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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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TRIFLOUS

30/4/2017

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TRIFLOUS

also TRIFLELOUS
 
ADJ.
trifling; insignificant, trivial; frivolous ...1509 obs. rare
 
ETYMOLOGY
from trifle (n.) + - ous
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1509 - See Example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...Tryfelous thynges that were lytell to be regarded
she wolde let passe by..."
 
From: Sermon Sayd in the Cathedrall Chyrche of Saynt Poule...
By: Bishop John Fisher, 1509
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
​James Murray, 1887-1933

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CHUCKABY

27/4/2017

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CHUCKABY

NOUN
a term of endearment ...1607 obs.
 
ETYMOLOGY
from chuck n. a term of endearment applied to husbands, wives,
children, and close companions
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1607 - See example below
 
EXAMPLE
"Hony. Do not thy cheekes burne sweete chuckaby,
for wee are talking of thee"
 
From: West-Ward Hoe
By: Thomas Dekker and John Webster, 1607
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
James Murray, 1887-1933
• The Progressive Dictionary of the English Language,
Rt. Rev. Samuel Fallows, 1885
• The Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia,
​William Dwight Whitney, 1889-1891
 
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RUMPANT

26/4/2017

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RUMPANT

ADJ.
breaking the law, offending ...1621 obs.
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Anglo-French rumpant = French rompant,
pres. pple. of rompre to break
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1621 - See Example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...And that whatsoever persons or person, that finde or impeach
any of the said vessels Rumpants or forfeits against this act,
​by the authority of the same..."
 
From: Acts and Ordinances in the Fifth Year of Edward the Fourth,
in Sir Richard Bolton's 'The Statutes of Ireland', 1621
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
​James Murray, 1887-1933

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BULBITATE

26/4/2017

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BULBITATE

VERB
to befoul one's breeches ...1623 obs. rare
 
ETYMOLOGY

derived via Latin bulbitare from Greek word for cow dung
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1623 Bulbitate, to befilth one's breech
 
From: The English Dictionarie or an Interpreter of Hard English Words
By: Henry Cockeram, 1647
 
SOURCES
• The English Dictionarie or an Interpreter of Hard English Words, 
Henry Cockeram, 1647
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
​James Murray, 1887-933
 
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WIBBET

25/4/2017

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WIBBET

NOUN
1. a little piece, a wee bit ...Bk1869 Eng. dial. (Lancashire)
2. a very small child ...Bk1869 Eng. dial. (Lancashire)
 
ETYMOLOGY
literally, a 'wee bit'"
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1869 - see Example below
 
EXAMPLE
"What a wibbet that barne is."
 
From: A Glossary of the Words and Phrases of Furness,
(North Lancashire) By: J. P. Morris, 1869
 
SOURCES
• A Glossary of the Words and Phrases of Furness, (North Lancashire),
​J. P. Morris, 1869
• The English Dialect Dictionary, Joseph Wright, 1898-1905
 
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HORELING

23/4/2017

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HORELING

also HORLING
 
NOUN
a fornicator, a whoremonger; an adulterer, a paramour ...c1200 obs.
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Middle English hore whore + -ling
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
c1200 - see EXAMPLE below
 
EXAMPLE
"... Hwat sullen horlinges don þes wichen and þe forsworene
Wi swo fele beð icleped swo fewe beð icorene..."
 
From: A Moral Ode
In Old English Homilies of the Twelfth Century.
from the unique manuscript in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
​James Murray, 1887-1933
 
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ZWODDER

20/4/2017

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ZWODDER

ADJ.
drowsy and dull ...1847 Eng. dial.
 NOUN
a drowsy, stupid state of body or mind
...Bk1825 Eng. dial. (Somersetshire)
 
ETYMOLOGY
• ? Anglo-Saxon swodrian to get drowsy, to fall asleep
• ? Middle Dutch has swadderen to be weary with drinking
or to stagger with drunkenness
• ? Jennings in 'Observations on Some of the Dialects in the West..." suggests it is derived from sudor a sweat
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1825 - Zwodder. a drowsy and stupid state of body or mind
 
From: Observations on Some of the Dialects in the West of England, particularly Somersetshire, etc.
By: James Jennings, 1825
 
EXAMPLE
"...We simmed to skeer droo Sparkvurd like
A ship out on the water;
Thik putt did sim to eche along
As mid be in a zwodder."
 
From: Somerset Folk Series, 1922
 
SOURCES
• A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, James Halliwell, 1847
• Observations on Some of the Dialects in the West of England,
​particularly Somersetshire, etc., James Jennings, 1825
• The English Dialect Dictionary, Joseph Wright, 1898-1905

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MAMISH

19/4/2017

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MAMISH

ADJ.
uxorious, showing a great or excessive fondness for one's wife
...a1641 obs. rare
 
Note: In "A Supplementary English Glossary" (O. Davies, T. Lewis, 1881) the given definition is:
foolish, effeminate, mammyish (?)
The example shown below is also given, preceded by:
"...Bp. Hall,. speaking of the husband having rule over the wife, says ...."
 
ETYMOLOGY
from mam (n.) mother + -ish
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
? a1641 - See Example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...and, if the Crown be set upon the head (as the husband may give
honour to the weaker vessel) yet it is a pittyful head that is not better then the crown that adornes it; but why urge I this? none but some mamish Monsters can question it, and if there be any such that would fain read
the words amiss, that the wife hath power over her head, they are most worthy to be punished by the whip of authority, then by their neighbours shame, or my censure.
 
From: The Women's Vail
Or a Discourse Concerning the Necessity, or Expedience of the Close-Covering of the Heads of Women
By: Bishop Joseph Hall, a1641
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
​James Murray, 1887-1933
• A Supplementary English Glossary, O. Davies, T. Lewis, 1881
 
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NITENT

19/4/2017

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NITENT

ADJ.
shining, lustrous ...1616 obs. rare
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin nitentem,
pres. pple. of nitere to shine
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1616 - see EXAMPLE below
 
EXAMPLE
"...vppon a blacke horse, nitent as the iett,
in armor (all as blacke) coms fairelie sett,"
 
From: Continuation of Chaucer's "Squire's Tale"
By: John Lane, 1616
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
James Murray, 1887-1933
• An Universal Etymological English Dictionary,
​Nathan Bailey, 1737
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URSICIDE

17/4/2017

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URSICIDE

NOUN
one who kills a bear ...a1861
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin ursi, ursus bear
+ -cide killer of
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
a1861 - See example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...Vain hope! I was not to be an ursicide. I begin to fear that I shall
​slay no other than my proper personal bearishness."
 
From: Life in the Open Air
By: Theodore Winthop
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
​James Murray, 1887-1933

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EXUBERATE

16/4/2017

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EXUBERATE​

ADJ.
overflowing, superabundant ...1638 obs.
 
VERB
to be in great abundance; to be plentiful; to abound; to overflow ...1623
 
ETYMOLOGY
adj. from Latin exuberatus pa pple. of exuberare,
from ex- + uberare to be fruitful
vb. from Latin exuberat- ppl. stem of exuberare
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1623 - Exuberate, to abound
From: The English Dictionarie or an Interpreter of Hard English Words, Henry Cockeram, 1623
 
EXAMPLE (for vb.)
"...the exuberate singularity in Merchants of all nations."
 
From: The Tree of Humane Life;
Or The Bloud of the Grape
By: Tobias Whitaker, 1638
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
James Murray, 1887-1933
• The English Dictionarie or an Interpreter of Hard English Words, 
Henry Cockeram, 1647
• The Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia,
William Dwight Whitney, 1889-1891
• The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language,
Rev. John Ogilvie, 1847-1850
• A Complete Dictionary of the English Language,
​Thomas Sheridan, 1790

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SCAGMAGLY

12/4/2017

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SCAGMAGLY

ADJ.
worthless ...1866 Eng. dial. (Lincolnshire)
 
ETYMOLOGY
? from 'cag-mag', anything valueless or worthless
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1866 - Provincial Words and Expressions Current in Lincolnshire
By: J. Ellet Brogden, 1866
 
SOURCES
• The English Dialect Dictionary, Joseph Wright, 1898-1905
• Provincial Words and Expressions Current in Lincolnshire,
​J. Ellett Brogden, 1866
 
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IMPERANT

11/4/2017

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IMPERANT

ADJ.
commanding, ruling ...1617 obs.

ETYMOLOGY
from Latin imperantem, pres. ppl. of imperare to command

FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1617 - See Example below

EXAMPLE
"...and yet imperant only, not elicient; dirigent, not exequent,
as your School-men loue to speak."

Elicient - that performs an elicit act
Dirigent - that directs, directing
Exequent - that executes

From: Epphata to F.T. (Fitzherbert, Thomas)
Or, The Defence of the Right Reuerend Father in God
By: Samuel Collins, 1617

SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
James Murray, 1887-1933
• The Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia,
​William Dwight Whitney, 1889-1891
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GURGITATE

10/4/2017

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GURGITATE

VERB
to swallow greedily, to devour ...1656  obs. rare
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin gurgitat- ppl. stem of gurgitare to engulf, to flood
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1656 - Gurgitate, to swallow or devoure
From: Glossographia, Thomas Blount, 1656
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
James Murray, 1887-1933
• The New and Complete Dictionary of the English Language,
John Ash, 1795
• An Universal Etymological English Dictionary, Nathan Bailey, 1737
 
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OPINATE

9/4/2017

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OPINATE

ADJ.
1. opined, supposed ...c1450 obs.
2. obstinate in opinion; opinionated ...1491 obs.
 
VERB
to give an opinion; to pronounce a formal or authoritative opinion
​...1625 obs. rare
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin opinatus pa. pple. of opinari to opine, to be of opinion
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
c1450 (adj. 1)  "...myn opinate riȝtwesnes for defending..."
From: De Imitatione Christi
The Earliest English translation, c1450
 
EXAMPLE (adj. 2)
..."He had condescended to make it to that other whiche was opynate."
 
From: Vitas Patrum
Translated By: William Caxton, 1491
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
​James Murray, 1887-1933

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BLORE

6/4/2017

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BLORE

NOUN
1. stormy breath; noisy bluster; loud talking; bragging talk ...c1440 arch.
2. a violent blowing; a blast of wind; a gust or gale ...1559 arch.
3. the air ...c1614 arch.
 
VERB
1. to cry; to cry out loudly; to weep ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
2. of animals: to bleat, to bray, to bellow ...1865 Eng. dial.
 
ETYMOLOGY
n. from E-NED: apparently related to blow, blast;
but the form does not seem capable of etymological explanation;
​perhaps it is partly onomatopoeic
vb. a variant or parallel of blare
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
c1440 - see Example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...Byde me here bewchere
Or more blore be blowen."
 
From: York Mysteries
(York Plays. The plays performed by the crafts or mysteries of York on the day of Corpus Christi), c1440
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
James Murray, 1887-1933
• The English Dialect Dictionary, Joseph Wright, 1898-1905
• A Glossary, or Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Illusions to Customs, Proverbs, Etc....., Robert Nares, 1888
• A Standard Dictionary of the English Language, Isaac K. Funk, 1908
• Dictionary of Early English, Joseph Shipley, 1955
• Webster's International Dictionary of the English Language,
Noah Porter, 1895
• Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English,
Thomas Wright, 1880, 1886

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THE WEEK OF THE FOUR FRIDAYS

5/4/2017

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THE WEEK OF THE FOUR FRIDAYS

NOUN
an imaginary date that will never arrive ...1760-72 obs.
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1760-72 - see EXAMPLE below
 
EXAMPLE
"...exactly at the period that the hogs shall be brought to feed along
with the herrings: or at the time of the appearance of the comet
with three tails; or on the week of the four Fridays,
so long looked for by astrologians."
 
From: The Fool of Quality
Or, The History of Henry, Earl of Moreland
By: Henry Brooke, 1760-72
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
​James Murray, 1887-1933

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LAUTIOUS

4/4/2017

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LAUTIOUS

ADJ.
luxurious ...1547 obs. rare
 
ETYMOLOGY
improper formation from Latin lautus washed, sumptuous + -ious
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1547 - see Example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...This impediment (fatness) doth come of ...laucyouse fedyng."
 
From: The Breviary of Health
By: Andrew Boorde, 1547
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
​James Murray, 1887-1933
 
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CONJUGALIZE

3/4/2017

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CONJUGALIZE

VERB
to become conjugal, to marry ...1823 nonce word
 
ETYMOLOGY
from 'conjugal' + -ize
(conjugal - from Latin conjugalis, from conjugem consort, spouse
from con- together + jug- root of jungere to join, yoke)
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1823 - see Example below
 
EXAMPLE
"...In your anxiety however, to conjugalize, I beseech you, by the apple of your eye, not to imitate those husband-hunting Nina Vernons* who ..."
 
*Nina Vernon - when an old maid displays a great deal of pretension, it is usual to say, "she is a Nina Vernon." (A character in La Petite Ville [The Little Village], by Louis-Benoît Picard, 1801)
 
From: The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal,
Conjugalism, Or the Art of Making a Good Marriage, 1823
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
​James Murray, 1887-1933
 

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PENELOPE

2/4/2017

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PENELOPE

NOUN
a chaste and faithful wife ...1581
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Greek mythology - in Homer's Odyssey, Penelope is pictured as the chaste and faithful wife of Odysseus (Ulysses)
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1581 - see EXAMPLE below
 
EXAMPLE
"...My concubine is a great deale more modest, than thy Penelope;
so then she must take heede how she giueth men occasion
to thinke sinisterly of her..."
 
From
The Ciuile Conuersation of M. Steeuen Guazzo written first in Italian...
By Stefano Guazzo
Translated by George Pettie, 1581
 
SOURCES
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles,
James Murray, 1887-1933
 
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