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VERBS 1. to speak evil of, so as to expose to opprobrium; to slander; to calumniate (obsolete) 2. to bring into public disgrace or opprobrium; to bring scandal upon (obsolete) also DESCLAUNDER, DESLAUNDRE, DISCLANDAR, DISKLANDER, DISLAUNDER, DYSCLAUNDER, DYSSCLAUNDER CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ETYMOLOGY noun: from Anglo-French *desclandre, disclaunder (15th c.) derivative of Old French escla-ndre, earlier escandre, escandle, escandele:—L. scandalum cause of offence verb: Middle English desclandre, from noun, perhaps through an Anglo-French *desclandre-r for Old French esclandrer to slander EXAMPLE From: The Historie of the Arrivall of King Edward IV. in England And the Finall Recoverye of His Kingdomes From Henry VI. A.D. M.CCCC.LXXI (1471) Edited by John Bruce P. 21
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ETYMOLOGY from ppl. stem of Latin persecāre to cut through, from per- + secāre to cut CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
NOUN 1. trousers, breeches ...1841 sl. 2. the buttocks; the posterior ...1942 Amer. sl. ETYMOLOGY from sit (vb.) EXAMPLE From: The Parish Clerk By Joseph Thomas J. Hewlett Edited by Theodore Hook Volume I, 1841 Chapter VII. The Twin Squires. P. 126 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
ETYMOLOGY origin unknown EXAMPLE From: Reliquiæ Antiquæ. Scraps from Ancient Manuscripts. Illustrating Chiefly Early English Literature and the English Language Edited by Thomas Wright and James Orchard Halliwell Volume I, 1845 P. 133 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
EXAMPLE From: Old English Plays Being a Selection from the Early Dramatic Writers Volume III, 1814 The Changeling: A Tragedy By T. Middleton and W. Rowley Act II. Scene I. P. 246 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
EXAMPLE From: Plautus's Comedies, By Titus Maccius Plautus, 1694 Rudens, Act II, Scene II also PUDIBOND
CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ETYMOLOGY from Latin pudibundus easily ashamed, bashful, modest, also shameful, from pudēre to make or be ashamed; cf. French pudibond (16th c. in Littré) EXAMPLE From: The Fyrst Boke of the Introduction of Knowledge Made by Andrew Borde A Compendyous Regyment or A Dyetary of Helth Edited by F. J. Furnivall, 1870 Chap. X. Dyetary, Water Should Not Be Drunk Alone. P. 253 also MA-LE-GRUBBLES, MOULDY-GRUBS, MULLEYGRUBS,
MULLIEGRUMS, MULLIGRUMPHS (Scot.), MULLYGRUBS CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ETYMOLOGY alteration (probably influenced by grub) of earlier mulliegrums, perhaps alteration (perhaps influenced by obsolete English mully dusty, moldy, from English mull + -y) of megrims, plural of megrim EXAMPLE From: The Weekly Pacquet of Advice from Rome: Or, The History of Popery The First Volume, 1679 P. 7 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
ETYMOLOGY from cuff, vb. + -er EXAMPLE (for definition 3) From: Plautus's Comedies, Amphitryon, Epidicus, and Rudens, Made English By Titus Maccius Plautus, 1694 Amphitryon CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
ETYMOLOGY from Latin vigilāt-, ppl. stem of vigilāre to remain awake EXAMPLE From: Philosophical Transactions Volume L. Part II. For the Year 1758. Printed 1759 XLV. Some Observations upon the Sleep of Plants. P. 517 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
EXAMPLE From: Fifth Avenue to Alaska By Edward Pierrepont, 1884 Chapter IX. From the Yosemite to the Calaveras Groves. P. 84 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
ETYMOLOGY from (doubtful) Latin irrōborāre, from ir- (ir-) + rōborāre to strengthen CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
ETYMOLOGY from fusty (adj.) EXAMPLE From: The Life and Posthumous Writings of William Cowper By William Hayley, Volume III, 1804 Letter XLVII. To the Rev. William Unwin, January, 5, 1782 P. 110 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
EXAMPLE From: Through the Zulu Country Its Battlefields and its People By Bertram Mitford, 1883 Chapter IX. P. 121 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
ADJ. 1. snorting; given to snorting ...B1900 2. ill-tempered, disagreeable, captious, irritable, bad-tempered ...B1900 colloq. 3. proud, haughty ...B1900 eng. dial. 4. excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl. ADVERB with a snort, in a snorting manner ...1890 Eng. dial. ETYMOLOGY from snort (vb.) EXAMPLE (for definition 2) From: A Cathedral Courtship: And Penelope's English Experiences By Kate Douglas Wiggin, 1893 XVIII. Penelope's English Experiences P. 122 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
EXAMPLE From: The Works of Sir John Suckling Containing His Poems, Letters and Plays Printed 1709 P. 73 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES
ETYMOLOGY from Latin exitiābilis destructive, from exitium a going out, destruction, from exīre EXAMPLE From: The History of Four Footed Beasts, Serpents, and Insects Edward Topsel, 1658 Of the Goat |
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