also DELUCIDATE CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES for adjective: from Latin dīlūcidātus, pa. pple. of dīlūcidāre to make clear, to explain, from dīlūcidus: clear, bright for verb: from Latin dīlūcidāt- ppl. stem of dīlūcidāre to make clear, to explain From: The Works of Laurence Sterne;
Laurence Sterne, 1843 The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy Chapter XXXVIII
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probably intended to suggest acrimony From: Plays Written by the Late Ingenious Mrs. Behn
Volume IV. 1724 Sir Patient Fancy Act II Scene I. A Garden. P. 27 from revel (n.) + rout (n.) a company or assemblage of persons From: The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont, and Fletcher,
With the Notes of Peter Whalley, From the Text of George Colman, Vol. III, 1811 Monsieur Thomas, A Comedy, Act 5, Scene 7. also BADRANS, BADRINS, BATHRONS, BATRONS, BAUDRANS, BAUDRENS, BAWDRONS CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES Origin uncertain: perhaps Celtic; cf. Irish. beadracdotab frolicsome, beadraddotab playing, joking, fondness (O'Reilly), Scotch Gaelic beadrach a playful girl, beadradh a fondling, flattering, caressing (Macleod and Dewar) From: The Poems and Songs of Robert Burns
Edited by the Rev. Hamilton Paul, 1819 Appendix. P. 310 Note: E-RIC also shows CAPIOUS (in supplement) from Latin capĕre to take From: A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1888-1933
also HONEY-FOGLE, HONEY-FUGLE apparently from honey (n.) + fugle (vb.) to cheat, trick, perhaps after dialect connyfogle to deceive From: The Knickerbocker
New-York Monthly Magazine Volume XLVIII. 1856 The Observations of Mace Sloper, Esq. P. 286 apparently from still (adj.) + -worth after stalworth From: A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1888-1933
From: Chronicles of Glenbuckie
By Henry Johnston, 1889 Chapter III, Jamie Pinkie, Radical from Engl-ish + -ify From: The Hibernian Magazine,
Or, Compendium of Entertaining Knowledge For September, 1782 To the Editor. Remarks on Sending Children abroad for Education. An Irishman. P. 453 DEFINITIONS CONTINUED VERBS 1. to go about in a noisy, disorderly manner; to bustle about (originally dialect) 2. to beat severely (dialect) 3. to clean out; to clear out dirty or disorderly places (dialect) CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES Pronunciation - as in 'how' Reduplicated or extended form of row (n. a violent disturbance); orig. dialect. From: Kidnapped
Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751 Set Forth By Robert Louis Stevenson Chapter IV. I Run A Great Danger in the House of Shaws from Latin nefastus, from nefas wicked act, moral offense From: The Caxtons: A Family Picture
By Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton Copyright Edition, Volume I, 1849 Part X. Chapter I. P. 306 also (badly) BALBUCINATE CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES Pronunciation of BALBUTIATE from Latin balbūtīre to stammer + -ate From: The Castes of Edinburgh,
By John Heiton, 1861 Chapter VII, The Female Philosophers 'broke' = obsolescent form of 'broken' From: The Vision of William Concerning Piers the Plowman:
By William Langland According to the Version Revised and Enlarged by the Author about A.D. 1377 Edited by Rev. Walter W. Skeat, 1869 Passus VI. P. 71 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES Pronunciation of MORIGEROUS from Latin mōrigerus (from mōr-, mōs custom, humour + gerĕre to bear, carry; after the phrase morem gerere to humour or comply with the wishes of a person) + -ous From: The History of Patient Grisel
First Printed 1619 (Republished in 1703 as "The History of the Marquess of Salus and Patient Grisel") By John Payne Collier Published 1842 Chapter I. P. 6 From: The Biglow Papers
By James Russell Lowell Second Series, 1867 Introduction. P. lxi replication of tiddy (tiny, small) From: The "Bab" Ballads:
Much Sound and Little Sense By W. S. Gilbert, 1869 Thomas Green and Harriet Hale. To be Sung to the Air of "An 'Orrible Tale" P. 171 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES Pronunciation of CONTICENT from Latin conticēntem, pr. pple. of conticēre to be silent or still, from con- intensive + tacēre to be silent From: The Virginians
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