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Littell's Living Age

Littell's Living Age (1844–1941).
The 688th most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 696 quotations (about 0.02% of all OED quotations).

Total number of quotations696Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a word53Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a particular meaning207Find quotations
LemmaDefinitionDate
Anglo-SaxondomPeople of European (esp. English or British) heritage or descent considered…1845Go To Quotation
crayonistAn artist in crayons.1884Go To Quotation
Cretacean= cretaceous adj. 2.1846Go To Quotation
democratic socialistOf or relating to democratic socialism, or its advocates. Cf. social democratic adj.1849Go To Quotation
FrancophobiaAn intense or irrational fear or dislike of France or the French.1870Go To Quotation
MgrAs a prefixed title: Monsignor (monsignor n.) (R.C. Church); (also) Monseigneur (monseigneur n. 1a).1848Go To Quotation
money-grubbingThe acquisition or accumulation of money by sordid or contemptible methods; avarice; wholesale commercialism.1846Go To Quotation
monkey suitA type of child's suit. Now rare.1876Go To Quotation
monolingualOf a person, etc.: that speaks, writes, or understands only one language.1879Go To Quotation
monotypeA person who or thing which is unique, not following a pattern or type. Obs. rare.1850Go To Quotation
morphomaniac= morphinomaniac n.1893Go To Quotation
moss-troopingThe occupation or profession of a moss-trooper; (also) an act of pillaging or marauding. Now rare.1847Go To Quotation
Mozart-like= Mozartian adj.1870Go To Quotation
mullet-headedStupid, silly.1853Go To Quotation
narrow-heartednessMeanness, lack of generosity; pusillanimity.1850Go To Quotation
necropolitanOf or belonging to a necropolis; (more generally) that suggests or is concerned with…1877Go To Quotation
NelsonianOf, relating to, or reminiscent of Nelson; belonging to Nelson, or to his times.1854Go To Quotation
nepotistical= nepotistic adj.1847Go To Quotation
nespola= medlar n. 1 2.1875Go To Quotation
new guardChiefly Mil. Hist. Used to denote any of various bodies of troops which have been, or were…1848Go To Quotation
nid-noddingThe action of nid-nod v.; repeated nodding.1877Go To Quotation
non-materialThat is not material; that is not concerned with physical goods or matter; that has no physical substance. Cf. immaterial adj.1847Go To Quotation
non-usagerA member of the section of nonjurors which rejected the practices known as the usages (usage n.…1845Go To Quotation
noughts and crossesA game in which two players seek to complete a row of either three noughts or three…1864Go To Quotation
nuttin'= nothing pron. n.1852Go To Quotation
off-chanceA remote chance, a possibility; a contingency out of the probable course. Now freq. in on the off-chance: just in case.1856Go To Quotation
ombudsmanPolit. Originally: an official appointed by the Swedish parliament to…1872Go To Quotation
one-handednessThe state or condition of being one-handed.1884Go To Quotation
onerousnessThe quality of being burdensome or troublesome.1849Go To Quotation
onflowThe action or fact of flowing onward; an onward flow or course.1867Go To Quotation
out-turnedTurned out or outwards.1847Go To Quotation
out-voterIn the system for parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom: a person who has a vote…1853Go To Quotation
overexpresstrans. To express (feelings, an opinion, etc.) to an excessive extent or in an exaggerated manner.1872Go To Quotation
ovicidalOf, relating to, or effective in the killing or destroying of eggs or ova, esp. those…1850Go To Quotation
panlogismThe doctrine that only the rational, as apprehended by reason, is truly real.1851Go To Quotation
pantelegraphA form of facsimile telegraph invented by Giovanni Caselli in 1856 for transmitting images…1860Go To Quotation
parapetedHaving one or more parapets. Also with modifying word.1845Go To Quotation
parodisticOf the nature of a parody; = parodic adj.1845Go To Quotation
penthousedFurnished with, characterized by, or having a penthouse or penthouses.1847Go To Quotation
phantomtrans. To haunt or appear as a phantom; to make into, or like, a phantom.1845Go To Quotation
philo-GermanA person who supports or is favourably disposed towards Germany or Germans. Obs. rare.1828Go To Quotation
photosculptureA process in which photographs taken of a subject from a number of different points of…1861Go To Quotation
phyllophagousOf an animal: feeding on leaves.1851Go To Quotation
PithecanthropusA hypothetical creature bridging the gap in evolutionary development between apes and man. Obs.1873Go To Quotation
polisman= policeman n.1850Go To Quotation
Polonizetrans. To make (a people, custom, language, etc.) Polish; to give a Polish character or identity to.1855Go To Quotation
possessableAble to be possessed (in various senses).1845Go To Quotation
potamianA freshwater turtle; esp. a softshell turtle (family Trionychidae).1851Go To Quotation
poule au potA boiled chicken casserole.1849Go To Quotation
pounce commerceA card game resembling snap.1858Go To Quotation
presidenteIn Mexico and the Philippines: the chief official of a town or village. Now hist.1851Go To Quotation
privateerismThe occupation or practice of a privateer (in various senses). In quot. 1867 (Naut. slang…1844Go To Quotation
yeshivaAn Orthodox Jewish college or seminary; a Talmudic academy.1851Go To Quotation

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