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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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RIGOROSITY

31/5/2018

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VENERILLA
a) a lascivious or lustful person
b) a small, beautiful woman
c) a female avenger
d) a vicious animal or person
 
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 Today's Featured Word
RIGOROSITY
 
NOUN
austerity, rigour, extreme strictness ...c1531 obs.
 
ETYMOLOGY
from medieval Latin rigorositas from rigorosus rigorous
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
c1531 - see EXAMPLE below
 
EXAMPLE
"...I am nott able to byd the rugorosyte off your relygyon..."
 From: The First Boke of the Introduction of Knowledge
By: Andrew Boorde, c1531

 
Daily Word Quiz Answer
 
VENERILLA
​b) a small, beautiful woman ...1621 rare

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GENTILITATE

23/5/2018

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Note: I am currently on holiday,
but will get some words done here and there!
Cheers!
 
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DUST-WORM
a) tequila and milk
b) any crawling insect
c) the buttocks, the posterior
d) a mean, despicable, or grovelling person
 
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GENTILITATE
also GENTILITAT
 
ADJ.
having gentle, refined, or polished manners, well-mannered
...1632 obs. rare
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin type gentilitatus
from gentilis belonging to the same gens or race
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1632 - see EXAMPLE below
 
EXAMPLE
"...onely Sicily being the most ciuill Ile, and nobly gentilitat,
the Cypriots indifferently good...:
From: The Totall Discourse, Of the Rare Adventures, and Painefull Peregrinations of long nineteene Yeares Travayles,
From Scotland, to the Most Famous Kingdomes
​in Europe, Asia, and Affrica.
By: William Lithgow, 1632

 
Daily Word Quiz Answer
 
DUST-WORM
​d) a mean, despicable, or grovelling person ...1621 obs.
 
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SYNGAMICAL

18/5/2018

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TICKLE ONE'S TOBY
a) to flatter, to coax
b) to rear, to tend, to care for
c) to be pleased with, to like
d) to spank or beat on the buttocks
 
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SYNGAMICAL
 
ADJ.
pert. to sexual union or copulation ...1669 obs. rare
 
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Greek συν, syn + γάμος (gamos) marriage + -ical
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1669 - see EXAMPLE below
 
EXAMPLE
"...The specifical ferments are ...inherent in the syngamical
spermatick liquor."
 From: Hydrologia Chymica,
Or The Chymical Anatomy of Scarbrough and Other Spaws in Yorkshire
By: William Simpson, 1669

 
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TICKLE ONE'S TOBY
​d) to spank or beat on the buttocks ...1842 sl.
 
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NUNCUPATE

16/5/2018

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MENDACILOQUENT
a) speaking lies, lying
b) very talkative
c) putting on airs, talking affectedly
d) splendid, stately, sumptuous
 
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NUNCUPATE
also NUMCUPATE
 
ADJ.
called, named ...a1548 obs. rare
 
VERB
1. to dedicate a work to someone ...1550 obs.
2. to express a vow in words, to announce or declare a promise
...1606 obs.
3. to call, to name, to designate ...1609 obs. rare
4. to declare a will orally ...a1677
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin nuncupatus from nuncupare to name, to declare
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
a1548 - see EXAMPLE below
 
EXAMPLE
"...that we beyng called reasonable creatures, and in that predicament, compared and ioyned with Angelles, be more worthy to be numcupate, and demed persones vnresonable..."
 From: Hall's Chronicles Containing the History of England
Kyng Edward The IV, a1548

 
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MENDACILOQUENT
a) speaking lies, lying ...1656 obs. rare

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FAUSTITY

16/5/2018

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JUVATE
a) to make young again, to enliven
b) to help, to aid
c) to humiliate
d) to make jealous
 
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FAUSTITY
 
NOUN
good luck, happiness, good fortune ...1656 obs.
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin faustitatem from faustus,
from favere to favour
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
Blount's Glossographia, 1656
Faustity (faustitas) good luck, happiness
 
EXAMPLE
"...I send you Health, I send you Praise:
And length and faustity of Days."
 From: Miscellaneous Poems
By: M. Ralph, 1729

 
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JUVATE
​b) to help, to aid ...1708 obs. rare
 
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CLUFF

15/5/2018

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BENJO
a) a coat
b) an amphetamine
c) a toilet
d) an arched eyebrow
 
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CLUFF
 
NOUN
1. a blow with the palm of the hand, esp. on the ear or cheek;
a cuff or slap ...1804 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
2. an idle, trifling person ...1825 Sc.
 
VERB
1. to strike with the palm of the hand, to cuff or slap
...1825 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
2. to laze, to sit idly by the fire ...1825 Sc.
 
ETYMOLOGY
perhaps from 'claw' (vb.) with echoic modification,
representing the 'buffing' sound
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1804 - see EXAMPLE below
 
EXAMPLE
"...Rob Lawson tuik part wi' peer Jenny
And brong snift'ring Gwordie a cluff..."
From: Ballads in the Cumberland Dialect
The Clay Daubin
By: Robert Anderson, 1804

 
Daily Word Quiz Answer
 
BENJO
c) a toilet ...1988 Aust. sl.

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VETITE

14/5/2018

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UCK-SHE-BAH
a) a woman's breast
b) human excrement
c) an oath
d) sexual intercourse
 
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VETITE
 
ADJ.
forbidden, prohibited ...c1500 obs.
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin vetitus pa. pple. of vetare to forbit
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
c1500 - see EXAMPLE below
 
EXAMPLE
"...Grit was the lust that thow had for to fang
The fruct vetite, throw thi ill counsaling..."
 
From: The Bannatyne Manuscript, c1500

 
Daily Word Quiz Answer
 
UCK-SHE-BAH
b) human excrement ...B1900 Eng. dial.

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LIKANCE

11/5/2018

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SLUCKATRICE
a) a sluggard
b) nonsense
c) a drink of spirits
d) a servant; one who represents another
 
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LIKANCE
 
NOUN
liking; pleasure ...c1460 obs. rare
 
ETYMOLOGY
from like (vb.) + -ance
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
c1460 - see EXAMPLE below
 
EXAMPLE
"...Loke that ye lowte to my lykance,
For dowte of dynt in grevaunce.
Dilygently ply to my plesance..."
 From: The Towneley Mysteries, c1460

 
Daily Word Quiz Answer
 
SLUCKATRICE
​a) a sluggard ...1825 Eng. dial. obs.

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INCOLUMITY

9/5/2018

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CONSPUTE
a) to defile, to pollute, to befoul
b) to dream
c) to spit upon in contempt; to despise
d) to make like, to liken
 
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INCOLUMITY
also INCOLUMITE
 
NOUN
safety, soundness, freedom from danger ...1533 obs.
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Old French incolumite from Latin incolumitas safety, soundness,
from incolumis safe, sound
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1533 - see EXAMPLE below
 
EXAMPLE
"...not for the incolumite and preseruation of one cyte or of one nation,
but for the helthe and saluation of the hole worlde"
From: A Playne and Godly Exposytion or Declaration
of the Commune Crede
By: Desiderius Erasmus, 1533

 
Daily Word Quiz Answer
 
CONSPUTE
​(c) to spit upon in contempt; to despise ...1526 obs. rare
 
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DERF

9/5/2018

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HIBERNOPHOBE
a) one who fears crowded spaces
b) one who dreads intimacy
c) one who fears being buried alive
d) one who has a dread of the Irish
 
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Today's Featured Word
DERF
 
ADJ.
1. bold, daring, courageous, brave, hardy ...c1200 obs
2. painful, grievous; terrible, dreadful, cruel ...a1225 obs.
3. troublesome, hard, difficult ...a1225 obs.
4. in a bad sense: bold, audacious, daringly wicked ...a1300 obs.
5. strong, sturdy, stout, robust ...c1340 obs.
6. vigorous, forcible, violent ...c1440 obs.
7. of things: hard, rough ...1804 Sc.
8. unbending in manner, sullen ...1808 Sc.
 
ADV.
grievously, terribly ...c1325 obs.
 
NOUN
trouble, adversity, tribulation, hurt, suffering ...c1205 obs.

ETYMOLOGY
adj. apparently from Old Norse djarfr, bold, daring,
audacious, impudent
 
n. apparently shortened from Old English gedeorf labour,
trouble, tribulation, from deorfan to labour
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
c1200 - see EXAMPLE below
 
EXAMPLE
"...Forr whatt he nass nohht derrf inoh
All opennliȝ to sekenn..."
 From: The Ormulum
By: A monk named Orm, or Ormin

 
Daily Word Quiz Answer
 
HIBERNOPHOBE
​d) one who has a dread of the Irish ...1889 nonce word
 
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WEAMISH

7/5/2018

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COMMUTATE
a) to change
b) to accompany
c) to deceive, to dupe
d) to agree, to concur
 
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WEAMISH
 
ADJ.
squeamish, fastidious ...1571 obs.
 
ETYMOLOGY
? possibly a variant of 'queimish' (adj.) squeamish
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1571 - see EXAMPLE below
 
EXAMPLE
"...Wée in this Age are colde and drie, of complexion none other or better,
then Melancoly, angrye, weamishe, harde to please, and enuious. 
From: The Foreste or Collection of Histories no Lesse Profitable, then Pleasant and Necessarie
Translated By: Thomas Fortescue, 1571
 

Daily Word Quiz Answer
 
COMMUTATE
a) to change ...a1652 obs. rare
 

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PHILARGYRIST

6/5/2018

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RUN AWAY WITH THE HARROWS
a) to count the gain before the bargain is made
b) to be in too great a hurry
c) to be very angry
d) to pursue a reckless course which leads to calamity
 
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PHILARGYRIST
 
NOUN
a lover of money; a covetous person ...1633 obs.
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Greek ϕιλαργυρία (philarguria) noun of quality from ϕιλάργυρος
(philargyros) fond of money, from ϕιλ(ο-, philo + ἄργυρος silver, money
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1633 - see EXAMPLE below
 
EXAMPLE
"...If he did hoard up his knowledge, as a ...philargyrist his coin,
we might still be poor."
 From: A Commentary or Exposition upon the Second Epistle by St. Peter
By: Thomas Adams, 1633

 
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RUN AWAY WITH THE HARROWS
​b) to be in too great a hurry ...1844 Sc.

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BONITY

3/5/2018

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EXPALPATE
a) to kiss heartily or repeatedly
b) to desire earnestly
c) to get by flattery
d) to demolish, to utterly destroy
 
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Today's Featured Word
BONITY
 
NOUN
the quality of being good, goodness ...1585 obs.
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin bonitas goodness
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1585 - see EXAMPLE below
 
EXAMPLE
"...Longanimitie, in expecting our reward:
Bonitie, in hurting no man:
Benignitie, in sweet behaviour"
 From: A Booke of Christian Exercise Appertaining to Resolution
By: Robert Parsons, 1585
 

Daily Word Quiz Answer
 
EXPALPATE
​c) to get by flattery ...1623 obs.
 

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TOOTSICUM

3/5/2018

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GIXY
a) a giddy, frivolous girl; a lively lass, a wanton woman
b) a skating ring with ice artificially produced
c) a glance suggestive of sexual desire
d) a start from a fright; a sudden shock
 
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Today's Featured Word
TOOTSICUM
 
NOUN
a small foot ...1856 jocular
 
ETYMOLOGY
a whimsical expansion of 'tootsy' - a child's or a woman's small foot
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1856 - see EXAMPLE below
 
EXAMPLE
"...The brutality of connecting in any way such words with the
feminine Tootsicums, needs no comment."
 From: Punch, or The London Charivari
By: "Shocking Result of Wearing Indian-Rubber Goloshes on the Sands." Oct. 4, 1856

 
Daily Word Quiz Answer
 
GIXY
a) a giddy, frivolous girl; a lively lass; a wanton woman ...1611 obs.
 
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MEGAPOLIS

1/5/2018

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UVID
a) useful, serviceable
b) nauseated, queasy
c) ignorant, uncouth
d) moist, wet
 
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MEGAPOLIS
 
NOUN
a chief or principal city; a metropolis ...1638 nonce word obs.
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Greek μέγας (mégas), great, large, mighty + πόλη póli city
 
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1638 - see EXAMPLE below
 
EXAMPLE
"...'tis at this present the Megapolis of Cambaya..."
From: Some Years Travel into Divers Parts of Africa and Asia
By: Sir Thomas Herbert, 1638

 
Daily Word Quiz Answer
 
UVID
​d) moist, wet ...1656 obs.
 
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EFFUTIATION

1/5/2018

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AMPLECT
a) to have regard to, to concern
b) to embrace, to clasp
c) to heed, to care for
d) to amble, to wander
 
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 Today's Featured Word
EFFUTIATION
 
NOUN
twaddle, balderdash, nonsense, humbug ...1823
 
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin effutire to prate + -ation
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1823 - see EXAMPLE below
 
EXAMPLE
"...The plotlessness, still-life, puling effutiation, poetry,
and prose-poetry of modern plays..."
 From: John Lacy, in The London Magazine.
"A Sixth Letter to the Dramatists of the Day". 1823
 

Daily Word Quiz Answer
 
AMPLECT
​b) to embrace, to clasp ...1525 obs.
 

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