1842 - Miss Tickletoby's Lectures on English History, William Makepeace Thackeray; (as per E-NED, and the Historical Thesaurus of English) see Example and an earlier Example (1833) below From: Ballads and Contributions to 'Punch' 1842-50 By William Makepeace Thackeray Edited by George Saintsbury, 18?? Prose Contributions to "Punch" 1842-50 Miss Tickletoby on English History The Lecture P. 261 earlier example:
From: The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette Volume XVIII. October, 1832 - March 1833 Donovan's Chemistry P. 30
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from late Latin tremefactiōnem, noun of action from tremefacĕre to cause to tremble 1597 - Translation of J. Guillemeau's Frenche Chirurgerye or All the Manualle Operations of Chirurgerye, A.M.; see below from E-NED From: A Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts
On the Most Interesting and Entertaining Subjects Edited By Walter Scott, Volume Tenth, 1813 Tracts During the Reign of King William III P. 124/125 from French exterminer, from Latin extermināre to drive beyond the boundaries 1548 - A Profitable Treatise of the Anatomie of Mans Body, Thomas Vicary; see Example below From: The Anatomie of the Bodie of Man:
By Thomas Vicary. The Edition of 1548, as Re-issued by the Surgeons of St. Bartholomews in 1577. Edited by Frederick J. Furnivall, and Percy Furnivall, Part I, 1888 Extracts from City Records.... App. III. The Grand March-Past, May 1539 Muster and March of London Citizens before Henry VIII at Westminster. P. 172 cp. Norwegian dialect keivhendt left-handed From: The Dialect of West Somerst
By Frederic Thomas Elworthy, 1875-86 from ppl. stem of late Latin sarculāre, from sarculum from sar(r)īre to weed 1623 - The English Dictionarie or an Interpreter of Hard English Words, Henry Cockeram; "Sarculate, to weed' From: The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art
New Series Volume XXXIV. July to December 1881 Among the Dictionaries P. 242 from ppl. stem of Latin conquassāre, from con- intensive + quassāre, freq. of quatĕre to shake 1656 - Glossographia, Thomas Blount; "Conquassate, to shake, dash, or break in peeces" From: Plays of Three Acts;
Written for a Private Theatre. By William Hayley, 1784 The Mausoleum: A Comedy in Rhyme, Act II, Scene I P. 402 irregular from futility + -ous 1765 - The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Laurence Sterne;
see below from E-NED From: Yankee Notions,
Or, Whittlings of Jonathan's Jack-knife Volume I, 1852 Landsmen at Sea P. 376 from Old French despectueux, from Latin dēspectus (u-stem), looking down upon, despising 1541 - Works, Robert Barnes; see Example below From: The Whole Workes of W. Tyndall, John Frith, and Doct. Barnes, 1573
The Workes of the excellent Martyr of Christ, John Frith What the Church is: and who bee thereof: and whereby may know her. P. 243 in allusion to the climate in Alaska From: The Engineering and Mining Journal
Volume XLV. January to June 1888 General Mining New. Alaska. P. 385 a 1656 - The Balme of Gilead: Or Comforts for the Distressed both Morall and Divine, Bishop Joseph Hall; see Example below From: The Works of Joseph Hall
Revised by Josiah Pratt, Volume VIII, Practical Works, 1808 The Balm of Gilead, Or, The Comforter, Chapter XII, Comforts Against Barrenness. Sect. 4. The cares of parents for their children. P. 177 from Latin importūnus (annoying, rude) + -ous From: Diana of George of Montemayor Alonso Perez, Y Gaspar Gil Polo, Translated out of Spanish into English by Bartholomew Yong, 1598 The First Part of Enamoured Diana, made by Gaspar Gil Polo, The Second Booke of Enamoured Diana P. 412 1598 - J. de Montemayor's Diana, Bartholomew Young or Yong;
see Example below 1848 - Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray; see Example below From: Vanity Fair
A Novel Without a Hero By William Makepeace Thackeray, 1848 Chapter I. Chiswick Mall P. 6/7 from burglary + -ous. Cf. felonious 1769 - Commentaries on the Laws of England, Sir William Blackstone; see Example below From: Blackstone's Commentaries:
With Notes of Reference to the Constitution and Laws of the Federal Government of the United States, and of the Commonwealth of Virginia By St. George Tucker, 1803 Chapter XVI. Of Offences Against the Habitations of Individuals P. 224 1590 - A Midsommer Nights Dreame, William Shakespeare; see Example below From: A Midsummer-Night's Dream,
William Shakespeare Act II, Scene III from ancient Greek ξενοδοχή (ksenodokhḗ) strangers' banquet + -al 1716 - Athenæ Britannicæ, or a Critical History of the Oxford and Cambridge Writers and Writings etc., Myles Davies; see Example below From: Athenæ Britannicæ,
Or A Critical History of the Oxford and Cambridge Writers and Writings By Myles Davies Part II, 1716 P. 402 from medieval Latin grammaticaster ‘scriba, notarius’, from grammaticus from Greek γραµµατικός, from γράµµατ-, γράµµα letter 1601 - Poetaster, or The Arraignment, Ben Jonson; see Example below From: Poetaster;
Or, His Arraignment. A Comical Satire First Acted in the Year 1601, By Ben Jonson, Volume the Second, 1756 Scene II P. 15 From: Dialect Notes, Publication of the American Dialect Society,
Volume IV, 1913-1917 Word-List from Nebraska 1654 - Pleasant Notes upon Don Quixot, Edmund Gayton; see Example below From: Pleasant Notes Upon Don Quixot
By Edmund Gayton, 1654 Book I. Chapter V P. 17 from glump (n. or vb.) a sulky person, to sulk + -y 1780 - Diary and Letters, Madame D'Arblay (Frances Burney); see Example below From: Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay
By Frances Burney, Edited by Charlotte Barrett, 1784 Volume I, 1778-1784, Chapter IX, 1780 P. 235 |
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