from Latin fœditātem, from fœdus foul: + -ity 1542 - Udall in Letters of Eminent Literary Men (see Example below) From: Original Letters of Eminent Literary Men,
of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries With Notes by Sir Henry Elllis Printed for the Camden Society, 1843 Nicholas Udall to ...... complaining of misfortunes, and craving protection. P. 6
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from Latin nocīvus, from nocēre to hurt 1538 - Abbess of Godstow (see Example below) From: Letters of Royal and Illustrious Ladies of Great Britain
From the Commencement of the Twelfth Century to the Close of the Reign of Queen Mary. Edited by Mary Anne Everett Wood Volume III, 1846 Letter XXXIII. Catherine Bulkeley, Abbess of Godstow, to Lord Cromwell, A.D. vers. 1538 P. 71 of obscure origin; From E-NED: Cf. Old French fraignant, pr. pple. of fraindre to break; fraigneis uproar. The usual explanation that the word is a corruption of faineant hardly suits the sense. E-RIC suggests it might be from A.S. freon friend 1571 - The Excellent Comedie of two the moste faithfullest Freendes, Damon and Pithias, Richard Thomas (see Example below) (Note: presumedly there was an earlier edition ) From: The Excellent Comedie of two the moste faithfullest Freendes, Damon and Pithias.
Made by Maister Edwards (Richard Edwards), 1571 Reproduced in Facsimile 1908 From: The Peasant Speech of Devon, Sarah Hewett, 1892
from Latin anni versus the (re)turning of a year; Common in 17th century. 1615 - Poems, Richard Corbet (see Example below) From: The Poems of Richard Corbet
The Fourth Edition Edited by Octavius Gilchrist, 1807 P. 52 from Latin dēmulcēre to stroke down, to soothe caressingly, from de- + mulcēre to soothe 1531 - The Boke Named the Gouernour, Sir Thomas Elyot (see below) From: The Boke Named the Gouernour,
Devised by Sir Thomas Elyot, Knight Edited from the First Edition of 1531 By Henry Herbert Stephen Croft Volume I, 1880 P. 213 variant of topsy-turvy, influenced by upsie-down a 1592 Dramatic Works and Poems, Robert Greene (see Example below) From: The Plays and Poems of Robert Greene
Edited by J. Churton Collins Volume II, 1905 The Scottish Hystorie of James IV. Act III, Scene III P. 127 1579 - Calvin's Sermons on the Epistles to Timothie and Titus, translated 1579, Laurence Tomson - see below from E-NED From: The Dramatic and Poetical Works of Robert Greene & George Peele.
With Memoirs and Notes by The Rev. Alexander Dyce, 1861 A Looking-Glass for London and England from The English Dialect Dictionary: "A late dialect formation composed of abund- (in abundance) + -ation. The word does not seem to have been used at any time in the literary language, although the formation has the perfect analogy of inundation." From: The Folk-Speech of South Cheshire, Thomas Darlington, 1887
from Latin cruciātōrius (full of torture), from cruciātor, agent-n. from cruciāre + -ory 1660 - The Parly of Beasts, James Howell (see below) From: The Parly of Beasts;
Or, Morphandra, Queen of the Inchanted Iland By James Howell, 1660 Sect. I. P. 7 diminutive of wean (n.) a young child 1785 - Scotch Drink, Robert Burns (see below) From: Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect
By Robert Burns. 1786 Scotch Drink P. 26 also KICKSEE-WINSEE, KICKSIE WINSIE, KICKSY WINCY, and in the plural KICKSHIWINSHES (Note: E-HAL and E-WRI both list KICKSEE-WINSEE with the definition - a term implying restlessness or uncertainty, "and as a substantive, it may be explained an unruly jade, and figuratively, a wife") CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES apparently a whimsical formation, suggested by kick and wince; but possibly connected with kickshaws trifles, anything fanciful adjective - c 1650 ? Fletcher's Poems adverb - 1622 - Farewell to the Tower Bottles, John Taylor (water poet) (see second example below) noun - 1599 Lenten Stuffe, Thomas Nashe (see first example below) From: Nash's Lenten Stuff Or, Praise of The Red Herring Edited by Charles Hindley, 1871 P. 111 (for adverb)
From: A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1888-1933 Perhaps a corruption of 'refractory'.
Forby derives it from the Italian ruffatore. From: The Vocabulary of East-Anglia, Rev. Robert Forby, 1830 DEFINITIONS CONTINUED NOUNS 1. a naked child (Scottish) 2. an unfledged bird (Scottish) also SCUDDIE, SKUDDY CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES origin unknown for adjective 4: As per E-NED and The Historical Thesaurus of English, 1797 (from the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Volume 18) Below is an example from 1788: (Note: the entry in Encyclopaedia Britannica is the same as the one from Croft's book, below) From: A Treatise on the Wines of Portugal By John Croft, 1788 Observations on the Treatment of the French Wines P. 30 From: Simple Scotish* Rhymes
By William Finlayson, 1815 A Hint to Some Sectarians P. 92 (*spelling shown in book.) of obscure origin; ? from nig (n.) a niggardly person (obsolete) a 1303 - Handlyng Synne, Robert of Brunne - see Example below From: Robert of Brunne's Handlyng Synne
Written A.D. 1303 Edited by Frederick J. Furnivall, 1862 The Seven Deadly Sins Covetousness: The Tale of Lucretius and Saint Beatrice. P. 189 from Latin gargarizāre, from Greek γαργαρίζειν to gargle; also adopted in French gargariser, Spanish gargarizar, Italian gargarizzare 1533 - The Castel of Helthe, Sir Thomas Elyot (1539) - see below from E-NED From: A Nievve Herball, or Historie of Plantes,
D. Rembert Dodoens, (Physition to the Emperour) Translated out of French into English by Henry Lyte, 1578 (The herb mentioned in the example is celandine.) from stem of Latin tolūtim adv. ‘at a trot’ 1803 - Terrible Tractoration (see Example below) From: Terrible Tractoration!!
A Poetical Petition Against Galvanising Trumpery and the Perkinistic Institution. By Thomas Green Fessenden, 1803 P. 82 |
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