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      • Reverse Dictionary DISABILITY - DISCOVERY
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      • Reverse Dictionary DO - DOLTISH
      • Reverse Dictionary DOMESTIC - DRAGONFLY
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      • Reverse Dictionary EXACERBATE - EXCELLENTLY
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      • Reverse Dictionary FOOD - FOOD POISONING
      • Reverse Dictionary FOOL - FOOLISHNESS
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      • Reverse Dictionary HONEST - HORROR-STRUCK
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      • Reverse Dictionary IMBECILE - IMPERVIOUS
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      • Reverse Dictionary. LIBEL - LION
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      • Reverse Dictionary MALL - MARMOT
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      • Reverse Dictionary MENTAL - MILDNESS
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      • Reverse Dictionary MONEY - MONEY ORDER
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JICKER

27/2/2017

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JICKER

NOUN
1. a walk at a smart pace; a smart trot ...18C Scot.
2. the dandling of a child on the knee ...1920s Scot.
 
VERB
1. to go quickly about anything; to walk smartly ...1789 Scot.
2. to ride or run smartly, to trot ...1897 Scot.
3. to dandle a child on the knee ...1920s Scot.
 
ETYMOLOGY
unknown
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1789 - see Example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...In sweat and sun how they did jicker!
The 'prentice lads brought stoups o' licker."
 
From: Thoughts on the Seasons, &c.
By: David Davidson, 1789
 
SOURCES
• The English Dialect Dictionary, Joseph Wright, 1898-1905
• Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language,
​John Jamieson, John Johnstone, 1867 
• A Scots Dialect Dictionary, Alexander Warrack, 1911

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DISGRACIVE

26/2/2017

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DISGRACIVE

ADJ.
tending to disgrace or reproach; disgraceful, shameful ...1602 obs. rare

ETYMOLOGY
irregular from 'disgrace' vb. + -ive

FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1602 - see EXAMPLE below

EXAMPLE 
"...The Syrian raca, which is a disgracive term."

From: The Works of John Boys
By: John Boys, 1602

SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
James Murray, 1887-1933
• The Encyclopaedic Dictionary, Robert Hunter, 1879-1888
• Webster's International Dictionary of the English Language,
​Noah Porter, 1895
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MODULAMINOUS

23/2/2017

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MODULAMINOUS

ADJ.
melodious ...1637 obs. rare
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin modulamen melody,
from modulari to modulate
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1637 - See Example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...by a kinde of modulaminous and delightfull ayre."
 
From: Sermons Upon Solemne Occasions
By: Humphrey Sydenham, 1637
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
​James Murray, 1887-1933

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SCOPIOUS

22/2/2017

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SCOPIOUS

ADJ.
1. wide, spacious ...1599 obs.
2. copious, plentiful ...Bk1895 Eng. dial.
 
ETYMOLOGY
from 'scope' n. + -ous
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1599 - See Example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...streames y are bard their course
Swel with more rage, & far more greater force;
Vntill there full stuft gorge a passage makes
Into the wide mawes of more scopious lakes."
 
From: Micro-Cynicon
By: Thomas Middleton, 1599
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
James Murray, 1887-1933
• Randigal Rhymes and A Glossary of Cornish Words,
​Joseph Thomas, 1895
 
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TIMDOODLE

21/2/2017

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TIMDOODLE

NOUN
a term of contempt applied to a stupid, silly fellow ...1806 Eng. dial.
 
ETYMOLOGY
unknown; possibly from 'tim' + 'doodle', a simple fellow, a trifler
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
? 1806 - See Example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...Shoar tha beestn'n sich a white liver'd saft-bak'd timdoodle,
As to think they'll titch ground this'm side of the poodle."

From: The Civil and Military History of Cornwall,
Literary Characters of Cornwall,
Cornish Dialogue Between Two Old Men
 
By the Reverend R. Polwhele, 1806
 
SOURCES
• The English Dialect Dictionary, Joseph Wright, 1898-1905
• A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, James Halliwell, 1855
• Glossary of Cornish Provincial Words, Fred W.P. Jago, 1882
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BOLLY

20/2/2017

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BOLLY

ADJ.
covered with bubbles ...1582 obs. rare
 
NOUN
1. a bogy, a hobgoblin ...1724 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
2. pudding, esp. if boiled ...c1860 Brit. school sl. obs.
3. 'Bollinger' champagne ...1982 Brit. sl.
 
ETYMOLOGY
for adj.: from 'boll', a vesicle or bubble (obs.)
for n. 1.: diminutive of 'boll', an apparition, an object of fear (Eng. dial.)
for n. 2.: possibly from French bouillie boiled
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1582 - See example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...the winde maketh the over parte of water bolly and uneuen."
 
From: Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum,
Newly Corrected, Enlarged, and Amended
By: Stephen Batman. 1582
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
James Murray, 1887-1933
• Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 8th Edition,
​Paul Beale, 2002
• Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2000

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CONVICIATORY

19/2/2017

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CONVICIATORY

also CONVITIATORY
 
ADJECTIVE
wrangling, railing; reproachful, abusive ...1611 obs.
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin type conviciatorius
from conviciatorem railer
from conviciari to revile, to rail at
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1611 - see Example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...auoiding unnecessary speeches and conuitiatorie arguments,
which doe but ingender strife."
 
From: A Treatise of the Corruption of Scripture, etc. ...
By: Thomas James, 1611
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
​James Murray, 1887-1933
• Dictionary of Early English, Joseph Shipley, 1955

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NECESSARIOUS

16/2/2017

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NECESSARIOUS

ADJECTIVE
necessary ...c1386 obs. rare

ETYMOLOGY
from necessary + -ous

FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
c1386 - See Example below

EXAMPLE
"...as in so gret and so heigh a neede, it hadde be necessarious mo counseilours and more deliberacioun to performe youre emprise."

From: The Tale of Melibeus
By: Geoffrey Chaucer, c1386

SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
James Murray, 1887-1933
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HARSELL

15/2/2017

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HARSELL

VERB
to aggravate, to exacerbate ...1603 obs. rare
 
ETYMOLOGY
from French harceler to harry, to harass,
in 15C harceller, for herceler,
from Old French herser to harrow
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1603 - see Example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...Hee that shall imperiously goe about, or by compulsion
(contrary to their courses) to abridge them,
doth lengthen and multiply them;
​and in stead of appeasing, doth harsell and wring them."
 
From: The Essayes of Montaigne
Volume Five
Translated by John Florio, 1603
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
James Murray, 1887-1933
 
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IMPROVATORY

14/2/2017

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IMPROVATORY

ADJ.
of improving nature or tendency ...1835 nonce word
 
ETYMOLOGY
irregular from improve vb.,
after confirmatory, etc.
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1835 - See Example below
 
EXAMPLE
" ...three or four hundred letters, 'done by different hands' - amatory, minatory, hortatory, dehortatory, expostulatory,
​improvatory, and exclamatory!"
 
From: The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal
1835 Part the Third
Conversations of an American with Lord Byron
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
​James Murray, 1887-1933
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RUBARBATIVE

13/2/2017

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RUBARBATIVE

ADJECTIVE
crabbed, cross-grained, bad-tempered, ill-natured ...1600 obs.
 
ETYMOLOGY
from French reubarbatif obs. variant of
rebarbatif rebarbative, objectionable
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1600 - See Example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...As appeereth by their Rubarbatif or as they call them expurgatorie indexes."
 
From: A Brief Replie to a Certaine Odious and Slanderous Libel Lately Published by a Seditious Jesuite, calling himself N.D.
By: O.E. (Matthew Sutcliffe), 1600
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
​James Murray, 1887-1933

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NOSCIBLE

13/2/2017

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NOSCIBLE

ADJECTIVE
knowable, famous, well-known ...1654 obs. rare
 
ETYMOLOGY
from late Latin noscibilis knowable,
from noscere to know
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1654 - See Example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...as noble is he which by vertue is noscible, famous or well-known."
 
From: The Art of Logick
or, The Entire Body of Logick in English
By: Zachary Coke, 1654
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
​James Murray, 1887-1933
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FLUMMER

9/2/2017

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FLUMMER

NOUN
a state of agitation, excitement, or confusion ...1873 Eng. dial.
 
VERB
1. to repeat indistinctly, to mumble ...1533 obs.
2. to deceive by flattery, to humbug ...1764 obs.
 
ETYMOLOGY
vb. 1. apparently onomatopoeic
vb. 2. a back-formation from flummery, mere flattery or empty compliment, nonsense, humbug
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1533 - see Example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...for we fantasy as though the very worke & labour of flummering
the Aue Marie is very acceptable to our Lady."
 
From: Life of Hugh Latimer (1533) in John Foxe's Actes and Monuments of these Latter and Perillous Dayes (The Book of Martyrs), 1563
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
James Murray, 1887-1933
• The Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia,
​William Dwight Whitney, 1889-1891
• The English Dialect Dictionary, Joseph Wright, 1898-1905
 
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OVER-PERTED

8/2/2017

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OVER-PERTED

ADJECTIVE
made too pert, saucy, or self-conceited ...1614 obs.
 
ETYMOLOGY
pa. pple. from over- + pert
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1614 - see Example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...which is a thing of dangerous consequence: especially when an unable Spirit, being over-perted with so high authority, is too passionate in the execution of such an office."
 
From: The History of the World
By: Sir Walter Raleigh, 1614
 
SOURCES
•
A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
James Murray, 1887-1933
• The Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia,
​William Dwight Whitney, 1889-1891
• A Standard Dictionary of the English Language, Isaac K. Funk, 1908
• The Encyclopaedic Dictionary, Robert Hunter, 1879-1888
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SUCCEDANEOUS

7/2/2017

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SUCCEDANEOUS

ADJECTIVE
1. taking or serving in the place of something else; acting as a substitute ...1646 obs.
(in the 17th century, said especially of medicinal applications or ingredients)
2. supplementary ...1665 obs. rare
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin succedaneus (succidaneus) that follows after or succeeds to something, that supplies the place of something,
from succedere to succeed
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1646 - see EXAMPLE below
 
EXAMPLE
"He prescribeth the stones of the Otter, or River-Dog,
as succedaneous unto Castoreum."
 
(Castoreum = secretion produced by beavers)
 
From: Pseudodoxica Epidemica:
Or Enquiries Into Very Many Received Tenents
and Commonly Presumed Truths
By: Sir Thomas Browne, 1646
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
James Murray, 1887-1933
• The Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia,
William Dwight Whitney, 1889-1891
• The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language,
​Rev. John Ogilvie, 1847-1850

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BUY A CAT IN THE SACK

7/2/2017

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BUY A CAT IN THE SACK

VERB
to buy an article without first inspecting it ...c1380 obs.
 
ETYMOLOGY
Compare obsolete French expression acheter chat en poche, or en sac, literally to buy cat in poke, or in sack. 
 
Also in various others languages, as found here.
 
 FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
c1380 - See example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...To bye a catte in þo sakke is bot litel charge;
to bye chirchis by symonye semes sumwhat siker:
bot for to bye þus heven and broþerhed of Crist,
hit semes chaffere of Lucifer, and withouten grounde.

To buy a cat in the sack is but little charge;
to buy churches by simony seems somewhat safe;
but as for buying thus heaven and brotherhood of Christ,
it seems chaffer [= trade] of Lucifer, and without ground.
 
From: Select English Works
By: John Wyclif, c1380
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
James Murray, 1887-1933
 
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DOZZLE

5/2/2017

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DOZZLE

NOUN
1. an oddly-dressed, tawdry woman; a slattern ...1855 Eng. dial.
2. a shapeless lump; a hunk; a small quantity ...1867 Eng. dial.
3. the unburnt tobacco left at the bottom of a pipe and placed
on top of the next pipeful ...1892 Eng. dial.
4. an ornamental piece of pastry on the top of a pie crust
...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
5. a small rosette or ornament upon articles of clothing
...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
6. a prim, stiff-looking person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
7. a doll made of a quantity of rags tied up together ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
8. a plug of lint or rag for stopping a wound ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
 
VERB
1. to render stupid; to stupefy, to confuse ...a1670 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
2. to drizzle, to rain finely ...1866 Eng. dial.
3. to overdress, to deck oneself out ...1876 Eng. dial.
 
ETYMOLOGY
for verb 1: from 'doze' vb. with freq. suffix -le
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
a1670 - see EXAMPLE below
 
EXAMPLE (for verb 1)
"...and being dozzled with fear, thinks every man wiser than himself."
 
From: Bishop Hacket's Memoirs of The Life of Archbishop Williams
By: John Hacket, a1670
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
​James Murray, 1887-1933
• The Encyclopaedic Dictionary, Robert Hunter, 1879-1888
• The English Dialect Dictionary, Joseph Wright, 1898-1905
• The Dialect of Cumberland, Robert Ferguson, 1873
• Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect, Rev. W.D. Parish, 1875
 
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LASCIVIENT

2/2/2017

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LASCIVIENT

ADJECTIVE
wanton, lascivious ...1653 obs.
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin lascivientem,
pres. pple. of lascivire to be wanton,
from lascivus wanton
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1653 - see Example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...Adam was wholly set upon doing things at randome, according as the various toyings and titillations of the lascivient Life of the Vehicle suggested to him."
 
From: Conjectura Cabbalistica:
Or, A Conjectural Essay of Interpreting the Minde of Moses
According to a Threefold Cabbala
By: Henry More, 1653
 
SOURCES
• An Universal Etymological English Dictionary, Nathan Bailey, 1737
• A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, 
Thomas Sheridan, 1790, 1797
• The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language, 
Rev. John Ogilvie, 1847-1850
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
James Murray, 1887-1933

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PROFANATIC

1/2/2017

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PROFANATIC

ADJ.
infatuated with profanity ...1689 nonce word obs.
 
ETYMOLOGY
apparently from profane, with word-play on fanatic
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1689 - see Example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...What a strange Prophanatick Age is this, When Truth is scorn'd, and falshood courted is?"
 
From: The Character of a Good Commander,
By: Thomas Plunket, 1689
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
​James Murray, 1887-1933
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