| Alice | attrib. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the character Alice, esp. with reference… | 1872 | Go To Quotation |
| annexational | Of, pertaining to, or relating to annexation. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| boomster | = boomer n.; one who works up a ‘boom’; a speculator. | 1879 | Go To Quotation |
| boss-ship | The rule or position of a boss or bosses, esp. in politics. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| Byzantinist | A student of or an expert in Byzantine matters. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| cabotinage | The life or behaviour characteristic of low-class actors, with implication of ‘playing to the gallery’. | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| canonizable | Worthy of canonization. | 1913 | Go To Quotation |
| comparatival | Belonging to the comparative degree. | 1900 | Go To Quotation |
| convectional | Of, pertaining to, or induced by convection; spec. of rain, resulting from the… | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| coroplast | One who makes terracotta figures. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| criticule | A small or petty critic. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| demi-mondaine | A woman of the demi-monde. | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| depreciant | Depreciating. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| diplomatology | The science of Diplomatic; the scientific study of original documents. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| Dora | A jocular personification of the ‘ D efence o f the R ealm A ct’, the name being… | 1917 | Go To Quotation |
| duma | In Russia, an elective municipal council. the Duma, an elective legislative… | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| empathetic | = empathic adj. | 1932 | Go To Quotation |
| exploiter | One who turns to account. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| factionalism | A condition characterized by faction; tendency to factional differences; the factional spirit. | 1904 | Go To Quotation |
| gangsterdom | The world of organized crime (cf. gangdom n.); the activities, culture, etc., of gangsters. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| goldite | An advocate of a gold standard. | 1878 | Go To Quotation |
| Goldwaterism | Rigid conservatism as represented by the views and policies of Barry Goldwater; adherence… | 1960 | Go To Quotation |
| Hazlittian | Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Hazlitt or his work. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| heil | Used in the expression Heil Hitler! by the Germans during the Nazi regime. Also transf., and as n. | 1937 | Go To Quotation |
| heroistic | Of heroizing character. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| hijacker | One who hijacks (illicit liquor, a vehicle, an aeroplane, etc.). | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| hitch-hike | intr. To travel by means of lifts in vehicles. Also fig. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| hypallactic | Of the nature of hypallage. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| indiscussible | Incapable of being discussed. | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| inspirationism | A theory or profession of inspiration. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| interview | trans. To have an interview with (a person); spec. on the part of a representative of… | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| interviewer | One who interviews; spec. a journalist who interviews a person with the object of… | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| inveracious | Untruthful. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| lingualize | trans. To make lingual. | 1875 | Go To Quotation |
| Marlovian | An admirer or student of Marlowe or his writing. Also: an adherent of the theory… | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| maturable | That may be matured or brought to full development. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| Mediterraneanized | Rendered Mediterranean in character or attributes. | 1915 | Go To Quotation |
| modus vivendi | A way of living; esp. a working arrangement between contending parties, which enables… | 1875 | Go To Quotation |
| monolithism | The quality or fact of being monolithic (monolithic adj. 3). | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| muckraking | Engaged in uncovering and publicizing evidence of corruption or scandal. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| National Socialist | Designating the National Social Union, a German socialist political party active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. rare. | 1916 | Go To Quotation |
| navalism | Advocacy of or policy favouring naval power. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| New Left | Freq. with the. Originally: a movement begun in France by young left-wing radicals opposed… | 1955 | Go To Quotation |
| nitration | The process of nitrating a compound or substance; the introduction of one or more… | 1876 | Go To Quotation |
| Notalian | = notal adj. | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| origines | The original facts or documents on which a historical or other work is based. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| palaeo-conservative | Designating or characterized by old or traditional conservative views or attitudes; of… | 1984 | Go To Quotation |
| palindromist | A writer or inventor of palindromes. | 1872 | Go To Quotation |
| pan-Germanic | Of, relating to, or involving all Germans or German-speaking peoples; advocating pan-Germanism. | 1866 | Go To Quotation |
| parietary | = parietal adj. 3. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| paronymize | trans. To convert into a paronym (paronym n. 2; to adapt (a foreign word) by giving it a native form. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| pastiche | A novel, poem, painting, etc., incorporating several different styles, or made up of… | 1866 | Go To Quotation |
| Percy | derogatory. A weak or effeminate man; spec. (now hist.) a conscientious objector. Also attrib. in Percy boy. | 1916 | Go To Quotation |
| Persianist | An expert in or student of Persian language, culture, etc. | 1903 | Go To Quotation |
| personalist | A writer of personal notes, anecdotes, etc. Obs. rare. | 1876 | Go To Quotation |
| pessimistic | Relating to, of the nature of, or characterized by pessimism; disposed to take a negative or unhopeful view of circumstances. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| plein-air | Designating a style or school of impressionistic painting originating in France in the… | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| pornographist | = pornographer n. | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| pourparlering | To have a pourparler; to undertake preliminary, informal negotiations. | 1900 | Go To Quotation |
| proton | Biol. = anlage n. disused. | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| pseudo-archaist | A person who invents or uses artificial archaisms, esp. in language. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| sanctionism | The theory of economic or military sanctions; advocacy of such sanctions. | 1938 | Go To Quotation |
| Sandinista | A supporter of Sandino; a member of the revolutionary Nicaraguan guerrilla organization… | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| selectionist | One who holds a selectionist view of genetic variation (cf. sense B. b below). | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| Senecan | Pertaining to Seneca (see Senecal adj.) and the tragedies written by him and his imitators. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| serpentin | A long coloured paper ribbon which is unrolled and thrown into the air at times of rejoicing. | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| sloper | An inhabitant of the Pacific slope of the United States. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| stalwartism | The principles or policy of the ‘stalwarts’; the disposition characteristic of a ‘stalwart’ (see stalwart adj. 2). | 1879 | Go To Quotation |
| Stern | a militant Zionist organization (officially Loḥame ḥerut Yisra'el Fighters for the… | 1944 | Go To Quotation |
| Straussian | Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the music of Richard Strauss. | 1910 | Go To Quotation |
| strepitation | A repeated noise, clattering. | 1913 | Go To Quotation |
| tonalism | A style or technique of composition characterized by regard for tone or tonality: see tonalist n. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| transfuser | One who or that which transfuses. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| translatrix | = translatress n. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| uncodified | (un- prefix 8.) | 1867 | Go To Quotation |
| underprivilege | The state of being underprivileged; lack of what are considered the normal amenities of life. | 1937 | Go To Quotation |
| unsmokable | (un- prefix 7b.) | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| uprava | In Imperial Russia: the executive board of a municipal council. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| veritism | = verism n. | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| Wildean | Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Irish writer Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854 – 1900), or his works. | 1924 | Go To Quotation |
