CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES NOUNS 1. a treacherous comrade ...1430-40 obs. 2. a prostitute ...1605 obs. 3. a glow-worm ...1774 obs. 4. an earthworm ...1966 Amer. dial. From: A Briefe Discourse of the True (but neglected) Use of Charact'ring
the Degrees, by their Perfection, Imperfection, and Diminution in Measurable Musick, against the Common Practise and Custome of those Times. By Thomas Ravenscroft, 1614 Enamoring. P. 14
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origin unknown; a connection with dod (n.) a rounded summit or eminence (dialect), has been suggested; also see the Wikipedia entry for DODMAN From: Kynge Johan:
A Play in Two Parts, John Bale Edited by J. Payne Collier, from the Manuscript of the Author in the Library of His Grace The Duke of Devonshire (1838) CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES Pronunciation of VEGETOUS from Latin vegetus vegete From: The Workes of Benjamin Jonson
Printed 1616 Epicoene, Or The Silent Woman A Comedie acted in the yeere 1609. By the Children of her Maiesties. Act II. Scene II. P. 541 DEFINITIONS CONTINUED ADVERBS 2. smoothly, without any impediment or obstruction; quietly, pleasantly (chiefly dialect) from smack (vb. used with adverbial force, as in smack went the whip) + smooth (adj.) (for adjective)
From: The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote Translated from the Spanish of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra The Second Edition Volume IV. 1761 Chapter IX. Of Clavileno's arrival, and the conclusion of this protracted adventure. P. 29 CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES Pronunciation of CUNCTATIVE from Latin cunctāt-, ppl. stem of cunctārī to hesitate + -ive From: The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban,
and Lord High Chancellor of England By Francis Bacon, Volume IV, 1819 Speech on taking his Place in Chancery Latin adverb, urgently, earnestly, in late Latin presently, at once; originally a law term, but later a substitute for 'instantly' From: The Ellis Correspondence:
Letters Written During 1686-1688, and Addressed to John Ellis, Esq. Edited by George Agar Ellis Volume I, 1829 CXXXIII. The Bishops Release from the Tower upon Bail. 16th June, 1688 P. 365 from write (vb.) + -ative; correlative to talkative From: The Works of Alexander Pope
Volume VIII. 1741 Letters to and from Dr. Swift, &c. P. 206 DEFINITIONS CONTINUED NOUNS 3. a scribble; hasty or careless writing VERBS to scribble reduplicated formation on scribble (for adjective)
From: Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays, Volume 17 Printed for John Bell, 1780 The Twin Rivals, by Mr. Farquhar from medieval Latin aliēniloquium, from aliēnus foreign + loqui to speak
ADJ. † adjoining, close by ...1748 ADV. through everything, fully, wholly, thoroughly, completely ...1641 from the back and edge being nearly the whole of some instrument From: A Selection of Old English Plays
Originally Published by Robert Dodsley in the Year 1744 Fourth Edition Edited by W. Carew Hazlitt Volume XIV. 1875 Lady Alimony; Or, The Alimony Lady Act III. P. 340 ADJ. spiteful, sharp, tart ...1821 Sc. NOUN 1. a medley, conglomeration ...1808 Sc. obs. 2. offal, scraps of meat ...1808 Sc. obs. 3. a spiteful person ...B1900 Sc. 4. tart language ...B1900 Sc. Definition 3: From SC-JAM: Su.G. hugg-a, to hack, and snask-a, to devour From: The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany
A New Series of the Scots Magazine. January-June, 1821 Letter in the Ayrshire Dialect. P. 351 From: Supplement to the Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
John Jamieson, 1825 also RIANTE (rare) CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES from French riant masc., riante fem., pres. pple. of rire:—Latin rīdēre to laugh From: German Romance:
Specimens of its Chief Authors Volume I, 1827 Johann August Musaeus. P. 13 also sceldiȝ, sculdi, sculdiȝ, scyldiᵹ, schuldi, (in combinations) -shildiȝ. From E-NED: Old English scyldiᵹ = OFris. skeldech, -ich (WFris. skildich, NFris. skiljeg), MDu. sculdech (Du. schuldig), OS. skuldig (MLG. schuldich), OHG. skuldig, -ic (MHG. schuldic, -ig, etc., G. schuldig), ON. skyldug-r, skuldug-r (Norw. skuldug, SW., Da. skyldig), f. OTeut. *skuldi-, skuldō fem. debt, guilt, represented by OE. scyld, OS. sculd, Du. schuld, OHG. sculd, sculda (MHG. schult, schulde, mod.G. schuld), ON. skuld: f. root *skal-: *skul- to owe: see shall (vb.) 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 The Seven Beasts of Sin, and Their Whelps. P. 69 From: Following the Guidon
By Elizabeth B. Custer, 1890 Chapter XVII. Necessity The Mother of Invention. P. 261 also FOREFEND from for- prefix + fend (vb.) (for definition 1)
From: The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments with the Apocryphal Books in the earliest English Versions. Made from the Latin vulgate by John Wycliffe and his Followers Edited by the Rev. Josiah Forshall, and Sir Frederic Madden Volume II, 1850 IV. Kings. Cap XII. P. 270 From: The Works of James Thomson
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