  From: Papistry Storm'd: Or, The Dingin' Down o' the Cathedral Ane Poem, in Sax Sangs By William Tennant 1827 Sang First P. 27 
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  from moon (n.) + -ling  1616 - The Divell is an Asse, Ben Jonson; see Example below  From: The Diuell is an Asse A Comedie Acted in the Yeare, 1616 By Ben Jonson Printed 1631 Act I. Scene VI. P. 108    from chess; ? on analogy of partner  1624 - A Game at Chesse, a Play, Thomas Middleton; see Example below  From:A Glossary, or Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Illusions to Customs, Proverbs, Etc., Robert Nares, 1822    c 1250 - Genesis. The Story of Genesis and Exodus, an early English Song; see below From: The Story of Genesis and Exodus: An Early English Song, about A.D. 1250 Edited by the Rev. Richard Morris, 1865 P. 100    from Latin dēlēnificus soothing, from dēlēnīre to soothe down + -ficus making  1656 - Glossographia, Thomas Blount;
"Delenifical, that mitigates or makes gentle"   from buffle (a fool) + head  1659 - Lady Alimony, or The Alimony Lady; see Example below  From: A Select Collection of Old English Plays Originally Published by Robert Dodsley in the Year 1744 Fourth Edition Edited by W. Carew Hazlitt Volume the Fourteenth. 1875 Lady Alimony Act I. Scene II P. 278    late 17th century (as per A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Eric Partridge)  From: The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal From January to June 1783 Volume LXVIII Miscellaneous P. 452    irregular from Latin infestus (infest (adj.) hostile[obs.]) or infest (vb.) to attack, assil or trouble in a persistent manner, after adjs. in -ious  1597 - The Woman in the Moone, John Lyly; see Example below  From: The Dramatic Works of John Lilly Edited by F.W. Fairholt Volume II. 1858 The Woman in the Moone Act IV. Scene I P. 191 Note: in the example shown, 'insestious' should be 'infestious'    from older (now dial.) French sotterie, soterie, from sot sot (n.) a foolish or stupid person; hence also Middle Dutch sotterie (usually sotternie)  1598 - A Worlde of Wordes, or most Copious and Exact Dictionarie in Italian and English, John Florio; "Mattarie, fooleries, madde tricks, sotteries"  From: The Works of Symon Patrick Edited by the Rev. Alexander Taylor Volume IV. 1858 The Parable of the Pilgrim (1663) Chapter XXXV. P. 330    from number (n.) + -y  1591 - Du Bartas his Divine Weekes and Workes, Joshua Sylvester; see Example below  From: Du Bartas His Diuine Weekes and Workes Translated by Joshua Sylvester Printed 1641 The Battail of Yury P. 551    from Latin obstāculum obstacle + -ous  a 1643 - Judgement and Mercy (Sermons), Josias Shute; see below from E-NED    ? possible rhyming slang from 'bags' (n.) trousers; also see below From: A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant By Albert Barrere, 1890   late 19th century - as per A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English,
Eric Partridge   from French controverse, from Latin contrōversia controversy  15?? - The Contrauerce bytwene a Louer and a Jaye, Thomas Feylde; see below from E-NED   From: The Young Gentleman and Lady's Philosophy By Benjamin Martin Volume I. 1759 Dialogue II. Of the Universe, and the Several Systems of the World P. 9     c 1555 - A Treatise on the Pretended Divorce between Henry VIII and Catharine of Aragon, Nicholas Harpsfield; see Example below  From: A Treatise on the Pretended Divorce between Henry VIII and Catharine of Aragon By Nicholas Harpsfield Edited by Nicholas Pocock Printed for the Camden Society, 1878 P. 48    from Latin sermōcinat-, pa. ppl. stem of sermōcinārī, from sermo talk, discourse, speech  1623 - The English Dictionarie, or an Interpreter of hard English Words, Henry Cockeram; "Sermocinate, to talke, to commune"  From: Mother Red Cap Printed 1843 Copy of a Letter from Henry Foxall, Gentleman, to Charles Firebrace, Esquire From my Chambers in Whitehall, this 13th September, 1666 P. 21    From: Jim and Nell: A Dramatic Poem in the Dialect of North Devon By William Frederick Rock, 1867 P. 25    from diversi- + Latin loquentem speaking  1656 - Glossographia, Thomas Blount; "Diversiloquent, that varieth or speaks diversly"  From: Elements and Science of English Versification By William C. Jones, 1897 Part Third Of the Various kinds of Poetry P. 303    modern French, from earlier damoiselle, form of damsel  1520 - The Cronicles of England, William Caxton; see below from E-NED   From: My Ducats and My Daughter by Peter Hay Hunter, and Walter Whyte Volume I. 1884 Chapter III. The Pursuit of Knowledge P. 68    ? 1542 - Apophthegmes, that is to saie, Prompte Saiynges. First gathered by Erasmus, Nicolas Udall; see Example below  From: The Apophthegmes of Erasmus Translated into English by Nicolas Udall Reprinted from the Edition of 1564 Printed 1877 The Saiynges of Socrates P. 18  |
