from tardy (adj.) + -ous ? c 1580 - Treasury of Amadis de Gaule, Thomas Hacket;
see below from E-NED
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DEFINITIONS CONTINUED NOUN 2. a person who supports or solicits for another; an advocate, spokesperson, or orator who speaks on behalf of another also PARANIMPH CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES from Latin paranymphus masc., also late Latin paranympha fem. from Greek παράνυµϕος (paranymfos) masc. the best man, fem. the bridesmaid, from παρα- (para) beside + νύµϕη (numphe) bride 1593 - (definition 2) Pierce's Supererogation, or a New Prayse of the Old Asse, Gabriel Harvey; see Example below From: Pierce's Supererogation
Or, a New Praise of the Old Ass By Gabriell Harvey Reprinted 1815 Letters and Sonnets P. 14 from Latin stultus foolish + -y 1387-8 - The Testament of Love, Thomas Usk; see Example below From: The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
Edited by W.W. Skeat Volume VII. 1894 Thomas Usk: The Testament of Love Book II. Chapter III P. 56 1594 - Mother Bombie, John Lyly; see Example below From: The Dramatic Works of John Lilly
Edited by F.W. Fairholt Volume II. 1858 Mother Bombie P. 93 from medieval Latin ambiloquus (from amb(i)- both, on both sides + -loquus speaking, loqui to speak + -ent 1656 - Glossographia, Thomas Blount; "Ambiloquent, that speaks doubtfully or two languages From: The Chess Player's Chronicle
And Journal of Indoor and Outdoor Amusements Volume V. 1881 P. 301 from prate (n.) + -ful 1802 - A Memoir of the Life and Writings of W. Taylor of Norwich, containing his correspondence with Southey etc., John W. Robberds; see Example below From: A Memoir of the Life and Writings of William Taylor
Edited by John W. Robberds Volume I. 1843 William Taylor to Thomas Dyson, Paris, 6 Floreal (May 25), 1802 P. 408 1710 - The Fanatick Feast see Example below From: The Fanatick Feast: A Pleasant Comedy
As it was Acted at a Wedding-Dinner in Gr___ Printed 1710 P. 12 also DEBOICHT, DEBOISHED, DEBOISHT, DEBOST, DEBOYSED, DEBOYSHED, DEBOYSHT, DEBOYST CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES by-form of debauched 1617 - (for adj. 1) The Surgions Mate, John Woodall; see Example below From: The Surgions Mate
By John Woodall, 1617 The Office and Duty of the Surgions Mate 1823 - Logan, Joseph Doddridge, see Example below From: Logan, the Last of the Race of Shikellemus, Chief of the Cayuga Nation
A Dramatic Piece By Joseph Doddridge, 1823 P. 42 so called from pulling hairs, or feathers off from the cloaks of other men 1658 - The New World of English Words, Or, A General Dictionary, Edward Phillips;
"Plumestriker, a parasite, or flatterer" 1652 - Chocolate, or, An Indian Drinke
By James Wadsworth; see below From: The Project Gutenberg EBook of: Chocolate: or, An Indian Drinke, by Antonio Colmenero de Ledesma Translated by James Wadsworth "And as for the rest of the ingredients, which make our Chocolaticall Confection, there is notable variety; because some doe put into it black Pepper, and also Tauasco (a red roote like madder).; which is not proper, because it is so hot and dry; but onely for one, who hath a very cold Liver. And of this opinion, was a certaine Doctor of the University of Mexico, of whom a Religious man of good credit told me, that he finding the ordinary round Pepper was not fit to bring his purpose about, and to the end, he might discover, whether the long red pepper were more proper, he made triall upon the liver of a Sheepe; and putting the ordinary pepper on one side, and the red pepper on the other, after 24 hours, the part, where the ordinary pepper lay, was dryed up; and the other part continued moist, as if nothing had bin thrown upon it." apparently from knucklebone (or from *knuckle-bony) + -ard 1526 - Magnyfycence, a Goodly Interlude and a Mery, John Skelton;
see below From: The Poetical Works of John Skelton Edited by the Rev. Alexander Dyce Volume I. 1843 Magnyfycence, a Goodly Interlude and a Mery P. 241 From: Rhymes in the West of England Dialect
By Agrikler (Joseph Edwards) Second Edition, 1872 The Girt Exhibition P. 29 from late Latin rūderārius belonging to rubbish 1727 - An Universal Etymological English Dictionary, Nathan Bailey;
"Ruderary, belonging to Rubbish" onomatopœic from globbe (vb.) to eat gluttonously (obsolete rare) 1377 - The Vision of William Concerning Piers Plowman, William Langland;
see below From: The Vision of William Concerning Piers the Plowman By William Langland Edited by the Rev. Walter. W. Skeat Volume I. Text. 1886 P. 268 from E-NED: etymology uncertain; nothing similar recorded in Old English; but cf. Goth. afhwapjan to choke, which would be in Old English *ofhwęppan c 1300 - King Alisaundre;
see below From: Metrical Romances of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Centuries Edited by Henry William Weber Volume I. 1810 Kyng Alisaunder. Part I. P. 42 from Greek πώγων (pogon) beard + Greek τοµή (tomḗ) cutting 1897 - (as per E-NED and the Historical Thesaurus of English) Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch, January; see below From: Tidbits from Now and Then By Helen Davidson Earlier usage, 1827 - see Example below From: The Monthly Magazine
Or British Register of Literature, Sciences, and the Belles-Lettres July to December 1827 Volume IV. 1827 A Dissertation on Beards, Historical and Literary P. 594 ? from scope (vb.) to loiter, as suggested by Halliwell in the Example below 1691 - A Collection of English words not Generally Used, John Ray; see below From: A Collection of English words not Generally Used, By John Ray The Fourth Edition. 1768 South and East Country Words P. 84 From: A Dictionary of Archaic & Provincial Words
By James Orchard Halliwell Volume II. Second Edition. 1852 P. 751 |
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