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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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WORD OF THE DAY: MINORATE

30/6/2014

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MINORATE

ADJECTIVE
lessened; reduced ...a1425 obs. rare

VERB
to diminish, lessen; to reduce in value or significance ...1534 rare

ETYMOLOGY
from Latin minorātus, past participle of minorāre to make less

FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
a1425 - see EXAMPLE below
 
EXAMPLE
"... When forsoþ þe sanie þat first was indigeste goþ out digeste & minorate, i. lessed [?c1425 Paris lesse; L. minorata], it is signe þat þe fistule is mortified..."
From: Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie
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WORD OF THE DAY: CULVER-HEADED

30/6/2014

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CULVER-HEADED
 
ADJ.
1. stupid, thick-headed ...Bk1830 Eng. dial.
2. thatched with straw or stubble ...Bk1830 Eng. dial.

ETYMOLOGY
of unknown origin;
from A General Dictionary of Provincialisms, by William Holloway, 1888: "possibly from culfre, Sax. a pigeon - that is pigeon-headed, pigeons not being particular remarkable for sagacity"

FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1830 - CULVER-HEADED. adj. In common acceptation it seems to mean thick-headed, stupid. But this must be an improper use. It should rather mean soft-headed, harmless "an it were any sucking dove!" The difference might be little or nothing in point of stupidity.
From:  The Vocabulary of East Anglia
- Robert Forby

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TUNE THE OLD COW DIED OF

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From: Black and White: 
A Monthly Magazine of Facts for Insurance Policy, 1898
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GLOWBASON

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EXAMPLE
From: Nothing Venture, Nothing Have
Anne Beale, Volume I, 1864
Chapter I, Twenty Years Ago
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TINCTUMUTANT

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ETYMOLOGY
from Latin tinctus (a dyeing) + mūtāntem changing

EXAMPLE
From: The Popular Science Monthly
January, 1895
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REDAMATION

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ETYMOLOGY
from Latin redamāre to love in return, from re(d)- re- + amāre to love

EXAMPLE
From: A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1888-1928
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CLOOTIE

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also CLOOTY, CLUTIE

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ETYMOLOGY
diminutive of cloot, a cloven hoof, the devil

EXAMPLE
From: Demonologia: Or, Natural Knowledge Revealed,
An Exposé of Ancient and Modern Superstitions, 
By J.S. Forsyth, 1831
Demonology
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THERE'S A MULE IN THE GARDEN

30/6/2014

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From: Yorksher Puddin'
Readings and Writings by John Hartley, 1877
There's A Mule I' Th' Garden; A Christmas Story
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ICE-CANDLES

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From: Tales and Sketches
By The Ettrick Shepherd (James Hogg), 1837
The Siege of Roxburgh. Chapter XI. 
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FACULENT

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ETYMOLOGY
from medieval Latin faculentus, from fax torch

EXAMPLE
From: Ane Treatise Callit The Court of Venus
Edited by the Rev. Walter Gregor, 1884
The Thrid Buik.
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AMOREVOLOUS

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ETYMOLOGY
from Italian amorevole loving + -ous

EXAMPLE
From: The Stanford Dictionary of Anglicised Words and Phrases
Edited by C.A.M. Fennell, 1892
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ABDERIAN

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Pronunciation of ABDERIAN

ETYMOLOGY
from Abdera, in Thrace, the birthplace of Democritus, who was much given to laughter, and who was styled the Abderite

EXAMPLE
From: Memoirs of the Society of Grub-Street
Vol. II, Printed for J. Wilford, 1737
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PERNEGATE

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ETYMOLOGY
from ppl. stem of Latin pernegāre to deny altogether, from per- + negāre to deny

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DOCTILOQUOUS

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ETYMOLOGY
from Latin doctiloquus learnedly-speaking

EXAMPLE
From: Posthumous Works of Frederic II, King of Prussia, Vol. IX,
Correspondence. Letters Between Frederic II and M. Jordan
Translated From the French By Thomas Holcroft, 1789
Letter LIV, From the King, The Camp of Molwitz, May 13, 1741
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SCRAPE-ALL

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From: A Poetical Grammar of the English Language
And an Epitome of the Art of Rhetoric
By Robert Clarke, 1855
Comic Pieces. The Miser's Will
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BELLY-SLAVE

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From: Certain Sermons or Homilies Appointed to be Read in Churches 
in the Time of the Late Queen Elizabeth of Famous Memory
The Church of England, 1822
An Homily Against Gluttony and Drunkenness
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SNIBBLE-NOSE

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Dialect form of SNIVEL-NOSE

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From: The English Dialect Dictionary, Joseph Wright, 1898-1905
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LAMENTATIOUS

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ETYMOLOGY
from lamentation: from French lamentation or from Latin lāmentātiōnem, n. of action from lāmentārī to lament

EXAMPLE
From: The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer;
Compared with the Former Editions, 1721
The Testament of Love
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HOB-NOBBLE

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From: The English Dialect Dictionary, Joseph Wright, 1898-1905
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CONCORDIOUS

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ETYMOLOGY
adaptation of Old French concordieux, -euse, adaptation of medieval Latin concordiōs-us, formed on. concordia: and -ous.

EXAMPLE
From: Scrinia Reserata: 
A Memorial Offer'd to the Great Deservings of John Williams.
By John Hacket, 1693
The Life of Arch-Bishop Williams
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