1721 - Tartana, Allan Ramsay; see Example below From: Poems by Allan Ramsay
Printed 1733 Tartana, or the Plaid P. 28 from Greek µῑσολογία (corresponding to µισόλογος (misologos) hating reason) 1833 - Specimens of his Table Talk, Samuel T. Coleridge; see Example below From: Specimens of the Table Talk
By Samuel Taylor Coleridge Volume I, 1835 February 16, 1833 P. 60 DEFINITIONS CONTINUED VERB to behave like a scaramouch also SCARAMOUCHA, SCARAMOUCHI, SCARAMUCCIO, SCARAMUZZA, SCARRAMUCCIO, SCHARAMOUCH NOTES: (from E-NED) The character was intended in ridicule of the Spanish don, and was dressed in Spanish costume, usually black; the costume was often adopted in masquerades. The clever impersonation of the part by Tiberio Fiurelli, who brought his company of Italian players to London in 1673, rendered the word very popular in England during the last quarter of the 17th century. CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES Pronunciation of SCARAMOUCH from Italian Scaramuccia, the name of a stock character in Italian farce, from scaramuccia ‘skirmish’, ultimately from the same Germanic base as skirmish a 1662 - (definition 1) Olearius' Voyages and Travels of the Ambassadors sent ..to the great Duke of Moscovy. Whereto are added the Travels of Mandelslo from Persia into the East-Indies, John Davies; see Example below From: The Voyages and Travels of the Ambassadors from the Duke of Holstein
to the Great Duke of Muscovy, and the King of Persia Begun in the Year M.DC.XXXIII (1633) and finish'd in M.DC.XXXIX (1639) By Adam Olearius Rendred into English by John Davies, 1662 The Travels of the Ambassadors from the Duke of Holstein into Muscovy, Tartary, and Persia The Sixth Book, 1637 P. 380 from medieval Latin extrāvagārī to wander, stray outside limits c 1690 - Tarbat in Roberty Story's William Carstares see Example below From: William Carstares:
A Character and Career of the Revolutionary Epoch (1649-1715) By Robert Herbert Story, 1874 Chapter XI. Assembly of 1690 P. 198 From: Dialect Notes
Publication of the American Dialect Society Volume IV. 1914 DEFINITIONS CONTINUED NOUN 2. one born within the same town or city as another; one whose ancestors have been in the same town or city for some generations (Scottish) CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES 1818 - The Heart of Midlothian, Sir Walter Scott; see Example below From: The Heart of Mid-Lothian
By Sir Walter Scott Printed ?1830 Chapter XVIII. P. 203 from twitter (vb.) to tremble, shake, quiver + -ation 1820 - as per E-NED, and the Historical Thesaurus of English; earlier Example (1781) shown below; From: Dissipation:
A Comedy in Five Acts By Miles Peter Andrews, 1781 Act IV. Scene I. P. 48 1634 - Comus: A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, John Milton; see Example below From: Comus: A Mask Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634
By John Milton Edited by Henry John Todd. 1798 P. 29 modern Latin, from Greek λογοδαίδαλος (logodaidalos), from λόγος + δαίδαλος cunning 1611 - Ben Jonson in Coryat's Crudities; see Example below From: Coryat's Crudities
By Thomas Coryat Volume I. 1905 Edition The Character of the Famous Odcombian, or rather Polytopian Thomas the Coryate Traveller, and Gentleman Author of these Quinque-mestriall Crudities Done by a charitable Friend, that thinks it necessary, by this time, you should understand the Maker, as well as the Worke. P. 18 from pick (vb.) + quarrel 1530 - The Practyse of Prelates, William Tindale; see Example below From: The Works of the English Reformers:
William Tyndale and John Frith Edited by Thomas Russell Volume I. 1831 The Practice of Prelates P. 409/410 from Greek ὑποκόρισµα (hypokorisma), -κορισµός pet-name, from ὑποκορίζεσθαι to play the child, use terms of endearment, from ὑπό in sense ‘somewhat, slightly’ + κόρος, κόρη child, boy, girl 1850 - as per E-NED and the Historical Thesaurus of English; earlier Example (1803) shown below From: The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature
Volume XXXVIII. 1803 The Oxford Edition of Homer P. 127 1836 - Philadelphia Public Ledger, 2 August; see Example below From: An American Glossary
By Richard H. Thornton Volume I. 1912 P. 225 From: Words used in Manley and Corringham (Lincolnshire)
By Edward Peacock Second Edition Volume I, 1889 ? a 1400 - Morte Arthure, or the Death of Arthur;
see below From: Morte Arthure, Or, the Death of Arthur Edited by Edmund Brock Published for the Early English Text Society, 1865 P. 67 from Latin belluīnus, from bellua beast + -ine 1618 - Essayes and Characters of a Prison and Prisoners, Geffray Mynshul; see Example below From: Essayes and Characters of a Prison and Prisoners
By Geffray Mynshul Reprinted 1821 Of Jaylors P. 68/69 from Latin onerāt-, ppl. stem of onerāre to load, burden, from onus, oner- a load, burden c 1535 - Original Letters, Henry Ellis; see Example below From: Original Letters, Illustrative of English History
Edited by Sir Henry Ellis Third Series. Volume II. 1846 Letter CCXLVIII John Hales, a servant who had been discharged by his Master, to Secretary Cromwell, praying to be taken into Cromwell's service. 1535 P. 360 1603 - Microcosmos: The Discovery of the Little World, John Davies; see Example below From:The Complete Works of John Davies of Hereford
Edited by the Rev. Alexander B. Grosart, Volume I. 1878 Microcosmos.: The Discovery of the Little World, with the Government thereof. P. 57 NOTES
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