CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ETYMOLOGY irregular from Latin dēficĕre to fail EXAMPLE From A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray (From The Image of Governance, Sir Thomas Elyot)
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for the second definition of a privy, DONNICK is a dialect form of DUNNEKIN
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ETYMOLOGY from Latin crēbrum frequent + -ous EXAMPLE From: The Atlantic Monthly A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics Volume IV, 1859 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
ETYMOLOGY from. Latin obserāt-, ppl. stem of obserāre, from ob- + sera bolt CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
NOTE: the noun definition of 'coward' was only found in E-ASH, where it is shown as being 'an old word'; perhaps it a form of, or an error for, NIDING EXAMPLE From: Camilla; Or, A Picture of Youth By Fanny Burney, Vol. III, 1796 Chap. III., Various Confabulations CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
EXAMPLE From: The Merry Bridal O' Firthmains And Other Poems and Songs By James Smith, 1866 Second Flycht. The Famous Bridal CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
EXAMPLE From: Missouri Dental Journal: A Monthly Record of Dental Science and Art R.I. Pearson - Managing Editor, Vol. XV - 1883 "We Tread on the Tail of His Coat" CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
ETYMOLOGY from Greek idiógloss(os) of distinct or peculiar tongue (idio- IDIO- + -glossos, adj. deriv. of glôssa tongue) + -ia -IA EXAMPLE From: Proceedings of the Royal Canadian Institute Being a Continuation of the "Canadian Journal" of Science, Literature, and History October, 1888, Vol. XXIV The Development of Language, by Horatio Hale CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
ETYMOLOGY from Latin exhērēdāt- ppl. stem of exhērēdāre to disinherit, from ex- + hērēdem heir EXAMPLE From: A Summary of the Roman Civil Law By Patrick Mac Chombaich De Colquhoun, Vol. II, 1851 Part III, Title XII CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
ETYMOLOGY from Greek καλό-ς fair, excellent + -ϕαντης shower (from ϕαίνειν to show) + -ic EXAMPLE From: The Works of the English Poets From Chaucer to Cowper Edited by Dr Samuel Johnson, Vol. IV, 1810 Poems of Warner Albion's England. Booke IX. Chapter LIII CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
ETYMOLOGY from mis- (expressing negation (of something good or desirable - same as dis-) + queme, to please EXAMPLE From: The History of Great Britain, From the First Invasion of it by the Romans under Julius Caesar, By Robert Henry, Volume the Fourth, 1839 Chapter VII, History of the Manners, Virtues, Vices, remarkable Customs, Dress, Diet, and Diversions of the People of Great Britain, from the death of King John, A.D. 1216, to the accession of Henry IV, A.D. 1399 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
Pronunciation of XENOMANIA ETYMOLOGY from xen- comb. form of Gk xénos stranger, guest + mania EXAMPLE From: The Nineteenth Century A Monthly Review Edited by James Knowles, Vol. VI, July-December, 1879 Familiar Letters on Modern England, I. variant of UGGLESOME
CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ETYMOLOGY variant of ugglesome, from obsolete English uggle horrible (from Middle English uggen to inspire horror or disgust, to fear, from Old Norse ugga to fear) + English -some; akin to Old Norse uggr fear EXAMPLE From: Sermons by Hugh Latimer, Sometime Bishop of Worcester, Martyr, 1555 Edited for the Parker Society by the Rev. George Elwes Corrie, 1844 Seventh Sermon Preached Before King Edward the Sixth, April Nineteenth, 1549 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
Pronunciation of GASTRONOME ETYMOLOGY from French gastronome, back-formation from gastronomie gastronomy EXAMPLE From: Waverley Novels Sir Walter Scott, Volume 28, Printed 1832 Peveril of the Peak, Volume II, Chapter IV obsolete form of RUNNION NOTE: ' a fat woman' is in E-ASH, and E-WRI only, a mangy or scabby animal is in E-JOH, E-NAR; see etymology, below CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ETYMOLOGY some connection with French rogne mange From: A Glossary of Obscure Words and Phrases In the Writings of Shakspeare and his Contemporaries By Charles Mackay, 1887 EXAMPLE From: The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare Volume the First, Part II, Printed 1790 Merry Wives of Windsor. Act IV, Scene II CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
ETYMOLOGY from naughty (adj.); cf. pack (n. a person of low or worthless chararacter, generally used with naughty; obsolete) The adjective is frequently hyphened to, or written as one with, the noun. EXAMPLE From: Tittle-Tattle Or, Taste A-La-Mode By Timothy Fribble (pseudonym), 1749 |
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