CHICKET ADJ. cheerful ...1682 obs. exc. Eng. dial. NOUN a dormer window ...1845 Eng. dial. ETYMOLOGY of unknown origin; perhaps from chick (vb. to chirp, to cheep) + -et FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1682 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...A third remains; The Prelate takes the Urn, And to play fair gives it a double turn: Their fligg'ring Souls do now on Tiptoes stand, 'Twixt fears and hopes for the deciding hand; How blithe wast thou, how Buxome, and how chicket, When once thy Name proclaimed by the Ticket, Past all the fear of Contingent Disaster, Appear'd before the face of thy great Master, Boirude (I mean) the Sexton? Some do say, Thy livid Front e're while as pale as Clay, Glow'd into Sanguine; and thy Rosy Hew Did the Wan Sallow of thy Hide Subdue! Thy Gouty Legs and Toes benumm'd before, Ventur'd to cut three Capers on the Floor!..." From: Le Lutrin an Heroick Poem - originally written in French by Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux; made English by N. O.
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