from Italian bisogno, Spanish bisoño; the ending is perhaps -an, as in Oxonian, etc. 1592 - Pierce Penilesse his Supplication to the Diuell, Thomas Nashe; see Example below From: Pierce Penilesse his Supplication to the Diuell
By Thomas Nashe, 1592 Reprinted ? P. 63
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from Latin dēlitēscentem, pr. pple. of dēlitēscĕre to hide away, from de- + latēscĕre, inceptive of latēre to lie hid 1684 - A Discourse of the Nature of God's Decrees, Thomas Hockin; see below from E-NED From: Lectures on Metaphysics
By Sir William Hamilton Edited by the Rev. Henry Longueville Mansel, and John Veitch. 1860 Lecture XXX. The Conservative Faculty. - Memory Proper P. 417 from Latin cēnātiōnem dining-room; etymologically, noun of action from cēnāre to dine, sup 1599 - Gabelhouer's Boock of Physicke, A.M.; see Example below From: The Boock of Physicke
By Oswaldus Gabelhouer Translated out of High-duche by Doctour Charles Battus Translated out of Low-duche into English by A. M. Printed 1599 For the Corroboratione of the Memorye. P. 42 from ? modern Latin tenebrificus, from Latin tenebræ darkness 16?? - William Ramsey quoted in 'The Spectator; see Example below From: The Works of Joseph Addison
Volume the Fourth. 1730 The Spectator. No. 582. Wednesday, August 18 P. 96 from philo, to love + Gr. νόος (noos), νοῦς mind, understanding 1804 - Letter to Richard Sharp. Samuel Taylor Coleridge; see Example below From: Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Volume II. 1895 Chapter VII. A Long Absence. 1804-1806 CXLIV. To Richard Sharp P. 448 from Old French margul(l)ier, -goillier to roll in the mud, soil, pollute, bruise, mutilate 1721 - Address to the Town-Council of Edinburgh, Allan Ramsy; see Example below From: Poems by Allan Ramsay
Printed 1760 To the Town-Council of Edinburgh P. 146 1580 - Euphues and his England, John Lyly; see Example below From: English Reprints
Edited by John Arber. 1868 John Lyly. Euphues and his England P. 248 from grammatical, from Latin grammaticus, from Greek γραµµατικός, from γράµµατ-, γράµµα letter 1691 - Athenae Oxonienses, Anthony Wood; see Example below From: Athenae Oxonienses.
An Exact History of All the Writers and Bishops who have had their Education in the University of Oxford from 1500 to 1690 By Anthony Wood The First Volume. 1691 P. 12 From: A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester,
By Robert Holland, 1886 humorously from Latin celeberrimus, superl. of celeber celebrated 1768 - The Light of Nature Pursued, Abraham Tucker; see Example below From: The Light of Nature Pursued
By Abraham Tucker Second Edition. Volume III. 1805 Chapter XXIII. The Vision P. 590 From: Almost Lost
A Tale of Old Pye Street By James Greenwood, 1881 Chapter XXII. Mr. Quiggle Disappoints his Murderers P. 184 from hurt (vb.) + foot (n.) 1567 - A Greene Forest or a Naturall Historie, John Maplet;
see below from E-NED from Latin vēsānus mad, insane, raging 1656 - Glossographia, Thomas Blount;
"Vesanous, mad, wood, furious, out of his wit, cruel, outragious" from eleuthero- combining form of Greek ἐλεύθερος (eleutheros) free + maniac 1837 - The French Revolution. Thomas Carlyle; see Example below From: The French Revolution: A History
By Thomas Carlyle Volume I. The Bastille. 1837 Chapter V. Astraea Redux Without Cash P. 63 From: A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Wiltshire
By George Edward Dartnell, and Edward Hungerford Goddard, 1893 P. 199 from Latin cervisia (cerevisia) beer + -al 1784 - Mock Ode in Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson; see Example below From: The Life of Samuel Johnson
By James Boswell Volume the Fifth, 1840 Aetat.75. 1784 P. 280 of obscure origin; ninny is possibly an abbreviation of 'innocent' with prefixed 'n', + hammer possibly from hammer-headed? 1590s (unable to find first usage) From: The Works of the Late Right Honourable Joseph Addison
Volume the Fourth. The Second Edition. 1730 P. 160 from pig + sconce (n.) a jocular term for the head (archaic) 1632 - The City-Madame, a Comedie, Philip Massinger; see Example below From: The Plays of Philip Massinger
Edited by W. Gifford The Second Edition. Volume the Fourth. 1813 The City Madam P. 55 ? irregular from Greek ὄµβρος shower of rain + -fuge 1868 - The Ring and the Book, Robert Browning; see Example below From: The Ring and the Book
By Robert Browning Volume IV. 1869 X. The Pope P. 21 probably an alteration of robustious (adj.) 1778 - Trip to Calais, Samuel Foote; see Example below From: A Trip to Calais;
And the Capuchin Written by Samuel Foote. 1778 P. 19 |
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