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MISTREAT - MONDAY
MISTREAT - verbs
• BUNGO to mistreat severely; to inflict injury on ...1980s US college sl.
• DO A NUMBER ON to mistreat someone very badly; to put someone in a very bad situation ...M20 US sl.
• DO ONE DIRT to deceive, to mistreat, to treat meanly, to harm one, to injure, esp. underhandedly or by secret means ...1897 Amer. dial.
• DO ONE DIRTY to deceive, to mistreat, to treat meanly, to harm one, to injure, esp. underhandedly or by secret means ...1906 Amer. dial.
• MISLIST to mistreat ...1845 Amer. dial.
MISTREATMENT - nouns
• ROYAL SHAFT monumental mistreatment ...1983 US sl.
MISTRESS - adjectives
• POLLED-UP living with a mistress or concubine ...L19 Brit. sl.
MISTRESS - nouns
• KEEPING † the maintaining of a mistress or lover; the fact of condition of being so maintained ...1675
MISTRESS - nouns, person
• ALBERTINE an adroit, calculating, business-like mistress ...L19 sl.
• AMMUNITION WIFE a mistress ...World War II Amer. sl.
• AUTEM MORT a mistress, as in a woman who cohabits with a man, or accompanies a mendicant villain on his travels and his crimes ...M16 criminals' sl.
• AUTEM MOT a mistress, as in a woman who cohabits with a man, or accompanies a mendicant villain on his travels and his crimes ...M16 criminals' sl.
• AUTEM MOTT a mistress, as in a woman who cohabits with a man, or accompanies a mendicant villain on his travels and his crimes ...M16 criminals' sl.
• BACHELOR'S WIFE a mistress ...20C US sl.
• BED-SISTER † the mistress of a married man in relation to his lawful wife ...1297
• BELAMOUR † a loved one of either sex; a lady love; a sweetheart; a mistress ...1596
• BELLY-PIECE † a concubine, a mistress, a prostitute, a whore ...1632
• BIT OF JAM a sweetheart; a mistress ...c1886 sl.
• BUTTERED BUN(S) † a harlot, a mistress; a prostitute ...1679 sl.
• CANARY a mistress ...18C sl.
• CANARY-BIRD a mistress ...18C sl.
• DRUERY † one who is an object of love; a beloved person; a sweetheart; a mistress ...c1315
• FANCY a girlfriend; a mistress; a man's sweetheart ...E19 sl.
• FANCY PIECE orig. a gaudily dressed prostitute; later, a mistress, a 'bit on the side' ...Brit. sl.
• FANCY-WOMAN a man's sweetheart or mistress ...1812 sl., esp. criminals' usage
• FLAME a sweetheart, a mistress in keeping ...E18 sl.
• GALIMAUFRY a mistress ...Shakespeare usage
• GALLIMAUFRY a mistress ...16C sl.
• GALLIMAUFREY a mistress ...Shakespeare usage
• GAMESTER a mistress ...L17 sl.
• JAM a sweetheart; a mistress ...c1880 sl.
• JAM-TART a wife or mistress ...19C sl.
• KITTOCK a familiar or disrespectful term for a girl or young woman; esp. a woman of loose character; a wanton, an unchaste woman; a mistress, a concubine ...c1470 Sc.
• LADY a woman who is the object of chivalrous devotion; a mistress ...c1374
• LADY-BIRD a nice, ladylike, kept mistress ...17C sl.
• LADY OF PLEASURE a prostitute; a mistress or female lover ...M17 euphemism 1981
• LANDLADY †* a mistress ...1600
• LEMAN one who is loved unlawfully; an unlawful lover or mistress; in later use, chiefly applied to the female sex ...c1275 arch.
• LEVERET † a mistress ...1617
• LIE-BY † a concubine, a mistress ...a1656 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LIMMER an unchaste, loose, or immoral woman; a mistress, a prostitute ...1566 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MADAM † a kept mistress; a courtesan, a prostitute ...1719
• MAKE † of humans: a husband or wife; a lover or mistress ...a1240 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MAKE-BELIEVE a mistress treated as a wife ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOOSE in the Korean war: a girlfriend, mistress, or prostitute ...1951 US sl.
• MOUNT a wife or mistress ...c1856 Brit. sl.
• MOUSE a mistress ...L19 sl.
• NATURAL † a mistress ...1688
• NIGHT-PIECE †* a mistress ...1620
• OLD FLAME an old lover; a cast-off mistress ...1846 sl.
• OLD LADY a mistress or steady girlfriend, regardless of age ...1918 US sl.
• OUTSIDE WOMAN a man's lover; a mistress ...L19 W. Indies
• PANEL a priest's mistress; a sexually loose woman; a prostitute ...14C Brit. sl.
• PARAMOUR an illicit or clandestine lover or mistress taking the place, but without the rights, of a husband or wife; the illicit partner of a married man or woman ...c1386
• PARNEL † a priest's concubine or mistress; a harlot; a wanton young woman; an immodest girl; an immoral woman; one lost to all sense of decency; a sexually loose woman; a prostitute ...1362 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PECULIAR a mistress ...L17 colloq.
• PERNEL(E) a priest's mistress; a sexually loose woman; a prostitute ...14C Brit. sl.
• PUG † a courtesan; a prostitute; a harlot; a mistress ...E17
• QUEAN † a mistress, a paramour, a concubine ...1931 Sc.
• QUEEN a mistress, or prostitute ...1968 US sl.
• RAINBOW a mistress ...E19 sl.
• SATURDAY-TO-MONDAY a mistress whom one sees only at weekends ...1900s sl.
• SIDE DISH a mistress ...1949 US sl.
• SKIBBY an Oriental concubine or mistress; an Oriental prostitute; thus, when addressing a Japanese speaker, any prostitute ...1910s US sl.
• SMIG a mistress ...E20 sl.
• SOILED-DOVE a kept mistress or prostitute ...1865 sl.
• SUCCUBA a mistress; a harlot ...1610
• SULTANA a mistress, a concubine ...1702
• SULTANA QUEEN the favourite concubine of a sultan; hence, a favourite mistress ...1668
• TACKLE † a mistress ...1688 sl.
• TALLY-WOMAN a married man's mistress; a concubine ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIB † a mistress; a young woman of loose character; a strumpet, a prostitute ...1582
• UNDERPUT a mistress ...E17 sl.
• WHITE MAN'S HANSOM WOMAN a Black mistress ...Bk1892 W. Indian sl.
• WIFE a mistress or concubine ...19C sl.
MISTRESS - nouns, person, other
• DARK CULL a married man with a mistress that he visits only at night ...18C sl.
• DARK CULLY a married man with a mistress whom he sees only at night ...L18 UK criminals' sl.
• DARK DIDDLER a married man with a secret mistress ...1930 Amer. dial.
• KEEPER † one who keeps a mistress ...1676
• MAINTAINER † one who keeps a mistress ...1632
• UNCLE a man who has a mistress ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
MISTRUST - nouns
• DEAD CAT ON THE LINE something causing suspicion, mistrust, or concern; something immoral ...1965 Amer. dial.
• JEALOUSY † suspicion; apprehension of evil; mistrust ...c1385 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WANTROWING †* mistrust, faint belief ...c1440
• WANTRUST † mistrust, lack of confidence ...c1374
MISTRUST - verbs
• DIFFIDE † to distrust, to doubt, to suspect, to mistrust ...1678
• MISLIST to mistrust, to suspect ...1950 Amer. dial.
• POISON UP ON to come to dislike or mistrust ...1933 Amer. dial.
• TAKE PEPPER IN THE NOSE to take offense; to become angry or irritated; to be vexed; to mistrust ...1787
MISTRUSTFUL - adjectives
• JEALOUS † doubtful, mistrustful ...1601
MISTY - see MIST
MISUNDERSTAND - verbs
• GET THE WRONG END OF THE TETHER to make a mistake; to misunderstand ...1884 Eng. dial.
• MISCOGNIZE †* to fail to appreciate or acknowledge; to misunderstand ...1603
• PICK UP STOMPIES to come late to a conversation and so misunderstand what is being discussed ...S. Afr. sl.
MISUNDERSTANDING - nouns
• CAFFLE an argument; a misunderstanding, a disagreement ...1889 Eng. dial.
• EMBROGLIO a state of great confusion and entanglement; a complicated or difficult situation (esp. political or dramatic); a confused misunderstanding or disagreement ...1818
• FALL-OUT a quarrel, a misunderstanding ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• IGNORATION † the fact of being ignorant; mistaking or misunderstanding through want of knowledge ...1612
• ILL evil, misfortune, injury; harm; misunderstanding ...1810 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• IMBROGLIO a state of great confusion and entanglement; a complicated or difficult situation (esp. political or dramatic); a confused misunderstanding or disagreement ...1818
• MIFF a slight quarrel or misunderstanding; a tiff; a fit of ill-humour, pettishness; a huff ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UPSET a misunderstanding; a quarrel ...1879 Eng. dial.
MISUNDERSTOOD - adjectives
• BASKETED abandoned, ignored, misunderstood, confused ...L18 sl.
MISUSE - nouns
• ABUSAGE † abuse, misuse, perversion; defilement ...1548
• ABUSION † misuse, misapplication, perversion ...c1450
MISUSE - verbs
• DISABUSE to abuse, to misuse ...Bk1900 Sc.
• RAPE to misuse; to steal ...1990s sl.
• RIMRACK to injure, damage, or destroy, esp. by misuse ...1841 Amer. dial.
MITE - nouns
• YAN a small object or creature; a mite ...1825 Sc.
MITIGATE - verbs
• BECALM to assuage, to mitigate, to soothe, to tranquillize ...1613
• BEET to soothe; to mitigate ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DAVE to assuage, to mitigate, to relieve; to soothe ...1781 Eng. dial.
• KEEL † to make less violent, eager, or ardent; to assuage, to mitigate, to lessen ...c1175
• LEATH † to mitigate, to soften, to relax ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LENIFY † to alleviate, to mitigate ...1574
• MEASE to soothe, to mitigate, to calm ...1678 Sc.
• PALE †* to alleviate the symptoms of a disease without curing it; to relieve superficially or temporarily; to mitigate the sufferings of; to ease ...c1400
• PALLIFY † to alleviate the symptoms of a disease without curing it; to relieve superficially or temporarily; to mitigate the sufferings of; to ease, to alleviate ...1544
• QUEME * to satisfy, to appease, to mitigate ...c1250
• SALVE † to soothe, to mitigate, to assuage ...1577
• TRANQUILLITATE †* to render tranquil, to calm, to soothe, to mitigate, to alleviate ...1657
MITIGATED - adjectives
• PALLIATE † cloaked, covered, concealed; mitigated ...a1548
• PALLIATED † covered over, concealed; mitigated, extenuated ...1612
MITIGATING - adjectives
• DELENIFICAL †* soothing, pacifying, mitigating; making gentle; assuaging pain ...1656
MITIGATION - nouns
• LENITION †* an assuaging, a mitigation, alleviation ...1541
MITTEN - nouns
• HAND SOCK a glove or mitten ...1958 Amer. dial.
• HAND-STOCKING a mitten ...1865 Eng. dial.
MIX - nouns
• JUMMIX a jumble, mix; disorder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
MIX, MIX UP - verbs
• BOLLIX to throw into disorder or confusion; to mix up ...1937 Amer. dial.
• BULLOX to throw into disorder or confusion; to mix up; to mess or disarrange things ...1949 Amer. dial.
• CAIR to toss backwards and forwards; to mix up; to handle overmuch, to stir about ...Bk1898 Sc.
• FANGLE to tangle, to ravel, to mix up ...1826 Sc.
• FERHOONSE to botch; to mix up, to disarrange ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GAR to jumble, to mix or mess up by stirring, etc. ...1866 Sc.
• HATTER to mix or confuse things; to throw into disorder; to entangle, to knot ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• IMMIX * to mix in with something else; to mix intimately, to mix up ...1432-50
• IMMIXT †* to mix in with something else; to mix intimately; to mix up ...1432-50
• JAAMBLE to jumble; to shake; to mix by agitation ...1790 Sc.
• JABBLE to shake or mix up together; to shake up or agitate a liquid ...1760 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• MABBLE to confuse, mix, throw into disorder ...1821 Eng. dial.
• MALLOCK to mix together ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MANANGLE to mangle; to mix in a wild and confused manner ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MANG to mix together; to mess about; to touch with the hand; generally of food ...1829 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MANGHANGLE to mangle; to mix in a wild and confused manner ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MASH † to mix, to mingle ...a1591
• MEDLEY to mix, to mingle ...1861 Eng. dial.
• MEESCHLE to mix; to throw into confusion ...Bl1905 Sc.
• MELL to mix; to mingle ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MENG to mix, to mingle, to blend ...1677 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MENYIE to crowd, to mix confusedly ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MINGLE-MANGLE to confuse; to make a medley of; to mix up; to jumble together ...1549
• MOMMICK to mix up; to make a mess of ...1903 Amer. dial.
• MOMMIX to mix, to confuse ...1906 Amer. dial.
• TAISLE to entangle, to twist inextricably; to mix up, to put or get into disorder ...1866 Sc.
• TEAZLE to entangle, to twist inextricably; to mix up, to put or get into disorder ...1866 Sc.
• TEW to stir up; to mix, to blend; to pound; to knead ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
MIXED, MIXED UP - adjectives
• ALL TO BUGGERY bungled, utterly confused, unsatisfactory, mixed up ...1984 UK sl.
• ALL TO COCK bungled, utterly confused, unsatisfactory, mixed up ...1948 UK sl.
• ASS-BACKWARDS confused; mixed up ...1896
• ASSED UP confused; mixed up; disorderly ...1932 Amer. dial.
• BALLED-UP mixed up, in a mess ...L19 US sl.
• BE-ADDLED confused, mixed up ...1917 Amer. dial.
• BE-ATTLED confused, mixed up ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BLOWED confused, mixed up ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BOBBERED confused, mixed up ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BOLLIXED UP mixed up, confused, disorderly ...1937 Amer. dial.
• BOTHERED UP apprehensive; agitated; confused; mixed up ...1951 Amer. dial.
• BUMFOODLED confused, mixed up ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUMFOOZLED bewildered, perplexed, confused, disconcerted, mixed up ...1912 Amer. dial.
• BUMFUDDLED confused, mixed up ...1956 Amer. dial.
• BUMFUZZLED bewildered, perplexed, confused, mixed up ...1914 Amer. dial.
• CHOP-SUEY mixed up ...1981 US youth jargon
• DINGY foolish, silly, witless, crazy; confused, mixed up ...1911 Amer. dial.
• DIRTY mixed with something inferior ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FARMISHT confused, jumbled, mixed up ...1982 Amer. Yiddish
• FERDUTZT bewildered, nonplussed, confused, mixed up ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FERSCHIMMELT confused, mixed up ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HEAVELLED UP confused, mixed up ...1950 Amer. dial.
• IMMISCIBLE that cannot be mixed; incapable of mixture ...1671
• IMMIXABLE † incapable of being mixed ...1641
• IN A JAMBLE mixed together, confused ...1965 Amer. dial.
• JABBLED UP confused, mixed up ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MANGED-OOP messed, badly mixed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MANGHANGLE mixed up; confused ...1825 Eng. dial.
• MASLIN † mixed, mingled ...1544 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MELDERED mixed, entangled ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MENT † mixed, mingled ...1783 Eng. dial.
• MILLED intoxicated, drunk; mixed up ...1843 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MINGLE-MANGLE irregular, confused, mixed ...1577
• MIXY-MAXY mixed up, confused ...1960 Amer. dial.
• MOMMIXED mixed up, in confusion ...1895 Amer. dial.
• MONKEYED UP confused, mixed up ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RACKMEREESLE confused, mixed up, higgledy-piggledy ...1825 Sc.
• RAZZLED confused, rattled, mixed up ...1969 Amer. dial.
• SHUCKED TOGETHER mixed, shuffled ...1959 Amer. dial.
• SKEWGEE disorderly, messy, mixed up, confused ...1893 Amer. sl.
• TAZZLED mixed together, confused ...1969 Amer. dial.
• THROUGH ANOTHER mixed up together, in disorder; confused, befuddled ...1873 Amer. dial.
• UMLE-JUMALD mixed or jumbled together ...1861 Eng. dial.
• UP IN A HEAVAL out of order, mixed up ...1988 Amer. dial.
MIXED RACE - adjectives
• DIPPED mulatto; having some Black heritage ...20C US colloq.
• HALF-STRIPE half-breed ...1935 Amer. dial.
• MILK-AND-MOLASSES of mixed racial ancestry ...1833 US sl.
• PART of mixed race ...1995 Fiji
• SALT-AND-PEPPER of a person: of mixed race ...1950s US sl.
• TAN pert. to a mulatto ...20C US sl.
• YELLER (derogatory) pert. to mulattoes or light-skinned Black people ...20C US sl.
• YELLOW having skin of a light yellowish-brown colour; applied to a person of mixed race ...1814 Amer. dial.
MIXED RACE - nouns, person
• BANANA a sexually attractive mulatto or light Black woman ...M20 US sl.
• BLACK ANKLE a person of mixed race, usually Black, Indian, and White ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BLACK WATER a person of mixed race, usually Black, Indian, and White ...1947 Amer. dial.
• BLACK WATERITE a person of mixed race, usually Black, Indian, and White ...1947 Amer. dial.
• BLUE a person of mixed Indian, White, and Black ancestry ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BLUE GUM a person of mixed Indian, White, and Black ancestry ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BLUE SKIN the child of a Black woman by a White man ...Bk1892 W. Indian sl.
• BONE a person of mixed racial heritage ...1945 Amer. dial.
• BOOGALEE a person of mixed Black and White ancestry ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOOGERLEE a person of mixed Black and White ancestry ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BRASS ANKLE (often derogatory) a person of racially mixed ancestry (White, Black, and/or Indian) ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BREED 1. a person of American Indian and White parentage ...1892 Amer. dial.
2. a person of mixed descent ...1901
• BROWNIE a dark-skinned mulatto ...1945 Amer. dial.
• BUCKHEAD a person of mixed race ...1946 Amer. dial.
• CAPE BOY in South Africa: a half-breed resulting from the union of a native Black and a White settler ...1896
• CARMEL INDIAN a person of mixed Black, White and Indian ancestry associated with Carmel, Ohio ...1963 Amer. dial.
• CARMELITE a person of mixed Black, White and Indian ancestry associated with Carmel, Ohio ...1940 Amer. dial.
• CHEESE a light-skinned Black person; a person of mixed blood ...1970 Amer. dial.
• DARK-SAMBO a person of mixed race, with one-quarter White to three-quarters Black ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• DARWIN BLONDE a mixed-race woman ...1940s Aust. sl.
• DIMERY a person of mixed Indian, White, and Black ancestry in southeastern North Carolina, and eastern South Carolina ...1950 Amer. dial.
• DOMINICKER a person of mixed race, esp. of Black, Indian and White ancestry ...20C W. Indies
• DOMMERNECKER a person of mixed race, esp. of Black, Indian and White ancestry ...20C W. Indies
• DUKE'S MIXTURE a person of mixed race ...1961 US sl.
• FREE JACK a person of mixed black and white ancestry ...1986 Amer. dial.
• GRIFFANE the offspring of a mulatto and a Black person; a mulatto ...1840 Amer. dial.
• GRIFFE the offspring of a full-blooded African and a mulatto; the child of White and Black parents; the offspring of two mulattoes ...1780s US Black
• GRIFFIN the offspring of a mulatto and a Black person; a mulatto ...1859 Amer. dial.
• HALF-AND-HALF a person of mixed blood ...1828 Amer. dial.
• HALF BLOOD the offspring of parents of different races, esp. a child of Native American and Caucasian parentage ...1824 Amer. dial.
• HALF-BREED (derogatory) a person of mixed ancestry ...18C sl.
• HALF-CHAT a half-caste ...1909 UK & Aust. sl.
• ISSUE (usually derogatory) a person of racially mixed ancestry (White, Black, and American Indian) ...1908 Amer. dial.
• JACKSON WHITE a person of racially mixed ancestry in northeast New Jersey and adjacent parts of New York; also, a White person living in the mountains of the same region ...1878 Amer. dial.
• KELT (derogatory) a very light mulatto ...M20 US sl.
• KELTCH (derogatory) a very light mulatto ...M20 US sl.
• LEMON (not necessarily derogatory) a light-skinned Black person; a mulatto ...1920s US Black sl.
• LIGHT-BROWN a mulatto ...E20 US colloq.
• MAGPIE a half-caste ...1980s Aust. sl.
• MAHOGANY a mulatto ...E20 US sl.
• MAMALUCCO. a crossbreed between a White and Brazilian Indian ...1863
• MAMELUCO. a crossbreed between a White and Brazilian Indian ...1863
• MARLBORO BLUE a member of a group of racially mixed people in eastern South Carolina ...1945 Amer. dial.
• MESTEE the offspring of a White and a Mulatto parent ...L18 W. Indies
• MESTEZ a half-caste ...M19 Anglo-Indian
• MESTIZO a person of mixed blood, esp. of Spanish and American Indian ancestry ...1712 Amer. dial.
• MESTY a half-caste ...M19 Anglo-Indian
• METIS a person of mixed blood, esp. of French and American Indian ancestry ...1839 Amer. dial.
• MIX-BREED a person of mixed racial heritage ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MIXED-BREED a person of mixed racial heritage ...1775 Amer. dial.
• MOOLEY a mulatto ...2000s US Black sl.
• MUSTARD-YELLOW a mulatto ...E20 US sl.
• MUSTEE the offspring of a White and a Mulatto parent ...L18 W. Indies
• NASSAU a person of mixed Black and Indian ancestry ...1987 Amer. dial.
• OCTOON an octoroon ...1840
• OCTOROON a person having one-eighth Black blood; the offspring of a quadroon and a White; sometimes used of other mixed races ...1861
• OFF-BREED a person of mixed blood ...1965 Amer. dial.
• ONE OF THE BLUE SQUADRON a mulatto ...L18 sl.
• POOL a person of racially mixed ancestry ...1963 Amer. dial.
• QUADROON the offspring of a mulatto and a White parent ...1780s US
• QUARTERON the offspring of a mulatto and a White parent ...1780s US
• QUINTEROON one who is fifth in descent from a Black person, and has one-sixteenth of Black blood ...1797
• QUINTROON one who is fifth in descent from a Black person, and has one-sixteenth of Black blood ...1835
• RED BONE a person of mixed race, esp. one believed to be partly American Indian and belonging to a distinct social group in parts of South Carolina, Louisiana, and eastern Texas ...1891 Amer. dial.
• RED LEG a member of a racially mixed group of people living in Orangeburg County, South Carolina ...1945 Amer. dial.
• RED-NECK a person of mixed race, esp. one believed to be partly American Indian ...1963 Amer. dial.
• RED NIGGER (derogatory) a light-skinned Black person; a member of a mixed-race group believed to be partly American Indian in origin ...1963 Amer. dial.
• SAMBO the offspring of Black and Indian parents ...1748
• SAMBO BACKRA a person of mixed race, usually three-quarters Black ...1950s W. Indies
• SCUFFLETONIAN a person of racially mixed ancestry (Black and White, or Black and American Indian) ...c1970 Amer. dial.
• SPOTLIGHT a light-complexioned African-America woman; an American of mixed White and Black ancestry ...1940s US Black sl.
• TAN a mulatto ...20C US sl.
• TAR-BRUSH, THE a person of mixed race ...1859
• TARHEEL a person of mixed blood, part Black ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TUSH a light-complexioned Black person; a mulatto ...1960 Amer. dial. Black usage
• YELLER (derogatory) a mulatto ...20C US sl.
• YELLOW a light-skinned Black person; a mulatto ...E19 US sl.
• YELLOW-BELLY a half-caste ...1867
• YELLOW-BLACK (derogatory) a mulatto; a light-skinned Black person ...20C US sl.
• YELLOW FELLER a person of mixed Aboriginal and White parentage ...1913 Aust. sl.
• YELLOWHAMMER a person of mixed race, esp. a woman ...c1901 Amer. dial. esp. Black usage
• YOLA n. a female mulatto ...20C sl.
MIXED RACE - phrases
• DASH OF THE TAR-BRUSH, A i.e. of Black or Indian blood showing itself in the complexion; having mixed racial heritage ...1859
• TOUCH OF THE TAR-BRUSH, A i.e. of Black or Indian blood showing itself in the complexion; having mixed racial heritage ...1859
MIXING - nouns
• IMMISCIBILITY incapacity of mixing ...1807
• IMMIXTION †* the act of mixing in ...1653
MIXTURE - nouns
• DUKE'S MIXTURE a random mixture or conglomeration of things ...1914 US sl.
• FARRAGO a confused group; a medley, a mixture, hotchpotch ...1632
• GALIMATIAS a mixture, medley, hodge-podge ...1762
• IMMISTION † intimate mixture or mingling ...1658
• JAMBALAYA a mixture of heterogeneous elements ...1916 Amer. dial.
• MANG a mixture, a muddle, a confusion ...1880 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MANGLE-MASH a mixture ...1890 Eng. dial.
• MANGLUMTEW a heterogeneous mixture ...BK1905 Sc.
• MASLIN † a mixture, a medley ...1574
• MAWKS a mess; a mixture; a state of decay ...1887 Eng. dial.
• MEESCHLE a mixture; a state of confusion ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MIXTERY a mixture ...a1883 Amer. dial.
• MIXTRY a mixture ...1867 Amer. dial.
• MOX a mess; a mixture; a state of decay ...1887 Eng. dial.
• OLIO any mixture of heterogeneous things or elements; a hotchpotch, farrago, medley ...1648
• OLLAPOD a hotchpotch; a medley; an incongruous mixture; a mixture of languages ...1804
• OLLA PODRIDA a hotchpotch, a medley; a mixture of languages ...a1634
• OMNIGATHERUM † omnium gatherum; a gathering of all sorts; a miscellaneous assemblage, collection, or mixture of persons or things; a confused medley ...a1400
• OMNIUM GATHERUM a gathering of all sorts; a miscellaneous assemblage, collection, or mixture of persons or things; a confused medley; disorder ...1530
• SAMBLANGE a mixture ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAUCE-MEDLEY † an incongruous mixture; a concoction ...1579
• SILLABUB a mixture, combination ...1859
• SYLLABUB a mixture, combination ...1859
MIX-UP - nouns
• CALLALLOO a confused set of circumstances; a mix-up ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• FARRACH a bustle, state of agitation, a to-do, a mix-up ...1898 Sc.
• GUDDLE a muddled affair; a mix-up; confusion ...colloq.
• OOGIS a mess, confusion, mix-up ...1964 Sc.
• REE-RYE a state of confusion, a mixup ...1981 Amer. dial.
• TAGRAGGERY a hotchpotch; a muddle or mix-up; any heterogeneous mass of bits and pieces; a confusion of loose ends ...1837
• VARG a mess, an untidy mix-up, dirt, rubbish ...1891 Sc.
MOAN - nouns
• MEAN a moan, a lamentation; a complaint ...1747 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ONE ALONE a moan ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• OOB a low moaning sound; a plaintive sound, a howl, a wail ...1898 Sc.
MOAN - verbs
• DARBY AND JOAN to moan ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• MEAN to utter a moaning sound, to wail; to complain, to bemoan to indicate pain ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OOB to make a low, moaning sound; to howl, to wail ...1866 Sc.
• PUT ON THE AGONY to complain, to moan; the implication is that the problems are not wholly genuine; hence, to exaggerate ...M19 sl.
• REAM to shout, to cry aloud, to bawl; to weep, to bewail, to moan; to talk wildly, to vociferate ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
MOB - nouns
• BANJIE a great number; generally applied to a rude, disorderly mob ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CANAILLE the rabble, the mob ...1676
• CANALLY a rabble, a mob, a crew ...1708 Sc.
• FERKISHIN a large amount; a crowd, a seething mob ...1856 Sc.
• HABBLE a mob ...1818 Sc.
• PARROCK a group of people, animals, or things closely packed or huddled together; a bustling, stirring crowd, a mob; a conglomeration of objects ...1813 Sc.
• RABBLEMENT † a tumultuous crowd of people; a disorderly assemblage, a mob; a rabble ...1548 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RABBLE-RASH a dirty, noisy mob; the rabble ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RABBLE ROUT a tumultuous or confused crowd of people; a mob; the noise of such a rabble ...1599
• RAFF the mob ...Bk1903 sl.
• RASCAL †* a rabble or mob ...c1330
• RAT PACK a disorderly mob of youths ...1951 sl., orig. US
• RIBALDRY the mob, the scum of society ...Bk1903 sl.
• RIBAUDRY the mob, the scum of society ...Bk1903 sl.
• RIBBLE-RABBLE a tumultuous crowd or array of people; a disorderly assemblage; a mob; the scum of society; a great confusion ...1635
• RIFF-RAFF a low, disreputable person; the rabble, the mob ...1836 Sc. & Eng. dial. & sl.
MOB - nouns, person
• CAPTAIN TOM the head or leader of a mob; also, the mob itself ...Bk1891 sl.
MOB - verbs
• SMALL-GANG to mob ...M19 sl.
MOBBING - nouns
• RABBLING mobbing, expulsion by violence; an uprising ...1700 Sc.
MOBILE PHONE - see PHONE
MOCK - nouns
• JAMF a mock, a jeer, a sneer ...1868 Sc.
• JAMPH a mock, a jeer, a sneer ...1868 Sc.
• JAUMPH a mock, a jeer, a sneer ...1868 Sc.
MOCK - verbs
• BEGAB † to fool with words, to mock, to deceive, to delude; to impose upon ...1297
• BEMOCK to mock at, to flout; to delude mockingly ...1607
• BEMOW † to mock, to mock at ...1388
• BISMER † to treat with scorn, to mock, to deride, to insult ...c1000
• CAAD to jeer jokingly or mock someone about some event, their appearance or situation ...20C W. Indies & UK Black teen sl.
• CAIM to mock, to make loud noises in derision ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• EMBRAID † to upbraid, to taunt, to mock; also, to reproach one with ...1481
• FORGAB † to defame, to publish the misdeeds of; to mock, gibe, deride ...c1394
• GAB † 1. to speak mockingly, to scoff ...a1225
† 2. to mock ...c1489
• GACK to mock, to jeer ...Bk1900 N. Ireland
• GAME † to befool, to jeer at, to mock, to delude ...1698 UK sl.
• GAMF to mock, to mimic ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GAMP to be foolishly merry, to laugh loudly; to mock, to mimic ...1825 Sc.
• GAUMP to be foolishly merry, to laugh loudly; to mock, to mimic ...1825 Sc.
• GAWMP to mock, to mimic ...1825 Sc.
• GECK to mock, to deceive, to cheat ...1583 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GECK AT to scoff at; to use mocking language or gestures towards ...1603 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GET SOMEONE AT IT to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1958 sl.
• GIVE ONE THE GECK to mock, to trick, to deceive one ...1583
• GIVE SOMEONE THE RAH-RAH to mock on the grounds of supposed snobbishness ...1910s sl.
• GIVE THE HORSE LAUGH to mock or deride ...1896 US sl.
• GUY to mock, to ridicule; to taunt; to tease...1854 Amer. sl.
• HARM to mock or imitate in speaking; to mimic ...1806 Eng. dial.
• HEASCEN † to mock, to deride, to taunt ...c1000
• HORSE to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1901 US sl.
• ILLUDE † to mock, to make sport of, to deride ...1516.
• JAMF to make game of; to mock at, to jeer, to sneer ...1768 Sc.
• JAMPH to make game of; to mock at, to jeer, to sneer ...1768 Sc.
• JAPE † to mock, to deride, to scoff; to insult ...c1440
• JAUMPH to make game of; to mock at, to jeer, to sneer ...1768 Sc.
• LAKE † to sport with, to mock ...1300s
• LANT to mock, to jeer, to gibe at ...1861 Sc.
• LAUGH † to mock at, to deride ...c950
• LUDIFICATE †* to deceive, to beguile, to mock; also, to frustrate ...1623
• MANNER to mock; to mimic ...1820 Sc.
• MAUK to mimic, to mock ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOKE † to mock ...c1450
• POKE FUN to tease; to jape; to mock ...1840 Amer. sl.
• PULL SOMEONE'S PISSER to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease; to good-naturedly hoax or deceive someone ...1969 Brit. sl.
• PUT SOMEONE ON to tease, to mock or deceive someone ...sl.
• QUIZ to make sport or fun of a person or thing, to turn to ridicule; occasionally, to regard with an air of mockery ...1796
• RAG to annoy, to tease, to mock, to bully; to ridicule; to vex; to enrage ...1808 UK sl.
• RAILLY † to mock, to scoff, to jeer at ...1678
• RAZZ to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1921 sl., orig. US
• REAR to mock, to gibe; to scold ...1893 Eng. dial.
• RIB to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1930 sl., orig. US
• RIG to tease, to mock, to vex; to deride; to reprimand, to scold ...1883 Amer. dial.
• ROT to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease; to ridicule, denigrate ...1890 Brit. sl.
• SCOFFLE to speak contemptuously or mockingly; to ridicule; to scoff ...1927 Amer. dial.
• SCORN to mock, to jeer at; to slight in love ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SKIRP †* to mock, to deride, to ridicule ...c1450
• SNAP to mock, to tease ...1960s US Black sl.
• SUBSANNATE † to deride, to scorn, to mock ...1656
• SUBSANNE † to deride, to scorn, to mock ...a1619
• TAKE OFF to mock, to befool, to jeer at ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TAKE THE MICHAEL to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE MICHAEL OUT OF to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE MICKEY to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE MICKEY OUT OF to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE MICKY to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE MICKY OUT OF to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE MIKE to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE MIKE OUT OF to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE PISS to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1945 Brit. sl.
• TAKE THE PISS OUT OF to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1945 Brit. sl.
• TAKE THE RIP OUT OF to mock, to criticize, to attack verbally ...1990s sl.
• THARN † to mock, to scorn ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UP to mock ...2000s sl.
• YANG to say irritating things; to deride; to mock ...1842 Eng. dial.
MOCKER - nouns, person
• CAPTAIN QUIZ a mocker ...Bk1891 sl.
• GABBER † a mocker; a deceiver; a liar ...c1386
• ILLUDER * a deceiver; a mocker ...1550
• OFFTAKE a scoffer, a mocker, one who takes others off by ridicule; a mimic ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PISS-TAKER one who mocks or ridicules ...1976 Brit. sl.
• SUBSANNATOR † a mocker ...1517
MOCKERY - adjectives
• LUDIBRIOUS † apt to be a subject of jest or mockery; ridiculous, laughable ...1563
MOCKERY - nouns
• BISMER † shame, disgrace, reproach, mockery, scorn ...c893
• GAB † mockery, derisive deception; a lie, deceit ...a1300
• GABBERIES †* mockeries, gibes, jests, wily deceits ...1627
• GAUD † a jest, a scoff; also, an object of mockery ...c1440
• GAWD † a jest, a scoff; also, an object of mockery ...c1440
• GIBERY mockery; jeering ...L17 sl.
• GYBERY mockery; jeering ...L17 sl.
• GYBING mockery; jeering ...L17 sl.
• ILLUSION † the act of deriding or mocking; derision, mockery ...1382
• JEER † the act of jeering; mockery, scoffing, derision ...1660
• JOHNNY WET-BREAD a teasing rather than aggressive term of mockery ...20C Irish sl.
• MANNERING mimicry, mockery ...Bk1905 Sc.
• SIGGING a competing in rounds of ritualized mockery ...1940s US Black sl.
• SUBSANNATION † mockery, derision, scorn ...1620
MOCKING - adjectives
• DERISORIOUS † characterized by derision, mocking, derisive ...1664
• ILLUDENT †* mocking ...?a1550
• IRRISORY * having the character of deriding or mocking; addicted to laughing or sneering at others ...1824
• LUDIBRIOUS * full of scorn, inclined to scoff; scornful, mocking ...1641
• MAKE-SPORT † providing sport; mocking ...1582
• MOCKRIFE scornful, mocking ...1818 Sc.
• OFF-TAKING scoffing, mocking, sarcastic, joking, waggish ...1877 Sc.
• QUIZZACIOUS given to mocking, bantering, satirical ...c1830
• QUIZZATORIAL of a quizzing character ...1810
• REARING excited; talking loudly and boastingly; mocking ...1746 Eng. dial.
• SARDONIC of laughter, a smile: bitter, scornful, mocking; hence of a person, personal attribute, etc.: exhibiting bitterness, scorn, mockery, or ironic ridicule ...1638
• SARDONICAL of laughter, a smile: bitter, scornful, mocking; hence of a person, personal attribute, etc.: exhibiting bitterness, scorn, mockery, or ironic ridicule ...1859
• SARKY mocking ...1912 Brit. sl.
• SCOPTIC †* mocking, scoffing, jesting, satirical ...1670
MOCKING - nouns
• PISS-TAKE an instance of mocking ...1977 Brit.
• WIND-UP an instance of mocking ...1984 Brit. sl.
MOCKINGBIRD - nouns
• IMITATION BIRD a mockingbird ...1970 Amer. dial.
• MARKING-BIRD a mockingbird ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MOCKER a mockingbird ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NIGGER HATER (derogatory) a mockingbird ...1968 Amer. dial.
MODE - nouns
• GARB † style, manner, fashion; manner of doing anything, style of living, form of behaviour; also, a prevailing mode or custom ...1599
• GARBE † style, manner, fashion; manner of doing anything, style of living, form of behaviour; also, a prevailing mode or custom ...1599
• TON * the fashion, the vogue, the mode; fashionable air or style ...1769
MODEL - nouns
• IMPSE image, model ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• SAMPLER † example to be imitated; a model, a pattern; the original from which a copy is or may be taken ...a1300
MODEL - nouns, person
• ZOOT CANARY a fashion model ...c1959 sl.
MODEL - verbs
• PARAGON † to set forth as a paragon or perfect model ...1613
MODERATE - adjectives
• AFTERGAIT tolerable, moderate, what does not exceed ...Bk1898 Sc.
• I-METE † moderate; meet, fit, appropriate ...c1175
• MEETERLY moderate, in a fair state, middling ...1684 Eng. dial.
• METER moderate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• METHEFUL † restrained, moderate; gentle, mild ...c1000 obs.
• MIDDLEMISH moderate, middling; not liberal ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIDDLEMOST moderate, not liberal ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIDDLINGISH moderate, fair, tolerable ...1878 Eng. dial.
• MIDDLING-SIZED moderate in size ...1892 Eng. dial.
• ORDINATE † observant of order; keeping within orderly limits; orderly, regular, moderate, temperate ...c1374
MODERATE - verbs
• ADMEASURE † to assign a measure or limit to a thing; to moderate, to limit, to control ...1340
• PALLIATE †* to moderate the hostility of ...1678
• PULL IN ONE'S EARS to be less aggressive; to moderate oneself ...1940s Amer. sl.
• PULL IN ONE'S HORNS to moderate or retract one's behaviour ...1589 sl.
• PULL YOUR PUNCHES to exercise moderation, esp. in punishment or blame ...1934 UK sl.
MODERATELY - adverbs
• FAIR † moderately, not excessively ...c1450
• FAIR AND MODERATE fairly and moderately ...1891 Sc.
• FAIRLINGS moderately, fairly ...1877 Eng. dial.
• GAILIES tolerably, moderately or fairly well ...1742 Sc.
• GAILINS tolerably, moderately or fairly well ...1853 Sc.
• GAILY tolerably, fairly, moderately; very, very well, very much ...1553 chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MEASURELY in moderation, moderately ...1887 Sc.
• MEETERLY tolerably, moderately, fairly ...1703 Eng. dial.
• MEEVERLY moderately, tolerably, middling; fairly well in health; easily, gently ...1790 Eng. dial.
• METERLY tolerably, moderately, fairly ...1703 Eng. dial.
• MEVERLY moderately, tolerably, middling; fairly well in health; easily, gently ...1860 Eng. dial.
• MIDDLING moderately, tolerably, fairly ...1765
• MIDDLINGISH somewhat; moderately ...1820 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• MIDDLINGLY moderately, not perfectly ...1867 Sc. & Eng. dial.
MODERATENESS - nouns
• MEDIOCRITURE † moderation; moderateness of quantity, amount, degree ...1574
MODERATION - nouns
• MANNERNESS †* moderation ...1382
• MEASURE moderation ...1641 Sc.
• MEDIOCRITURE † moderation; moderateness of quantity, amount, degree ...1574
MODERN - adjectives
• MODERNAL † belonging to the present day ...1542
• NEOTERIC recent, new, modern ...1596
• NEOTERICAL recent, new, modern ...1588
• TO-DAYISH pert. to the present time; characteristically modern ...1864
MODERN - nouns
• NEOTERICS the study of modern things ...1857
MODERN - nouns, person
• NEOTERIC a modern; a modern writer or author ...1598
MODEST - adjectives
• BACKGROUND retiring; shy; modest ...1896 colloq.
• BACKLINS modest ...1932 Sc.
• BLAIT shy, sheepish; modest, retiring ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DAFFISH sheepish, shy, modest ...1804 Eng. dial.
• MANNERLY † seemly, decent, respectable, modest ...a1300
• MEEVERLY mild; of a gentle or modest disposition; shy, bashful; sparing in eating and drinking ...1819 Eng. dial.
• MELCH modest ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MENSEFUL becoming, proper, seemly, modest, discreet; creditable to a man, decent, respectable ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MIM prim, demure; affectedly modest or shy; prudish; primly silent or reticent ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MODEST-HAVIOURED modestly behaved ...1878
• MODESTIOUS †* modest, chaste in habits ...1547
• PUDENT * having a sense of shame or decency; modest; delicate ...1908
• PUDIBUND * modest, bashful, prudish ...1656
• PUDIBUNDOUS † shame-faced; bashful; modest ...1656
• SCARE easily frightened, timid; wild; shy, affectedly modest ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SELF-EFFACIVE modest, retiring ...1883 nonce word
• SHAMEFACED modest, bashful, shy ...M16
• SHAMEFAST bashful, modest, shy ...OE arch.
• SMOOTY-FACED shy, bashful, modest, shame-faced ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TIMOROUS † modest, reverential ...1474
• UNBUMPTIOUS modest, humble ...1865
• VERECUND modest, bashful; shy, coy ...c1550
• VERECUNDIOUS † accompanied by modesty; modest, bashful, shy, coy ...a1639
• VERECUNDOUS modest, shamefaced, demure ...1656
MODEST - nouns, person
• SIMPLE † a person of modest unassuming manners ...a1400
MODEST - verbs
• FLY LOW to be modest and retiring ...c1835 colloq.
• HIDE ONE'S LIGHT UNDER A BUSHEL to be modest, not to make a display of one' s ability ...1858
• HOLD CLOSE TO THE WILLOWS to act cautiously and conservatively; to be conventional, conservative, or modest ...1913 Amer. dial.
• WALK SOFT to behave modestly ...1970s US Black sl.
MODEST - phrases
• BAG YOUR HEAD be more modest ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
MODESTLY - adverbs
• BLEETLY modestly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• MEETERLY handsomely, modestly, agreeably ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MEEVERLY modestly, handsomely ...1750 Eng. dial.
MODESTY - nouns
• PUDENCY modesty; bashfulness; shamefacedness ...1605
• VERECUNDITY * modesty, bashfulness .,..1721
• VERECUNDNESS * modesty, bashfulness ...1727
MODIFICATION - nouns
• MOD a modification ...1940s sl.
MODIFY - verbs
• FASHION † to change the fashion of; to modify, to transform ...1528
• MOD to modify ...1950s sl.
MOHAMMEDAN - adjectives
• MAHOMETAN Mohammedan ...1600
• MAHOMETANICAL † Mohammedan ...1632
• MAHOMETIC †* Mohammedan ...1585
• MAHOMETICAL † Mohammedan ...1561
• MAHOUND † Mohammedan ...1624
MOHAMMEDAN - nouns
• MAHOMETANTISM † Mohammedanism ...1635
• MAHOMETISM † Mohammedanism ...1597
• MAHOMETRY † Mohammedanism ...1481 obs. exc. arch.
MOHAMMEDAN - nouns, person
• MAHOMET † a Mohammedan ...1508
• MAHOMETAN a Mohammedan ...1529
• MAHOMETICIAN † a Mohammedan ...1588
• MAHOMETIST † a Mohammedan ...1553
• MAHOMITE † a Mohammedan ...1559
• MAHOUND † a Mohammedan ...1624
MOHAMMEDAN - verbs
• MAHOMETANIZE to convert to Mohammedanism ...1632
• MAHOMETIZE † to convert to Mohammedanism; to act like a Mohammedan ...1585
MOIST, MOISTURE - adjectives
• BATHY damp, moist ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIBULOUS absorbent of moisture ...L17
• DABBY moist, sticking to the skin like wet linen ...1581
• DAGGIE drizzling, moist, misty ...1825 Sc.
• DAMPY wet, moist, damp ...1846 Eng. dial.
• DAWKY moist, drizzly ...1820 Sc.
• EVING damp, moist, exuding moisture ...1892 Eng. dial.
• MADEFACIENT †* making moist, wetting ...1727
• MADENT †* wet, moist ...1727
• MADESCENT slightly moist ...Bk1910
• MADID * wet, moist ..1615
• NESH * damp, moist, wet ...1387
• ROSCID * resembling dew; falling like dew; abounding with dew; dewy, moist, dank ...1626
• SAM moist, in a state of perspiration ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAMMY watery, moist, sodden; in a state of perspiration ...1809 Eng. dial.
• SAPPY † full of moisture; moist; wet; sodden; rainy ...c1470 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SUBRIGUOUS † moist, wet, and watery underneath ...1656
• THAMP soft; pliable, not easily broken; moist ...1851 Eng. dial.
• THONE damp, moist, wet; soft from dampness ...1691 Eng. dial.
• THONY damp, moist, soft ...1691 Eng. dial.
• UVID †* moist, wet ...1656
• VOKEY damp, juicy, moist ...1790 Eng. dial.
• VOKY damp, juicy, moist ...1790 Eng. dial.
• WACK † moist, damp, wet, clammy ...1513 Sc
• WAK † moist, damp, wet ...1513 Sc.
MOIST, MOISTENING, MOISTURE - nouns
• DEG(G) damp, moisture; a drop of water ...1897 Eng. dial.
• IMBUITION †* a thorough moistening ...1658
• MADEFACTION † a wetting; the act of making wet or moist ...1581 now rare or obs.
• MADEFICATION † a moistening or wetting ...1727
• MADIDITY † moisture, wetness ...1656
• MADIDNESS moistness, wetness ...1731 obs.
• MOIST moisture ...a1366
• SAFT a thaw; rain, moisture ...1895 Sc.
• SUCCITY †* moisture ...1646
• WACKNESS † moisture, humidity ...c1520 Sc.
• WAK † moisture, humidity ...1456 Sc.
• WAKNESS † moisture, humidity ...c1520 Sc.
• WAT moisture ...B1900 Sc.
MOIST, MOISTEN - verbs
• BEMOIST † to make moist ...1567
• BEMOISTEN to make moist ...1590
• BESHED † to drench, moisten, wet with ...1382
• DAMP to wet, to moisten slightly ...1853 Eng. dial.
• DANK † to wet, to damp, to moisten; orig. said of dew, mist, drizzling rain ...a1310
• DEG(G) to sprinkle water upon anything; to bedew, to moisten, to soak ...1781 Eng. dial.
• IMMOISTURE † to moisten ...1523
• MADEFY † to make wet; to moisten ...c1420
• MADIDATE † to wet or moisten ...1656
• MOIST † to moisten ...1382 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RIGATE † to moisten ...1657
• SAP to saturate; to drench; to moisten ...1839 Sc. & Eng. dial.
MOLASSES - nouns
• EMMIES molasses ...1912 Amer. dial.
• GOOGLUM a viscous food, such as a sauce, gravy, syrup, molasses ...1911 Amer. dial.
• GOOZLUM a viscous food, such as a sauce, gravy, syrup, molasses ...1911 Amer. dial.
• KILJACKUMS sorghum molasses ...1944 Amer. dial.
• LARRUP syrup, molasses ...1895 Amer. dial.
• LARRUPY-DOPE syrup, molasses ...1904 Amer. dial.
• LASSENGERS molasses ...1917 Amer. dial. jocular
• LEATHER-STRAP molasses ...1887 US nautical sl.
• LICK syrup, molasses ...1893 Amer. dial.
• LONG SUGAR molasses ...c1738 Amer. dial.
• LONG SWEETENING liquid sweetening as contrasted to sugar, such as molasses, syrup, and honey ...1714 Amer. dial.
• LONGLICK molasses ...1888 Amer. nautical sl.
• LONG-TAILED SUGAR molasses ...1858 Amer. dial.
• ZIP syrup, molasses ...1905 Amer. dial.
MOLE (skin) - nouns
• GOOBER a small mole, spot, or similar skin blemish ...1970s US college sl.
• HONEY-DROP a mole on the skin ...?a1800
• HONEY-SPOT † a mole on the skin ...1547 obs. exc. Sc.
• NAT a mole (skin) ...1992 UK rhyming sl. (Nat King Cole)
• NAT KING COLE a mole (skin) ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• NATURE SPOT a birthmark, mole, or wart ...Bk1982 euphemism
• PET a boil, pimple, mole, or wart ...1902 Amer. dial.
MOLE (animal) - nouns
• GOPHER a mole ...1965 Amer. dial.
• ING mould raised by moles; mole-hills ...1703 Eng. dial.
• LABOUR † an alleged term for a 'company' of moles ...1486
• LITTLE GENTLEMAN IN BROWN VELVET, THE † a mole ...1898
• MEADOW-WARP a mole ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TALPE †* a mole ...c1440
• TALPICIDE † the killing of moles ...1656
• TAPE the mole ...1847 Eng. dial.
• WANT † a mole ...c725 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
MOLE (animal) - nouns, person
• TAPE-TAKER a mole-catcher ...1881 Eng. dial.
• WANTER a mole-catcher ...1903 Eng. dial.
MOLE - verbs
• SCOAD to scatter; to pour, to spill; to throw up earth, as moles ...1777 Eng. dial.
MOLEHILL - nouns
• WANT-HILL † a molehill ...a1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
MOLEHILL - verbs
• SCALE to scatter or level mole-hills ...1790 Eng. dial.
MOLEST - verbs
• BACK-HASH to abuse, to scold vigorously; to annoy, to molest ...1816 Sc.
• BAGHASH to abuse, to scold vigorously; to annoy, to molest ...1816 Sc.
• BEGIN to interfere, to molest ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BESORE † to vex, to annoy, to molest, to cause mischief to ...17C
• HALE † to molest, to harry ...1530
• OPPRESS † of an enemy, external circumstances, etc.: to press or bear heavily on; to reduce to straits; to molest, to trouble, to harass, to distress ...1382
• REYNOLDS to maltreat, to molest ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
MOLESTATION - nouns
• ACCUMBRANCE † the of encumbering, impeding, or overwhelming; molestation, injury ...1489
• DISTROUBLANCE † disturbance, molestation ...a1400
• DISTROUBLE †* disturbance, trouble, molestation ...c1450
• HARRY † the act of harrying; devastation, molestation, vexation ...c1330
MOLESTER - nouns, person
• BABY BUMPER a child molester ...1992 US sl.
• BABY FUCKER a child molester ...1985 US sl.
• BABY RAPER a child molester ...1961 US sl.
• BACON-BONCE a child molester ...1990s rhyming sl. for 'nonce'
• CODIE a child molester ...1980s sl.
• PAMPER PIRATE a child molester ...1990s US criminals' sl.
• PAMPER SNIFFER a child molester ...1990s US criminals' sl.
• UNCLE LESTER a child molester ...2002 UK rhyming sl.
MOLESTING - adjectives
• ANNOYFUL †* giving trouble, molesting, full of annoyance ...c1386
MOLLIFY - verbs
• ADDULCE † to make sweet; to render pleasant or palatable; to soothe or mollify a person ...1475
• DEMULCE † to soothe, mollify, pacify, appease ...1530
• DEMULCEATE † to soothe or mollify a person ...1837 nonce word
• FAN to calm someone down; to mollify ...1971 US sl.
MOMENT - adverbs
• IN A QUACK in a mere moment; quickly, in the shortest possible time ...c1840 Sc.
• LIKE WINKY very quickly; in a moment; as in the twinkling of an eye ...1855 Eng. dial.
MOMENT - nouns
• BAT a short time, a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BAT OF AN EYE a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLINK a moment ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRACE OF SHAKES a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BREATH a very short time; a moment ...1917 Amer. dial.
• COUPLE OF HUMPS a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COUPLE OF JERKS a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COUPLE OF KICKS a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COUPLE OF SHAKES a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COUPLE OF WINKS a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRACK a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FARTING-SPELL a very short period of time; a moment ...19C Amer. dial.
• FLASH a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GLIFF † a short space of time, an instant, a moment ...1816 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GLIFFY a short space of a time; a moment ...1820 Sc.
• HALF-A-JIFFY a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HALF A MO a moment ...L19 colloq.
• HALF-A-SHAKE a moment, a very short time ...20C NZ sl.
• HANDCLAP a clap of the hands; the brief space of time this takes; an instant, a moment ...1822
• HANDLANG-WHILE † a moment, an instant, a span of time ...c1460
• HANDWHILE † a moment, an instant; a little while; a short span of time ...c1000 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HANTERIN a moment, a short space of time ...1885 Sc.
• HEART-BEAT a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JERK a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JIFFY a short time; a moment ...1793 colloq.
• LESS THAN NO TIME a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LITTLE BIT a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MO a moment; a second ...1896 sl.
• NICK a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NO TIME a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ODD-COME-SHORT an idle moment; some day soon to come; some time; an indefinite period; an odd moment ...1883 Amer. dial.
• PIG'S-WHISTLE a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUACK † a brief moment; a trice, the shortest possible time ...1882 Sc.
• QUICK an instant, a moment ...1986 Amer. dial.
• RAP a moment ...1768 Sc.
• SHAKE a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHAKE OF A BRASS MONKEY'S TAIL a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SIQUARE † period or point of time; moment ...a1300
• SNATCH a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPOT a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TANTILLATION † a trifling space of time; a moment of time ...1651 nonce word
• TICK a moment, a second, an instant ...1879 colloq.
• TICK-TACK a second; a moment; a short space of time ...1881 Eng. dial.
• TIFFIN a moment of time ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TWINK a winking of the eye; the time taken by this; a twinkling; the shortest possible space of time; a moment ...a1400
• TWINKLING OF A BEDPOST a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO SHAKES a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO SHAKES OF A BRASS MONKEY'S TAIL a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO SHAKES OF A DEAD SHEEP'S TAIL a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO SHAKES OF A LAMB'S TAIL a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO SHAKES OF A SHEEP'S TAIL a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO TWO'S a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO WHOOPS AND A HELLO a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO WHOOPS AND A HOLLER a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHIPSTITCH a short space of time; a moment ...1899 Amer. dial.
• WIFFIN a moment ...B1900 Sc.
• WINK a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
MOMENTARILY - adverbs
• FOR A SUDDEN † for an instant ...1688
MOMENTARY - adjectives
• MOMENTAL † lasting only a moment; momentary, brief ...1606
• MOMENTANEAL † lasting but a moment, momentary ...c1610
• MOMENTANEOUS † lasting but a moment, momentary ...c1610
• SUDDEN † brief, momentary, lasting only a short time ...1561
MOMENTOUS - adjectives
• EARTHSHAKING of enormous importance or consequence; momentous ...colloq.
• EARTH-SHATTERING of enormous importance or consequence; momentous ...colloq.
• MOLIMINOUS † weighty, momentous, of vast importance ...1684
• MOMENTAL † very important, momentous ...1818
MONARCH - nouns
• GALLANTRY † loyalty, devotion to a monarch ...1648
MONARCH - nouns, person
• SUFFREYN † a sovereign ruler, monarch ...a1500
MONARCH - verbs
• IMMONARCHIZE † to confer monarchy upon; to make into a monarch ...1679 nonce word
MONARCHY - nouns, person
• MONARCHOMACHIST † one who fights against monarchy; an anti-monarchist ...1639
MONASTERY - nouns
• CALEFACTORY the room in a monastery where the inmates warmed themselves ...1681
• LOCUTORY a room or place for conversation; esp. a room in a monastery, or, in later use, a convent, where monks were allowed to converse ...1483
• OFFICINE † a workshop; a laboratory; an office in a monastery ...c1425
• XENODOCHION a house of reception for strangers and pilgrims; a hostel, a guest-house, esp. in a monastery ...1865
• XENODOCHIUM a house of reception for strangers and pilgrims; a hostel, a guest-house, esp. in a monastery ...1612
• XENODOCHY †* a house of reception for strangers and pilgrims; a hostel, a guest-house, esp. in a monastery ...c1540
MONASTERY - nouns, person
• MANDRIARCH a ruler or founder of a monastic order ...1871
• OBLATE a person devoted to a monastery or to religious work ...1864
MONASTERY - verbs
• IMMONASTERED † shut up in a monastery ...1622 nonce word
MONDAY - nouns
• BLACK MONDAY the first Monday after holidays ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUNGO to mistreat severely; to inflict injury on ...1980s US college sl.
• DO A NUMBER ON to mistreat someone very badly; to put someone in a very bad situation ...M20 US sl.
• DO ONE DIRT to deceive, to mistreat, to treat meanly, to harm one, to injure, esp. underhandedly or by secret means ...1897 Amer. dial.
• DO ONE DIRTY to deceive, to mistreat, to treat meanly, to harm one, to injure, esp. underhandedly or by secret means ...1906 Amer. dial.
• MISLIST to mistreat ...1845 Amer. dial.
MISTREATMENT - nouns
• ROYAL SHAFT monumental mistreatment ...1983 US sl.
MISTRESS - adjectives
• POLLED-UP living with a mistress or concubine ...L19 Brit. sl.
MISTRESS - nouns
• KEEPING † the maintaining of a mistress or lover; the fact of condition of being so maintained ...1675
MISTRESS - nouns, person
• ALBERTINE an adroit, calculating, business-like mistress ...L19 sl.
• AMMUNITION WIFE a mistress ...World War II Amer. sl.
• AUTEM MORT a mistress, as in a woman who cohabits with a man, or accompanies a mendicant villain on his travels and his crimes ...M16 criminals' sl.
• AUTEM MOT a mistress, as in a woman who cohabits with a man, or accompanies a mendicant villain on his travels and his crimes ...M16 criminals' sl.
• AUTEM MOTT a mistress, as in a woman who cohabits with a man, or accompanies a mendicant villain on his travels and his crimes ...M16 criminals' sl.
• BACHELOR'S WIFE a mistress ...20C US sl.
• BED-SISTER † the mistress of a married man in relation to his lawful wife ...1297
• BELAMOUR † a loved one of either sex; a lady love; a sweetheart; a mistress ...1596
• BELLY-PIECE † a concubine, a mistress, a prostitute, a whore ...1632
• BIT OF JAM a sweetheart; a mistress ...c1886 sl.
• BUTTERED BUN(S) † a harlot, a mistress; a prostitute ...1679 sl.
• CANARY a mistress ...18C sl.
• CANARY-BIRD a mistress ...18C sl.
• DRUERY † one who is an object of love; a beloved person; a sweetheart; a mistress ...c1315
• FANCY a girlfriend; a mistress; a man's sweetheart ...E19 sl.
• FANCY PIECE orig. a gaudily dressed prostitute; later, a mistress, a 'bit on the side' ...Brit. sl.
• FANCY-WOMAN a man's sweetheart or mistress ...1812 sl., esp. criminals' usage
• FLAME a sweetheart, a mistress in keeping ...E18 sl.
• GALIMAUFRY a mistress ...Shakespeare usage
• GALLIMAUFRY a mistress ...16C sl.
• GALLIMAUFREY a mistress ...Shakespeare usage
• GAMESTER a mistress ...L17 sl.
• JAM a sweetheart; a mistress ...c1880 sl.
• JAM-TART a wife or mistress ...19C sl.
• KITTOCK a familiar or disrespectful term for a girl or young woman; esp. a woman of loose character; a wanton, an unchaste woman; a mistress, a concubine ...c1470 Sc.
• LADY a woman who is the object of chivalrous devotion; a mistress ...c1374
• LADY-BIRD a nice, ladylike, kept mistress ...17C sl.
• LADY OF PLEASURE a prostitute; a mistress or female lover ...M17 euphemism 1981
• LANDLADY †* a mistress ...1600
• LEMAN one who is loved unlawfully; an unlawful lover or mistress; in later use, chiefly applied to the female sex ...c1275 arch.
• LEVERET † a mistress ...1617
• LIE-BY † a concubine, a mistress ...a1656 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LIMMER an unchaste, loose, or immoral woman; a mistress, a prostitute ...1566 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MADAM † a kept mistress; a courtesan, a prostitute ...1719
• MAKE † of humans: a husband or wife; a lover or mistress ...a1240 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MAKE-BELIEVE a mistress treated as a wife ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOOSE in the Korean war: a girlfriend, mistress, or prostitute ...1951 US sl.
• MOUNT a wife or mistress ...c1856 Brit. sl.
• MOUSE a mistress ...L19 sl.
• NATURAL † a mistress ...1688
• NIGHT-PIECE †* a mistress ...1620
• OLD FLAME an old lover; a cast-off mistress ...1846 sl.
• OLD LADY a mistress or steady girlfriend, regardless of age ...1918 US sl.
• OUTSIDE WOMAN a man's lover; a mistress ...L19 W. Indies
• PANEL a priest's mistress; a sexually loose woman; a prostitute ...14C Brit. sl.
• PARAMOUR an illicit or clandestine lover or mistress taking the place, but without the rights, of a husband or wife; the illicit partner of a married man or woman ...c1386
• PARNEL † a priest's concubine or mistress; a harlot; a wanton young woman; an immodest girl; an immoral woman; one lost to all sense of decency; a sexually loose woman; a prostitute ...1362 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PECULIAR a mistress ...L17 colloq.
• PERNEL(E) a priest's mistress; a sexually loose woman; a prostitute ...14C Brit. sl.
• PUG † a courtesan; a prostitute; a harlot; a mistress ...E17
• QUEAN † a mistress, a paramour, a concubine ...1931 Sc.
• QUEEN a mistress, or prostitute ...1968 US sl.
• RAINBOW a mistress ...E19 sl.
• SATURDAY-TO-MONDAY a mistress whom one sees only at weekends ...1900s sl.
• SIDE DISH a mistress ...1949 US sl.
• SKIBBY an Oriental concubine or mistress; an Oriental prostitute; thus, when addressing a Japanese speaker, any prostitute ...1910s US sl.
• SMIG a mistress ...E20 sl.
• SOILED-DOVE a kept mistress or prostitute ...1865 sl.
• SUCCUBA a mistress; a harlot ...1610
• SULTANA a mistress, a concubine ...1702
• SULTANA QUEEN the favourite concubine of a sultan; hence, a favourite mistress ...1668
• TACKLE † a mistress ...1688 sl.
• TALLY-WOMAN a married man's mistress; a concubine ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIB † a mistress; a young woman of loose character; a strumpet, a prostitute ...1582
• UNDERPUT a mistress ...E17 sl.
• WHITE MAN'S HANSOM WOMAN a Black mistress ...Bk1892 W. Indian sl.
• WIFE a mistress or concubine ...19C sl.
MISTRESS - nouns, person, other
• DARK CULL a married man with a mistress that he visits only at night ...18C sl.
• DARK CULLY a married man with a mistress whom he sees only at night ...L18 UK criminals' sl.
• DARK DIDDLER a married man with a secret mistress ...1930 Amer. dial.
• KEEPER † one who keeps a mistress ...1676
• MAINTAINER † one who keeps a mistress ...1632
• UNCLE a man who has a mistress ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
MISTRUST - nouns
• DEAD CAT ON THE LINE something causing suspicion, mistrust, or concern; something immoral ...1965 Amer. dial.
• JEALOUSY † suspicion; apprehension of evil; mistrust ...c1385 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WANTROWING †* mistrust, faint belief ...c1440
• WANTRUST † mistrust, lack of confidence ...c1374
MISTRUST - verbs
• DIFFIDE † to distrust, to doubt, to suspect, to mistrust ...1678
• MISLIST to mistrust, to suspect ...1950 Amer. dial.
• POISON UP ON to come to dislike or mistrust ...1933 Amer. dial.
• TAKE PEPPER IN THE NOSE to take offense; to become angry or irritated; to be vexed; to mistrust ...1787
MISTRUSTFUL - adjectives
• JEALOUS † doubtful, mistrustful ...1601
MISTY - see MIST
MISUNDERSTAND - verbs
• GET THE WRONG END OF THE TETHER to make a mistake; to misunderstand ...1884 Eng. dial.
• MISCOGNIZE †* to fail to appreciate or acknowledge; to misunderstand ...1603
• PICK UP STOMPIES to come late to a conversation and so misunderstand what is being discussed ...S. Afr. sl.
MISUNDERSTANDING - nouns
• CAFFLE an argument; a misunderstanding, a disagreement ...1889 Eng. dial.
• EMBROGLIO a state of great confusion and entanglement; a complicated or difficult situation (esp. political or dramatic); a confused misunderstanding or disagreement ...1818
• FALL-OUT a quarrel, a misunderstanding ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• IGNORATION † the fact of being ignorant; mistaking or misunderstanding through want of knowledge ...1612
• ILL evil, misfortune, injury; harm; misunderstanding ...1810 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• IMBROGLIO a state of great confusion and entanglement; a complicated or difficult situation (esp. political or dramatic); a confused misunderstanding or disagreement ...1818
• MIFF a slight quarrel or misunderstanding; a tiff; a fit of ill-humour, pettishness; a huff ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UPSET a misunderstanding; a quarrel ...1879 Eng. dial.
MISUNDERSTOOD - adjectives
• BASKETED abandoned, ignored, misunderstood, confused ...L18 sl.
MISUSE - nouns
• ABUSAGE † abuse, misuse, perversion; defilement ...1548
• ABUSION † misuse, misapplication, perversion ...c1450
MISUSE - verbs
• DISABUSE to abuse, to misuse ...Bk1900 Sc.
• RAPE to misuse; to steal ...1990s sl.
• RIMRACK to injure, damage, or destroy, esp. by misuse ...1841 Amer. dial.
MITE - nouns
• YAN a small object or creature; a mite ...1825 Sc.
MITIGATE - verbs
• BECALM to assuage, to mitigate, to soothe, to tranquillize ...1613
• BEET to soothe; to mitigate ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DAVE to assuage, to mitigate, to relieve; to soothe ...1781 Eng. dial.
• KEEL † to make less violent, eager, or ardent; to assuage, to mitigate, to lessen ...c1175
• LEATH † to mitigate, to soften, to relax ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LENIFY † to alleviate, to mitigate ...1574
• MEASE to soothe, to mitigate, to calm ...1678 Sc.
• PALE †* to alleviate the symptoms of a disease without curing it; to relieve superficially or temporarily; to mitigate the sufferings of; to ease ...c1400
• PALLIFY † to alleviate the symptoms of a disease without curing it; to relieve superficially or temporarily; to mitigate the sufferings of; to ease, to alleviate ...1544
• QUEME * to satisfy, to appease, to mitigate ...c1250
• SALVE † to soothe, to mitigate, to assuage ...1577
• TRANQUILLITATE †* to render tranquil, to calm, to soothe, to mitigate, to alleviate ...1657
MITIGATED - adjectives
• PALLIATE † cloaked, covered, concealed; mitigated ...a1548
• PALLIATED † covered over, concealed; mitigated, extenuated ...1612
MITIGATING - adjectives
• DELENIFICAL †* soothing, pacifying, mitigating; making gentle; assuaging pain ...1656
MITIGATION - nouns
• LENITION †* an assuaging, a mitigation, alleviation ...1541
MITTEN - nouns
• HAND SOCK a glove or mitten ...1958 Amer. dial.
• HAND-STOCKING a mitten ...1865 Eng. dial.
MIX - nouns
• JUMMIX a jumble, mix; disorder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
MIX, MIX UP - verbs
• BOLLIX to throw into disorder or confusion; to mix up ...1937 Amer. dial.
• BULLOX to throw into disorder or confusion; to mix up; to mess or disarrange things ...1949 Amer. dial.
• CAIR to toss backwards and forwards; to mix up; to handle overmuch, to stir about ...Bk1898 Sc.
• FANGLE to tangle, to ravel, to mix up ...1826 Sc.
• FERHOONSE to botch; to mix up, to disarrange ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GAR to jumble, to mix or mess up by stirring, etc. ...1866 Sc.
• HATTER to mix or confuse things; to throw into disorder; to entangle, to knot ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• IMMIX * to mix in with something else; to mix intimately, to mix up ...1432-50
• IMMIXT †* to mix in with something else; to mix intimately; to mix up ...1432-50
• JAAMBLE to jumble; to shake; to mix by agitation ...1790 Sc.
• JABBLE to shake or mix up together; to shake up or agitate a liquid ...1760 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• MABBLE to confuse, mix, throw into disorder ...1821 Eng. dial.
• MALLOCK to mix together ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MANANGLE to mangle; to mix in a wild and confused manner ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MANG to mix together; to mess about; to touch with the hand; generally of food ...1829 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MANGHANGLE to mangle; to mix in a wild and confused manner ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MASH † to mix, to mingle ...a1591
• MEDLEY to mix, to mingle ...1861 Eng. dial.
• MEESCHLE to mix; to throw into confusion ...Bl1905 Sc.
• MELL to mix; to mingle ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MENG to mix, to mingle, to blend ...1677 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MENYIE to crowd, to mix confusedly ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MINGLE-MANGLE to confuse; to make a medley of; to mix up; to jumble together ...1549
• MOMMICK to mix up; to make a mess of ...1903 Amer. dial.
• MOMMIX to mix, to confuse ...1906 Amer. dial.
• TAISLE to entangle, to twist inextricably; to mix up, to put or get into disorder ...1866 Sc.
• TEAZLE to entangle, to twist inextricably; to mix up, to put or get into disorder ...1866 Sc.
• TEW to stir up; to mix, to blend; to pound; to knead ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
MIXED, MIXED UP - adjectives
• ALL TO BUGGERY bungled, utterly confused, unsatisfactory, mixed up ...1984 UK sl.
• ALL TO COCK bungled, utterly confused, unsatisfactory, mixed up ...1948 UK sl.
• ASS-BACKWARDS confused; mixed up ...1896
• ASSED UP confused; mixed up; disorderly ...1932 Amer. dial.
• BALLED-UP mixed up, in a mess ...L19 US sl.
• BE-ADDLED confused, mixed up ...1917 Amer. dial.
• BE-ATTLED confused, mixed up ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BLOWED confused, mixed up ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BOBBERED confused, mixed up ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BOLLIXED UP mixed up, confused, disorderly ...1937 Amer. dial.
• BOTHERED UP apprehensive; agitated; confused; mixed up ...1951 Amer. dial.
• BUMFOODLED confused, mixed up ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUMFOOZLED bewildered, perplexed, confused, disconcerted, mixed up ...1912 Amer. dial.
• BUMFUDDLED confused, mixed up ...1956 Amer. dial.
• BUMFUZZLED bewildered, perplexed, confused, mixed up ...1914 Amer. dial.
• CHOP-SUEY mixed up ...1981 US youth jargon
• DINGY foolish, silly, witless, crazy; confused, mixed up ...1911 Amer. dial.
• DIRTY mixed with something inferior ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FARMISHT confused, jumbled, mixed up ...1982 Amer. Yiddish
• FERDUTZT bewildered, nonplussed, confused, mixed up ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FERSCHIMMELT confused, mixed up ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HEAVELLED UP confused, mixed up ...1950 Amer. dial.
• IMMISCIBLE that cannot be mixed; incapable of mixture ...1671
• IMMIXABLE † incapable of being mixed ...1641
• IN A JAMBLE mixed together, confused ...1965 Amer. dial.
• JABBLED UP confused, mixed up ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MANGED-OOP messed, badly mixed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MANGHANGLE mixed up; confused ...1825 Eng. dial.
• MASLIN † mixed, mingled ...1544 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MELDERED mixed, entangled ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MENT † mixed, mingled ...1783 Eng. dial.
• MILLED intoxicated, drunk; mixed up ...1843 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MINGLE-MANGLE irregular, confused, mixed ...1577
• MIXY-MAXY mixed up, confused ...1960 Amer. dial.
• MOMMIXED mixed up, in confusion ...1895 Amer. dial.
• MONKEYED UP confused, mixed up ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RACKMEREESLE confused, mixed up, higgledy-piggledy ...1825 Sc.
• RAZZLED confused, rattled, mixed up ...1969 Amer. dial.
• SHUCKED TOGETHER mixed, shuffled ...1959 Amer. dial.
• SKEWGEE disorderly, messy, mixed up, confused ...1893 Amer. sl.
• TAZZLED mixed together, confused ...1969 Amer. dial.
• THROUGH ANOTHER mixed up together, in disorder; confused, befuddled ...1873 Amer. dial.
• UMLE-JUMALD mixed or jumbled together ...1861 Eng. dial.
• UP IN A HEAVAL out of order, mixed up ...1988 Amer. dial.
MIXED RACE - adjectives
• DIPPED mulatto; having some Black heritage ...20C US colloq.
• HALF-STRIPE half-breed ...1935 Amer. dial.
• MILK-AND-MOLASSES of mixed racial ancestry ...1833 US sl.
• PART of mixed race ...1995 Fiji
• SALT-AND-PEPPER of a person: of mixed race ...1950s US sl.
• TAN pert. to a mulatto ...20C US sl.
• YELLER (derogatory) pert. to mulattoes or light-skinned Black people ...20C US sl.
• YELLOW having skin of a light yellowish-brown colour; applied to a person of mixed race ...1814 Amer. dial.
MIXED RACE - nouns, person
• BANANA a sexually attractive mulatto or light Black woman ...M20 US sl.
• BLACK ANKLE a person of mixed race, usually Black, Indian, and White ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BLACK WATER a person of mixed race, usually Black, Indian, and White ...1947 Amer. dial.
• BLACK WATERITE a person of mixed race, usually Black, Indian, and White ...1947 Amer. dial.
• BLUE a person of mixed Indian, White, and Black ancestry ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BLUE GUM a person of mixed Indian, White, and Black ancestry ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BLUE SKIN the child of a Black woman by a White man ...Bk1892 W. Indian sl.
• BONE a person of mixed racial heritage ...1945 Amer. dial.
• BOOGALEE a person of mixed Black and White ancestry ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOOGERLEE a person of mixed Black and White ancestry ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BRASS ANKLE (often derogatory) a person of racially mixed ancestry (White, Black, and/or Indian) ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BREED 1. a person of American Indian and White parentage ...1892 Amer. dial.
2. a person of mixed descent ...1901
• BROWNIE a dark-skinned mulatto ...1945 Amer. dial.
• BUCKHEAD a person of mixed race ...1946 Amer. dial.
• CAPE BOY in South Africa: a half-breed resulting from the union of a native Black and a White settler ...1896
• CARMEL INDIAN a person of mixed Black, White and Indian ancestry associated with Carmel, Ohio ...1963 Amer. dial.
• CARMELITE a person of mixed Black, White and Indian ancestry associated with Carmel, Ohio ...1940 Amer. dial.
• CHEESE a light-skinned Black person; a person of mixed blood ...1970 Amer. dial.
• DARK-SAMBO a person of mixed race, with one-quarter White to three-quarters Black ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• DARWIN BLONDE a mixed-race woman ...1940s Aust. sl.
• DIMERY a person of mixed Indian, White, and Black ancestry in southeastern North Carolina, and eastern South Carolina ...1950 Amer. dial.
• DOMINICKER a person of mixed race, esp. of Black, Indian and White ancestry ...20C W. Indies
• DOMMERNECKER a person of mixed race, esp. of Black, Indian and White ancestry ...20C W. Indies
• DUKE'S MIXTURE a person of mixed race ...1961 US sl.
• FREE JACK a person of mixed black and white ancestry ...1986 Amer. dial.
• GRIFFANE the offspring of a mulatto and a Black person; a mulatto ...1840 Amer. dial.
• GRIFFE the offspring of a full-blooded African and a mulatto; the child of White and Black parents; the offspring of two mulattoes ...1780s US Black
• GRIFFIN the offspring of a mulatto and a Black person; a mulatto ...1859 Amer. dial.
• HALF-AND-HALF a person of mixed blood ...1828 Amer. dial.
• HALF BLOOD the offspring of parents of different races, esp. a child of Native American and Caucasian parentage ...1824 Amer. dial.
• HALF-BREED (derogatory) a person of mixed ancestry ...18C sl.
• HALF-CHAT a half-caste ...1909 UK & Aust. sl.
• ISSUE (usually derogatory) a person of racially mixed ancestry (White, Black, and American Indian) ...1908 Amer. dial.
• JACKSON WHITE a person of racially mixed ancestry in northeast New Jersey and adjacent parts of New York; also, a White person living in the mountains of the same region ...1878 Amer. dial.
• KELT (derogatory) a very light mulatto ...M20 US sl.
• KELTCH (derogatory) a very light mulatto ...M20 US sl.
• LEMON (not necessarily derogatory) a light-skinned Black person; a mulatto ...1920s US Black sl.
• LIGHT-BROWN a mulatto ...E20 US colloq.
• MAGPIE a half-caste ...1980s Aust. sl.
• MAHOGANY a mulatto ...E20 US sl.
• MAMALUCCO. a crossbreed between a White and Brazilian Indian ...1863
• MAMELUCO. a crossbreed between a White and Brazilian Indian ...1863
• MARLBORO BLUE a member of a group of racially mixed people in eastern South Carolina ...1945 Amer. dial.
• MESTEE the offspring of a White and a Mulatto parent ...L18 W. Indies
• MESTEZ a half-caste ...M19 Anglo-Indian
• MESTIZO a person of mixed blood, esp. of Spanish and American Indian ancestry ...1712 Amer. dial.
• MESTY a half-caste ...M19 Anglo-Indian
• METIS a person of mixed blood, esp. of French and American Indian ancestry ...1839 Amer. dial.
• MIX-BREED a person of mixed racial heritage ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MIXED-BREED a person of mixed racial heritage ...1775 Amer. dial.
• MOOLEY a mulatto ...2000s US Black sl.
• MUSTARD-YELLOW a mulatto ...E20 US sl.
• MUSTEE the offspring of a White and a Mulatto parent ...L18 W. Indies
• NASSAU a person of mixed Black and Indian ancestry ...1987 Amer. dial.
• OCTOON an octoroon ...1840
• OCTOROON a person having one-eighth Black blood; the offspring of a quadroon and a White; sometimes used of other mixed races ...1861
• OFF-BREED a person of mixed blood ...1965 Amer. dial.
• ONE OF THE BLUE SQUADRON a mulatto ...L18 sl.
• POOL a person of racially mixed ancestry ...1963 Amer. dial.
• QUADROON the offspring of a mulatto and a White parent ...1780s US
• QUARTERON the offspring of a mulatto and a White parent ...1780s US
• QUINTEROON one who is fifth in descent from a Black person, and has one-sixteenth of Black blood ...1797
• QUINTROON one who is fifth in descent from a Black person, and has one-sixteenth of Black blood ...1835
• RED BONE a person of mixed race, esp. one believed to be partly American Indian and belonging to a distinct social group in parts of South Carolina, Louisiana, and eastern Texas ...1891 Amer. dial.
• RED LEG a member of a racially mixed group of people living in Orangeburg County, South Carolina ...1945 Amer. dial.
• RED-NECK a person of mixed race, esp. one believed to be partly American Indian ...1963 Amer. dial.
• RED NIGGER (derogatory) a light-skinned Black person; a member of a mixed-race group believed to be partly American Indian in origin ...1963 Amer. dial.
• SAMBO the offspring of Black and Indian parents ...1748
• SAMBO BACKRA a person of mixed race, usually three-quarters Black ...1950s W. Indies
• SCUFFLETONIAN a person of racially mixed ancestry (Black and White, or Black and American Indian) ...c1970 Amer. dial.
• SPOTLIGHT a light-complexioned African-America woman; an American of mixed White and Black ancestry ...1940s US Black sl.
• TAN a mulatto ...20C US sl.
• TAR-BRUSH, THE a person of mixed race ...1859
• TARHEEL a person of mixed blood, part Black ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TUSH a light-complexioned Black person; a mulatto ...1960 Amer. dial. Black usage
• YELLER (derogatory) a mulatto ...20C US sl.
• YELLOW a light-skinned Black person; a mulatto ...E19 US sl.
• YELLOW-BELLY a half-caste ...1867
• YELLOW-BLACK (derogatory) a mulatto; a light-skinned Black person ...20C US sl.
• YELLOW FELLER a person of mixed Aboriginal and White parentage ...1913 Aust. sl.
• YELLOWHAMMER a person of mixed race, esp. a woman ...c1901 Amer. dial. esp. Black usage
• YOLA n. a female mulatto ...20C sl.
MIXED RACE - phrases
• DASH OF THE TAR-BRUSH, A i.e. of Black or Indian blood showing itself in the complexion; having mixed racial heritage ...1859
• TOUCH OF THE TAR-BRUSH, A i.e. of Black or Indian blood showing itself in the complexion; having mixed racial heritage ...1859
MIXING - nouns
• IMMISCIBILITY incapacity of mixing ...1807
• IMMIXTION †* the act of mixing in ...1653
MIXTURE - nouns
• DUKE'S MIXTURE a random mixture or conglomeration of things ...1914 US sl.
• FARRAGO a confused group; a medley, a mixture, hotchpotch ...1632
• GALIMATIAS a mixture, medley, hodge-podge ...1762
• IMMISTION † intimate mixture or mingling ...1658
• JAMBALAYA a mixture of heterogeneous elements ...1916 Amer. dial.
• MANG a mixture, a muddle, a confusion ...1880 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MANGLE-MASH a mixture ...1890 Eng. dial.
• MANGLUMTEW a heterogeneous mixture ...BK1905 Sc.
• MASLIN † a mixture, a medley ...1574
• MAWKS a mess; a mixture; a state of decay ...1887 Eng. dial.
• MEESCHLE a mixture; a state of confusion ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MIXTERY a mixture ...a1883 Amer. dial.
• MIXTRY a mixture ...1867 Amer. dial.
• MOX a mess; a mixture; a state of decay ...1887 Eng. dial.
• OLIO any mixture of heterogeneous things or elements; a hotchpotch, farrago, medley ...1648
• OLLAPOD a hotchpotch; a medley; an incongruous mixture; a mixture of languages ...1804
• OLLA PODRIDA a hotchpotch, a medley; a mixture of languages ...a1634
• OMNIGATHERUM † omnium gatherum; a gathering of all sorts; a miscellaneous assemblage, collection, or mixture of persons or things; a confused medley ...a1400
• OMNIUM GATHERUM a gathering of all sorts; a miscellaneous assemblage, collection, or mixture of persons or things; a confused medley; disorder ...1530
• SAMBLANGE a mixture ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAUCE-MEDLEY † an incongruous mixture; a concoction ...1579
• SILLABUB a mixture, combination ...1859
• SYLLABUB a mixture, combination ...1859
MIX-UP - nouns
• CALLALLOO a confused set of circumstances; a mix-up ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• FARRACH a bustle, state of agitation, a to-do, a mix-up ...1898 Sc.
• GUDDLE a muddled affair; a mix-up; confusion ...colloq.
• OOGIS a mess, confusion, mix-up ...1964 Sc.
• REE-RYE a state of confusion, a mixup ...1981 Amer. dial.
• TAGRAGGERY a hotchpotch; a muddle or mix-up; any heterogeneous mass of bits and pieces; a confusion of loose ends ...1837
• VARG a mess, an untidy mix-up, dirt, rubbish ...1891 Sc.
MOAN - nouns
• MEAN a moan, a lamentation; a complaint ...1747 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ONE ALONE a moan ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• OOB a low moaning sound; a plaintive sound, a howl, a wail ...1898 Sc.
MOAN - verbs
• DARBY AND JOAN to moan ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• MEAN to utter a moaning sound, to wail; to complain, to bemoan to indicate pain ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OOB to make a low, moaning sound; to howl, to wail ...1866 Sc.
• PUT ON THE AGONY to complain, to moan; the implication is that the problems are not wholly genuine; hence, to exaggerate ...M19 sl.
• REAM to shout, to cry aloud, to bawl; to weep, to bewail, to moan; to talk wildly, to vociferate ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
MOB - nouns
• BANJIE a great number; generally applied to a rude, disorderly mob ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CANAILLE the rabble, the mob ...1676
• CANALLY a rabble, a mob, a crew ...1708 Sc.
• FERKISHIN a large amount; a crowd, a seething mob ...1856 Sc.
• HABBLE a mob ...1818 Sc.
• PARROCK a group of people, animals, or things closely packed or huddled together; a bustling, stirring crowd, a mob; a conglomeration of objects ...1813 Sc.
• RABBLEMENT † a tumultuous crowd of people; a disorderly assemblage, a mob; a rabble ...1548 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RABBLE-RASH a dirty, noisy mob; the rabble ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RABBLE ROUT a tumultuous or confused crowd of people; a mob; the noise of such a rabble ...1599
• RAFF the mob ...Bk1903 sl.
• RASCAL †* a rabble or mob ...c1330
• RAT PACK a disorderly mob of youths ...1951 sl., orig. US
• RIBALDRY the mob, the scum of society ...Bk1903 sl.
• RIBAUDRY the mob, the scum of society ...Bk1903 sl.
• RIBBLE-RABBLE a tumultuous crowd or array of people; a disorderly assemblage; a mob; the scum of society; a great confusion ...1635
• RIFF-RAFF a low, disreputable person; the rabble, the mob ...1836 Sc. & Eng. dial. & sl.
MOB - nouns, person
• CAPTAIN TOM the head or leader of a mob; also, the mob itself ...Bk1891 sl.
MOB - verbs
• SMALL-GANG to mob ...M19 sl.
MOBBING - nouns
• RABBLING mobbing, expulsion by violence; an uprising ...1700 Sc.
MOBILE PHONE - see PHONE
MOCK - nouns
• JAMF a mock, a jeer, a sneer ...1868 Sc.
• JAMPH a mock, a jeer, a sneer ...1868 Sc.
• JAUMPH a mock, a jeer, a sneer ...1868 Sc.
MOCK - verbs
• BEGAB † to fool with words, to mock, to deceive, to delude; to impose upon ...1297
• BEMOCK to mock at, to flout; to delude mockingly ...1607
• BEMOW † to mock, to mock at ...1388
• BISMER † to treat with scorn, to mock, to deride, to insult ...c1000
• CAAD to jeer jokingly or mock someone about some event, their appearance or situation ...20C W. Indies & UK Black teen sl.
• CAIM to mock, to make loud noises in derision ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• EMBRAID † to upbraid, to taunt, to mock; also, to reproach one with ...1481
• FORGAB † to defame, to publish the misdeeds of; to mock, gibe, deride ...c1394
• GAB † 1. to speak mockingly, to scoff ...a1225
† 2. to mock ...c1489
• GACK to mock, to jeer ...Bk1900 N. Ireland
• GAME † to befool, to jeer at, to mock, to delude ...1698 UK sl.
• GAMF to mock, to mimic ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GAMP to be foolishly merry, to laugh loudly; to mock, to mimic ...1825 Sc.
• GAUMP to be foolishly merry, to laugh loudly; to mock, to mimic ...1825 Sc.
• GAWMP to mock, to mimic ...1825 Sc.
• GECK to mock, to deceive, to cheat ...1583 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GECK AT to scoff at; to use mocking language or gestures towards ...1603 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GET SOMEONE AT IT to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1958 sl.
• GIVE ONE THE GECK to mock, to trick, to deceive one ...1583
• GIVE SOMEONE THE RAH-RAH to mock on the grounds of supposed snobbishness ...1910s sl.
• GIVE THE HORSE LAUGH to mock or deride ...1896 US sl.
• GUY to mock, to ridicule; to taunt; to tease...1854 Amer. sl.
• HARM to mock or imitate in speaking; to mimic ...1806 Eng. dial.
• HEASCEN † to mock, to deride, to taunt ...c1000
• HORSE to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1901 US sl.
• ILLUDE † to mock, to make sport of, to deride ...1516.
• JAMF to make game of; to mock at, to jeer, to sneer ...1768 Sc.
• JAMPH to make game of; to mock at, to jeer, to sneer ...1768 Sc.
• JAPE † to mock, to deride, to scoff; to insult ...c1440
• JAUMPH to make game of; to mock at, to jeer, to sneer ...1768 Sc.
• LAKE † to sport with, to mock ...1300s
• LANT to mock, to jeer, to gibe at ...1861 Sc.
• LAUGH † to mock at, to deride ...c950
• LUDIFICATE †* to deceive, to beguile, to mock; also, to frustrate ...1623
• MANNER to mock; to mimic ...1820 Sc.
• MAUK to mimic, to mock ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOKE † to mock ...c1450
• POKE FUN to tease; to jape; to mock ...1840 Amer. sl.
• PULL SOMEONE'S PISSER to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease; to good-naturedly hoax or deceive someone ...1969 Brit. sl.
• PUT SOMEONE ON to tease, to mock or deceive someone ...sl.
• QUIZ to make sport or fun of a person or thing, to turn to ridicule; occasionally, to regard with an air of mockery ...1796
• RAG to annoy, to tease, to mock, to bully; to ridicule; to vex; to enrage ...1808 UK sl.
• RAILLY † to mock, to scoff, to jeer at ...1678
• RAZZ to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1921 sl., orig. US
• REAR to mock, to gibe; to scold ...1893 Eng. dial.
• RIB to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1930 sl., orig. US
• RIG to tease, to mock, to vex; to deride; to reprimand, to scold ...1883 Amer. dial.
• ROT to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease; to ridicule, denigrate ...1890 Brit. sl.
• SCOFFLE to speak contemptuously or mockingly; to ridicule; to scoff ...1927 Amer. dial.
• SCORN to mock, to jeer at; to slight in love ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SKIRP †* to mock, to deride, to ridicule ...c1450
• SNAP to mock, to tease ...1960s US Black sl.
• SUBSANNATE † to deride, to scorn, to mock ...1656
• SUBSANNE † to deride, to scorn, to mock ...a1619
• TAKE OFF to mock, to befool, to jeer at ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TAKE THE MICHAEL to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE MICHAEL OUT OF to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE MICKEY to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE MICKEY OUT OF to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE MICKY to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE MICKY OUT OF to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE MIKE to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE MIKE OUT OF to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1935 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TAKE THE PISS to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1945 Brit. sl.
• TAKE THE PISS OUT OF to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease ...1945 Brit. sl.
• TAKE THE RIP OUT OF to mock, to criticize, to attack verbally ...1990s sl.
• THARN † to mock, to scorn ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UP to mock ...2000s sl.
• YANG to say irritating things; to deride; to mock ...1842 Eng. dial.
MOCKER - nouns, person
• CAPTAIN QUIZ a mocker ...Bk1891 sl.
• GABBER † a mocker; a deceiver; a liar ...c1386
• ILLUDER * a deceiver; a mocker ...1550
• OFFTAKE a scoffer, a mocker, one who takes others off by ridicule; a mimic ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PISS-TAKER one who mocks or ridicules ...1976 Brit. sl.
• SUBSANNATOR † a mocker ...1517
MOCKERY - adjectives
• LUDIBRIOUS † apt to be a subject of jest or mockery; ridiculous, laughable ...1563
MOCKERY - nouns
• BISMER † shame, disgrace, reproach, mockery, scorn ...c893
• GAB † mockery, derisive deception; a lie, deceit ...a1300
• GABBERIES †* mockeries, gibes, jests, wily deceits ...1627
• GAUD † a jest, a scoff; also, an object of mockery ...c1440
• GAWD † a jest, a scoff; also, an object of mockery ...c1440
• GIBERY mockery; jeering ...L17 sl.
• GYBERY mockery; jeering ...L17 sl.
• GYBING mockery; jeering ...L17 sl.
• ILLUSION † the act of deriding or mocking; derision, mockery ...1382
• JEER † the act of jeering; mockery, scoffing, derision ...1660
• JOHNNY WET-BREAD a teasing rather than aggressive term of mockery ...20C Irish sl.
• MANNERING mimicry, mockery ...Bk1905 Sc.
• SIGGING a competing in rounds of ritualized mockery ...1940s US Black sl.
• SUBSANNATION † mockery, derision, scorn ...1620
MOCKING - adjectives
• DERISORIOUS † characterized by derision, mocking, derisive ...1664
• ILLUDENT †* mocking ...?a1550
• IRRISORY * having the character of deriding or mocking; addicted to laughing or sneering at others ...1824
• LUDIBRIOUS * full of scorn, inclined to scoff; scornful, mocking ...1641
• MAKE-SPORT † providing sport; mocking ...1582
• MOCKRIFE scornful, mocking ...1818 Sc.
• OFF-TAKING scoffing, mocking, sarcastic, joking, waggish ...1877 Sc.
• QUIZZACIOUS given to mocking, bantering, satirical ...c1830
• QUIZZATORIAL of a quizzing character ...1810
• REARING excited; talking loudly and boastingly; mocking ...1746 Eng. dial.
• SARDONIC of laughter, a smile: bitter, scornful, mocking; hence of a person, personal attribute, etc.: exhibiting bitterness, scorn, mockery, or ironic ridicule ...1638
• SARDONICAL of laughter, a smile: bitter, scornful, mocking; hence of a person, personal attribute, etc.: exhibiting bitterness, scorn, mockery, or ironic ridicule ...1859
• SARKY mocking ...1912 Brit. sl.
• SCOPTIC †* mocking, scoffing, jesting, satirical ...1670
MOCKING - nouns
• PISS-TAKE an instance of mocking ...1977 Brit.
• WIND-UP an instance of mocking ...1984 Brit. sl.
MOCKINGBIRD - nouns
• IMITATION BIRD a mockingbird ...1970 Amer. dial.
• MARKING-BIRD a mockingbird ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MOCKER a mockingbird ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NIGGER HATER (derogatory) a mockingbird ...1968 Amer. dial.
MODE - nouns
• GARB † style, manner, fashion; manner of doing anything, style of living, form of behaviour; also, a prevailing mode or custom ...1599
• GARBE † style, manner, fashion; manner of doing anything, style of living, form of behaviour; also, a prevailing mode or custom ...1599
• TON * the fashion, the vogue, the mode; fashionable air or style ...1769
MODEL - nouns
• IMPSE image, model ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• SAMPLER † example to be imitated; a model, a pattern; the original from which a copy is or may be taken ...a1300
MODEL - nouns, person
• ZOOT CANARY a fashion model ...c1959 sl.
MODEL - verbs
• PARAGON † to set forth as a paragon or perfect model ...1613
MODERATE - adjectives
• AFTERGAIT tolerable, moderate, what does not exceed ...Bk1898 Sc.
• I-METE † moderate; meet, fit, appropriate ...c1175
• MEETERLY moderate, in a fair state, middling ...1684 Eng. dial.
• METER moderate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• METHEFUL † restrained, moderate; gentle, mild ...c1000 obs.
• MIDDLEMISH moderate, middling; not liberal ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIDDLEMOST moderate, not liberal ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIDDLINGISH moderate, fair, tolerable ...1878 Eng. dial.
• MIDDLING-SIZED moderate in size ...1892 Eng. dial.
• ORDINATE † observant of order; keeping within orderly limits; orderly, regular, moderate, temperate ...c1374
MODERATE - verbs
• ADMEASURE † to assign a measure or limit to a thing; to moderate, to limit, to control ...1340
• PALLIATE †* to moderate the hostility of ...1678
• PULL IN ONE'S EARS to be less aggressive; to moderate oneself ...1940s Amer. sl.
• PULL IN ONE'S HORNS to moderate or retract one's behaviour ...1589 sl.
• PULL YOUR PUNCHES to exercise moderation, esp. in punishment or blame ...1934 UK sl.
MODERATELY - adverbs
• FAIR † moderately, not excessively ...c1450
• FAIR AND MODERATE fairly and moderately ...1891 Sc.
• FAIRLINGS moderately, fairly ...1877 Eng. dial.
• GAILIES tolerably, moderately or fairly well ...1742 Sc.
• GAILINS tolerably, moderately or fairly well ...1853 Sc.
• GAILY tolerably, fairly, moderately; very, very well, very much ...1553 chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MEASURELY in moderation, moderately ...1887 Sc.
• MEETERLY tolerably, moderately, fairly ...1703 Eng. dial.
• MEEVERLY moderately, tolerably, middling; fairly well in health; easily, gently ...1790 Eng. dial.
• METERLY tolerably, moderately, fairly ...1703 Eng. dial.
• MEVERLY moderately, tolerably, middling; fairly well in health; easily, gently ...1860 Eng. dial.
• MIDDLING moderately, tolerably, fairly ...1765
• MIDDLINGISH somewhat; moderately ...1820 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• MIDDLINGLY moderately, not perfectly ...1867 Sc. & Eng. dial.
MODERATENESS - nouns
• MEDIOCRITURE † moderation; moderateness of quantity, amount, degree ...1574
MODERATION - nouns
• MANNERNESS †* moderation ...1382
• MEASURE moderation ...1641 Sc.
• MEDIOCRITURE † moderation; moderateness of quantity, amount, degree ...1574
MODERN - adjectives
• MODERNAL † belonging to the present day ...1542
• NEOTERIC recent, new, modern ...1596
• NEOTERICAL recent, new, modern ...1588
• TO-DAYISH pert. to the present time; characteristically modern ...1864
MODERN - nouns
• NEOTERICS the study of modern things ...1857
MODERN - nouns, person
• NEOTERIC a modern; a modern writer or author ...1598
MODEST - adjectives
• BACKGROUND retiring; shy; modest ...1896 colloq.
• BACKLINS modest ...1932 Sc.
• BLAIT shy, sheepish; modest, retiring ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DAFFISH sheepish, shy, modest ...1804 Eng. dial.
• MANNERLY † seemly, decent, respectable, modest ...a1300
• MEEVERLY mild; of a gentle or modest disposition; shy, bashful; sparing in eating and drinking ...1819 Eng. dial.
• MELCH modest ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MENSEFUL becoming, proper, seemly, modest, discreet; creditable to a man, decent, respectable ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MIM prim, demure; affectedly modest or shy; prudish; primly silent or reticent ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MODEST-HAVIOURED modestly behaved ...1878
• MODESTIOUS †* modest, chaste in habits ...1547
• PUDENT * having a sense of shame or decency; modest; delicate ...1908
• PUDIBUND * modest, bashful, prudish ...1656
• PUDIBUNDOUS † shame-faced; bashful; modest ...1656
• SCARE easily frightened, timid; wild; shy, affectedly modest ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SELF-EFFACIVE modest, retiring ...1883 nonce word
• SHAMEFACED modest, bashful, shy ...M16
• SHAMEFAST bashful, modest, shy ...OE arch.
• SMOOTY-FACED shy, bashful, modest, shame-faced ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TIMOROUS † modest, reverential ...1474
• UNBUMPTIOUS modest, humble ...1865
• VERECUND modest, bashful; shy, coy ...c1550
• VERECUNDIOUS † accompanied by modesty; modest, bashful, shy, coy ...a1639
• VERECUNDOUS modest, shamefaced, demure ...1656
MODEST - nouns, person
• SIMPLE † a person of modest unassuming manners ...a1400
MODEST - verbs
• FLY LOW to be modest and retiring ...c1835 colloq.
• HIDE ONE'S LIGHT UNDER A BUSHEL to be modest, not to make a display of one' s ability ...1858
• HOLD CLOSE TO THE WILLOWS to act cautiously and conservatively; to be conventional, conservative, or modest ...1913 Amer. dial.
• WALK SOFT to behave modestly ...1970s US Black sl.
MODEST - phrases
• BAG YOUR HEAD be more modest ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
MODESTLY - adverbs
• BLEETLY modestly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• MEETERLY handsomely, modestly, agreeably ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MEEVERLY modestly, handsomely ...1750 Eng. dial.
MODESTY - nouns
• PUDENCY modesty; bashfulness; shamefacedness ...1605
• VERECUNDITY * modesty, bashfulness .,..1721
• VERECUNDNESS * modesty, bashfulness ...1727
MODIFICATION - nouns
• MOD a modification ...1940s sl.
MODIFY - verbs
• FASHION † to change the fashion of; to modify, to transform ...1528
• MOD to modify ...1950s sl.
MOHAMMEDAN - adjectives
• MAHOMETAN Mohammedan ...1600
• MAHOMETANICAL † Mohammedan ...1632
• MAHOMETIC †* Mohammedan ...1585
• MAHOMETICAL † Mohammedan ...1561
• MAHOUND † Mohammedan ...1624
MOHAMMEDAN - nouns
• MAHOMETANTISM † Mohammedanism ...1635
• MAHOMETISM † Mohammedanism ...1597
• MAHOMETRY † Mohammedanism ...1481 obs. exc. arch.
MOHAMMEDAN - nouns, person
• MAHOMET † a Mohammedan ...1508
• MAHOMETAN a Mohammedan ...1529
• MAHOMETICIAN † a Mohammedan ...1588
• MAHOMETIST † a Mohammedan ...1553
• MAHOMITE † a Mohammedan ...1559
• MAHOUND † a Mohammedan ...1624
MOHAMMEDAN - verbs
• MAHOMETANIZE to convert to Mohammedanism ...1632
• MAHOMETIZE † to convert to Mohammedanism; to act like a Mohammedan ...1585
MOIST, MOISTURE - adjectives
• BATHY damp, moist ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIBULOUS absorbent of moisture ...L17
• DABBY moist, sticking to the skin like wet linen ...1581
• DAGGIE drizzling, moist, misty ...1825 Sc.
• DAMPY wet, moist, damp ...1846 Eng. dial.
• DAWKY moist, drizzly ...1820 Sc.
• EVING damp, moist, exuding moisture ...1892 Eng. dial.
• MADEFACIENT †* making moist, wetting ...1727
• MADENT †* wet, moist ...1727
• MADESCENT slightly moist ...Bk1910
• MADID * wet, moist ..1615
• NESH * damp, moist, wet ...1387
• ROSCID * resembling dew; falling like dew; abounding with dew; dewy, moist, dank ...1626
• SAM moist, in a state of perspiration ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAMMY watery, moist, sodden; in a state of perspiration ...1809 Eng. dial.
• SAPPY † full of moisture; moist; wet; sodden; rainy ...c1470 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SUBRIGUOUS † moist, wet, and watery underneath ...1656
• THAMP soft; pliable, not easily broken; moist ...1851 Eng. dial.
• THONE damp, moist, wet; soft from dampness ...1691 Eng. dial.
• THONY damp, moist, soft ...1691 Eng. dial.
• UVID †* moist, wet ...1656
• VOKEY damp, juicy, moist ...1790 Eng. dial.
• VOKY damp, juicy, moist ...1790 Eng. dial.
• WACK † moist, damp, wet, clammy ...1513 Sc
• WAK † moist, damp, wet ...1513 Sc.
MOIST, MOISTENING, MOISTURE - nouns
• DEG(G) damp, moisture; a drop of water ...1897 Eng. dial.
• IMBUITION †* a thorough moistening ...1658
• MADEFACTION † a wetting; the act of making wet or moist ...1581 now rare or obs.
• MADEFICATION † a moistening or wetting ...1727
• MADIDITY † moisture, wetness ...1656
• MADIDNESS moistness, wetness ...1731 obs.
• MOIST moisture ...a1366
• SAFT a thaw; rain, moisture ...1895 Sc.
• SUCCITY †* moisture ...1646
• WACKNESS † moisture, humidity ...c1520 Sc.
• WAK † moisture, humidity ...1456 Sc.
• WAKNESS † moisture, humidity ...c1520 Sc.
• WAT moisture ...B1900 Sc.
MOIST, MOISTEN - verbs
• BEMOIST † to make moist ...1567
• BEMOISTEN to make moist ...1590
• BESHED † to drench, moisten, wet with ...1382
• DAMP to wet, to moisten slightly ...1853 Eng. dial.
• DANK † to wet, to damp, to moisten; orig. said of dew, mist, drizzling rain ...a1310
• DEG(G) to sprinkle water upon anything; to bedew, to moisten, to soak ...1781 Eng. dial.
• IMMOISTURE † to moisten ...1523
• MADEFY † to make wet; to moisten ...c1420
• MADIDATE † to wet or moisten ...1656
• MOIST † to moisten ...1382 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RIGATE † to moisten ...1657
• SAP to saturate; to drench; to moisten ...1839 Sc. & Eng. dial.
MOLASSES - nouns
• EMMIES molasses ...1912 Amer. dial.
• GOOGLUM a viscous food, such as a sauce, gravy, syrup, molasses ...1911 Amer. dial.
• GOOZLUM a viscous food, such as a sauce, gravy, syrup, molasses ...1911 Amer. dial.
• KILJACKUMS sorghum molasses ...1944 Amer. dial.
• LARRUP syrup, molasses ...1895 Amer. dial.
• LARRUPY-DOPE syrup, molasses ...1904 Amer. dial.
• LASSENGERS molasses ...1917 Amer. dial. jocular
• LEATHER-STRAP molasses ...1887 US nautical sl.
• LICK syrup, molasses ...1893 Amer. dial.
• LONG SUGAR molasses ...c1738 Amer. dial.
• LONG SWEETENING liquid sweetening as contrasted to sugar, such as molasses, syrup, and honey ...1714 Amer. dial.
• LONGLICK molasses ...1888 Amer. nautical sl.
• LONG-TAILED SUGAR molasses ...1858 Amer. dial.
• ZIP syrup, molasses ...1905 Amer. dial.
MOLE (skin) - nouns
• GOOBER a small mole, spot, or similar skin blemish ...1970s US college sl.
• HONEY-DROP a mole on the skin ...?a1800
• HONEY-SPOT † a mole on the skin ...1547 obs. exc. Sc.
• NAT a mole (skin) ...1992 UK rhyming sl. (Nat King Cole)
• NAT KING COLE a mole (skin) ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• NATURE SPOT a birthmark, mole, or wart ...Bk1982 euphemism
• PET a boil, pimple, mole, or wart ...1902 Amer. dial.
MOLE (animal) - nouns
• GOPHER a mole ...1965 Amer. dial.
• ING mould raised by moles; mole-hills ...1703 Eng. dial.
• LABOUR † an alleged term for a 'company' of moles ...1486
• LITTLE GENTLEMAN IN BROWN VELVET, THE † a mole ...1898
• MEADOW-WARP a mole ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TALPE †* a mole ...c1440
• TALPICIDE † the killing of moles ...1656
• TAPE the mole ...1847 Eng. dial.
• WANT † a mole ...c725 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
MOLE (animal) - nouns, person
• TAPE-TAKER a mole-catcher ...1881 Eng. dial.
• WANTER a mole-catcher ...1903 Eng. dial.
MOLE - verbs
• SCOAD to scatter; to pour, to spill; to throw up earth, as moles ...1777 Eng. dial.
MOLEHILL - nouns
• WANT-HILL † a molehill ...a1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
MOLEHILL - verbs
• SCALE to scatter or level mole-hills ...1790 Eng. dial.
MOLEST - verbs
• BACK-HASH to abuse, to scold vigorously; to annoy, to molest ...1816 Sc.
• BAGHASH to abuse, to scold vigorously; to annoy, to molest ...1816 Sc.
• BEGIN to interfere, to molest ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BESORE † to vex, to annoy, to molest, to cause mischief to ...17C
• HALE † to molest, to harry ...1530
• OPPRESS † of an enemy, external circumstances, etc.: to press or bear heavily on; to reduce to straits; to molest, to trouble, to harass, to distress ...1382
• REYNOLDS to maltreat, to molest ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
MOLESTATION - nouns
• ACCUMBRANCE † the of encumbering, impeding, or overwhelming; molestation, injury ...1489
• DISTROUBLANCE † disturbance, molestation ...a1400
• DISTROUBLE †* disturbance, trouble, molestation ...c1450
• HARRY † the act of harrying; devastation, molestation, vexation ...c1330
MOLESTER - nouns, person
• BABY BUMPER a child molester ...1992 US sl.
• BABY FUCKER a child molester ...1985 US sl.
• BABY RAPER a child molester ...1961 US sl.
• BACON-BONCE a child molester ...1990s rhyming sl. for 'nonce'
• CODIE a child molester ...1980s sl.
• PAMPER PIRATE a child molester ...1990s US criminals' sl.
• PAMPER SNIFFER a child molester ...1990s US criminals' sl.
• UNCLE LESTER a child molester ...2002 UK rhyming sl.
MOLESTING - adjectives
• ANNOYFUL †* giving trouble, molesting, full of annoyance ...c1386
MOLLIFY - verbs
• ADDULCE † to make sweet; to render pleasant or palatable; to soothe or mollify a person ...1475
• DEMULCE † to soothe, mollify, pacify, appease ...1530
• DEMULCEATE † to soothe or mollify a person ...1837 nonce word
• FAN to calm someone down; to mollify ...1971 US sl.
MOMENT - adverbs
• IN A QUACK in a mere moment; quickly, in the shortest possible time ...c1840 Sc.
• LIKE WINKY very quickly; in a moment; as in the twinkling of an eye ...1855 Eng. dial.
MOMENT - nouns
• BAT a short time, a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BAT OF AN EYE a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLINK a moment ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRACE OF SHAKES a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BREATH a very short time; a moment ...1917 Amer. dial.
• COUPLE OF HUMPS a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COUPLE OF JERKS a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COUPLE OF KICKS a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COUPLE OF SHAKES a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COUPLE OF WINKS a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRACK a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FARTING-SPELL a very short period of time; a moment ...19C Amer. dial.
• FLASH a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GLIFF † a short space of time, an instant, a moment ...1816 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GLIFFY a short space of a time; a moment ...1820 Sc.
• HALF-A-JIFFY a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HALF A MO a moment ...L19 colloq.
• HALF-A-SHAKE a moment, a very short time ...20C NZ sl.
• HANDCLAP a clap of the hands; the brief space of time this takes; an instant, a moment ...1822
• HANDLANG-WHILE † a moment, an instant, a span of time ...c1460
• HANDWHILE † a moment, an instant; a little while; a short span of time ...c1000 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HANTERIN a moment, a short space of time ...1885 Sc.
• HEART-BEAT a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JERK a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JIFFY a short time; a moment ...1793 colloq.
• LESS THAN NO TIME a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LITTLE BIT a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MO a moment; a second ...1896 sl.
• NICK a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NO TIME a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ODD-COME-SHORT an idle moment; some day soon to come; some time; an indefinite period; an odd moment ...1883 Amer. dial.
• PIG'S-WHISTLE a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUACK † a brief moment; a trice, the shortest possible time ...1882 Sc.
• QUICK an instant, a moment ...1986 Amer. dial.
• RAP a moment ...1768 Sc.
• SHAKE a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHAKE OF A BRASS MONKEY'S TAIL a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SIQUARE † period or point of time; moment ...a1300
• SNATCH a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPOT a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TANTILLATION † a trifling space of time; a moment of time ...1651 nonce word
• TICK a moment, a second, an instant ...1879 colloq.
• TICK-TACK a second; a moment; a short space of time ...1881 Eng. dial.
• TIFFIN a moment of time ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TWINK a winking of the eye; the time taken by this; a twinkling; the shortest possible space of time; a moment ...a1400
• TWINKLING OF A BEDPOST a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO SHAKES a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO SHAKES OF A BRASS MONKEY'S TAIL a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO SHAKES OF A DEAD SHEEP'S TAIL a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO SHAKES OF A LAMB'S TAIL a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO SHAKES OF A SHEEP'S TAIL a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO TWO'S a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO WHOOPS AND A HELLO a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO WHOOPS AND A HOLLER a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHIPSTITCH a short space of time; a moment ...1899 Amer. dial.
• WIFFIN a moment ...B1900 Sc.
• WINK a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
MOMENTARILY - adverbs
• FOR A SUDDEN † for an instant ...1688
MOMENTARY - adjectives
• MOMENTAL † lasting only a moment; momentary, brief ...1606
• MOMENTANEAL † lasting but a moment, momentary ...c1610
• MOMENTANEOUS † lasting but a moment, momentary ...c1610
• SUDDEN † brief, momentary, lasting only a short time ...1561
MOMENTOUS - adjectives
• EARTHSHAKING of enormous importance or consequence; momentous ...colloq.
• EARTH-SHATTERING of enormous importance or consequence; momentous ...colloq.
• MOLIMINOUS † weighty, momentous, of vast importance ...1684
• MOMENTAL † very important, momentous ...1818
MONARCH - nouns
• GALLANTRY † loyalty, devotion to a monarch ...1648
MONARCH - nouns, person
• SUFFREYN † a sovereign ruler, monarch ...a1500
MONARCH - verbs
• IMMONARCHIZE † to confer monarchy upon; to make into a monarch ...1679 nonce word
MONARCHY - nouns, person
• MONARCHOMACHIST † one who fights against monarchy; an anti-monarchist ...1639
MONASTERY - nouns
• CALEFACTORY the room in a monastery where the inmates warmed themselves ...1681
• LOCUTORY a room or place for conversation; esp. a room in a monastery, or, in later use, a convent, where monks were allowed to converse ...1483
• OFFICINE † a workshop; a laboratory; an office in a monastery ...c1425
• XENODOCHION a house of reception for strangers and pilgrims; a hostel, a guest-house, esp. in a monastery ...1865
• XENODOCHIUM a house of reception for strangers and pilgrims; a hostel, a guest-house, esp. in a monastery ...1612
• XENODOCHY †* a house of reception for strangers and pilgrims; a hostel, a guest-house, esp. in a monastery ...c1540
MONASTERY - nouns, person
• MANDRIARCH a ruler or founder of a monastic order ...1871
• OBLATE a person devoted to a monastery or to religious work ...1864
MONASTERY - verbs
• IMMONASTERED † shut up in a monastery ...1622 nonce word
MONDAY - nouns
• BLACK MONDAY the first Monday after holidays ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.