dial. - a term of abuse applied to men; a sportive, mischievous lad
SACKET
- n. 1853 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a term of reproach or abuse
SAD
- n. 1990s sl. - a term of abuse
SALAMI SLAPPER
- n. 1990s sl. - a term of abuse
SARDINE
- n. M19 US sl. - a term of abuse
SATCHEL-ARSE
- n. 18C sl. - a general term of abuse
SATCHEL-ARSED SON OF A WHORE
- n. 18C sl. - a general term of abuse
SAUERKRAUT
- n. M19 sl. - a cantankerous person; a term of abuse (chiefly Aust. & US sl.)
SAUERKRAUTER
- n. M19 sl. - a cantankerous person; a term of abuse (chiefly Aust. & US sl.)
S.B.
- n. L19 US - a sonofabitch; a derogatory term of abuse (euphemism)
SCADGER
- n. M19 sl. - a term of abuse; a mean, contemptible person; someone who always wants a loan
SCAMY BEGGAR
- n. Bk1904 Sc. - a term of abuse
SCHLEP
- n. 1930s sl. - a general term of abuse (orig. US)
SCLYOG
- n. 1882 Sc. obs. - a term of abuse for a dirty, objectionable person
SCRUFF
- n. 1950s sl. - an unkempt, messy person; also, a term of abuse
SCUNGE
- n. 1967 colloq. - a term of abuse
SHAGAMUFFIN
- n. 1642 obs. rare - a term of abuse
SHITABED
- n. 1653 sl. rare - a lazy or worthless person; a term of abuse
SHIT-BREECH
- n. 1675 - a term of abuse applied to a person
SHITBUM
- n. 1960s sl. - a term of abuse
SHIT-FACE
- n. 1937 sl. - an unpleasant or despicable person, an obnoxious person, usually male; a term of abusive address
SHITHEAD
- n. 1961 sl. - an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male; a term of abuse for an obnoxious person
SHIT-RAGS
- n. 1598 sl. obs. rare - a lazy person; a term of abuse
SHITTER
- n. 1970s sl. - a term of abuse
SHYPOO
- n. 1952 NZ sl. - a term of abuse
SILLY LEGS
- n. Brit. sl. - a term of mild abuse aimed at someone behaving like a fool
SKEET
- n. 20C sl. - a general term of abuse
SKEEZA; SKEEZE; SKEEZER
- n. 1980s sl. - a term of abuse for any disliked person (orig. US Black)
SKID MARKS
- n. 1990s sl. - a term of abuse
SON OF A SEA COCK
- n. 1851 Amer. dial. - a term of abuse for a man
SON OF A SEA COOK
- n. 1851 Amer. dial. - a term of abuse for a man
SON OF A SEA CROOK
- n. 1851 Amer. dial. - a term of abuse for a man
SON OF A SEA-GOING COOK
- n. 1851 Amer. dial. - a term of abuse for a man
SOPPY DATE
- n. 1900s UK sl. - an affectionate term of abuse (juvenile usage)
SOURCROUT; SOURKRAUT
- n. M19 sl. - a cantankerous person; a term of abuse (chiefly Aust. & US sl.)
SPUNKBUBBLE
- n. 1984 UK sl. - a term of abuse between men
SPUNK DUST
- n. 1984 UK sl. - a term of abuse between men
SQUALL
- n. 1570 obs. - a girl, a minx; a term of endearment, and of abuse or reproach
STOOGE
- n. 1960s US sl. - a term of abuse for a person (college sl.)
SUCCUBUS
- n. 1622 - a strumpet, a whore; a term of abuse for low woman
SWAMP-HOG
- n. 1980s Aust. sl. - a term of abuse, usually aimed at girls or women
SWISS BANKER
- n. 2003 UK sl. - a despicable person; an all-purpose form of abuse (rhyming sl. for 'wanker')
TAR-BARREL
- n. 1695 obs. - a term of abuse for a person; an inferior person
TARLEATHER
- n. 1575 obs. rare - a term of abuse or reproach applied to a woman; an inferior woman
TARTAR
- n. 1590 - a term of abuse for a person; an inferior person
TIM
- n. 1610 obs. - a term of personal abuse
TINKER
- n. 1895 Ireland - a term of abuse applied to persons or animals
TOAD'S-GUTS
- n. 1634 obs. - a term of abuse
UNCLE BEN
- n. 1970s US sl. - a homosexual Black man who prefers White men; hence, a term of abuse (homosexual sl.)
UPJUMP
- n. 1910s Aust. sl. - an upstart, a nouveau riche; a term of abuse
VADGE
- n. 1980s sl. - a general term of abuse
VAG
- n. 1980s sl. - a general term of abuse
VARK
- n. 1950s S. Afr. sl. - a general term of abuse, esp. of a policeman
VEEKO
- n. 1929 Sc. - a term of abuse for a person
VERDUGO
- n. a1616 obs. rare - a hangman or executioner; also, a term of abuse
VERMIN
- n. 1777 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a term of abuse; also, applied playfully to a mischievous child
WANK-BAG
- n. 1990s sl. - a general term of abuse
WARIANGLE
- n. a1400-50 obs. rare - a term of contemptuous abuse
WARLOCK
- n. a1000 obs. - a wicked person; a scoundrel, a reprobate; a general term of reproach or abuse
WISGAN
- n. 1894 Sc. - a term of abuse; a stunted, useless, feckless person
WOOLLY DOG
- n. Bk1919 Aust. sl. - a term of abuse for a person (services sl.)
WORRIE-CROW
- n. 1824 Sc. - an unprepossessing or unfavourable person; a term of abuse
WRETCH-CLAAT; WRETCH-CLAHT
- n. 1980s UK sl. - a term of abuse (African-American sl.)
WRIST JOB
- n. 2000 UK sl. - a term of abuse; a 'wanker'
YAK
- n. 1980s US sl. - a term of abuse
YIT
- n. 1970s UK sl. - a term of abuse (juvenile usage)
ABYSS
ABIME
- n. a1300 - an abyss
ABYSM
- n. 1495 - any deep immeasurable space; a profound chasm or gulf; an abyss
ABYSMUS
- n. Bk1611 obs. - an abyss
DEEPNESS
- n. a1000 obs. - a deep place or cavity, an abyss; a deep part of the sea, etc.
DUNGEON
- n. c1475 - a deep, dark lace in the sea or land; a gulf, abyss, or chasm; a cave or cavern; often used in the plural
JAW-HOLE
- n. 1840 - a gaping opening; an abyss
PALUS
- n. 1471 - a marsh, a fen; an abyss
PALUSCHE
- n. 1471 obs. rare - a marsh, a fen; an abyss
- n. a1300 - an abyss
ABYSM
- n. 1495 - any deep immeasurable space; a profound chasm or gulf; an abyss
ABYSMUS
- n. Bk1611 obs. - an abyss
DEEPNESS
- n. a1000 obs. - a deep place or cavity, an abyss; a deep part of the sea, etc.
DUNGEON
- n. c1475 - a deep, dark lace in the sea or land; a gulf, abyss, or chasm; a cave or cavern; often used in the plural
JAW-HOLE
- n. 1840 - a gaping opening; an abyss
PALUS
- n. 1471 - a marsh, a fen; an abyss
PALUSCHE
- n. 1471 obs. rare - a marsh, a fen; an abyss
ABYSSINIA
ABASSIAN
- n. 1613 - a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia
ABYSSIAN
n. - E17 obs. a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia, a country in NE Africa (now Ethiopia)
ABYSSIN
- n. 1584 obs. - a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia, a country in north-eastern Africa; now officially called Ethiopia
ABYSSINIAN
- n. 1703 - a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia, a country in NE Africa (now Ethiopia)
HABASSIN
- n. 1621 - an Abyssinian
- n. 1613 - a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia
ABYSSIAN
n. - E17 obs. a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia, a country in NE Africa (now Ethiopia)
ABYSSIN
- n. 1584 obs. - a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia, a country in north-eastern Africa; now officially called Ethiopia
ABYSSINIAN
- n. 1703 - a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia, a country in NE Africa (now Ethiopia)
HABASSIN
- n. 1621 - an Abyssinian