FRIGEFACT VERB to chill ...1599 obs. ETYMOLOGY from Latin frīgēfactāre (to chill), from frīgēre (to be cold) + fact- participial stem of facere (to make) FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1599 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...The fourth hath his originall of some frigefacted Ioynote, & such persons are very violently afflicted with this disease, and allmost without cessation, oftentimes 3. or 4. times in an hovver..." From: The Boock of Physicke Translated by A.M. - Oswald Gäbelkover
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COPIATE NOUN a labourer, a toiler ...1659 obs. ETYMOLOGY from Greek κοπιάτης (grave-digger), from κοπιᾶν (to work hard, to toil), from κόπος (kópos) (toil) FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1659 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Whether voluntary charity inclined these copiates to this office, or whether they were hirelings and mercenary, I cannot determine; the labour they underwent maketh me suspect them servile, and of the lowest row..." From: The Alliance of Divine Offices Exhibiting all the Liturgies of the Church of England - Hamon L'Estrange STUGGY ADJ. of a person: stocky, thickset, stout, sturdy, strong; short and fat ...1847 Eng. dial. ETYMOLOGY possibly related to stug (stuck (adj. † short)) FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1847 - Stuggy, thick and stout. Devon. From: A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words - James Orchard Halliwell EXAMPLE "...Local tradition avers that William was carried on shore through the rolling tide in the arms of a "stuggy little man" (stuggy is good Devonian for "thick set"), and there is still current this model address of the inhabitants to their future king in response to the inquiry whether he was welcome..." From: Tourist's Guide to Devonshire - Richard Nicholls Worth, 1880 VINAIGROUS ADJ. vinegary, sour; sour-tempered, ill-tempered, unamiable, morose, crabbed, peevish ...1837 rare ETYMOLOGY from French vinaigre (vinegar) FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1837 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...A stone is rolled from every heart. The fair Palace Dames publicly declare that this Lafayette, detestable though he be, is their saviour for once. Even the ancient vinaigrous Tantes admit it; the King's Aunts, ancient Graille and Sisterhood, known to us of old. Queen Marie-Antoinette has been heard often say the like. She alone, among all women and all men, wore a face of courage, of lofty calmness and resolve, this day..." From: The French Revolution: A History - Thomas Carlyle NINGLE NOUN a close male friend or favourite; a confidant; also (derogatory), a subservient lover, especially a homosexual one ...1602 obs. VERB to fondle or caress lovingly or intimately ...1659 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY a variant of ingle (n. a lover, a sexual partner, especially a boy or young man who is made use of as a (typically passive) sexual partner by an older man; generally, a (younger) passive partner in homosexual anal intercourse) FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1602 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Horace, Horace, my sweet ningle, is alwayes in labour when I come, the nine Muses be his midwiues, I pray Iupiter: Ningle!..." From: Satiro-Mastix. Or The Vntrussing of the Humorous Poet As it Hath Bin Presented Publikely, by the Right Honorable, the Lord Chamberlaine his Seruants; and Priuately, by the Children of Paules - Thomas Dekker YOFF VERB to make a sound resembling the grunt of a pig ...c1630 obs. ETYMOLOGY imitative FIRST DOCUMENTED USE c1630 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...O, Viva! Viva! Gustavus we cry! Heir we shall either won honour or dye. Thow that riseth before the day dawning, Mounted ere Phoebus saluteth the morne, Yoffing, crying, youlling, yelling, Lyk ane eitie swyne summonds out with an horne..." From: Memoirs of a Cavalier - Daniel Defoe ITALISH ADJ. Italian ...1544 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from Latin Italus (Italian) + -ish FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1544 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Polydorus Vergilius, a collector sometime in England of the pope's Peter Pence, and afterward archdeacon of Wells, hath in this point deformed his writings greatly, polluting our English Chronicles most shamefully with his Romish lies and other Italish Beggarys..." From: Select Works of John Bale A Brief Chronicle concerning the Examination and Death of the Blessed Martyr of Christ, Sir John Oldcastle, The Lord Cobham - John Bale PRUINOUS ADJ. relating to frost; frosty ...1588 obs. ETYMOLOGY from Latin pruīnōsus (frosty from) pruīna (hoar frost) + -ōsus (-ous) FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1588 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...there shall arise much bickering, and contention amongst women: the beginnings of many innouations and alterations shal appeere: matrones shal moorne: kings and princes shall perish: there shall be many slaughters, and massacres with bloody dint of sword: much icie and pruinous cold to be expected: Autumnall fruits shall be neither plentifull, nor sound: and there shall be a great death of Bees..." From: A Discoursiue Probleme Concerning Prophesies How Far They are to be Valued, or Credited, According to the Surest Rules, and Directions in Diuinitie, Philosophie, Astrologie, and Other Learning - John Harvey AFFLY ADVERB affectionately; with favourable disposition; in a kindly or loving manner; fondly ...1779 ETYMOLOGY shortened from affectionately (adv.) FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1779 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...I pity the Lady and Children exceedingly, but I have no tender feelings for the old fellow on many accounts. & am Sir Yours most affly., A.B...." From: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, 18 June 1779 - 30 September 1780 Edited by Julian P. Boyd, 1951 To Thomas Jefferson from Cyrus Griffin, 13 July 1779 HINCTY also HINKTY ADJ. 1. conceited, snobbish, stuck-up, pretentious; contentious, unpleasant ...1924 US sl. 2. suspicious ...1934 US prison sl. 3. scared, jumpy, nervous, paranoid ...1957 US sl. 4. very cheap, petty ...1968 US sl. NOUN 1. a White person ...1960 US sl. 2. (also HINCHY) a snobbish, pompous, or overbearing person; a prominent or important person ...1970 US sl. ETYMOLOGY of unknown origin FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1924 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...The man I love's got lowdown ways for true, Well, I am hinkty and I'm lowdown too..." From: Treasury of Blues - William Christopher Handy |
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