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1. a-go-go, adj. View full entry 1960
...Fashionable, modish, up to date, ‘with it’; lively, ‘swinging’. Also used postpositively. Cf. go-go...
2. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
3. artistic, adj. View full entry 1753
...Of, relating to, befitting, or characteristic of an artist (esp. in branch III.)....
4. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
5. blessed | blest, adj. View full entry c1175
...Consecrated, hallowed, holy; consecrated by a religious rite or ceremony....
6. candid, adj. View full entry 1630
...White. (Usually with reference to other meanings, or in translation from Latin.) Obs. or arch....
7. ˈcharming, adj. View full entry 1382
...Using charms; exercising magic power....
8. clean, adj. View full entry 883
...Clear....
9. culchad, adj. View full entry 1878
...‘Cultured’, esp. in an affected or pretentious way....
10. deathless, adj. View full entry 1605
...Not subject to death; immortal....
11. doozy, adj. and n. View full entry 1903
...Remarkable, excellent; also, amazing, incredible....
12. ˈdreaded, adj. View full entry 1556
...That is regarded with dread or great fear; inspiring deep awe or apprehension....
13. ˈedifying, adj. View full entry 1526
...That builds. Obs....
14. eminent, adj. View full entry c1420
...High, towering above surrounding objects. Also fig. Now poet. or arch....
15. Englishy, adj. (and adv.) View full entry 1861
...Characteristic of what is English; stereotypically English....
16. euphonious, adj. View full entry 1774
...Full of or characterized by euphony; pleasing to the ear. (Often used ironically.)...
17. executive, adj. and n. View full entry 1646
...Capable of performance; operative. Obs....
18. fat, adj. and n.2 View full entry c893
...Of an animal used for food: Fed up for slaughter, ready to kill, fatted....
19. fey, adj. View full entry OE
...Fated to die, doomed to death; also, at the point of death; dying. In literary use now arch. Still in popular use in Scotland: see quot. 1861....
20. fine, adj., n.2, and adv. View full entry a1300
...Of superior quality, choice of its kind....
