NOUN
abundance of riches; a being very rich ...1656 obs.
 
ETYMOLOGY
from medieval Latin divitiositas
from divitiosus abounding in riches
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
Divitiosity, abundance of riches
From: Glossographia, Thomas Blount, 1656
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
James Murray, 1887-1933
• Glossographia Anglicana Nova, or, A Dictionary Interpreting such Hard Words....., Thomas Blount, 1656
• An Universal Etymological English Dictionary, Nathan Bailey, 1737
• An English Dictionary, Elisha Coles, 1717

NOUN
1. foolish or idle talk; nonsense ...1563 Scot. rare
2. trifles, gewgaws, knickknacks; children's toys ...1896 Scot. rare
 
ETYMOLOGY
reduplication of 'trattle' n. idle talk
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1563 - See Example below
 
EXAMPLE (for n. 1)
"...that thow be nocht temerouslie sclanderit, nothir in this porpose nor in wtheris, be euery wane manis trittil trattilis."
 
From: Vincentius Lirinensis
By: Ninian Winzet, translated 1563
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
James Murray, 1887-1933
• Dictionary of Early English, Joseph Shipley, 1955
• The English Dialect Dictionary, Joseph Wright, 1898-1905
• The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia, John Mactaggart, 1876
• An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language,
​John Jamieson, 1879-1887
• A Scots Dialect Dictionary, Alexander Warrack, 1911
 

VERB
to lead or guide by the hand ...1641 obs. rare
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin manu, abl. of manus hand
+ -duct-, stem of ducere to lead
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1641 - See Example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...Adam and the succeeding Patriarchs (who had a view and
clear notion of all Gods works, their orderly existencies, and exact consummation, but especially who were manuducted
​and guided by an inerring spirit)..."
 
From: God's Sabbath Before and Under the Law
By: Hamon L'Estrange 1641
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
James Murray, 1887-1933
• Dictionary of Early English, Joseph Shipley, 1955

VERB
to put money to usury; to lend money at interest ...1623 obs.
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin fænerat-
ppl. stem of fænerare to lend money out upon use or at interest
from fæner- variant of fænor-, fænus interest
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1623 - Fænerate, to put money to vsurie
 
From: The English Dictionarie or an Interpreter of Hard English Words
By: Henry Cockeram, 1623
 
EXAMPLE
"...Thou shalt not fenerate to thy brother money,
​nor corn, nor any other thing ..."
 
From: The Summa Theologica
By: Thomas Aquinas (1265-1274)
Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province, 1911
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
James Murray, 1887-1933
• The Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia,
​William Dwight Whitney, 1889-1891
• Dictionary of Early English, Joseph Shipley, 1955

VERB
to speak or act in contradiction ...1656 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
ETYMOLOGY
diminutive or frequentative of 'thwart' vb.
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1656 - See Example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...That wrangle and thwartle against clearest truths,
​searching the Devils skull for carnal arguments ..."

From: A Commentary or Exposition Upon All the Books of the New Testament
By: John Trapp, 1656
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
​James Murray, 1887-1933
• The English Dialect Dictionary, Joseph Wright, 1898-1905

VERB
to notice, to comment upon ...1642 obs. rare
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin animadvers- ppl. stem of animadvertere, to turn the mind to, to take notice of
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1642 - see Example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...All the Fathers might be revised and briefly animadversed."
 
From: A Collection of Speeches made by Sir Edward Dering Knight and Baronet, in matter of Religion, 1642
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
​James Murray, 1887-1933
 

ADJ.
sobbing ...1660 rare
 
ETYMOLOGY
from ppl. stem of Latin singultire to sob
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1660 - see Example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...how som of ripe age will screech, cry, and howle in so many
​disordered notes, and singultient accents?
 
From: The Parly of Beasts
Or, Morphandra Queen of the Inchanted Iland
By: James Howell, 1660
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
James Murray, 1887-1933
• The Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia,
​William Dwight Whitney, 1889-1891
• A Supplementary English Glossary, O. Davies, T. Lewis, 1881
• The Encyclopaedic Dictionary, Robert Hunter, 1879-1888

VERB
to act as a hypocrite ...1683 obs. rare
 
ETYMOLOGY
from 'hypocrite' + -ize
from Old French ypocrite, ipocrite
from Ecclesiastical Latin hypocrita, hypocrite
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
New English Dictionary on Historical Principles shows a1734;
earlier example, 1683, shown below
 
EXAMPLE
"...Therefore as we would not hypocritize
and dissemble with God and Man;"
 
From: Moderation a Vertue:
Or, A Vindication of the Principles and Practices of the Moderate Divines and Laity of the Church of England
By: 'A Lover of Moderation Resident upon his Cure' (John Owen), 1683
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
​James Murray, 1887-1933

VERB
to make luxurious and pleasant or delightful ...1661 rare
 
ETYMOLOGY
from 'voluptuous' (adj.)
from Old French voluptueux, voluptueuse
or Latin voluptuosus from voluptas pleasure
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1661 - see EXAMPLE below
 
EXAMPLE
"...'Tis watching and labour that voluptuates repose and sleep."
 
From: Resolves, Divine, Morall, Politicall
By: Owen Feltham, 1661
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
James Murray, 1887-1933
• The Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia,
​William Dwight Whitney, 1889-1891
 

ADJ.
that refreshes, refreshing ...1582 obs. rare
 
ETYMOLOGY
from medieval Latin refriscat-
ppl. stem of refriscare to refresh + -ive
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1582 - see EXAMPLE below
 
EXAMPLE
"...You shall purge hym with apperatiue thynges,
​and refriscatiue that purge the bloud."
 
From: A Compendium of the Rationall Secretes ...
By: L. Phioravante
Translated by John Hester, 1582
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
​James Murray, 1887-1933

VERB
to render mournful or gloomy, as with bad news or black drapes
...1772 obs. rare
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin luctus, mourning + -ate
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1772 - see Example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...erecting sumptuous tombs, pompous funereal obelisks,
​irradiated with lights, and luctuated with baize;"
 
From: The History of The Famous Preacher,
Friar Gerund, de Campazas
Translated from the Spanish by Thomas Nugent, 1772
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
James Murray, 1887-1933
• Dictionary of Early English, Joseph Shipley, 1955

ADJ.
putting full trust or faith in another's views ...1652 nonce word
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Ecclesiastical Latin fides implicita, implicit faith
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1652 - see Example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...insomuch as one word will hardly be believed by our fidimplicitary
gown-men, who, satisfied with their predecessors' contrivances,
​and taking all things literally..."
 
From: The Jewel (Ekskybalauron)
By: Thomas Urquhart, 1652
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
​James Murray, 1887-1933
• Dictionary of Early English, Joseph Shipley, 1955

NOUN
a heavy drinker, a drunkard, a confirmed toper ...1612 colloq.
 
ETYMOLOGY
from 'bib' a drink; to drink deeply + all-night;
possibly an adaptation of Latin bibere to drink
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1612 - see Example below
 
EXAMPLE
"..Bats, Harpies, Syrens, Centaurs, Bib-all-nights."
 
From: Lacrymæ Lacrymarum
By: Joshuah Sylvester, 1612
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
James Murray, 1887-1933
• A Supplementary English Glossary, O. Davies, T. Lewis, 1881
• Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present,
​John S. Farmer, W.E. Henley, 1891-1902

ADJ.
eager to see ...1652 obs.
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin spectare to look, after adjs. in -bundus (added to verbal stem)
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1652 - see Example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...By the inchanted transportation of the eyes and eares of its spectabundal auditorie, one would have sworne that they all had looked with multiplying glasses ..."
 
From: The Jewel
By: Thomas Urquhart, 1652
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
​James Murray, 1887-1933
• Dictionary of Early English, Joseph Shipley, 1955

ADJ.
disposed to delay or linger; procrastinating ...1824 rare
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin cunctari to delay
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1824 - see Example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...If ever you shall hold the seals, it seems conceded, that the more cunctatory you are, the better."
 
From: Letters From Literary Characters to E. Barton
By: E. Barton (pseudonym Sir William Cusack Smith), 1824
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
James Murray, 1887-1933
• The Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia,
​William Dwight Whitney, 1889-1891
 

ADJ.
making high pretensions to benevolence and virtue while really mean, selfish, and hypocritical ...1844
 
ETYMOLOGY
from the name of a character, Seth Pecksniff, in Charles Dickens' novel "Martin Chuzzlewit", 1844; he is presented as an unctuous hypocrite, habitually prating of benevolence, etc.
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1844 - see EXAMPLE below
 
EXAMPLE
"...with so many things calculated to awaken the liveliest recollections of his former occupation in the Pecksniffian school of design."
 
From: The Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal,
Scientific and Railway Gazette
Epistle to Charles Dickens
Volume VII, 1844
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
​James Murray, 1887-1933
• A Standard Dictionary of the English Language, Isaac K. Funk, 1908
• Passing English of the Victorian Era, James Redding Ware, 1909

NOUN
1. an eyelid ...c1000 obs.
2. an eyelash ...1577 obs.
3. an eyebrow ...1750 obs. exc. Scot. & Eng. dial.
 
ETYMOLOGY
from 'eye' + 'bree', lid of the eye (c890) obs.
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
c1000 - eaȝbræwas
From: Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England
 
EXAMPLE (for n. 3)
"And the sweat it dropt down,
Frae my very eye-brie,
And my heart played ay
Dunt, dunt, dunt, pittie, pattie."
 
From: The Tea-Table Miscellany
or, A Collection of Choice Songs, Scots and English
By: Allan Ramsay, 1750
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
​James Murray, 1887-1933
• The Encyclopaedic Dictionary, Robert Hunter, 1879-1888

also GAME AS PEBBLES
 
ADJ.
extremely courageous; ready for anything, having staying power;
​often used of horses ...1831 sl.
 
ETYMOLOGY
from 'game' enthusiastic, keen
+ 'pebble' an indomitable person or horse, one difficult to handle
​(orig. hunting sl., then Aust.)
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1831 - See Example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...Game as a pebble, George did the ten miles, and stood the ordeal o
​f the blanket over him in bed for nearly an hour afterwards."
 
From: The Sporting Magazine, or Monthly Calendar of the Transactions of the Turf, the Chase, etc.
"Observations on the Practical Parts of the Life of a Jockey"
By: Ringwood, 1831
 
SOURCES
• Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2000
• Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English,
8th Edition, Paul Beale, 2002
• Oxford Dictionary of Slang, John Ayto, 1998

ADJ.
having a strong, disagreeable smell; fetid, rank, stinking ...1646 obs. rare
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin olidus smelling
from olere to smell
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1646 - see EXAMPLE below
 
EXAMPLE
"...this humor may be a garous excretion, or a rancide and olidous separation,"
 
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 New and Complete Dictionary of the English Language, John Ash, 1795
• The Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia,
William Dwight Whitney, 1889-1891
• The New World of Words or A General English Dictionary,
Edward Phillips, 1671
• Webster's International Dictionary of the English Language,
​Noah Porter, 1895

VERB
to endeavour, to attempt ...1623 obs.
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin nixurire to make repeated efforts
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1623 - The English Dictionarie or an Interpreter of Hard English Words, Henry Cockeram
Nixuriate, to indeuour, to attempt
 
SOURCES
• The English Dictionarie
or an Interpreter of Hard English Words, Henry Cockeram, 1623
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
​James Murray, 1887-1933