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SEMICOLON - SERVICEABLE
SEMICOLON - nouns
• HALF-MEMBER † a semicolon ...1762
SEMI-CONSCIOUS - adjectives
• MAIZY wandering, uneasy, unsettled; semi-conscious, wandering in one's mind ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAZEY wandering, uneasy, unsettled; semi-conscious, wandering in one's mind ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAZY wandering, uneasy, unsettled; semi-conscious, wandering in one's mind ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SEND - verbs
• MAND † to send forth ...a1310
• SEND DANCING to send quickly ...1790 Sc.
• WAIVE † to send or dispatch ...a1400-50
SEND AWAY - verbs
• ABSQUATULATE to send away, to dismiss ...1887 Amer. dial.
• CHASSÉ to dismiss, to send away ...M19 society sl.
• OOSH to remove; to send away; to eject ...1960s sl.
SEND FOR - verbs
• OFSEND † to send for ...c1121
SENDING - nouns
• SAND † the act of sending; that which is sent, a message, present ...c1000
SENDING AWAY - nouns
• DEMISSION * a sending away, dismissal ...1811
SENILE - adjectives
• DECREPIT wasted or worn out with old age, decayed and enfeebled with infirmities; old and feeble; senile ...c1450
• DODDERING shaky, feeble, or infirm, as from old age; foolish, senile ...Bk1942 colloq.
• GAGA foolish; silly; witless; eccentric, senile ...1910s sl.
• GUGGA eccentric, senile ...1910s sl.
• VEED defective in understanding; in one's dotage; senile ...c1850 Sc.
SENILE - nouns, person
• GAGA an eccentric or senile person ...1930s sl.
• GAGAGOOTZ an eccentric or senile person ...1930s sl.
SENILITY - nouns
• CADUCITY the infirmity of old age, senility ...1769
• DECREPIDITY †* decrepitude, a state of feebleness and decay, esp. that due to old age; senility ...1760
• DECREPITAGE † decrepitude; a state of feebleness and decay, esp. that due to old age; senility ...1670
• DECREPITANCY † decrepitude; a state of feebleness and decay, esp. that due to old age; senility ...1670
• DECREPITNESS † decrepitude; a state of feebleness and decay, esp. that due to old age; senility ...1601
• DECREPITUDE the state or condition of being decrepit; a state of feebleness and decay, esp. that due to old age; senility ...1603
• DECREPITY † decrepitude; a state of feebleness and decay, esp. that due to old age; senility ...1576
SENIOR - adjectives
• ELDER † of officials, etc.: that ranks before others by virtue of longer service; senior ...1642
• ELDEST † senior in rank or standing ...1721 military usage
SENIORITY - nouns
• ELDERSHIP the position of being elder or senior; seniority, precedence of birth, primogeniture ...1549
SENSATION - adjectives
• GRINGLY producing a disagreeable or disgusting sensation ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
SENSATION - nouns
• WOW something very exciting and successful; a sensation ...1920 Amer. sl.
• WOWSER something very successful and impressive; a sensation ...1928 Amer. sl.
SENSATION - verbs
• TAKE AWAY to deprive of sensation ...1792 Sc.
SENSATIONAL - adjectives
• ASS-KICKING terribly exciting; sensational, very good ...1977 Amer. sl.
• SHOW-STOPPING impressive; sensational ...colloq.
SENSATIONAL - nouns
• SCAREHEAD a sensational newspaper headline; hence, any sensational writing ...1910s US sl.
SENSE - adjectives
• LEAN-WITTED silly, stupid, foolish; having little sense or shrewdness ...1593
SENSE - nouns
• BONSENSE good sense ...1681
• CAT SENSE common sense ...1963 Amer. dial.
• C.D.F. common sense (common dry fuck) ...1930 Royal Navy usage
• CHICKEN SENSE little sense ...1939 Amer. dial.
• COCUM sense ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• COMMON common sense ...1906 Brit. sl.
• EESKYIE goodness, sense, decency ...1929 Sc.
• GUMPTION practical good sense or initiative; shrewdness; courage; enterprise ...1719 colloq., orig. Sc.
• HALF-SENSE a minimum of intelligence or common sense ...1937 Amer. dial.
• HEAD-GEAR mental equipment, brains, good sense, ability ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HORSE SENSE practical good sense and shrewdness ...1832 sl., orig. US
• MENSE decency, propriety, decorum; sense, discretion, tact; good manners, politeness ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MOTHER WIT common sense ...1972 US sl.
• RUMBLEGUMPTION common sense; mental smartness ...1787 Sc.
• SALTED SENSE sound common sense ...1900 Eng. dial.
• SAVEE good sense ...1785 sl.
• SAVEY good sense ...1785 sl.
• SAVVY good sense ...1785 sl.
• VAPOUR LOCK a temporary loss of common sense or memory ...1996 US sl.
SENSE - nouns, person
• EDUCATED FOOL a person who seems to know everything; one having book knowledge, but who is lacking in common sense ...Bk1966 Amer. dial.
• MOROSOPH one who is 'foolishly wise'; a philosophical or learned fool; one learned but lacking common sense ...1751
SENSE - verbs
• ADD UP to make sense; to work as expected ...1930s sl.
• HAVE A GOOD NOSE FOR to have a propensity for; to have good sense of ...Aust. sl.
• HAVE ENOUGH SENSE TO GET OUT OF THE RAIN to be shrewd enough to look after oneself; to be common-sensical ...1848 colloq.
• HAVE GUTS IN ONE'S BRAIN(S) to have a solid understanding; to be genuinely intelligent; to have sense ...c1660 colloq.
• KNOW ENOUGH TO COME IN OUT OF THE RAIN to be shrewd enough to look after oneself; to be common-sensical ...1848 colloq.
• KNOW ENOUGH TO LAP SALT to have common sense ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LAP ALUM to do the most commonsensical thing ...1969 Amer. dial.
• LAP SALT to do the most commonsensical thing ...1914 Amer. dial.
• LOSE ONE'S BALLAST to lose one's good judgement or sense ...1889 sl.
• NOT TO KNOW CATNIP to lack common sense ...1954 Amer. dial.
• WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE to come to one's senses ...1980s sl.
SENSE - phrases
• IT ALL ADDS UP it makes sense ...1930s sl.
SENSELESS - adjectives
• AIMLESS senseless ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CRACKY crazy; senseless ...c1925 Aust. sl.
• CRIMINAL senseless or deplorable ...colloq.
• DAIVERT wandering in mind, silly, senseless ...1795 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAVERED wandering in mind, silly, senseless ...1795 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DEAD unconscious, senseless ...1887 Amer. dial.
• DOOLALLY-TRAPPED knocked senseless ...1910s sl.
• DOUGH-BAKED deficient in reason or sense
• HAIVELESS senseless, meaningless ...1804 Sc.
• HALF-WITTED † lacking or deficient in common sense or reason; simple; senseless ...c1645
• HEADLESS of things, actions, etc.: senseless, stupid ...1586
• IDLE † void of meaning or sense; foolish, silly, incoherent; also, of persons: light-headed, out of one's mind, delirious ...1548
• INSANE idiotic, utterly senseless, irrational, obsessive ...M19
• MENSELESS thoughtless, silly, foolish; senseless ...1809 Sc.
• RAN-DAN senseless; idle; disorderly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SACKLESS lacking common sense; silly; foolish; stupid; thoughtless; useless, awkward ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SAKELESS without sense or gumption; silly, foolish, lacking drive or energy, sloppy, careless ...1820 Sc.
• SALTLESS senseless, without wit ...1810 Sc.
• SART-AND-FAIR stupid, senseless, idiotic ...1746 Eng. dial.
• SCATTER-WITTED senseless, harebrained ...1867 Sc.
• SKY WEST AND CROOKED helpless, senseless ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SKY WESTERN CROOKED helpless, senseless ...1909 Amer. dial.
• TAIVERT idle, foolish, senseless, half-witted, raving ...1823 Sc.
• UNFARRANT ill-informed, senseless, without quickness of apprehension; rude, unmannerly ...1838 Sc.
• UNWITLESS † senseless, insensible ...a1225
• VAIN † of persons: devoid of sense or wisdom; foolish, silly, thoughtless; of an idle or futile nature or disposition ...1390 rare or obs.
• WANT-WIT witless, senseless ...1894
• ZATENFARE stupid, senseless, idiotic ...1746 Eng. dial.
SENSELESS - nouns
• BALA coarse or senseless talk ...E19 sl.
• BALDERDASH a senseless jumble of words; nonsense, trash, spoken or written ...1674
• LAST YEAR'S BIRD'S NEST something utterly worthless, senseless, outmoded, or untidy ...1905 Amer. dial.
• LAST YEAR'S CROW'S NEST something utterly worthless, senseless, outmoded, or untidy ...1950 Amer. dial.
• LAST YEAR'S WASP NEST something utterly worthless, senseless, outmoded, or untidy ...1986 Amer. dial.
SENSELESS - nouns, person
• BAGPIPE an inflated and senseless talker; a windbag; a long-winded monotonous speaker; a tedious chatterbox...1603
• BOSTHOON an awkward fellow; a tactless, senseless person...1830 Irish
• DAFF † one deficient in sense or in proper spirit; a simpleton, a fool; a coward ...c1325 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• FAT-HEAD one having a fat head; a stupid dolt; a senseless fellow; an oaf; one whose brain is composed of fat and is therefore useless ...1842
• GAMPHREL a fool; a stupid or senseless fellow; a blockhead ...1728 Sc.
• HAIVREL one who talks without sense, one who engages in empty, idle talk ...a1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAVEREL one who talks without sense, one who engages in empty, idle talk ...a1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAVERIL one who talks without sense, one who engages in empty, idle talk ...a1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MOLDWARP a stupid, worthless, or good-for-nothing person; a senseless person; a dolt ...1928 Amer. dial.
• MOULDWARP a stupid, worthless, or good-for-nothing person; a senseless person; a dolt ...1928 Amer. dial.
• SCATTER-WIT a reckless, senseless person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCATTER-WITS a reckless, senseless person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SILLY BOY GOT NONE a senseless person ...Brit. sl.
• WANT-WIT one who lacks wit or sense; a fool ...1448-9
SENSELESS - verbs
• MAWK to go about stupidly; to move in a senseless manner ...1740 Eng. dial.
• NAFF to talk in a pert, senseless way; to argue snappishly, esp. of children and persons of diminutive appearance ...Bk1903 Sc.
• NOT TO KNOW BEANS FROM BARLEY IF THE BAGS WERE OPEN to be very stupid; to lack common sense ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW BEANS FROM BARLEY to very stupid; to lack common sense ...1954 Amer. dial.
SENSELESS - phrases
• HAIR AND HEAD, AN' THAT'S ALL said of one without brains or sense ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SENSELESSLY - adverbs
• VAINLY † foolishly, senselessly, thoughtlessly ...1588
SENSIBLE - adjectives
• COCUM sensible ...M19 sl.
• COKUM sensible ...M19 sl.
• LIKELY sensible, intelligent ...1809 Amer. dial.
• RATIONABLE † rational; sensible ...1620
• SALTED 'seasoned' with good sense; sensible ...1647
• SANSHACH of children: sage, sensible, well-behaved ...1904 Sc.
SENSIBLE - nouns
• FAIR THING a sensible, judicious action or decision; a wise proceeding, a clear duty, justice ...1910s Aust. sl.
• SKILL † a wise or sensible act ...a1500
SENSITIVE - adjectives
• DAUNCH † fastidious, dainty, overnice, squeamish, over-particular; sensitive, jealous of one's own dignity ...c1460 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• KITTLY easily offended; sensitive ...Sc.
• NESH dainty, delicate; tender, sensitive; sickly ...1870 Amer. dial.
• OUCHY irritable, short-tempered, touchy, easily offended, sensitive, intolerant ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SET ON A HAIR TRIGGER extremely sensitive to stimuli ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TECHY touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered, peevish, easily offended, sensitive ...1815 Amer. dial.
• TETCHIOUS sensitive to touch ....1951 Amer. dial.
• TETCHOUS sensitive to touch ....1842 Amer. dial.
• TETCHY of a subject, situation, etc.: sensitive, ticklish ...1886 Amer. dial.
• THIN-SKINNED sensitive to criticism, reproach, or rebuff; easily offended; touchy
• TICKLE in unstable equilibrium; easily upset or overthrown, insecure, tottering, crazy; delicate, sensitive ...1515
• TICKLISH 1. easily upset in temper; apt to be offended, sensitive, touchy ...1581
† 2. sensitive; easily affected ...1684
• TOUCHOUS physically sensitive; tender, painful to the touch ...1894 Amer. dial.
SENSITIVE - nouns, person
• POOSHEY an over-sensitive person ...1960s Ulster sl.
• POOSHIE an over-sensitive person ...1960s Ulster sl.
• POOSHY an over-sensitive person ...1960s Ulster sl.
• PUSHIE an over-sensitive person ...1960s Ulster sl.
• QUICHE-EATER a sensitive man; an effeminate male ...1984 US sl.
SENSITIVE - verbs
• HAVE A HAIR CROSSED to be touchy, sensitive, or defensive ...1968 Amer. dial.
SENSUAL - adjectives
• CHEESECAKE sensual, provocative; said of pictures or photographs of girls ...20C Amer. sl.
• CONCUPISCENTIOUS † lecherous, lustful, libidinous, sensual ...a1555
• CONCUPISCIBLE worthy to be longed for or lusted after; that may be desired; eagerly desirous; lecherous, libidinous, lustful, sensual ...1398
• FULL-BLOODED vigorous, forceful, hearty, sensual
SENSUAL, SENSUALISM - nouns
• CARNALISM * sensualism ...1864
SENSUAL, SENSUALIST - nouns, person
• ACOLAUST † one that revels in sensual pleasures; a sensualist ...1633
• CARNALIST † a fleshly-minded or unspiritual man; a sensualist ...1621
• CARNALITE † a fleshly-minded or unspiritual man; a sensualist ...1573
• EARTH MOTHER a sensual or fecund woman; a woman who eschews makeup, synthetic fabric, and meat ...1980 US sl.
SENSUOUS - adjectives
• FRENCH deviant, sensuous, lewd, kinky, illicit ...sl.
• MOLLITIOUS * luxurious, sensuous; inviting to repose ...1646
SENSUOUS - nouns, person
• NYMPHET a sensuous and sexy young woman ...1955 US colloq.
SENTENCE - nouns
• DEEM † to sentence, to doom, to condemn to some penalty ...a1000
SENTIMENT - nouns
• GOO a silly demonstration of affection; excessive sentiment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCHMALTZ excessive sentiment ...1935 sl., orig. US
• SHMALTZ excessive sentiment ...1935 sl., orig. US
SENTIMENTAL - adjectives
• GAGA sentimental about, infatuated with ...1920s sl.
• GAGA OVER sentimental about, infatuated with ...1920s sl.
• GOOEY excessively sentimental ...1935 sl.
• GOO-GOO foolish; mawkish; sentimental ...1910s US sl.
• GUMMY sentimental; maudlin ...1940 Amer. sl.
• GUSHING excessively sentimental and effusive, either inanely or insincerely ...1864 colloq.
• GUSHY excessively sentimental and effusive, either inanely or insincerely ...1889 colloq.
• ICK sickly, over-sentimental, distasteful ...1960s US sl.
• ICKY of a person or an object, as a film or play: sickly, over-sentimental ...1929 sl., orig. US
• ICKY-BOO of a person or an object, as a film or play: sickly, over-sentimental ...1920s sl., orig. US
• ICKY-POO of a person or an object, as a film or play: sickly, over-sentimental ...1920s sl., orig. US
• IKKY excessively sentimental ...1939 sl.
• LACKADAISICAL feebly sentimental, affectedly languishing ...M18
• MARSHMALLOW sentimental ...1960s US sl.
• MENTISENTAL sentimental ...1840 sl.
• MUSH-BRAINED stupid; sentimental; nonsensical ...1980s sl.
• MUSHY excessively sentimental or emotional, insipidly or gushingly romantic ...1848 US colloq.
• NAMBY-PAMBY 1. of style, actions, etc.: weakly sentimental, insipidly pretty, affectedly or childishly simple ...1745
2. of persons: inclined to weak sentimentality, affected daintiness, or childish simplicity; of a weak or trifling character; effeminate; overnice ...1774
• ON THE COB sentimental; simplistic; banal ...1930s US sl.
• SAPPY sentimental and mawkish ...L19 US sl.
• SAWNEY foolish, stupid, weak; foolishly sentimental ...1894 Eng. dial.
• SCHMALTZY excessively sentimental; mawkish ...1935 sl., orig. US
• SHMALTZY sentimental, mawkish ...Brit. sl.
• SLOPPY excessively sentimental ...1883 sl., orig. US
• SLUSHY. excessively sentimental ...1889 sl., orig. US adj.
• SOPPY excessively sentimental ...1918 sl.
• SUGARY sentimental ...1591
• TOO-TOO extravagantly and affectedly sentimental, gushing ...colloq.
• TWEE excessively sentimental ...1956 sl.
• WAPPY sentimental, idealistic ...1950s sl.
• YECCHY excessively sentimental ...1956 US sl.
• YECHY excessively sentimental ...1956 US sl.
• YUCKY excessively sentimental ...1970 sl.
• YUKKY excessively sentimental ...1970 sl.
SENTIMENTAL, SENTIMENTALITY - nouns
• GUSH talk too effusive and objectionably sentimental ...c1865 colloq.
• MUSH sentimental nonsense; a silly demonstration of affection ...M19 US
• NAMBY-PAMBY that which is marked by affected prettiness and feeble sentimentality ...a1764
• SCHMALTZ mawkish sentimentality, esp. of a film, play, song. etc. ...Brit. sl.
• SHMALTZ mawkish sentimentality, esp. of a film, play, song. etc. ...Brit. sl.
• SLUSH nonsense, drivel; sentimental rubbish ...M19 colloq.
• SOB STUFF sentimental narrative ...1918
SENTIMENTAL - nouns, person
• GUSHER an over-effusive and sentimental talker ...1864 colloq.
• MARSHMALLOW a soft, weak, or sentimental person ...1950s Amer. sl.
• MUSHBALL a stupid person; a dolt; a mawkishly sentimental person ...1980s US sl.
• MUSHBRAIN a dolt; a mawkishly sentimental person ...1980s US sl.
• MUSH-FACE a fool; a sentimental idiot ...1920s sl.
• NAMBY-PAMBY a weakly sentimental a feeble or effeminate person; an overly nice person ...1885
• OLD LADY of a man: a weakling, a sentimentalist ...1930s sl.
• SOB SISTER an excessively sentimental person ...1912 sl., orig. US
• SOFTIE n. a person who is sentimental, weakly foolish, or lacking in physical endurance ...1886
• SOFTY a person who is sentimental, weakly foolish, or lacking in physical endurance ...1886
SENTIMENTAL - verbs
• DROOL OVER to express or feel inordinate sentimentality or enthusiasm ...M20
• GAGA to act sentimentally ...1930s US sl.
• GUSH to talk too effusively and sentimentally; often, also insincerely ...1864 colloq.
SENTIMENTALIZE - verbs
• SCHMALTZ to sentimentalize ...1936 sl., orig. US
• SCHMALTZ UP to sentimentalize ...1936 sl., orig. US
• SHMALTZ to sentimentalize ...1936 sl., orig. US
• SHMALTZ UP to sentimentalize ...1936 sl., orig. US
SENTINEL - nouns, person
• WAIT † a military watchman, sentinel, or lookout; also, a scout, spy; a watchman in a camp, castle, or fortified place who was furnished with a born to trumpet to sound an alarm or to make a signal ...a1300
• WARDEN * a gatekeeper, a porter, a sentinel ...a1225
SEPARATE - adjectives
• SINGULAR † 1. separate, individual, single ...c1340
† 2. separate from others by reason of superiority or pre-eminence ...1377
• SUNDER † separate; various, varied, sundry ...a1400
• SUNDERED kept apart; separated, separate; also, divided into parts, severed, scattered ...c1325
• SUNDERLY † separate, several; distinct, diverse, different ...a1225
• SUNDRILY †* separate, individual, special ...a900
• SUNDRY † having an existence, position, or status apart; separate, distinct ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
SEPARATE - verbs
• ABSQUATULATE of things: to separate, to fall away ...1842 Amer. sl.
• CANTON † to divide a part from, or cut it out of a whole; to separate, to sever by division ...1653 arch. or obs.
• DEAL † to separate, to sever ...a1000
• DECEPER † to dissever, to separate ...1547
• DECIDE †* to cut off, to separate ...1579
• DIFFER to separate, to divide; to cause difference between ...1814 Sc.
• GARBLE † to 'sift' or 'weed' an army, corporation, etc., so as to exclude unfit or uncompliant members; to separate the valuable from the worthless ...1650
• HEMO to loosen, to remove, to separate ...1938 Hawaii
• OBSQUATULATE of an object: to separate, to break away from ...19C sl., orig. US
• RACK † to pull or tear apart; to separate by force; to break up ...1549 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RENDER † to separate; to disperse ...1826 Eng. dial.
• RID to separate, to part combatants ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SCALE of a meeting, congregation, etc. of people: to disperse, to separate ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCALE-SET to separate, to scatter, to disperse ...1897 Sc.
• SINGLE * to separate or part from each other ...1570-6 now
• SKAIL * to separate, to remove ...a1833 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKILL † to separate, to part from ...a1200
• SLIP THE PAINTER to send a person or thing 'adrift' or away; to clear off; to sever a connection, effect a separation ...a1700
• SUNDER * to keep apart, to separate by an intervening space or barrier ...1606
• TO-CLEAVE † to cleave asunder; to split open; to divide or separate into two parts ...c888
• TO-DEAL † to divide into parts; to distribute, to deal out; also, to separate, to sever ...c888
• TO-DIGHT † to put apart, to separate ...1340
• TO-DO † to put asunder, to divide, to separate; to undo, to open ...a839
• TO-DREVE † to drive asunder or apart; to disperse, to separate, to scatter ...a900
• TO-GO † to go in difference directions; to be divided, separate; to disappear ...c1000
• TO-TWIN † to separate, to divide ...c1200
SEPARATED - adjectives
• SUNDERABLE able to be separated ...1885
• SUNDERED kept apart; separated, separate; also, divided into parts, severed, scattered ...c1325
SEPARATED - nouns
• SCALE † anything that has been scattered or separated from its fellows ...1827 Sc.
• SKAIL † anything that has been scattered or separated from its fellows ...1827 Sc.
SEPARATELY - adverbs
• BY ODD † separately, by itself, alone ...c1330
• SUNDER †* apart, asunder, separately ...a1300
• SUNDERLEPES † separately, apart from the rest, severally ...c1020
• SUNDERLY † separately, apart; individually; singly ...c888
• SUNDERWISE †* asunder; separately ...a1400
• SUNDRILY † separately, severally, individually ...a900
• SUNDRY † separately, apart; severally, individually ...c950 obs. exc. Sc.
SEPARATING - adjectives
• SUNDRY †* that separates; dividing; discriminating, discerning ...1564
SEPARATING - nouns
• GARBLING † the act or process of 'sifting' a corporation, etc., so as to exclude unfit or uncompliant members; separating the valuable from the worthless ...a1661
SEPARATION - nouns
• ABGREGATION † a separation from the flock ...1731
• ABREPTION †* a snatching away; complete separation ...1681
• ABSCISSION 1. a cutting off or violent separation ...1612
† 2. the state of being cut off; separation and removal ...1633
• DECEPERATION † separation, severance ...a1450
• DECISION † a cutting off, separation ...1584
• SKAIL a dispersal or separation; a scattering ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SUNDERANCE * severance, separation ...1435
• SUNDERMENT * separation ...1818
SEQUEL - nouns
• AFTERCLAP anything occurring when it has ceased to be expected; a sequel, anything that comes after; an afterthought ...1816 Eng. dial.
• SUITE * 1. a sequel, a result ...c1800
* 2. a sequel to a literary work ...1839
SEQUENCE - nouns
• SUIT †* a succession, sequence ...1412-20
SEQUESTERED - adjectives
• SEQUELTERED sequestered and sheltered ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
SERENADE - nouns
• CHARIVARI a noisy celebration or mock serenade for newlyweds ...1843 Amer. dial.
• CHEVRARAI a noisy celebration or mock serenade for newlyweds ...1843 Amer. dial.
• CHIVERIE a noisy celebration or mock serenade for newlyweds ...1843 Amer. dial.
• SHIVAREE a noisy celebration or mock serenade for newlyweds ...1843 Amer. dial.
• SKIMELTON a noisy celebration or mock serenade for newlyweds ...1886Amer. dial.
• SKIMMELTON a noisy celebration or mock serenade for newlyweds ...1913 Amer. dial.
• SKIMMERTON a noisy celebration or mock serenade for newlyweds ...1868 Amer. dial.
• SKIMMITON a noisy celebration or mock serenade for newlyweds ...1941 Amer. dial.
SERENADE - verbs
• CHARIVARI to serenade a newly-married couple with horns, bells, drums, etc. ...1890 Amer. dial.
• SHIVAREE to serenade a newly-married couple with horns, bells, drums, etc. ...1890 Amer. dial.
SERIES - nouns
• DAISY CHAIN a series of events that return to the beginning ...1954 US sl.
SERIOUS - adjectives
• DARK aggressive; very serious ...1980s UK Black sl.
• DEEDY serious, solemn ...1895 chiefly Eng. dial.
• DEEP † serious, weighty, important ...1596
• DINKUM serious ...1962 Aust. sl.
• FAIR DINKUM serious, in earnest ...1934 Aust. sl.
• INTENSE serious; soulful ...1879 colloq.
• JOCOSERIOUS half jocular, half serious; blending jokes and serious matters ...M17
• OLD wise, serious, thoughtful; of a child: precocious, staid, demure ...1896 Eng. dial.
• SAIR serious, considerable, sad, thoroughgoing ...1776 Sc.
• SAIRIE † serious, solemn ...1808 Sc.
• SAIRIOUS serious ...1871 Sc.
• SAIRY † serious, solemn ...1808 Sc.
• SARRIE † serious, solemn ...1808 Sc.
• SOLEMNCHOLY excessively solemn or serious; melancholy ...1855
• SULLEN † solemn, serious ...1583
• UNLAIGHT † doleful, serious, woebegone ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VICIOUS serious ...1980s US Black & teen sl.
SERIOUS - nouns
• SKELETON AT THE FEAST, A a reminder of saddening or serious things in the midst of enjoyment; a source of gloom or depression ...1857
SERIOUS - nouns, person
• HORN-RIMMED FEMME a serious minded woman ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• SOBERSIDES a serious or sedate person ...1705
SERIOUS - verbs
• MUMP to talk seriously ...M19 sl.
• PULL A KITE to look or be serious ...19C sl.
SERIOUS - phrases
• I KID YOU NOT expresses sincerity; implies that the speaker is being absolutely serious ...1914 sl., orig. US
• WHEN THE BAND BEGINS TO PLAY when matters become serious ...1892
SERIOUSLY - adverbs
• CAPITALLY fatally, seriously ...1606
• DEEPLY † with deep seriousness, solemnly ...c1300
• FAIR DINKUM honestly; really; seriously; truthfully ...1894 Aust. sl.
• FOR FAIR in reality, earnestly, seriously ...1853 Eng. dial.
• HEAVY † gravely, seriously ...1563
SERIOUSNESS - nouns
• SADNESS seriousness, gravity ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
SERMON - nouns
• HASHY an old sermon preached over again ...1836 Sc.
• PREACHIFICATION a tedious sermon ...1843 colloq.
• SCRIVE a piece of writing; a letter; a statement or story written; handwriting; a short sermon ...1894 Sc.
• SERMOCINATION † talk, conversation; a discourse, sermon; speech-making ...1514
SERMON, SERMONIZE - verbs
• EARWIG to lecture, to sermonize ...M19 sl.
• NEW COLLAR AND CUFF to furbish up an old sermon ...Bk1902 clerical usage
• PREACHIFY to deliver a tedious sermon; to moralise wearisomely ...1775 colloq.
• SCOTCH THE PREACHER to say "Amen' and grunt frequently during the sermon ...1890 Amer. dial.
SERPENT - nouns (also see SNAKE)
• ADDER † a serpent ...c950
• BASILICOCK † a fabulous reptile, also called a 'cockatrice,' alleged to be hatched by a serpent from a cock's egg; ancient authors stated that its hissing drove away all other serpents, and that its breath and even its look was fatal; a basilisk ...1340
• BASILISK a fabulous reptile, also called a 'cockatrice,' alleged to be hatched by a serpent from a cock's egg; ancient authors stated that its hissing drove away all other serpents, and that its breath and even its look was fatal ...a1300
• EINATTER a serpent ...1851 Eng. dial.
• JACULE †* a serpent that darts on its prey ...1572
• SIREN † an imaginary species of serpent ...1340
SERVANT - adjectives
• FAMULARY * belonging to servants ...1840
• SUFFARRANEOUS †* being under another servant; it being an ancient custom among the Romans, that the chief servant took his portion of corn from the master, the under servant from him ...1658
SERVANT - nouns
• FAMILY † the servants of a house or establishment; the household ...a1400
• HELP servants and operatives ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• PANTRY POLITICS servants' talk ...L19 UK society sl.
• PUG'S HOLE the housekeeper's room in a large establishment ...1847 colloq.
• PUG'S PARLOUR the housekeeper's room in a large establishment ...1847 colloq.
• SANKEY-CHAMBER a servants' hall ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• VARLETRY varlets collectively; a number or crowd of attendants or menials ...1606
SERVANT - nouns, person
• ABIGAIL a waiting-woman; a lady's maid ...1663 sl.
• ADMINISTRESS †* a female servant ...1483
• ALL-ABOUT-GIN a domestic servant ...1962 Aust.
• ARSE-WIPER a workman that toadies to the boss; a servant to the mistress ...20C colloq.
• BEN-A-HOOSE-WOMAN a parlour-maid ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BETWEEN-MAID a maidservant who assists both the cook and the housemaid ...1890
• BID an Irish servant-girl ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
• BIDDY an Irish maidservant ...M19 chiefly US
• BONE-PICKER a footman ...L18 sl.
• BONE-POLISHER a footman ...c1800 sl.
• BOOT-CATCHER a servant who removed a person's boots for cleaning ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOOT-DIGHTER the boot-cleaner ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWER-WOMAN a lady's maid ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOY 1. formerly a slave or servant; later sometimes used of a Black adult male, usually considered insulting when the speaker is White ...1764 Amer. dial.
2. in South Africa: a coloured labourer or servant of any age or race ...1839
• CABIN GIRL a chambermaid, esp. a girl or woman whose job it is to make the beds and straighten up the rooms each day on a ship, at a motel, or the like ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• CADDAY a young boy; a boy hired as a servant ...Ireland
• CADDY a young boy; a boy hired as a servant
• CADS OF THE ARISTOCRACY liveried footman, servants, and all other hangers-on upon the nobility and gentry ...Bk1890 sl.
• CAMERIST a chamber-woman, a lady's maid ...1838 nonce word
• CHAR-WALLAH in India: a native servant who brings the early morning tea ...c1930 services sl.
• CINDER-GARBLER a female servant ...18C sl.
• DAILY a daily help, a charwoman, a maidservant ...1920s colloq.
• DAILY BODY a daily help (servant) ...c1918 colloq.
• DAMSEL † a maid in waiting; a female attendant; orig. a young lady of gentle birth, as maid of honour or waiting-woman to a lady of rank ...c1314
• DAPIFER one who brings meat to table ; hence, the official title of the steward of a king's or nobleman's household ...1636
• FACTOTUM a man of all-work; also, a servant who has the entire management of his master's affairs ...1863
• FART-CATCHER a footman; a servant who follows his master closely enough to be aware of his master's breaking of wind ...1785 Brit.
• GARCION † a serving-man, a groom; esp. a young man or boy servant ...a1300
• GARSON † a serving-man, a groom; esp. a young man or boy servant ...a1300
• GUTTERSNIPE (derogatory) a male servant ...L19 UK tramps' sl.
• GYP a college servant ...c1750 Cambridge University usage
• HA'-FOLK the folk of the hall, kitchen, or common room, the servants (ha' = hall) ...1786 Sc.
• HALL-FOLK servants, kitchen-folk ...1786 Sc.
• HALLION a gentleman's servant out of livery; an inferior servant employed to do odd jobs ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HANDMAID a female personal attendant or servant ...1382 arch.
• HANDMAIDEN a female personal attendant or servant ...a1300 literary arch.
• HANDMAN † a man-servant ...1754 Eng. dial.
• HANDSERVANT † a servant attending upon one; an attendant ...1578
• HAND-WOMAN † a female attendant; a handmaid ...a1300
• HARLOT † a male servant or attendant; a menial ...a1300
• HOUSE-FELLOW a fellow servant ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• INWARD MAID the housemaid in a farm-house, who has no work in the dairy, etc. ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JACK a serving-man or male attendant; a labourer; a man who does odd jobs, etc. ...1836-7
• JACK-HOLD-MY-STAFF † a too humble servant; a servile attendant ...1625
• JARREHOE a man-servant ...Bk1896 Wellington College usage
• JEAMES a footman; a flunkey ...1845 sl.
• JOHN a man, esp. a male servant; a form of address to a man ...LME colloq.
• KAIL-BAILLIE † the servant who stays home on the farm on Sunday to prepare dinner and feed and water the cattle ...a1838 Sc.
• KEEP-UP anyone who looks after the home; a maid ...1970s US Black sl.
• K.M. a 'kitchen mechanic'; a maid ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LACKET †* a lackey ...1523
• LACKEY a (liveried) servant, a footman, a valet, a menial ...1529
• LAD † 1. a serving-man, attendant; a man of low birth and position; a varlet ...c1300
2. a young male servant or employee, esp. on a farm ...1721 Sc.
• LADY OF THE BROOM a housemaid ...1793
• LADY'S WOMAN a lady's maid ...1748
• LARY † a servant, a drudge, an odd-job man ...1825 Sc.
• LASS a maidservant ...1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MAGDALEN MARM a servant who was recruited from the Magdalen home for 'fallen women' in Blackfriars Road, Southwark ...L19 sl.
• MAIDEN a servant-girl, a maid ...1876 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MAID-OF-ALL-WORK a female servant who does all kinds of housework ...1809
• MALKIN † an untidy female, esp. a servant or country wench; a slut, a slattern; occasionally, a lewd woman ...1586 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MAN a manservant; a valet ...a1300
• MANCIPLE † a bondslave, a servant ...1387
• MAN FRIDAY a servile follower or attendant; a servant of all work ...1887
• MAN-OF-ALL-WORK a servant of all work ...1830
• MARCHIONESS a maid-of-all-work; a slatternly general maid ...1883
• MARQUESS OF MARROWBONES a lackey ...L16 Brit. sl.
• MARQUIS OF MARROWBONES a lackey, a servant ...L16 sl.
• MAWKIN † an untidy female, esp. a servant or country wench; a slut, a slattern; occasionally, a lewd woman ...1586 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NAN a maid ...1596 colloq.
• NECESSARY WOMAN a servant woman ...1679-88 arch.
• NEIGHBOUR a partner; a fellow-servant; a bedfellow ...1871 Sc.
• PUG an upper servant in a large house, etc. ...c1840 sl.
• QUEAN a maidservant ...1818 Sc.
• QUINE a maidservant ...1818 Sc.
• RAG-CARRIER a term of contempt for a valet or an ensign ...a1754 nonce word
• RAINBOW a footman ...E19 sl.
• ROGUE † (derogatory) a servant ...L16
• SARRANT † a servant ...1825 Eng. dial.
• SATELLITE an attendant upon a person of importance, forming part of his retinue and employed to execute his orders; often with reproachful connotation, implying subserviency or unscrupulousness in the service; a personal servant ...a1548
• SCALLAG † a kind of bond-servant who carried kelp and did all the hard work ...1793 Sc.
• SCARLET RUNNER a footman ...M19 sl.
• SCHVARTZE(R) (rather derogatory) a Black person, esp. a Black maid ...1961 sl., chiefly US
• SCHWARTZE(R) (rather derogatory) a Black person, esp. a Black maid ...1961 sl., chiefly US
• SCIVEY (mainly derogatory) a female domestic servant, esp. a maid-of-all-work ...1902 sl.
• SCODGIE-MAID a female kitchen-maid ...1822 Sc.
• SCOGIE-LASS a female drudge or kitchen-maid ...1786 Sc.
• SCOTCH WARMING-PAN a chambermaid who lay in the bed a while to warm it for the intending occupant ...1678 sl.
• SIGNED SERVANT an assigned servant ...1830 Aust. colloq.
• SIMON SOON GONE a lazy servant; 'he, that when his Mayster hath any thing to do, he will hide him out of the way' ...c1560 sl.
• SIX-POUNDER † a servant maid, from the wages formerly given to maid servants, which was commonly six pounds ...1785
• SKALLAG † a kind of bond-servant who carried kelp and did all the hard work ...1793 Sc.
• SKIP a footman, lackey, or manservant; in later use, a college-servant at Trinity College, Dublin ...1698-1700
• SKIP-KENNEL † one who has to skip over the 'kennel's or gutters; a lackey, a footboy, a footman ...1668
• SKIVEY (mainly derogatory) a female domestic servant, esp. a maid-of-all-work ...1902 sl.
• SKIVVY (mainly derogatory) a female domestic servant, esp. a maid-of-all-work ...1902 sl.
• SLUMGULLION a servant; one who represents another ...B1900 Amer. sl.
• SLUSHIE orig. a nickname for a ship's cook; any cook; an unskilled kitchen or domestic help ...M19
• SLUSHY orig. a nickname for a ship's cook; any cook; an unskilled kitchen or domestic help ...M19
• SLUT * a kitchen maid; a drudge ...ME
• SPIDER-BRUSHER a domestic servant ...1841 US sl.
• SUBSERVANT †* an inferior servant ...1661
• SUIVANTE † a confidential maid ...1698
• SUKEY a general servant ...Bk1904 sl.
• SUMMELER a somler, a butler ...1841 arch.
• TAG in servants' usage: a lower servant ...1857
• TIGER † a smartly-liveried boy acting as groom or footman; formerly often provided with standing-room on a small platform behind the carriage, and a strap to hold on by; generally, an outdoor boy-servant ...c1817 sl.
• TIRE-MAID a woman who assists at a lady's toilet; a lady's maid ...1871
• TIRE-MAN † a man who assists at the toilet; a dresser or valet; also, a tailor ...1711
• TIRE-WOMAN a woman who assists at a lady's toilet; a lady's maid ...1615 arch.
• TIRING-WOMAN a lady's maid ...1732 arch.
• TRUSTY TROUT † a confidential friend; a true friend; a trusted servant ...c1661 sl.
• TWEENEY a maidservant assisting both the cook and the housemaid ...1888
• TWEENIE a maidservant assisting both the cook and the housemaid ...1888
• TWEENY a maidservant assisting both the cook and the housemaid ...1888
• UNDER-LOUT a drudge; an underling; the lowest boy on a farm; a lazy servant-boy ...1684 Eng. dial.
• UP-AND-DOWN a housemaid ...1900s sl.
• VADELECT † a servant, a serving-man ...1586
• VARLET a man or lad acting as an attendant or servant; a menial, a groom ...1456 now arch.
• VARLETESS a female varlet ...1748
• VARLETTO † a man or lad acting as an attendant or servant; a menial, a groom ...1598
• VASSAL 1. a humble servant or subordinate; one devoted to the service of another ...c1500
2. a maidservant ...1866 Sc.
• WAITER † 1. a man of lower rank employed as a household servant; a groom, a footman, a servitor ...a1483
†* 2. a waiting-woman ...1639
• WAITER-WENCH a female servant ...1890 Eng. dial.
• WAITING-MAID a superior female servant in personal attendance on a lady ...1561
• WAITING-MAN † a male servant who waits or attends upon his employer or on an official ...1518
• WAITING-WOMAN a female servant, or personal attendant ...1565 now arch.
• WAITRESS †* a waiting-maid, a handmaid ...c1586
• WARD-WOMAN a woman in charge of her mistress's wardrobe ...1831 arch.
• WENCH a servant girl ...L16
• WILLY the stereotype of a domestic Black servant or slave ...19C US sl.
• YELLOWPLUSH plush of a yellow colour, as worn by footmen; hence, a footman ...1841 humorous
SERVANT - verbs
• BUTTLE to do a butler's work ...1918 jocular
• DANGLE to be in attendance, as a servant ...M18 sl.
• DO FOR to do the work of a servant ...1844 sl.
• LACKEY † to do service as a lackey, esp. as a running footman; to run on errands, to do menial service; often followed by 'after', 'by', 'to', 'upon', 'it' ...1568
• SANK † to perform menial offices in the servants' hall of large family ...1855 Eng. dial.
• SCIVEY to do the work of a servant ...1931 sl.
• SKIVEY to do the work of a servant ...1931 sl.
• SKIVVY to do the work of a servant ...1931 sl.
• TOTE of a domestic servant: to take home, surreptitiously or as an acknowledged perquisite, leftover food or others goods from one's employer ...1923 Amer. dial.
• TOTE OFF of a domestic servant: to take home, surreptitiously or as an acknowledged perquisite, leftover food or others goods from one's employer ...1905 Amer. dial.
• TOTE THE CROOKED ARM of a domestic servant: to take home purloined food ...1984 Amer. dial.
SERVE - verbs
• BESERVE † to serve diligently ...a1300
• FAMULATE † to serve ...1623
• SAIR to serve, to serve out; to treat ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SARROW to serve ...1818 Eng. dial.
SERVICE - nouns
• VASSALAGE subjection, subordination, servitude; service ...1595
• VASSALRY subjection, subordination, servitude; service ...1594
SERVICE - nouns, person
• VASSAL a humble servant or subordinate; one devoted to the service of another ...c1500
SERVICEABLE - adjectives
• LASTFUL †* helpful, serviceable ...c1000
• OPPORTUNE † advantageous, serviceable, useful ...1432-50
• STALWORTH † of things: serviceable ...c897
• UTIBLE † that may be used; useful, serviceable ...1623
• HALF-MEMBER † a semicolon ...1762
SEMI-CONSCIOUS - adjectives
• MAIZY wandering, uneasy, unsettled; semi-conscious, wandering in one's mind ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAZEY wandering, uneasy, unsettled; semi-conscious, wandering in one's mind ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAZY wandering, uneasy, unsettled; semi-conscious, wandering in one's mind ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SEND - verbs
• MAND † to send forth ...a1310
• SEND DANCING to send quickly ...1790 Sc.
• WAIVE † to send or dispatch ...a1400-50
SEND AWAY - verbs
• ABSQUATULATE to send away, to dismiss ...1887 Amer. dial.
• CHASSÉ to dismiss, to send away ...M19 society sl.
• OOSH to remove; to send away; to eject ...1960s sl.
SEND FOR - verbs
• OFSEND † to send for ...c1121
SENDING - nouns
• SAND † the act of sending; that which is sent, a message, present ...c1000
SENDING AWAY - nouns
• DEMISSION * a sending away, dismissal ...1811
SENILE - adjectives
• DECREPIT wasted or worn out with old age, decayed and enfeebled with infirmities; old and feeble; senile ...c1450
• DODDERING shaky, feeble, or infirm, as from old age; foolish, senile ...Bk1942 colloq.
• GAGA foolish; silly; witless; eccentric, senile ...1910s sl.
• GUGGA eccentric, senile ...1910s sl.
• VEED defective in understanding; in one's dotage; senile ...c1850 Sc.
SENILE - nouns, person
• GAGA an eccentric or senile person ...1930s sl.
• GAGAGOOTZ an eccentric or senile person ...1930s sl.
SENILITY - nouns
• CADUCITY the infirmity of old age, senility ...1769
• DECREPIDITY †* decrepitude, a state of feebleness and decay, esp. that due to old age; senility ...1760
• DECREPITAGE † decrepitude; a state of feebleness and decay, esp. that due to old age; senility ...1670
• DECREPITANCY † decrepitude; a state of feebleness and decay, esp. that due to old age; senility ...1670
• DECREPITNESS † decrepitude; a state of feebleness and decay, esp. that due to old age; senility ...1601
• DECREPITUDE the state or condition of being decrepit; a state of feebleness and decay, esp. that due to old age; senility ...1603
• DECREPITY † decrepitude; a state of feebleness and decay, esp. that due to old age; senility ...1576
SENIOR - adjectives
• ELDER † of officials, etc.: that ranks before others by virtue of longer service; senior ...1642
• ELDEST † senior in rank or standing ...1721 military usage
SENIORITY - nouns
• ELDERSHIP the position of being elder or senior; seniority, precedence of birth, primogeniture ...1549
SENSATION - adjectives
• GRINGLY producing a disagreeable or disgusting sensation ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
SENSATION - nouns
• WOW something very exciting and successful; a sensation ...1920 Amer. sl.
• WOWSER something very successful and impressive; a sensation ...1928 Amer. sl.
SENSATION - verbs
• TAKE AWAY to deprive of sensation ...1792 Sc.
SENSATIONAL - adjectives
• ASS-KICKING terribly exciting; sensational, very good ...1977 Amer. sl.
• SHOW-STOPPING impressive; sensational ...colloq.
SENSATIONAL - nouns
• SCAREHEAD a sensational newspaper headline; hence, any sensational writing ...1910s US sl.
SENSE - adjectives
• LEAN-WITTED silly, stupid, foolish; having little sense or shrewdness ...1593
SENSE - nouns
• BONSENSE good sense ...1681
• CAT SENSE common sense ...1963 Amer. dial.
• C.D.F. common sense (common dry fuck) ...1930 Royal Navy usage
• CHICKEN SENSE little sense ...1939 Amer. dial.
• COCUM sense ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• COMMON common sense ...1906 Brit. sl.
• EESKYIE goodness, sense, decency ...1929 Sc.
• GUMPTION practical good sense or initiative; shrewdness; courage; enterprise ...1719 colloq., orig. Sc.
• HALF-SENSE a minimum of intelligence or common sense ...1937 Amer. dial.
• HEAD-GEAR mental equipment, brains, good sense, ability ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HORSE SENSE practical good sense and shrewdness ...1832 sl., orig. US
• MENSE decency, propriety, decorum; sense, discretion, tact; good manners, politeness ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MOTHER WIT common sense ...1972 US sl.
• RUMBLEGUMPTION common sense; mental smartness ...1787 Sc.
• SALTED SENSE sound common sense ...1900 Eng. dial.
• SAVEE good sense ...1785 sl.
• SAVEY good sense ...1785 sl.
• SAVVY good sense ...1785 sl.
• VAPOUR LOCK a temporary loss of common sense or memory ...1996 US sl.
SENSE - nouns, person
• EDUCATED FOOL a person who seems to know everything; one having book knowledge, but who is lacking in common sense ...Bk1966 Amer. dial.
• MOROSOPH one who is 'foolishly wise'; a philosophical or learned fool; one learned but lacking common sense ...1751
SENSE - verbs
• ADD UP to make sense; to work as expected ...1930s sl.
• HAVE A GOOD NOSE FOR to have a propensity for; to have good sense of ...Aust. sl.
• HAVE ENOUGH SENSE TO GET OUT OF THE RAIN to be shrewd enough to look after oneself; to be common-sensical ...1848 colloq.
• HAVE GUTS IN ONE'S BRAIN(S) to have a solid understanding; to be genuinely intelligent; to have sense ...c1660 colloq.
• KNOW ENOUGH TO COME IN OUT OF THE RAIN to be shrewd enough to look after oneself; to be common-sensical ...1848 colloq.
• KNOW ENOUGH TO LAP SALT to have common sense ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LAP ALUM to do the most commonsensical thing ...1969 Amer. dial.
• LAP SALT to do the most commonsensical thing ...1914 Amer. dial.
• LOSE ONE'S BALLAST to lose one's good judgement or sense ...1889 sl.
• NOT TO KNOW CATNIP to lack common sense ...1954 Amer. dial.
• WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE to come to one's senses ...1980s sl.
SENSE - phrases
• IT ALL ADDS UP it makes sense ...1930s sl.
SENSELESS - adjectives
• AIMLESS senseless ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CRACKY crazy; senseless ...c1925 Aust. sl.
• CRIMINAL senseless or deplorable ...colloq.
• DAIVERT wandering in mind, silly, senseless ...1795 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAVERED wandering in mind, silly, senseless ...1795 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DEAD unconscious, senseless ...1887 Amer. dial.
• DOOLALLY-TRAPPED knocked senseless ...1910s sl.
• DOUGH-BAKED deficient in reason or sense
• HAIVELESS senseless, meaningless ...1804 Sc.
• HALF-WITTED † lacking or deficient in common sense or reason; simple; senseless ...c1645
• HEADLESS of things, actions, etc.: senseless, stupid ...1586
• IDLE † void of meaning or sense; foolish, silly, incoherent; also, of persons: light-headed, out of one's mind, delirious ...1548
• INSANE idiotic, utterly senseless, irrational, obsessive ...M19
• MENSELESS thoughtless, silly, foolish; senseless ...1809 Sc.
• RAN-DAN senseless; idle; disorderly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SACKLESS lacking common sense; silly; foolish; stupid; thoughtless; useless, awkward ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SAKELESS without sense or gumption; silly, foolish, lacking drive or energy, sloppy, careless ...1820 Sc.
• SALTLESS senseless, without wit ...1810 Sc.
• SART-AND-FAIR stupid, senseless, idiotic ...1746 Eng. dial.
• SCATTER-WITTED senseless, harebrained ...1867 Sc.
• SKY WEST AND CROOKED helpless, senseless ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SKY WESTERN CROOKED helpless, senseless ...1909 Amer. dial.
• TAIVERT idle, foolish, senseless, half-witted, raving ...1823 Sc.
• UNFARRANT ill-informed, senseless, without quickness of apprehension; rude, unmannerly ...1838 Sc.
• UNWITLESS † senseless, insensible ...a1225
• VAIN † of persons: devoid of sense or wisdom; foolish, silly, thoughtless; of an idle or futile nature or disposition ...1390 rare or obs.
• WANT-WIT witless, senseless ...1894
• ZATENFARE stupid, senseless, idiotic ...1746 Eng. dial.
SENSELESS - nouns
• BALA coarse or senseless talk ...E19 sl.
• BALDERDASH a senseless jumble of words; nonsense, trash, spoken or written ...1674
• LAST YEAR'S BIRD'S NEST something utterly worthless, senseless, outmoded, or untidy ...1905 Amer. dial.
• LAST YEAR'S CROW'S NEST something utterly worthless, senseless, outmoded, or untidy ...1950 Amer. dial.
• LAST YEAR'S WASP NEST something utterly worthless, senseless, outmoded, or untidy ...1986 Amer. dial.
SENSELESS - nouns, person
• BAGPIPE an inflated and senseless talker; a windbag; a long-winded monotonous speaker; a tedious chatterbox...1603
• BOSTHOON an awkward fellow; a tactless, senseless person...1830 Irish
• DAFF † one deficient in sense or in proper spirit; a simpleton, a fool; a coward ...c1325 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• FAT-HEAD one having a fat head; a stupid dolt; a senseless fellow; an oaf; one whose brain is composed of fat and is therefore useless ...1842
• GAMPHREL a fool; a stupid or senseless fellow; a blockhead ...1728 Sc.
• HAIVREL one who talks without sense, one who engages in empty, idle talk ...a1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAVEREL one who talks without sense, one who engages in empty, idle talk ...a1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAVERIL one who talks without sense, one who engages in empty, idle talk ...a1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MOLDWARP a stupid, worthless, or good-for-nothing person; a senseless person; a dolt ...1928 Amer. dial.
• MOULDWARP a stupid, worthless, or good-for-nothing person; a senseless person; a dolt ...1928 Amer. dial.
• SCATTER-WIT a reckless, senseless person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCATTER-WITS a reckless, senseless person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SILLY BOY GOT NONE a senseless person ...Brit. sl.
• WANT-WIT one who lacks wit or sense; a fool ...1448-9
SENSELESS - verbs
• MAWK to go about stupidly; to move in a senseless manner ...1740 Eng. dial.
• NAFF to talk in a pert, senseless way; to argue snappishly, esp. of children and persons of diminutive appearance ...Bk1903 Sc.
• NOT TO KNOW BEANS FROM BARLEY IF THE BAGS WERE OPEN to be very stupid; to lack common sense ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOT TO KNOW BEANS FROM BARLEY to very stupid; to lack common sense ...1954 Amer. dial.
SENSELESS - phrases
• HAIR AND HEAD, AN' THAT'S ALL said of one without brains or sense ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SENSELESSLY - adverbs
• VAINLY † foolishly, senselessly, thoughtlessly ...1588
SENSIBLE - adjectives
• COCUM sensible ...M19 sl.
• COKUM sensible ...M19 sl.
• LIKELY sensible, intelligent ...1809 Amer. dial.
• RATIONABLE † rational; sensible ...1620
• SALTED 'seasoned' with good sense; sensible ...1647
• SANSHACH of children: sage, sensible, well-behaved ...1904 Sc.
SENSIBLE - nouns
• FAIR THING a sensible, judicious action or decision; a wise proceeding, a clear duty, justice ...1910s Aust. sl.
• SKILL † a wise or sensible act ...a1500
SENSITIVE - adjectives
• DAUNCH † fastidious, dainty, overnice, squeamish, over-particular; sensitive, jealous of one's own dignity ...c1460 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• KITTLY easily offended; sensitive ...Sc.
• NESH dainty, delicate; tender, sensitive; sickly ...1870 Amer. dial.
• OUCHY irritable, short-tempered, touchy, easily offended, sensitive, intolerant ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SET ON A HAIR TRIGGER extremely sensitive to stimuli ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TECHY touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered, peevish, easily offended, sensitive ...1815 Amer. dial.
• TETCHIOUS sensitive to touch ....1951 Amer. dial.
• TETCHOUS sensitive to touch ....1842 Amer. dial.
• TETCHY of a subject, situation, etc.: sensitive, ticklish ...1886 Amer. dial.
• THIN-SKINNED sensitive to criticism, reproach, or rebuff; easily offended; touchy
• TICKLE in unstable equilibrium; easily upset or overthrown, insecure, tottering, crazy; delicate, sensitive ...1515
• TICKLISH 1. easily upset in temper; apt to be offended, sensitive, touchy ...1581
† 2. sensitive; easily affected ...1684
• TOUCHOUS physically sensitive; tender, painful to the touch ...1894 Amer. dial.
SENSITIVE - nouns, person
• POOSHEY an over-sensitive person ...1960s Ulster sl.
• POOSHIE an over-sensitive person ...1960s Ulster sl.
• POOSHY an over-sensitive person ...1960s Ulster sl.
• PUSHIE an over-sensitive person ...1960s Ulster sl.
• QUICHE-EATER a sensitive man; an effeminate male ...1984 US sl.
SENSITIVE - verbs
• HAVE A HAIR CROSSED to be touchy, sensitive, or defensive ...1968 Amer. dial.
SENSUAL - adjectives
• CHEESECAKE sensual, provocative; said of pictures or photographs of girls ...20C Amer. sl.
• CONCUPISCENTIOUS † lecherous, lustful, libidinous, sensual ...a1555
• CONCUPISCIBLE worthy to be longed for or lusted after; that may be desired; eagerly desirous; lecherous, libidinous, lustful, sensual ...1398
• FULL-BLOODED vigorous, forceful, hearty, sensual
SENSUAL, SENSUALISM - nouns
• CARNALISM * sensualism ...1864
SENSUAL, SENSUALIST - nouns, person
• ACOLAUST † one that revels in sensual pleasures; a sensualist ...1633
• CARNALIST † a fleshly-minded or unspiritual man; a sensualist ...1621
• CARNALITE † a fleshly-minded or unspiritual man; a sensualist ...1573
• EARTH MOTHER a sensual or fecund woman; a woman who eschews makeup, synthetic fabric, and meat ...1980 US sl.
SENSUOUS - adjectives
• FRENCH deviant, sensuous, lewd, kinky, illicit ...sl.
• MOLLITIOUS * luxurious, sensuous; inviting to repose ...1646
SENSUOUS - nouns, person
• NYMPHET a sensuous and sexy young woman ...1955 US colloq.
SENTENCE - nouns
• DEEM † to sentence, to doom, to condemn to some penalty ...a1000
SENTIMENT - nouns
• GOO a silly demonstration of affection; excessive sentiment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCHMALTZ excessive sentiment ...1935 sl., orig. US
• SHMALTZ excessive sentiment ...1935 sl., orig. US
SENTIMENTAL - adjectives
• GAGA sentimental about, infatuated with ...1920s sl.
• GAGA OVER sentimental about, infatuated with ...1920s sl.
• GOOEY excessively sentimental ...1935 sl.
• GOO-GOO foolish; mawkish; sentimental ...1910s US sl.
• GUMMY sentimental; maudlin ...1940 Amer. sl.
• GUSHING excessively sentimental and effusive, either inanely or insincerely ...1864 colloq.
• GUSHY excessively sentimental and effusive, either inanely or insincerely ...1889 colloq.
• ICK sickly, over-sentimental, distasteful ...1960s US sl.
• ICKY of a person or an object, as a film or play: sickly, over-sentimental ...1929 sl., orig. US
• ICKY-BOO of a person or an object, as a film or play: sickly, over-sentimental ...1920s sl., orig. US
• ICKY-POO of a person or an object, as a film or play: sickly, over-sentimental ...1920s sl., orig. US
• IKKY excessively sentimental ...1939 sl.
• LACKADAISICAL feebly sentimental, affectedly languishing ...M18
• MARSHMALLOW sentimental ...1960s US sl.
• MENTISENTAL sentimental ...1840 sl.
• MUSH-BRAINED stupid; sentimental; nonsensical ...1980s sl.
• MUSHY excessively sentimental or emotional, insipidly or gushingly romantic ...1848 US colloq.
• NAMBY-PAMBY 1. of style, actions, etc.: weakly sentimental, insipidly pretty, affectedly or childishly simple ...1745
2. of persons: inclined to weak sentimentality, affected daintiness, or childish simplicity; of a weak or trifling character; effeminate; overnice ...1774
• ON THE COB sentimental; simplistic; banal ...1930s US sl.
• SAPPY sentimental and mawkish ...L19 US sl.
• SAWNEY foolish, stupid, weak; foolishly sentimental ...1894 Eng. dial.
• SCHMALTZY excessively sentimental; mawkish ...1935 sl., orig. US
• SHMALTZY sentimental, mawkish ...Brit. sl.
• SLOPPY excessively sentimental ...1883 sl., orig. US
• SLUSHY. excessively sentimental ...1889 sl., orig. US adj.
• SOPPY excessively sentimental ...1918 sl.
• SUGARY sentimental ...1591
• TOO-TOO extravagantly and affectedly sentimental, gushing ...colloq.
• TWEE excessively sentimental ...1956 sl.
• WAPPY sentimental, idealistic ...1950s sl.
• YECCHY excessively sentimental ...1956 US sl.
• YECHY excessively sentimental ...1956 US sl.
• YUCKY excessively sentimental ...1970 sl.
• YUKKY excessively sentimental ...1970 sl.
SENTIMENTAL, SENTIMENTALITY - nouns
• GUSH talk too effusive and objectionably sentimental ...c1865 colloq.
• MUSH sentimental nonsense; a silly demonstration of affection ...M19 US
• NAMBY-PAMBY that which is marked by affected prettiness and feeble sentimentality ...a1764
• SCHMALTZ mawkish sentimentality, esp. of a film, play, song. etc. ...Brit. sl.
• SHMALTZ mawkish sentimentality, esp. of a film, play, song. etc. ...Brit. sl.
• SLUSH nonsense, drivel; sentimental rubbish ...M19 colloq.
• SOB STUFF sentimental narrative ...1918
SENTIMENTAL - nouns, person
• GUSHER an over-effusive and sentimental talker ...1864 colloq.
• MARSHMALLOW a soft, weak, or sentimental person ...1950s Amer. sl.
• MUSHBALL a stupid person; a dolt; a mawkishly sentimental person ...1980s US sl.
• MUSHBRAIN a dolt; a mawkishly sentimental person ...1980s US sl.
• MUSH-FACE a fool; a sentimental idiot ...1920s sl.
• NAMBY-PAMBY a weakly sentimental a feeble or effeminate person; an overly nice person ...1885
• OLD LADY of a man: a weakling, a sentimentalist ...1930s sl.
• SOB SISTER an excessively sentimental person ...1912 sl., orig. US
• SOFTIE n. a person who is sentimental, weakly foolish, or lacking in physical endurance ...1886
• SOFTY a person who is sentimental, weakly foolish, or lacking in physical endurance ...1886
SENTIMENTAL - verbs
• DROOL OVER to express or feel inordinate sentimentality or enthusiasm ...M20
• GAGA to act sentimentally ...1930s US sl.
• GUSH to talk too effusively and sentimentally; often, also insincerely ...1864 colloq.
SENTIMENTALIZE - verbs
• SCHMALTZ to sentimentalize ...1936 sl., orig. US
• SCHMALTZ UP to sentimentalize ...1936 sl., orig. US
• SHMALTZ to sentimentalize ...1936 sl., orig. US
• SHMALTZ UP to sentimentalize ...1936 sl., orig. US
SENTINEL - nouns, person
• WAIT † a military watchman, sentinel, or lookout; also, a scout, spy; a watchman in a camp, castle, or fortified place who was furnished with a born to trumpet to sound an alarm or to make a signal ...a1300
• WARDEN * a gatekeeper, a porter, a sentinel ...a1225
SEPARATE - adjectives
• SINGULAR † 1. separate, individual, single ...c1340
† 2. separate from others by reason of superiority or pre-eminence ...1377
• SUNDER † separate; various, varied, sundry ...a1400
• SUNDERED kept apart; separated, separate; also, divided into parts, severed, scattered ...c1325
• SUNDERLY † separate, several; distinct, diverse, different ...a1225
• SUNDRILY †* separate, individual, special ...a900
• SUNDRY † having an existence, position, or status apart; separate, distinct ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
SEPARATE - verbs
• ABSQUATULATE of things: to separate, to fall away ...1842 Amer. sl.
• CANTON † to divide a part from, or cut it out of a whole; to separate, to sever by division ...1653 arch. or obs.
• DEAL † to separate, to sever ...a1000
• DECEPER † to dissever, to separate ...1547
• DECIDE †* to cut off, to separate ...1579
• DIFFER to separate, to divide; to cause difference between ...1814 Sc.
• GARBLE † to 'sift' or 'weed' an army, corporation, etc., so as to exclude unfit or uncompliant members; to separate the valuable from the worthless ...1650
• HEMO to loosen, to remove, to separate ...1938 Hawaii
• OBSQUATULATE of an object: to separate, to break away from ...19C sl., orig. US
• RACK † to pull or tear apart; to separate by force; to break up ...1549 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RENDER † to separate; to disperse ...1826 Eng. dial.
• RID to separate, to part combatants ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SCALE of a meeting, congregation, etc. of people: to disperse, to separate ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCALE-SET to separate, to scatter, to disperse ...1897 Sc.
• SINGLE * to separate or part from each other ...1570-6 now
• SKAIL * to separate, to remove ...a1833 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKILL † to separate, to part from ...a1200
• SLIP THE PAINTER to send a person or thing 'adrift' or away; to clear off; to sever a connection, effect a separation ...a1700
• SUNDER * to keep apart, to separate by an intervening space or barrier ...1606
• TO-CLEAVE † to cleave asunder; to split open; to divide or separate into two parts ...c888
• TO-DEAL † to divide into parts; to distribute, to deal out; also, to separate, to sever ...c888
• TO-DIGHT † to put apart, to separate ...1340
• TO-DO † to put asunder, to divide, to separate; to undo, to open ...a839
• TO-DREVE † to drive asunder or apart; to disperse, to separate, to scatter ...a900
• TO-GO † to go in difference directions; to be divided, separate; to disappear ...c1000
• TO-TWIN † to separate, to divide ...c1200
SEPARATED - adjectives
• SUNDERABLE able to be separated ...1885
• SUNDERED kept apart; separated, separate; also, divided into parts, severed, scattered ...c1325
SEPARATED - nouns
• SCALE † anything that has been scattered or separated from its fellows ...1827 Sc.
• SKAIL † anything that has been scattered or separated from its fellows ...1827 Sc.
SEPARATELY - adverbs
• BY ODD † separately, by itself, alone ...c1330
• SUNDER †* apart, asunder, separately ...a1300
• SUNDERLEPES † separately, apart from the rest, severally ...c1020
• SUNDERLY † separately, apart; individually; singly ...c888
• SUNDERWISE †* asunder; separately ...a1400
• SUNDRILY † separately, severally, individually ...a900
• SUNDRY † separately, apart; severally, individually ...c950 obs. exc. Sc.
SEPARATING - adjectives
• SUNDRY †* that separates; dividing; discriminating, discerning ...1564
SEPARATING - nouns
• GARBLING † the act or process of 'sifting' a corporation, etc., so as to exclude unfit or uncompliant members; separating the valuable from the worthless ...a1661
SEPARATION - nouns
• ABGREGATION † a separation from the flock ...1731
• ABREPTION †* a snatching away; complete separation ...1681
• ABSCISSION 1. a cutting off or violent separation ...1612
† 2. the state of being cut off; separation and removal ...1633
• DECEPERATION † separation, severance ...a1450
• DECISION † a cutting off, separation ...1584
• SKAIL a dispersal or separation; a scattering ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SUNDERANCE * severance, separation ...1435
• SUNDERMENT * separation ...1818
SEQUEL - nouns
• AFTERCLAP anything occurring when it has ceased to be expected; a sequel, anything that comes after; an afterthought ...1816 Eng. dial.
• SUITE * 1. a sequel, a result ...c1800
* 2. a sequel to a literary work ...1839
SEQUENCE - nouns
• SUIT †* a succession, sequence ...1412-20
SEQUESTERED - adjectives
• SEQUELTERED sequestered and sheltered ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
SERENADE - nouns
• CHARIVARI a noisy celebration or mock serenade for newlyweds ...1843 Amer. dial.
• CHEVRARAI a noisy celebration or mock serenade for newlyweds ...1843 Amer. dial.
• CHIVERIE a noisy celebration or mock serenade for newlyweds ...1843 Amer. dial.
• SHIVAREE a noisy celebration or mock serenade for newlyweds ...1843 Amer. dial.
• SKIMELTON a noisy celebration or mock serenade for newlyweds ...1886Amer. dial.
• SKIMMELTON a noisy celebration or mock serenade for newlyweds ...1913 Amer. dial.
• SKIMMERTON a noisy celebration or mock serenade for newlyweds ...1868 Amer. dial.
• SKIMMITON a noisy celebration or mock serenade for newlyweds ...1941 Amer. dial.
SERENADE - verbs
• CHARIVARI to serenade a newly-married couple with horns, bells, drums, etc. ...1890 Amer. dial.
• SHIVAREE to serenade a newly-married couple with horns, bells, drums, etc. ...1890 Amer. dial.
SERIES - nouns
• DAISY CHAIN a series of events that return to the beginning ...1954 US sl.
SERIOUS - adjectives
• DARK aggressive; very serious ...1980s UK Black sl.
• DEEDY serious, solemn ...1895 chiefly Eng. dial.
• DEEP † serious, weighty, important ...1596
• DINKUM serious ...1962 Aust. sl.
• FAIR DINKUM serious, in earnest ...1934 Aust. sl.
• INTENSE serious; soulful ...1879 colloq.
• JOCOSERIOUS half jocular, half serious; blending jokes and serious matters ...M17
• OLD wise, serious, thoughtful; of a child: precocious, staid, demure ...1896 Eng. dial.
• SAIR serious, considerable, sad, thoroughgoing ...1776 Sc.
• SAIRIE † serious, solemn ...1808 Sc.
• SAIRIOUS serious ...1871 Sc.
• SAIRY † serious, solemn ...1808 Sc.
• SARRIE † serious, solemn ...1808 Sc.
• SOLEMNCHOLY excessively solemn or serious; melancholy ...1855
• SULLEN † solemn, serious ...1583
• UNLAIGHT † doleful, serious, woebegone ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VICIOUS serious ...1980s US Black & teen sl.
SERIOUS - nouns
• SKELETON AT THE FEAST, A a reminder of saddening or serious things in the midst of enjoyment; a source of gloom or depression ...1857
SERIOUS - nouns, person
• HORN-RIMMED FEMME a serious minded woman ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• SOBERSIDES a serious or sedate person ...1705
SERIOUS - verbs
• MUMP to talk seriously ...M19 sl.
• PULL A KITE to look or be serious ...19C sl.
SERIOUS - phrases
• I KID YOU NOT expresses sincerity; implies that the speaker is being absolutely serious ...1914 sl., orig. US
• WHEN THE BAND BEGINS TO PLAY when matters become serious ...1892
SERIOUSLY - adverbs
• CAPITALLY fatally, seriously ...1606
• DEEPLY † with deep seriousness, solemnly ...c1300
• FAIR DINKUM honestly; really; seriously; truthfully ...1894 Aust. sl.
• FOR FAIR in reality, earnestly, seriously ...1853 Eng. dial.
• HEAVY † gravely, seriously ...1563
SERIOUSNESS - nouns
• SADNESS seriousness, gravity ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
SERMON - nouns
• HASHY an old sermon preached over again ...1836 Sc.
• PREACHIFICATION a tedious sermon ...1843 colloq.
• SCRIVE a piece of writing; a letter; a statement or story written; handwriting; a short sermon ...1894 Sc.
• SERMOCINATION † talk, conversation; a discourse, sermon; speech-making ...1514
SERMON, SERMONIZE - verbs
• EARWIG to lecture, to sermonize ...M19 sl.
• NEW COLLAR AND CUFF to furbish up an old sermon ...Bk1902 clerical usage
• PREACHIFY to deliver a tedious sermon; to moralise wearisomely ...1775 colloq.
• SCOTCH THE PREACHER to say "Amen' and grunt frequently during the sermon ...1890 Amer. dial.
SERPENT - nouns (also see SNAKE)
• ADDER † a serpent ...c950
• BASILICOCK † a fabulous reptile, also called a 'cockatrice,' alleged to be hatched by a serpent from a cock's egg; ancient authors stated that its hissing drove away all other serpents, and that its breath and even its look was fatal; a basilisk ...1340
• BASILISK a fabulous reptile, also called a 'cockatrice,' alleged to be hatched by a serpent from a cock's egg; ancient authors stated that its hissing drove away all other serpents, and that its breath and even its look was fatal ...a1300
• EINATTER a serpent ...1851 Eng. dial.
• JACULE †* a serpent that darts on its prey ...1572
• SIREN † an imaginary species of serpent ...1340
SERVANT - adjectives
• FAMULARY * belonging to servants ...1840
• SUFFARRANEOUS †* being under another servant; it being an ancient custom among the Romans, that the chief servant took his portion of corn from the master, the under servant from him ...1658
SERVANT - nouns
• FAMILY † the servants of a house or establishment; the household ...a1400
• HELP servants and operatives ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• PANTRY POLITICS servants' talk ...L19 UK society sl.
• PUG'S HOLE the housekeeper's room in a large establishment ...1847 colloq.
• PUG'S PARLOUR the housekeeper's room in a large establishment ...1847 colloq.
• SANKEY-CHAMBER a servants' hall ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• VARLETRY varlets collectively; a number or crowd of attendants or menials ...1606
SERVANT - nouns, person
• ABIGAIL a waiting-woman; a lady's maid ...1663 sl.
• ADMINISTRESS †* a female servant ...1483
• ALL-ABOUT-GIN a domestic servant ...1962 Aust.
• ARSE-WIPER a workman that toadies to the boss; a servant to the mistress ...20C colloq.
• BEN-A-HOOSE-WOMAN a parlour-maid ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BETWEEN-MAID a maidservant who assists both the cook and the housemaid ...1890
• BID an Irish servant-girl ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
• BIDDY an Irish maidservant ...M19 chiefly US
• BONE-PICKER a footman ...L18 sl.
• BONE-POLISHER a footman ...c1800 sl.
• BOOT-CATCHER a servant who removed a person's boots for cleaning ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOOT-DIGHTER the boot-cleaner ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWER-WOMAN a lady's maid ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOY 1. formerly a slave or servant; later sometimes used of a Black adult male, usually considered insulting when the speaker is White ...1764 Amer. dial.
2. in South Africa: a coloured labourer or servant of any age or race ...1839
• CABIN GIRL a chambermaid, esp. a girl or woman whose job it is to make the beds and straighten up the rooms each day on a ship, at a motel, or the like ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• CADDAY a young boy; a boy hired as a servant ...Ireland
• CADDY a young boy; a boy hired as a servant
• CADS OF THE ARISTOCRACY liveried footman, servants, and all other hangers-on upon the nobility and gentry ...Bk1890 sl.
• CAMERIST a chamber-woman, a lady's maid ...1838 nonce word
• CHAR-WALLAH in India: a native servant who brings the early morning tea ...c1930 services sl.
• CINDER-GARBLER a female servant ...18C sl.
• DAILY a daily help, a charwoman, a maidservant ...1920s colloq.
• DAILY BODY a daily help (servant) ...c1918 colloq.
• DAMSEL † a maid in waiting; a female attendant; orig. a young lady of gentle birth, as maid of honour or waiting-woman to a lady of rank ...c1314
• DAPIFER one who brings meat to table ; hence, the official title of the steward of a king's or nobleman's household ...1636
• FACTOTUM a man of all-work; also, a servant who has the entire management of his master's affairs ...1863
• FART-CATCHER a footman; a servant who follows his master closely enough to be aware of his master's breaking of wind ...1785 Brit.
• GARCION † a serving-man, a groom; esp. a young man or boy servant ...a1300
• GARSON † a serving-man, a groom; esp. a young man or boy servant ...a1300
• GUTTERSNIPE (derogatory) a male servant ...L19 UK tramps' sl.
• GYP a college servant ...c1750 Cambridge University usage
• HA'-FOLK the folk of the hall, kitchen, or common room, the servants (ha' = hall) ...1786 Sc.
• HALL-FOLK servants, kitchen-folk ...1786 Sc.
• HALLION a gentleman's servant out of livery; an inferior servant employed to do odd jobs ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HANDMAID a female personal attendant or servant ...1382 arch.
• HANDMAIDEN a female personal attendant or servant ...a1300 literary arch.
• HANDMAN † a man-servant ...1754 Eng. dial.
• HANDSERVANT † a servant attending upon one; an attendant ...1578
• HAND-WOMAN † a female attendant; a handmaid ...a1300
• HARLOT † a male servant or attendant; a menial ...a1300
• HOUSE-FELLOW a fellow servant ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• INWARD MAID the housemaid in a farm-house, who has no work in the dairy, etc. ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JACK a serving-man or male attendant; a labourer; a man who does odd jobs, etc. ...1836-7
• JACK-HOLD-MY-STAFF † a too humble servant; a servile attendant ...1625
• JARREHOE a man-servant ...Bk1896 Wellington College usage
• JEAMES a footman; a flunkey ...1845 sl.
• JOHN a man, esp. a male servant; a form of address to a man ...LME colloq.
• KAIL-BAILLIE † the servant who stays home on the farm on Sunday to prepare dinner and feed and water the cattle ...a1838 Sc.
• KEEP-UP anyone who looks after the home; a maid ...1970s US Black sl.
• K.M. a 'kitchen mechanic'; a maid ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LACKET †* a lackey ...1523
• LACKEY a (liveried) servant, a footman, a valet, a menial ...1529
• LAD † 1. a serving-man, attendant; a man of low birth and position; a varlet ...c1300
2. a young male servant or employee, esp. on a farm ...1721 Sc.
• LADY OF THE BROOM a housemaid ...1793
• LADY'S WOMAN a lady's maid ...1748
• LARY † a servant, a drudge, an odd-job man ...1825 Sc.
• LASS a maidservant ...1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MAGDALEN MARM a servant who was recruited from the Magdalen home for 'fallen women' in Blackfriars Road, Southwark ...L19 sl.
• MAIDEN a servant-girl, a maid ...1876 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MAID-OF-ALL-WORK a female servant who does all kinds of housework ...1809
• MALKIN † an untidy female, esp. a servant or country wench; a slut, a slattern; occasionally, a lewd woman ...1586 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MAN a manservant; a valet ...a1300
• MANCIPLE † a bondslave, a servant ...1387
• MAN FRIDAY a servile follower or attendant; a servant of all work ...1887
• MAN-OF-ALL-WORK a servant of all work ...1830
• MARCHIONESS a maid-of-all-work; a slatternly general maid ...1883
• MARQUESS OF MARROWBONES a lackey ...L16 Brit. sl.
• MARQUIS OF MARROWBONES a lackey, a servant ...L16 sl.
• MAWKIN † an untidy female, esp. a servant or country wench; a slut, a slattern; occasionally, a lewd woman ...1586 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NAN a maid ...1596 colloq.
• NECESSARY WOMAN a servant woman ...1679-88 arch.
• NEIGHBOUR a partner; a fellow-servant; a bedfellow ...1871 Sc.
• PUG an upper servant in a large house, etc. ...c1840 sl.
• QUEAN a maidservant ...1818 Sc.
• QUINE a maidservant ...1818 Sc.
• RAG-CARRIER a term of contempt for a valet or an ensign ...a1754 nonce word
• RAINBOW a footman ...E19 sl.
• ROGUE † (derogatory) a servant ...L16
• SARRANT † a servant ...1825 Eng. dial.
• SATELLITE an attendant upon a person of importance, forming part of his retinue and employed to execute his orders; often with reproachful connotation, implying subserviency or unscrupulousness in the service; a personal servant ...a1548
• SCALLAG † a kind of bond-servant who carried kelp and did all the hard work ...1793 Sc.
• SCARLET RUNNER a footman ...M19 sl.
• SCHVARTZE(R) (rather derogatory) a Black person, esp. a Black maid ...1961 sl., chiefly US
• SCHWARTZE(R) (rather derogatory) a Black person, esp. a Black maid ...1961 sl., chiefly US
• SCIVEY (mainly derogatory) a female domestic servant, esp. a maid-of-all-work ...1902 sl.
• SCODGIE-MAID a female kitchen-maid ...1822 Sc.
• SCOGIE-LASS a female drudge or kitchen-maid ...1786 Sc.
• SCOTCH WARMING-PAN a chambermaid who lay in the bed a while to warm it for the intending occupant ...1678 sl.
• SIGNED SERVANT an assigned servant ...1830 Aust. colloq.
• SIMON SOON GONE a lazy servant; 'he, that when his Mayster hath any thing to do, he will hide him out of the way' ...c1560 sl.
• SIX-POUNDER † a servant maid, from the wages formerly given to maid servants, which was commonly six pounds ...1785
• SKALLAG † a kind of bond-servant who carried kelp and did all the hard work ...1793 Sc.
• SKIP a footman, lackey, or manservant; in later use, a college-servant at Trinity College, Dublin ...1698-1700
• SKIP-KENNEL † one who has to skip over the 'kennel's or gutters; a lackey, a footboy, a footman ...1668
• SKIVEY (mainly derogatory) a female domestic servant, esp. a maid-of-all-work ...1902 sl.
• SKIVVY (mainly derogatory) a female domestic servant, esp. a maid-of-all-work ...1902 sl.
• SLUMGULLION a servant; one who represents another ...B1900 Amer. sl.
• SLUSHIE orig. a nickname for a ship's cook; any cook; an unskilled kitchen or domestic help ...M19
• SLUSHY orig. a nickname for a ship's cook; any cook; an unskilled kitchen or domestic help ...M19
• SLUT * a kitchen maid; a drudge ...ME
• SPIDER-BRUSHER a domestic servant ...1841 US sl.
• SUBSERVANT †* an inferior servant ...1661
• SUIVANTE † a confidential maid ...1698
• SUKEY a general servant ...Bk1904 sl.
• SUMMELER a somler, a butler ...1841 arch.
• TAG in servants' usage: a lower servant ...1857
• TIGER † a smartly-liveried boy acting as groom or footman; formerly often provided with standing-room on a small platform behind the carriage, and a strap to hold on by; generally, an outdoor boy-servant ...c1817 sl.
• TIRE-MAID a woman who assists at a lady's toilet; a lady's maid ...1871
• TIRE-MAN † a man who assists at the toilet; a dresser or valet; also, a tailor ...1711
• TIRE-WOMAN a woman who assists at a lady's toilet; a lady's maid ...1615 arch.
• TIRING-WOMAN a lady's maid ...1732 arch.
• TRUSTY TROUT † a confidential friend; a true friend; a trusted servant ...c1661 sl.
• TWEENEY a maidservant assisting both the cook and the housemaid ...1888
• TWEENIE a maidservant assisting both the cook and the housemaid ...1888
• TWEENY a maidservant assisting both the cook and the housemaid ...1888
• UNDER-LOUT a drudge; an underling; the lowest boy on a farm; a lazy servant-boy ...1684 Eng. dial.
• UP-AND-DOWN a housemaid ...1900s sl.
• VADELECT † a servant, a serving-man ...1586
• VARLET a man or lad acting as an attendant or servant; a menial, a groom ...1456 now arch.
• VARLETESS a female varlet ...1748
• VARLETTO † a man or lad acting as an attendant or servant; a menial, a groom ...1598
• VASSAL 1. a humble servant or subordinate; one devoted to the service of another ...c1500
2. a maidservant ...1866 Sc.
• WAITER † 1. a man of lower rank employed as a household servant; a groom, a footman, a servitor ...a1483
†* 2. a waiting-woman ...1639
• WAITER-WENCH a female servant ...1890 Eng. dial.
• WAITING-MAID a superior female servant in personal attendance on a lady ...1561
• WAITING-MAN † a male servant who waits or attends upon his employer or on an official ...1518
• WAITING-WOMAN a female servant, or personal attendant ...1565 now arch.
• WAITRESS †* a waiting-maid, a handmaid ...c1586
• WARD-WOMAN a woman in charge of her mistress's wardrobe ...1831 arch.
• WENCH a servant girl ...L16
• WILLY the stereotype of a domestic Black servant or slave ...19C US sl.
• YELLOWPLUSH plush of a yellow colour, as worn by footmen; hence, a footman ...1841 humorous
SERVANT - verbs
• BUTTLE to do a butler's work ...1918 jocular
• DANGLE to be in attendance, as a servant ...M18 sl.
• DO FOR to do the work of a servant ...1844 sl.
• LACKEY † to do service as a lackey, esp. as a running footman; to run on errands, to do menial service; often followed by 'after', 'by', 'to', 'upon', 'it' ...1568
• SANK † to perform menial offices in the servants' hall of large family ...1855 Eng. dial.
• SCIVEY to do the work of a servant ...1931 sl.
• SKIVEY to do the work of a servant ...1931 sl.
• SKIVVY to do the work of a servant ...1931 sl.
• TOTE of a domestic servant: to take home, surreptitiously or as an acknowledged perquisite, leftover food or others goods from one's employer ...1923 Amer. dial.
• TOTE OFF of a domestic servant: to take home, surreptitiously or as an acknowledged perquisite, leftover food or others goods from one's employer ...1905 Amer. dial.
• TOTE THE CROOKED ARM of a domestic servant: to take home purloined food ...1984 Amer. dial.
SERVE - verbs
• BESERVE † to serve diligently ...a1300
• FAMULATE † to serve ...1623
• SAIR to serve, to serve out; to treat ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SARROW to serve ...1818 Eng. dial.
SERVICE - nouns
• VASSALAGE subjection, subordination, servitude; service ...1595
• VASSALRY subjection, subordination, servitude; service ...1594
SERVICE - nouns, person
• VASSAL a humble servant or subordinate; one devoted to the service of another ...c1500
SERVICEABLE - adjectives
• LASTFUL †* helpful, serviceable ...c1000
• OPPORTUNE † advantageous, serviceable, useful ...1432-50
• STALWORTH † of things: serviceable ...c897
• UTIBLE † that may be used; useful, serviceable ...1623
