| absorbingly | In an absorbing manner; engrossingly, rivetingly. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| achatter | That makes or is filled with a chattering noise. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| acock | In a cocked fashion; (fig. and in figurative contexts) defiantly. Occas. also as predicative adj.: cocked. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| acrawl | Of a place: crawling (with diminutive organisms, etc.: see crawl v. 5). | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| adazzle | Dazzling. Usu. with with. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| addlement | The action or process of being confused or muddled; the state or fact of mental confusion. | 1825 | Go To Quotation |
| adream | In a dream. Also occas. as adj. (in predicative use): dreaming, asleep. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| adumbral | That provides shade. Obs. rare. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| adust | That is in a dusty condition; covered in dust. | 1827 | Go To Quotation |
| aflight | In predicative use: flying; in flight, airborne. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| aflutter | In predicative use: fluttering; tremulously excited, agitated. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| aglimmer | In predicative use: glimmering. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| aglitter | In predicative use: glittering. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| agronomial | = agronomic adj. Cf. agronomical adj. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| allogenous | = allogeneous adj. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| amalgamative | Tending to, or characterized by, amalgamation. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| amphibrachic | Consisting of amphibrachs. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| amusee | The person amused, or for whom amusement is provided. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| amusingness | The quality of being amusing. | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| angelicize | trans. To make angelic; = angelize v. Also intr., to act in an angelic manner. | 1825 | Go To Quotation |
| anonymity | The state of being anonymous. (Used of an author or his writings.) | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| anserine | Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a goose. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| antagonism | Const. Antagonism between two things, to or against a thing; to be or act in antagonism to;… | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| antero- | front side. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| anthemize | To sing of or celebrate in an anthem. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| anthropophagical | Relating to anthropophagy. (Also for prec.) | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| antilibration | The weighing of one thing against another; counterpoising. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| antistrophize | To form an antistrophe. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| antlery | Antlers collectively. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| aortic | Of or pertaining to the aorta. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| apocryphally | In an apocryphal manner; fabulously, falsely. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| apprehensibility | The quality of being apprehensible. | 1827 | Go To Quotation |
| a-quarter | On the quarter, i.e. 45° abaft the beam. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| artistically | In an artistic manner, tastefully; from an artistic point of view. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| assification | The action of making an ass of (a person); asinine act. | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| asunderness | The state of being asunder; separateness. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| attitudinizer | One who practises or depicts attitudes. (Contemptuous.) | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| au naturel | In the natural state; cooked plainly; uncooked; undressed. | 1817 | Go To Quotation |
| Australasiatic | Consisting of or characterized by a mixture of Australian and Asiatic elements. Also absol. (? Obs.) | 1819 | Go To Quotation |
| awakable | Liable to be awakened or aroused. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| backless | Without a back, having no back. | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| bardess | A female bard, a poetess. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| basha | A hut made of bamboo with a thatched roof. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| bashed | Having the surface beaten or smashed in. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| bathukolpian | Deep-bosomed. | 1825 | Go To Quotation |
| beardie | Also beardie-loach. A name given, chiefly in Scotland, to a small fish, the… | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| beauism | The characteristic practice of a beau. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| bedlamitish | Like a bedlamite; mad; foolish. | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| begunk | trans. To delude, play a deceiving trick on, ‘take in’. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| bestrewment | A strewing about or over. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| bibliomanism | = bibliomania n. | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| biddable | Ready to do what is bidden, obedient, willing, docile. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| birdery | A collection of birds; birds collectively. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| bladderdash | (A mixture of bladder and balderdash.) | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| bladeless | Without or lacking a blade. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| blastful | Full of or exposed to blasts of wind. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| blazeless | Without blaze or flame. | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| boozify | intr. To take part in a boozing party, to booze. | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| brachy- | wanting one foot or two syllables. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| breastless | Without breasts. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| breathingly | In a breathing manner; with or as with life or animation; gently as a breath. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| breechesless | without breeches, breechless. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| brewst | A ‘browst’ or brewing. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| broomster | One who wields a broom; spec. in Curling, one who sweeps the ice. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| browniness | The state of being ‘browny’ or somewhat brown. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| brum | intr. To murmur, hum. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| bummer | That which hums or buzzes; spec. a toy (see quot. 1821). | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| bumpiness | bumpy adj. state or condition. | 1817 | Go To Quotation |
| bumpologist | One who is learned in bumpology. | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| bureaucratic | Of or pertaining to bureaucracy. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| burgee | A small tapered flag or pennant, three-cornered (or swallow-tailed), used by… | 1848 | Go To Quotation |
| burly | shortened from hurly-burly n. adj. adv. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| burnoused | Wearing a burnous. | 1846 | Go To Quotation |
| busha | The manager or overseer of an estate in Jamaica. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| bush-buck | A small species of African antelope, also called the Bush-goat. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| bushmanship | The practice of working, etc., in the bush; bush-farming. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| Byronic | Characteristic of, or after the manner of Byron or his poetry. Also absol. | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| canalization | A furnishing with canals; the cutting of a canal through (an isthmus, etc.), the making… | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| capacitation | A rendering capable. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| carbunculated | fig. and in figurative contexts. Marked by or suffering from carbuncles. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| cart-wheel | intr. To move like a rotating wheel; said esp. of an aeroplane which makes a crash landing on one wing-tip. | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| catacombish | Savouring of the catacombs. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| cataracted | Having cataracts: poured in cataracts. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| catastrophical | Referring to, dealing with, catastrophes; also = catastrophic adj. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| centronote | A genus of fishes (Centronotus) having a spur-like prickle pointing forwards in the back. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| cephalopodous | Belonging to the Cephalopoda; pertaining to or characteristic of a cephalopod. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| challis | A fine silk and worsted fabric, very pliable and without gloss, used for… | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| charlatanic | Of or belonging to a charlatan or quack. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| charlatanish | Savouring of a charlatan, charlatanical. | 1846 | Go To Quotation |
| cheekless | Without cheeks. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| cheeringly | In a cheering manner; so as to cheer one. | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| chickenhood | The state or condition of a chicken. | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| chinless | Without the firmness of character held to be expressed by a prominent chin. Esp. in phr. chinless wonder. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| circumsolar | Revolving round the sun; situated close about the sun. | 1846 | Go To Quotation |
| circumstantiation | The action of circumstantiating. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| clearish | Somewhat clear. | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| cleverality | Cleverness. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| clop | intr. To hobble. | 1863 | Go To Quotation |
| cockless | Without a cock or cocks. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| cockneyish | Savouring of the cockney. | 1819 | Go To Quotation |
| cockneyize | intr. To play or act the cockney; to use cockneyisms. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| cognizer | One who or that which cognizes. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| cognomen | trans. To give a cognomen to, to nickname. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| colloquize | intr. To engage in colloquy. | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| comminglement | A mingling, mixture. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| compellent | Compelling, constraining. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| compressingly | In a compressing way; with compression. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| conacre | trans. To sublet in conacre. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| contaminative | Having a contaminating property; causing contamination. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| convenery | A body of persons convened together; a convention, assembly, congress. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| cookdom | The domain of a cook or of cooks. | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| correctorship | The office of a corrector (of the press). | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| cosmothetical | = cosmothetic adj. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| counter-agency | Agency in opposition to (something). | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| cozenry | = cozenage n. | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| crimper | A person who crimps (in various senses). | 1819 | Go To Quotation |
| crumpiness | The quality of being crumpy. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| crumpler | One who crumples. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| curdiness | The state or quality of being curdy. (Of fish: see curd n. 2b.) | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| daiker | trans. To set in order. | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| dampiness | The state of being ‘dampy’ or somewhat damp. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| dashy | Showy, ostentatiously fashionable, stylish; = dashing adj. 3b. colloq. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| dedicatorily | In a dedicatory manner. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| deedful | Full of deeds, active, effective. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| deepener | One who or that which deepens. | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| demulceate | = demulce v. | 1817 | Go To Quotation |
| densify | trans. To make dense, condense. | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| deplane | intr. To leave an aeroplane (after arrival at one's destination). | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| depopularize | trans. To deprive of popularity, render unpopular. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| desertedness | Deserted condition, forlorn desolation. | 1818 | Go To Quotation |
| desponding | The action of the verb despond v., q.v. | 1818 | Go To Quotation |
| despotomaniac | One who has a mania in favour of despots; attrib. having such a mania. | 1825 | Go To Quotation |
| destinee | The person for whom something (as a message, etc.) is destined. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| destructless | Indestructible. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| determinativeness | = determinateness n. 2; determination. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| devourment | The action of devouring or consuming. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| didymite | = didymist n. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| dimmer | One who or that which dims. spec. A device for reducing the brilliance of a light, esp.… | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| diphrelatic | Relating to the driving of a chariot, chariot-driving. (humorous or affected.) | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| discursative | Passing from one object of thought to another; discursive. | 1819 | Go To Quotation |
| disenshroud | trans. To set free from a shroud or enshrouded state. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| disidentify | trans. To undo or veil the identity of. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| dismoded | Anglicization of démodé adj. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| dispatchable | Capable of being dispatched. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| doggerelize | trans. To turn (something) into doggerel. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| Donnybrook | A scene of uproar and disorder; a riotous or uproarious meeting; a heated argument. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| dorse | trans. To throw on the back. | 1825 | Go To Quotation |
| downily | In a downy manner; like down or fluff. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| dreamery | Dream-work, ‘such stuff as dreams are made of’. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| dubitant | Doubting; having doubts. absol. One who doubts. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| duncehood | The quality, condition, or character of a dunce or dunces; mental opacity. | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| ebriate | Intoxicated; fig. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| eburnine | Ivory-like, ivory-coloured. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| echoy | Of the nature of an echo. Also, liable to resound with an echo. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| eleeson | = Kyrie eleison n. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| elucidative | That tends to elucidate, throw light upon, make plain or intelligible. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| emblossom | trans. To load or cover with blossoms. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| empolder | trans. To make a polder of; to reclaim from the sea. Cf. impolder v. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| enactory | Concerned with or relating to the enactment of law. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| encyclopaedic | Of, pertaining to, or resembling an encyclopædia (see encyclopaedia n. 1); that aims… | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| engirdling | That engirdles, surrounds, encloses. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| epichristian | Pertaining to the age not long after Christ. (App. invented by De Quincey, who explains… | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| epicly | In an epic manner or style; epically adv. at epical adj. Derivatives. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| episuperstruction | Additional superstruction. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| etherealize | To give an ethereal appearance to. | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| -ette | Forming diminutive ns., represents Old French -ette, the fem. form corresponding to… | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| eudemonism | That system of ethics which finds the foundation of moral obligation in the tendency of actions to produce happiness. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| exactable | That can be exacted. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| ex-aspirate | trans. To deprive of an aspirate or h. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| expeditionist | One who goes on an expedition; an excursionist. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| expiscatory | Tending to expiscate or ‘fish out’. | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| expressionable | Capable of showing expression. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| eyeful | A minute quantity; a wink (of sleep). | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| faltboat | A folding boat (see folding adj. Special uses). | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| fecundize | = fecundate v. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| feelingless | Without feeling; devoid of feeling. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| femininization | = feminization n. (in various senses). | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| feminization | The action or result of making a person or thing feminine (in various senses); an instance of this. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| ferryable | Of a water: That may be crossed in a ferry-boat. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| fiddly | Requiring time or dexterity; pernickety. | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| fingery | Branching into fingers or finger-like divisions. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| fissury | Having, or full of, fissures. | 1825 | Go To Quotation |
| freeish | Somewhat free; fairly free. | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| fretsome | Given to fretting. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| fripier | A dealer in old clothes. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| frostify | intr. To become frosty. Implied in ˌfrostifiˈcation n. jocular, the process of becoming frosty. ˈfrostified adj. dial., frosty. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| gamine | A female gamin or street urchin; (by extension) an attractively pert, mischievous, or… | 1848 | Go To Quotation |
| garlanding | The action of garland v.; hence concr. that which forms a garland. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| genderless | Grammar. Without distinction or indication of gender. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| geyan | Tolerably; considerably. | 1825 | Go To Quotation |
| gigglement | The action of giggling. | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| gimcracky | Of the nature of a gimcrack. | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| ginger-pop | A colloquial term for ginger-beer n. 1. | 1827 | Go To Quotation |
| Glenlivet | A variety of Scotch whisky. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| gog | ‘The object set up as a mark in playing at Quoits, Pitch and Toss, etc.’ (Jamieson). | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| graceship | Used as a title for a duke. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| grammarless | Of persons, speech, compositions: Showing ignorance of grammar. | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| greenage | Greenness; greenery. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| grew | intr. To go coursing with greyhounds. | 1825 | Go To Quotation |
| gridded | Covered with, forming, or containing a grid (in various senses). | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| griffinesque | Of the style of a griffin. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| groaningly | In a groaning manner. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| grousy | Abounding in grouse. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| growlery | Growling, rumbling, or grumbling. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| guajira | The music of a Cuban peasant dance whose rhythm shifts from 6/8 to ¾ time. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| gustful | Gusty. | 1825 | Go To Quotation |
| gyro- | an instrument for recording revolutions. | 1817 | Go To Quotation |
| hair-splitting | The ‘splitting of hairs’; the making of over-nice distinctions. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| handicraftship | Exercise of handicraft, workmanship. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| haremlik | = harem n. 1. | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| heathered | Covered with heather. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| Hibernically | In an Irish manner; esp. in reference to speech: With something of an Irish bull, with… | 1825 | Go To Quotation |
| honey-lipped | = honey-mouthed adj. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| hospice | A house of rest and entertainment for pilgrims, travellers, or strangers, esp. one belonging… | 1818 | Go To Quotation |
| hotelify | trans. To make into, or like, a hotel. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| hutung | In northern Chinese cities: a narrow side-street, an alley. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| idealizer | A person who or thing which idealizes someone or something. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| illaudatory | Not laudatory; not characterized by praising. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| immotioned | Without motion, motionless. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| incatenate | trans. To put in chains; to enchain, to fetter. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| incremation | Burning, esp. of a dead body; = cremation n. (which is now the usual word). | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| inditress | A female inditer. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| inductional | Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of induction. | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| inevadible | = inevasible adj. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| inspiratrix | A female inspirer. | 1819 | Go To Quotation |
| inspiriter | One who or that which inspirits. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| instellation | A placing among the stars; a making into a star. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| insularism | The quality of being insular, or of having the character which is developed by living on… | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| insusceptibility | The quality of being insusceptible; want of susceptibility. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| intemperable | Incapable of being moderated or kept within bounds. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| interjaculatory | Expressed in parenthetical ejaculations. | 1827 | Go To Quotation |
| interpolity | Mutual citizenship. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| in-toothed | Having the teeth directed or growing inward. | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| ipsographic | Self-recording. | 1817 | Go To Quotation |
| irascid | Easily angered, irascible. | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| irrelate | Not related, unrelated. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| irreligionism | A system of irreligion; irreligious theory. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| irrespectable | Not respectable. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| ite | A person or thing that is or may be designated by a n. in -ite. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| jaggy | Having a jerking motion, jolting. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| jarvey | A hackney-coach. Obs. | 1819 | Go To Quotation |
| Johannisberger | A fine white wine produced at Johannisberg in the Rheingau. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| jollify | trans. To make jolly or merry; to make slightly intoxicated: cf. jolly adj. 3b. | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| joulter | Clumsily stupid. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| jowser | variant of dowser n., one who uses the divining rod. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| joyancy | The quality or state of being joyant; joyousness. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| juvenilize | trans. To render juvenile; to make or keep young or youthful; to arrest the development of. Also fig. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| katabasis | A going down; a military retreat, in allusion to that of the ten thousand Greeks under Xenophon, related by him in his Anabasis. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| keckle | Cackling, chattering, etc. (Cf. cackle n. 3b.) | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| lamanism | = lamaism n. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| lardaceous | Of the nature of or resembling lard; containing lardacein; spec. applied to a form… | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| lattermost | Last. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| ledgeless | Having no ledge. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| leglet | A little leg. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| leisureliness | The quality or condition of being leisurely. | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| lochy | Full of lochs. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| logicize | intr. To use logical argument, employ logic. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| loot | Goods (esp. articles of considerable value) taken from an enemy, a captured city, etc. in… | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| lopho- | a crested or spiny back. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| lotophagist | A lotus-eater. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| lumbersome | Cumbrous, unwieldy. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| lyricize | intr. To sing lyrics. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| macrobiotics | The science of prolonging life. rare. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| magazinary | The office or place of production of a magazine. | 1825 | Go To Quotation |
| magazinist | A person who writes articles for magazines; = magaziner n. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| maledictory | Of the nature of or resembling a malediction. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| maltless | Lacking malt, deficient in malt. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| manufacturess | A female manufacturer; a craftswoman. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| marchesal | Belonging to a marquis or marchese. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| marginalia | With pl. concord. Notes, commentary, and similar material written or printed in the margin… | 1819 | Go To Quotation |
| meanish | Somewhat mean. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| medallically | By means or in terms of medals. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| Meistersinger | A member of any of the German guilds for lyric poets and musicians which flourished in the… | 1818 | Go To Quotation |
| meteorize | intr. To resemble a meteor; to flash, sparkle. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| mid-Victorian | Belonging to or characteristic of the middle of the period of Queen Victoria's reign. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| milksoppery | The characteristics or behaviour of a milksop. | 1925 | Go To Quotation |
| Miltonically | In the manner or style of Milton. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| minimism | The condition or fact of being absorbed in minute details. rare. | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| minstreless | A female minstrel. | 1817 | Go To Quotation |
| misappreciate | trans. (usu. in pass.). To fail to appreciate, understand, or acknowledge; to undervalue. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| misoneistic | Characterized by misoneism. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| missionarying | The action of engaging in missionary work. Earliest in to go (a) missionarying. Also in extended use. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| missionize | intr. To conduct or promote a mission; to serve as a missionary, do missionary work. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| Miss Mollyism | Effeminacy. Cf. Miss Nancyism n. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| m'lud | trans. To call (a person, esp. a judge) ‘m'lud’. Also intr.: to address a person as ‘m'lud’. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| Molly Maguireite | = Molly Maguire n. 1. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| moneyocracy | The moneyed class as a dominant political force. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| monoped | Having only one foot or one leg; relating to the possession of one foot or one leg. | 1827 | Go To Quotation |
| monoptical | That has only one eye; one-eyed. Cf. monoptic adj. 1. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| moonlighted | = moonlit adj. | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| mouthiness | The quality of being mouthy. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| mudirate | = mudirieh n. 1. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| mulled | Hornless. Cf. moiled adj. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| multitudinosity | Numerousness, multiplicity. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| museumize | trans. To preserve or display in a museum; to impart the character of a museum or museum exhibit to. | 1925 | Go To Quotation |
| mystifying | That causes confusion or bewilderment; perplexing, bewildering; difficult to explain… | 1827 | Go To Quotation |
| mythopastoral | Combining mythical and pastoral elements. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| nettable | Able to be netted. | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| nitty | A racket, disturbance. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| no | intr. To say no (to a person), to refuse approval. | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| nobby | A small single-masted sailing boat of a type used esp. for fishing in the Irish Sea. Cf. nabbie n. | 1899 | Go To Quotation |
| non-intrusionist | A person who favours non-intrusion. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| norm | That which is a model or a pattern; a type, a standard. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| noseology | The study of the human nose, esp. as a means of judging character, intellectual… | 1819 | Go To Quotation |
| nritta | A type of Indian dance characterized by abstract rhythmic patterns of movement and intricate footwork. Cf. natya n., nritya n. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| nritya | A type of Indian dance through which stories, ideas, or emotions are expressed. Cf. natya n., nritta n. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| oathlet | A brief oath, a petty oath. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| obfuscity | The state or condition of being obfuscated: obscurity, bewilderment, confusion. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| occidentalism | Occidental quality, style, character, or spirit; Western customs, institutions, characteristics, etc. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| offen | Off of (see off adv. 13b). | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| offusc | That obfuscates or obscures; = obfuscous adj. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| old-timiness | The quality of being old-fashioned. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| omphalos | The centre, heart, or hub of a place, organization, sphere of activity, etc. Cf. navel n. 2. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| operettist | A writer, composer, or performer of operettas. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| oppositious | Inclined to oppose; recalcitrant. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| ornithoscopy | Observation of birds for the purpose of divination; augury. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| owl-hoot | Dusk, nightfall. Now arch. and rare. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| owneress | A female owner. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| oxygeniferous | Containing or yielding oxygen. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| paintable | Of a landscape, face, etc.: capable of being captured or conveyed in a painting; spec.… | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| palm court | A large room or patio, esp. in a hotel, decorated with palm trees. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| pamphletize | intr. To write a pamphlet or pamphlets. Obs. rare. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| panoptic | All-seeing; (fig.) comprehensive, covering every aspect of a subject, all-encompassing. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| paperbound | Of a book, etc.: bound in paper covers; paperback. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| papyral | Made or consisting of paper. Obs. | 1848 | Go To Quotation |
| parenthood | The state or condition of being a parent; fatherhood or motherhood. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| particule | The French preposition de, used as a prefix of nobility in personal names. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| passport | trans. To provide or issue with a passport; to check or stamp the passport of. Only in pass. | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| patricianism | Patrician interests, values, or spirit; the state or condition of being a patrician. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| payability | Ability or willingness to pay; (also of a debt, sum of money, etc.) the quality of having to be paid. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| pedometrician | A person who makes pedometers. | 1827 | Go To Quotation |
| pedometrist | A person who uses a pedometer. | 1827 | Go To Quotation |
| penny-a-liner | A person, esp. a journalist, who practises penny-a-line writing; a writer of material of low literary quality. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| perfectibilarian | = perfectibilist n. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| perplexment | Perplexed condition, perplexity. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| phalansterial | = phalansterian adj. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| phantasmagoriacal | Phantasmagoric. | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| phantomish | Resembling, or suggestive of, a phantom. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| phenomenally | In relation to phenomena; from a phenomenal point of view. | 1827 | Go To Quotation |
| philobiblical | Devoted to literature; = philobiblian adj. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| pinfire | An opal characterized by closely spaced specks of colour; such opals collectively. Also: the appearance of such an opal. | 1902 | Go To Quotation |
| pinkiness | A pinky colour or tinge. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| pip emma | Post meridiem, afternoon. Cf. p.m. n. | 1912 | Go To Quotation |
| pipsqueak | intr. To make a high-pitched sound; to speak or sing in a shrill or quiet voice. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| plaisanteur | A joker; a witty talker. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| ploration | Tears; weeping, lamentation. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| pluffer | A person who fires a gun, a shooter. Sc. rare. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| Plutarchically | In the comparative style or manner of the Greek biographer Plutarch. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| pointling | A little index finger. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| politicizing | Originally: engaged in or talking about politics. Now also: making political or politically aware; propagandizing. | 1848 | Go To Quotation |
| polyphloisboian | That roars loudly; noisy, boisterous. | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| polyphloisboioism | Noisy bombast. | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| pop shot | Prob.: insignificant retorts or counter-argument. Obs. rare. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| posadaship | The position of the keeper of a posada. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| potato ring | A name given to an 18th- or 19th-century Irish dish ring, a hoop of silver… | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| potteress | A female potter. | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| pot-walloping | The sound produced by the boiler of a steam engine. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| preconform | trans. (usu. in pass.). To conform to beforehand. Also intr.: to conform in advance. Now rare. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| preferentiate | intr. To display preference; to act preferentially. | 1903 | Go To Quotation |
| prejudicator | A person who prejudges others. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| Privy Councilship | = privy counsellorship n. | 1910 | Go To Quotation |
| procinctive | Perh.: that prepares or readies itself for action. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| progenitorial | Of, relating to, or characteristic of a progenitor; of the nature of a progenitor; parental; ancestral. | 1825 | Go To Quotation |
| progenitorship | The fact or condition of being a progenitor; parenthood; ancestral relationship. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| protectively | In a protective or protecting manner; by way of protection; so as to afford protection. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| Ptolemaian | = Ptolemaic adj. Cf. Ptolemean adj. | 1905 | Go To Quotation |
| pumpee | A person who is pumped, or subjected to pumping; one who is pumped upon. Opposed to pumper n. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| punchless | Having no punch to drink. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| purrer | A person who or thing which purrs; a cat, esp. one which purrs. Freq. with modifying adjective. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| quinquennarian | A five-year-old child. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| radicalize | intr. To become radical, esp. in political outlook; to uphold or espouse radical principles. | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| raspy | Of a rasping nature; harsh, grating, scratchy. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| reamy | Creamy, frothy; made with cream. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| rebushing | The action or process of providing something with a replacement bush (bush n.). | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| réchauffage | A reworking (of a literary text, a policy, etc.), a rehash. Also occas. as a mass noun. Cf. réchauffé n. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| refectorial | Of, belonging to, or relating to a refectory, or to refection. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| rejectingly | In a rejecting manner; so as to reject. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| reposer | A person who sets something in a specified place or thing. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| reptilism | Reptilian nature or character; esp. underhandedness, baseness. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| respectabilize | trans. To make respectable. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| respue | trans. To reject strongly. Also: (lit.) to spit out. | 1818 | Go To Quotation |
| revelment | Revelling; revelry. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| reverie | intr. To daydream. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| revolutionaire | Chiefly in French contexts: a revolutionary. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| ribandry | Ribbons collectively. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| rock-climbing | That climbs rocks; that engages in the sport or pastime of rock-climbing. | 1867 | Go To Quotation |
| rocket-like | Characteristic of or resembling a rocket. | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| romaine | Used attrib., as postmodifier, and in à la Romaine to designate Roman punch (Roman punch n. at Roman n. adj. 4). | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| routinish | Of the nature of or characterized by routine; lacking variation, monotonous. Also: of a routine nature; usual, typical. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| ruffianosity | Boxing without regard to rules. Cf. ruffian n. 2c. | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| ruiniferous | Rich in ruins. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| rumfustian | A hot, spiced drink made of strong beer, white wine, gin, egg yolks, lemon juice… | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| Ruskinesque | Characteristic of Ruskin or his writings. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| rux | A disturbance, an uproar. | 1918 | Go To Quotation |
| saintology | Hagiology. | 1848 | Go To Quotation |
| sandbagged | Having or equipped with sandbags. Also fig. | 1916 | Go To Quotation |
| scannable | That can be scanned. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| schedulize | intr. To make schedules. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| schnapps | An ardent spirit resembling Hollands gin. | 1818 | Go To Quotation |
| scissoring | The action of cutting with scissors. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| screenless | Having no screen; having had no screen used in its production; unprotected. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| scritch-scratch | Continual scratching. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| scutter | An act of ‘scuttering’; a hasty, scrambling, noisy rush. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| sedentarily | In a sedentary manner. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| selenology | The science relating to the moon; chiefly, the science of the movements and… | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| servitorial | Of or pertaining to a servitor (in any sense). | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| severish | Somewhat severe. | 1819 | Go To Quotation |
| sexennarian | A six-year-old child. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| shakenly | In a shaken manner. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| shauchly | Infirm, rickety, shaky. Of a person: Unsteady in gait. (Cf. shackly adj.) | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| shilly-shallyer | One who shilly-shallies. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| shuffly | Characterized by shuffling; inclined to shuffle. | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| signiferent | That bears a standard (fig. in quot.). Cf. signifer n. 2. | 1819 | Go To Quotation |
| sinuate | intr. To creep or crawl in a winding course. | 1848 | Go To Quotation |
| skiver | trans. To pierce or stab with or as with a skewer; to fasten with a skewer. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| smokified | Discoloured or blackened by smoke. Also transf. | 1819 | Go To Quotation |
| smotheration | The action of smothering; the state or condition of being smothered; suffocation. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| snap | A quick or sudden closing of the jaws or teeth in biting, or of scissors in cutting; a bite… | 1495 | Go To Quotation |
| snokey | Adapted for snuffing or poking. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| snubby | Somewhat snub; short, stumpy. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| snuggish | Somewhat snug; rather comfortable. | 1818 | Go To Quotation |
| sociologist | An expert in or student of sociology. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| specificate | Something specified or stated. | 1804 | Go To Quotation |
| spinnery | A spinning factory or establishment. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| splendacious | Very splendid; gorgeous, magnificent. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| spoonery | Foolishness, silliness. | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| sprayey | Casting or carrying spray; of the nature of spray. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| spread-eagle | intr. To cut spread eagles in skating. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| sproutling | A little or young sprout. Also attrib. In quots. fig. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| squashily | In a squashy or squelchy manner. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| squiblet | A little squib; a jeu d'esprit. | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| stagiary | A French law student (see quot. 1836). | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| strandless | Without a strand or beach. | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| sub | = sub-editor n. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| subconscious | Operating or existing (just) below the level of conscious perception or control; esp.… | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| sub-idea | A subordinate, secondary, or lesser idea; an underlying or implicit idea. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| subject-object | Philos. A subject (subject n. 9) who, by self-awareness, is also an object; spec. (in… | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| subtlize | intr. To argue or reason subtly; = subtilize v. 1a(a). Obs. rare. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| susurrus | A low soft sound as of whispering or muttering; a whisper; a rustling. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| sympiesometer | A form of barometer in which the column of liquid in the tube has above it a body of… | 1817 | Go To Quotation |
| sympotical | = symposiac adj. | 1825 | Go To Quotation |
| systolated | Contracted by systole. | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| taggery | The work of a tagger; the tagging of rhymes. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| tangence | The act or fact of touching, touch; point of contact. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| tautologic | = tautological adj. 1. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| tealess | Without or destitute of tea; not having had one's tea. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| technicology | = technology n. (in various senses). | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| teleologic | = teleological adj. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| tigerkin | A diminutive tiger; a tiger-cub; also, a cat. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| tosh | trans. To make ‘tosh’; to tidy, trim. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| touristic | Of or pertaining to tourists or touring. | 1848 | Go To Quotation |
| toxication | Poisoning: esp. by toxic substances produced by disease-germs. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| trankum | A personal ornament; a trinket. | 1819 | Go To Quotation |
| treeful | A quantity or number that fills or crowds a tree (in quot. 1910, a Christmas tree). | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| triangulation | The tracing and measurement of a series or network of triangles in order to survey and map… | 1818 | Go To Quotation |
| trin | pl. Three children or young born at one birth: = trine n. 3. Also sing. one of such; also attrib. or as adj. Cf. thrin n. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| trustihood | The quality or condition of being trusty, trustiness. | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| tutordom | The occupation of a tutor; tutorship. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| twaddle | intr. To utter twaddle; to talk or write in a silly, empty, or trashy style. | 1825 | Go To Quotation |
| umpteen | An indefinite number, used in the sense ‘many, several’, etc. | 1918 | Go To Quotation |
| unbonny | (un- prefix 7.) | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| uncensored | (un- prefix 8.) | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| unconvincibility | (un- prefix 12 5b.) | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| unctionless | Devoid of spiritual unction. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| underscrub | An undergrown or insignificant person. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| understep | (under- prefix 5a(a).) | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| undreamy | (un- prefix 7.) | 1848 | Go To Quotation |
| unlingering | (un- prefix 10.) | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| unpirated | (un- prefix 8.) | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| unreliable | (un- prefix 7b) | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| unsimulated | (un- prefix 8.) | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| unsultry | (un- prefix 7.) | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| untranquillized | (un- prefix 8a(c).) | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| unwordy | Not diffuse or verbose; concise. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| urbs | A city as a technical entity or in contrast to a suburb, etc. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| vaccinatory | Used for, connected with, vaccination; vaccine. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| vagabondism | = vagabondage n. 1. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| vaguish | Somewhat vague or indefinite. | 1818 | Go To Quotation |
| Vehmist | A member of the Vehmgericht. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| veinery | = veinage n. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| venigenous | Of rock-masses: Bearing or containing veins of metal or quartz. | 1817 | Go To Quotation |
| vermilionize | trans. To vermilion. Also fig. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| verminicide | A preparation for killing vermin. | 1925 | Go To Quotation |
| versative | Marked by adaptability or variety. | 1846 | Go To Quotation |
| vilipensive | Abusive. | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| viperling | A young viper. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| viridescence | The quality of being viridescent. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| virilify | trans. To make virile or manly. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| vowelism | A system of vowel-sounds; articulation in respect of vowels. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| wakeless | Without awakening, unbroken, undisturbed. | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| warlockry | The practice of magic (by men, or male beings); wizardry. | 1818 | Go To Quotation |
| whippable | Liable to be whipped. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| whutter | The sound of the flapping of the wings of a large bird or a flight of birds. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| wishless | Having no wishes; void of or free from desire. | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| wreathlet | A small wreath. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| yes | intr. To say ‘yes’; to assent: opp. to no v. (see after no adv.). | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| Yunani | Designating a Western system of medicine (opp. Ayurvedic adj.). Occas. also applied to other disciplines (see quot. 1958). | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| zanyism | The character or style of a zany; action or language like that of a zany; fantastic folly; buffoonery. | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| zoogen | A nitrogenous substance found in the water of sulphur-springs; also called barégin n. at barége n. Derivatives or glairin n. | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| zoom | Aeronaut. An act of ‘zooming’. Also attrib. | 1918 | Go To Quotation |
