| accentuality | In pl. Particulars or characteristics of accent or stress. rare. | 1825 | Go To Quotation |
| accouri | An agouti (genus Dasyprocta) or related animal. | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| all clear | orig. Naut. Used to indicate that there is no danger or obstruction, and that it is safe to proceed. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| anecdotage | Anecdotes collectively; anecdotic literature. | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| apprenticement | An apprenticing; apprenticeship. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| Arvanite | Originally (in the Ottoman Empire (esp. among Greek-speakers)): an Albanian (now hist.… | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| attractionist | One who accounted for phenomena by a theory of attraction. | 1748 | Go To Quotation |
| baba | Father. Also used as a respectful from of address for an older man; cf. baba n. | 1771 | Go To Quotation |
| balsamize | To render balsamic. | 1748 | Go To Quotation |
| benchership | The position or dignity of a bencher in an Inn of Court. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| besiegingly | Urgently, importunately. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| blackwash | trans. To blacken the character of; to cast aspersions, disparage. Cf. whitewash v. 2a. | 1762 | Go To Quotation |
| blighter | Anything that blights. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| cachinnate | intr. To laugh loudly or immoderately. | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| chimpanzee | A genus of African apes (Anthropopithecus), bearing the closest resemblance to man of any… | 1738 | Go To Quotation |
| cosmopolitic | = cosmopolitan adj. | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| counter-agent | A counteracting agent or force; a counteractant. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| debarbarize | trans. To divest of its barbarous character, to render not barbarous; = unbarbarize v. | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| débouché | Mil. An opening where troops debouch or may debouch; gen. a place of exit, outlet, opening. | 1760 | Go To Quotation |
| defiliation | Deprivation of a son. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| dentifric | = dentifrical adj. | 1760 | Go To Quotation |
| dento- | an incorrect combining form of Latin dent-em tooth, as in dento-ˈlingual n. etc.: see denti-… | 1760 | Go To Quotation |
| dinge | trans. To make dingy. | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| effutiation | Twaddle, balderdash. | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| embowelment | The inward parts or contents of a thing. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| ethericity | A proposed name for electricity, implying the view that its phenomena were caused by an ‘ether’ (see ether n. 4). | 1748 | Go To Quotation |
| etherize | = electrify v. | 1748 | Go To Quotation |
| extra-domiciliate | trans. To send out of the domicile or house. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| flibrigo | | 1762 | Go To Quotation |
| frisure | Mode or fashion of curling the hair. | 1755 | Go To Quotation |
| fur | = box n. 16. | 1740 | Go To Quotation |
| gas engine | An engine driven by the production, expansion, or combustion of gas; (later esp.)… | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| gluttonism | The practice of being a glutton (in quot. 1823 fig., cf. glutton n. 2). | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| hamel-tree | (See quot. 1740.) | 1740 | Go To Quotation |
| heteronomous | Subject to different laws, involving different principles. | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| historiate | trans. To write the history of; to narrate as history. Cf. history v. 1. Obs. | 1780 | Go To Quotation |
| hoop-la | A game in which persons throw rings on to a surface containing a number of articles… | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| houseplace | A room in a house, esp. a farmhouse or cottage, used as the ordinary living space, typically the kitchen. Cf. house n. 1c. | 1756 | Go To Quotation |
| immeasurability | = immeasurableness n. | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| inaudibility | The quality or condition of being inaudible; incapability of being heard. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| incunabula | The earliest stages or first traces in the development of anything. | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| indivertible | Incapable of being diverted or turned aside. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| influenza | An acute, highly infectious viral disease of humans, which typically occurs in… | 1743 | Go To Quotation |
| invaletudinarian | A sickly, infirm, or feeble person, a weakling: cf. valetudinarian n. adj. | 1762 | Go To Quotation |
| jettatura | The evil eye (see evil adj. 6); bad luck. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| jobster | = jobber n. (esp. in sense 4). | 1747 | Go To Quotation |
| juvenescent | Becoming young or youthful. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| liberalize | trans. To make more liberal or liberal-minded; to free from narrowness or strictness; to relax. Also with away. | 1765 | Go To Quotation |
| locomotor | A person or thing having locomotive power; a mover from one place to another; a part… | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| maplike | Of or resembling a map. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| menswear | Clothes designed for or worn by men; clothing for men. (Chiefly in commercial contexts.) Freq. attrib. | 1783 | Go To Quotation |
| nabobship | The office or rank of nabob; the position or state of being a nabob. | 1753 | Go To Quotation |
| nubbling | A small lump of coal. | 1825 | Go To Quotation |
| pantine | A puppet-like toy, usually of pasteboard, consisting of a figure of a human being… | 1748 | Go To Quotation |
| pathologically | In relation to, or by way of, the feelings or emotions; emotionally. Obs. | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| penumbral | Astron. Of or relating to the penumbra of the shadow of the moon or earth during an eclipse… | 1737 | Go To Quotation |
| pettingly | Soothingly; in an affectionate manner, as if to a pet. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| pirouetting | The action of pirouette v.; an instance of this. Also fig. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| poker | To take a poker to; to poke, stir, or strike with a poker. Also intr. | 1774 | Go To Quotation |
| poll-parrot | = Poll n. Also in extended use (cf. parrot n. 2). | 1768 | Go To Quotation |
| polpetta | In Italian cookery: a type of small meatball or rissole. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| preoccupier | A person who or thing which preoccupies (in various senses). | 1746 | Go To Quotation |
| protectorial | Of or relating to a protector or protectorate; = protectoral adj. | 1743 | Go To Quotation |
| recatch | intr. To catch again (in various senses). rare. | 1753 | Go To Quotation |
| regt | = regiment n. 8a. | 1735 | Go To Quotation |
| relationless | Of a person: having no relatives. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| re-presentment | Second or further presentment; an instance of this. Cf. re-presentation n. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| reverist | A person who indulges in or is susceptible to reveries; a daydreamer. | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| rhedarium | A place for the sale, storage, or manufacture of horse-drawn carriages. | 1784 | Go To Quotation |
| Ricardian | Of, relating to, or characteristic of Ricardo or his theories. | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| Richardsonian | Characteristic or reminiscent of the style, form, or content of the works of Samuel Richardson. | 1763 | Go To Quotation |
| roadster | Naut. = roader n. 2. Obs. | 1744 | Go To Quotation |
| Robinson Crusoe | trans. To maroon (a person) on a desert island. Freq. in pass. Also fig. | 1768 | Go To Quotation |
| rocket man | A soldier responsible for firing rockets. Now chiefly hist. | 1764 | Go To Quotation |
| romantico- | Forming adjectives with the sense ‘romantic and ——’, as romantico-heroic, romantico-sexual, etc. | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| roomliness | Roominess; (also) spatial quality. | 1744 | Go To Quotation |
| roturière | A woman of low social rank; a female roturier. Cf. roturier n. Now hist. | 1753 | Go To Quotation |
| ruck | A rut in a road. Also fig. Freq. as the second element in compounds. | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| salopian | Pertaining to the drink saloop (see saloop n. 2a). | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| schoolgirlish | Resembling or characteristic of a schoolgirl. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| shadow-land | A place conceived as the abode of phantoms and ghosts, an imaginary land of spirits. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| stabilizator | = stabilizer n. | 1902 | Go To Quotation |
| subindicative | That indirectly indicates or hints at something; subtly indicative or suggestive. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| sub-reference | A secondary, underlying, or implicit reference; (also) a footnote. | 1825 | Go To Quotation |
| swinehood | The condition of a swine; also fig. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| tacky | Slightly sticky or adhesive: said of gum, glue, or varnish nearly dry. | 1788 | Go To Quotation |
| tea-drinker | One who drinks tea, esp. | 1737 | Go To Quotation |
| tragedist | A writer of tragedy: = tragedian n. 1. | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| undeviating | Of conduct, character, etc. | 1732 | Go To Quotation |
| uninvidious | (un- prefix 7.) | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| unmentionable | n. pl. Trousers. (Cf. inexpressible n. 2) Also, underpants, and (chiefly joc.) underwear, esp. women's. | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| unmischievous | (un- prefix 7.) | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| unpennied | (un- prefix 9.) | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| unrhetorical | (un- prefix 7 5b.) | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| untheorizing | (un- prefix 10.) | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| unwind | trans. To deprive (a person) of wind or breath. | 1788 | Go To Quotation |
| upas | A fabulous tree alleged to have existed in Java, at some distance from Batavia, with… | 1783 | Go To Quotation |
| Wolfian | Of or pertaining to F. A. Wolf or his theory regarding the Homeric poems (developed in his Prolegomena ad Homerum, 1795). | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
