1841 - Charles O'Malley, the Irish Dragoon, Charles Lever; see Example below From: The Dublin University Magazine
No. LXXXVIII. April, 1840. Vol XV. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon Chapter VI, The Dinner P. 370
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diminutive or frequentative of knab (vb.); cf. Dutch knabbelen, Low German knabbeln (German knabbern), also nibble (vb.) 1567 - Horace His Arte of Poetrie, Pistles and Satyrs Englished, Thomas Drant; see below from E-NED From: The Atheist, or the Second Part of The Souldier's Fortune
By Thomas Otway, 1684 The First Act P. 7 Definition 1: from greet (vb.) to weep, cry, lament + -y Definition 2: the old form of grit was greet c 1350 - Old English Medical MS. in ArchaeologiaVolume XXX; see below From: Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity Volume XXX, 1844 XXVII. Extracts in Prose and Verse from an Old English Medical Manuscript P. 351 From: A New System of Husbandry
By Charles Varlo, Volume II, 1785 Chapter LX P. 317 from jobe (vb.) to rebuke, reprove, or reprimand + -ation; Dialectally, usually jawbation, as if derived from jaw, jawing. 1687 - Letter from John Smith in The Remains of Denis Granville; see Example below From: The Remains of Denis Granville
Being a Further Selection from his Correspondence. Diaries, and other Papers.1865 LXXI, Mr. Smith to Dean Granville, August 1, 1687 P. 137 CEREVISIOUS also CEREVICIOUS ADJ. pertaining to beer ...1841 nonce word ETYMOLOGY from Latin cervesia (beer) + -ous FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1841 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Why sitteth Gregorius, "servus servorum," Thus in a brown study with demons cerulean? Why banquets he not on those plats epicurean? Those viands delicious Would tempt an Apicius, Or the stomach silicious of our Dionysius, LL.D., Stincomal. Arbiter Morum. Those cheeses Etrurian, and boarheads Apulean - Those flasks of Falernian, and cans cerevicious - Those haunches and hams, Pies, jellies, and jams, Would charm a Vitellius' pharynx, or Lamb's..." From: Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country July to December, 1841 Stories of Science: An Historical Tale of the Sixteenth Century, or Thereabouts Translated from the Original Italian of Berni. By Laurentius Little Armiger for adjective: ? from bobbery (n.) for noun: (from E-NED) According to Col. Yule, and others, an Anglo-Indian representation of Hindī Bāp re! O father!, a common exclamation of surprise or grief. Forby has it in 1830 as East Anglian dialect; and it has been plausibly (as to the form) referred to Spanish boberia folly; but the evidence for its origination in India is decisive. 1816 - The Grand Master, or Adventures of Qui Hi? in Hindostan, "Quiz'; see below from E-NED From: Peter Simple
By Frederick Marryat, Vol II, 1834 Chapter XII. Captain Kearney - The Dignity Ball p. 205 1579 - Calvin's Sermons on the Epistles to Timothie and Titus, Laurence Tomson; see below from E-NED From: The Complete Works of Washington Irving
Part II, 1834 The Alhambra Legend of the Moor's Legacy P. 1239 also ALRICHE, ELDRICH, ELRAGE, ELRAIGE, ELRICH, ELRICHE, ELRISH, ELRITCH, ELRITCHE, ELTRICH CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ADJ. 1. weird, ghostly, unnatural; frightful, hideous, ghastly, fearful, terrible ...1508 Sc. 2. of a sore or wound: painful ...1808 Sc. obs. 3. surly, severe in temper and manner; of weather: chill, keen ...1825 Sc. obs. of obscure origin; connection with elf, conjectured by Jamieson, would be suitable for the sense, and is supported by the form elphrish, apparently the same word 1508 - The Goldyn Targe, William Dunbar; see below From: The Poems of William Dunbar Edited by David Laing Volume First, 1834 The Goldyn Targe P. 15 From: The Annual Register,
Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature, For the Year 1787 By Edmund Burke, 1789 Poetry. Address to the Deil. From Poems chiefly in the Scottish dialect. By Robert Burns P. 172 1605 - Remaines of a Greater Worke Concerning Britaine, William Camden; see Example below From: Remaines Concerning Brittaine:
But Especially England and the Inhabitants thereof, By William Camden, 1629 Surnames P. 110 from Latin type *dulcisonāntem, from dulcis sweet + sonāre to sound 1656 - Glossographia, Thomas Blount; "Dulcisonant (dulcisonus), that sounds sweetly" From: Poetical Rhapsodies
By J.B. Fisher, Comedian, 1818 A Mock Invocation to Genius P. 40 1546 - A Dialogue Conteinyng the Nomber in Effect of all the Prouerbes in the Englishe Tongue, John Heywood; "Thou art, to be plaine, and not to flatter thee, As holsome a morsell for my comely cors. As a shoulder of mutton for a sicke hors." From: Ben Jonson's Every Man in His Humour
Edited by Henry B. Wheatley New Edition, 1891 Act II Scene I P. 30 from Old French enfelonner, from en- + felon furious 1475 - The Historie of Jason, William Caxton; see Example below From: The History of Jason.
Translated from the French of Raoul Le Fevre By William Caxton, c 1477 Edited by John Munro, 1913 Jason confronts and subdues the fiery Bulls; and maims the Dragon P. 137 From: The Sentimental and Masonic Magazine
From July to December 1792, Volume I The Rights of a Man, A Farce, in Two Acts Act I P. 456 from Latin advesperāt-, ppl. stem of advesperāscĕre to draw towards evening; from ad to + vesper evening 1626 - The English Dictionarie, Henry Cockeram; "Advesperate, to waxe night" From: The English and American Stage
Volume XXX, 1809 The School for Prodigals. A Comedy by Joseph Hutton, 1809 Act IV, Scene II, The banks of a river, on which stands the Cottage of Stubs, the beams of the sun are reflected on the stream and the Mountains behind; Mordaunt enters from the Cottage P. 46 from Latin scrūtāt-, ppl. stem of scrūtārī to examine, scrutinize 1882 - The Brandreths: A Novel, A.J.B. Beresford Hope; see below from E-NED From: Puck, Vol. XI - No. 273,
May 31, 1882, Price 10 cents P. 201 See below From: The Vocabulary of East-Anglia By the Rev. Robert Forby, Volume II, 1830 From: London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis
and its Neighbourhood By David Hughson Volume II, 1805 Topography of London P. 96 from Greek γραϕο- (grafo) combining form of γραϕή + mania From: 1829: A Poem
By Edward William Cox, 1829 P. 85 1432-50 - Translation of Higden's Polychronicon; see below From: Chronicles and Memorials of Great Britain and Ireland During the Middle Ages Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden Edited by Rev. Joseph Rawson Lumby Volume III, 1879 Cap. XXIV P. 175-177 From: Ned in the Woods:
A Tale of the Early Days in the West By Edward S. Ellis, 1883 Chapter XVIII. The Fiery Enemy P. 275 |
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