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Workes of Geffray Chaucer

The Workes of Geffray Chaucer (1532).
The 743rd most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 651 quotations (about 0.02% of all OED quotations).

Total number of quotations651Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a word70Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a particular meaning137Find quotations
LemmaDefinitionDate
aguilerA deceiver. Cf. guiler n. aguile v.1598Go To Quotation
archdiacre= archdeacon n.1598Go To Quotation
beautifyingThe action or process of making beautiful; adornment, embellishment; pl. things that beautify.1532Go To Quotation
diseaselyAffected with disease or sickness.1532Go To Quotation
dualityThe condition or fact of being dual, or consisting of two parts, natures, etc.; twofold condition.1532Go To Quotation
enfame= infamy n.1532Go To Quotation
flowerlessWithout flower or bloom; spec. in Bot., flowerless plant = cryptogam n.1598Go To Quotation
gentletrans. To ennoble, dignify. Obs. rare.1532Go To Quotation
graffintr. To dig.1532Go To Quotation
gubernativeOf or pertaining to government; having the function of governing.1532Go To Quotation
happiousFortuitous; ‘chancy’.1532Go To Quotation
hindererOne who (or that which) hinders; †an injurer (obs.); an impeder, obstructor.1532Go To Quotation
husht= hush int.1532Go To Quotation
impierceableNot pierceable; that cannot be pierced.1532Go To Quotation
inductativeTending to lead or be led into something.1532Go To Quotation
innominableIncapable of being named or not fit to be named.1532Go To Quotation
inseerOne who sees or looks into something; an investigator, inspector, examiner.1532Go To Quotation
knittingThat knits, in various senses: see the verb.1532Go To Quotation
ladel? A little path, by-path.1532Go To Quotation
lamentatiousMarked by lamentation.1532Go To Quotation
LondenoysA Londoner.1532Go To Quotation
meanerA person who means or intends something; a person who conveys or intends to convey…1532Go To Quotation
misclepingMisnaming.1532Go To Quotation
miscordintr. To fail to accord or to correspond.1532Go To Quotation
misglozetrans. To misinterpret.1532Go To Quotation
mismeaningWrong-thinking.1532Go To Quotation
mispleasanceUnpleasantness; grief, sorrow. (In quot. 1997 app.: a displeasing object or prospect.)1532Go To Quotation
mis-seekingMistaken or misguided seeking.1532Go To Quotation
nuncupationThe action of naming, designating or calling; an instance of this.1532Go To Quotation
ordinableCapable of being ordained, ordered, or directed to an end, purpose, or destiny. Obs.1532Go To Quotation
out-throwThat which is thrown out; an ejection or emission; output or production. Also fig.1532Go To Quotation
out-thrusttrans. To thrust or push (a person or thing) out or outwards.1532Go To Quotation
out-way= out-of-the-way adj.1532Go To Quotation
overturningThat overturns something; (also) that turns over or revolves (now rare).1532Go To Quotation
painingThat pains; causing or accompanied by hurt or suffering.1532Go To Quotation
purposingThat has a purpose in mind; that plans, schemes, designs, etc.1532Go To Quotation
reasonfullyReasonably.1532Go To Quotation
reignativeDesignating the kind of prudence exercised by the ruler of a state. Also as n.1532Go To Quotation
reniantA renegade, an apostate.1532Go To Quotation
repentRepentant.1598Go To Quotation
seasonablyIn a fitting time; at the right moment; in due season.1532Go To Quotation
sheepyOf, pertaining to, or resembling sheep.1532Go To Quotation
shepherdessA female shepherd; a woman or girl who tends sheep; also fig. Also in pastoral poetry (see shepherd n. 1b).1532Go To Quotation
southwestwardThe point of the horizon midway between south and west; the south-west. to the south-westward (of)…1532Go To Quotation
sovereignnessThe state or condition of being sovereign.1532Go To Quotation
sparklingDispersing, scattering.1532Go To Quotation
spontanySpontaneous.1532Go To Quotation
starvingOf death: ? Lingering, languishing. Obs.1532Go To Quotation
steadship? Security of position.1532Go To Quotation
studientMeditative, thoughtful.1532Go To Quotation
stultyFoolish, stupid.1532Go To Quotation
torcenousExtortionate, exacting.1532Go To Quotation
tortInjury, wrong. Obs.1532Go To Quotation
tortiousWrongful, injurious, hurtful; illegal. Obs.1532Go To Quotation
treblefoldThree times as much, thrice over.1532Go To Quotation
tuckA fold or pleat in drapery; †in quot. 1613, a plait of the hair (obs.); now spec. a…1532Go To Quotation
underhid(under- prefix 2a(a).)1532Go To Quotation
underthrownSubjected, made subject.1532Go To Quotation
undisguisedOf things.1598Go To Quotation
undispiteous(un- prefix 7.)1598Go To Quotation
undispleased(un- prefix 8.)1598Go To Quotation
unwasting(un- prefix 10.)1532Go To Quotation
vailanceValue, worth.1532Go To Quotation
voluntariousFree, voluntary.1532Go To Quotation
voluptuouslyIn a voluptuous manner; so as to gratify or indulge the senses; luxuriously; sensually.1532Go To Quotation
warnishThe state of being guarded.1532Go To Quotation
well-meaningHaving, or actuated by, good intentions; animated by a kindly purpose or friendly disposition.1532Go To Quotation
wonderfulnessThe state of being filled with wonder. Obs. rare.1532Go To Quotation
yshonedShunned.1532Go To Quotation
ystockedImprisoned.1532Go To Quotation

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