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Spirit of the Public Journals

The Spirit of the Public Journals (1797–1825).
The 987th most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 497 quotations (about 0.01% of all OED quotations).

Total number of quotations497Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a word72Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a particular meaning183Find quotations
LemmaDefinitionDate
beakA magistrate or justice of the peace.1799Go To Quotation
cumulatorOne who accumulates.1799Go To Quotation
curricularOf or pertaining to driving or to carriages.1798Go To Quotation
cutteeOne who is cut socially. See cut v. 33.1798Go To Quotation
dangA euphemistic substitute for damn v.1793Go To Quotation
dickyall dicky with: ‘all up’ or ‘all over’ with.1810Go To Quotation
dismissingThat dismisses.1802Go To Quotation
disneglecttrans. To neglect.1800Go To Quotation
disrepairThe state of being out of repair, or in bad condition for want of repairs.1798Go To Quotation
doldrumA condition of dullness or drowsiness; dumps, low spirits, depression.1811Go To Quotation
door-plateA plate, usually of metal, on the door of a house or room, bearing the name, etc. of the resident.1823Go To Quotation
frock-coatA double-breasted coat with skirts extending almost to the knees, which are not cut away…1823Go To Quotation
FructidorThe twelfth month of the French revolutionary calendar (from Aug. 18 to Sept. 16);…1793Go To Quotation
fuglemanA soldier especially expert and well drilled, formerly placed in front of a regiment or…1804Go To Quotation
fusilladeA simultaneous discharge of firearms; a wholesale execution by this means.1801Go To Quotation
gagA ‘made-up’ story; a piece of deception, an imposture, a lie. broad gag (see quot. 1823).1805Go To Quotation
GallimaniaBad form of Gallomania n. at Gallo- comb._form 2b.1793Go To Quotation
genicular= geniculate adj. Also, of or pertaining to the knee or a genu.1802Go To Quotation
gingerTo treat a horse with ginger; = feague v. 2b.1823Go To Quotation
glumlyIn a glum manner.1805Go To Quotation
goffering1801Go To Quotation
grabbableThat may be grabbed.1823Go To Quotation
guillotiningThe action of guillotine v.1794Go To Quotation
hobber-nob= hob-nob phr. adv.1800Go To Quotation
hulkintr. To act, hang about, or go in a clumsy, unwieldy, or lazy manner. dial.1793Go To Quotation
hulkishPertaining to the hulks: see hulk n. 3b.1800Go To Quotation
inexperimentalNot founded on experiment.1798Go To Quotation
instrumentalistOne who plays on a musical instrument; a performer of instrumental music. (Opp. to vocalist.)1823Go To Quotation
Jackyslang. Gin.1799Go To Quotation
la-la‘So-so’, not so good as it might be, poor.1800Go To Quotation
larkishOf the nature of a ‘lark’; frolicsome.1823Go To Quotation
lounginglyIn a lounging attitude or manner.1799Go To Quotation
malconstructionImperfect or faulty construction.1809Go To Quotation
millineressA female milliner.1802Go To Quotation
mobocratA person who advocates mobocracy; a leader of the mob, a demagogue.1798Go To Quotation
mono-dramatistA writer or performer of monodramas.1803Go To Quotation
monodrame= monodrama n.1803Go To Quotation
monopousThat has only one eye; one-eyed.1798Go To Quotation
mutualizetrans. To give and receive in return; to exchange. Obs. rare.1812Go To Quotation
negatorA person who denies or rejects something; (Russian Hist.) a person who rejected…1805Go To Quotation
ninnyismBehaviour characteristic of a ninny; foolishness; a ninnyish quality or act.1804Go To Quotation
nobblingWell, in good health.1825Go To Quotation
obumbratoryHaving the quality of obscuring or darkening.1799Go To Quotation
orgiastA person who celebrates or attends orgies; (also more generally) a person given to excessive indulgence in something.1791Go To Quotation
perfectionationThe action of bringing to perfection; perfecting; the fact of being made perfect. In later use also (humorously) perfection.1812Go To Quotation
philosophatingThat philosophizes.1802Go To Quotation
pikishPerh.: armed, martial.1799Go To Quotation
recognizatetrans. To recognize.1799Go To Quotation
rusticatoryRelating to a stay in the countryside; of the nature of rustication.1823Go To Quotation
sansculottish= sansculottic adj.1798Go To Quotation
scampsmanA highwayman.1799Go To Quotation
shrewdishSomewhat or fairly shrewd.1823Go To Quotation
slovenlike= slovenly adj., slovenly adv.1800Go To Quotation
speechificationAn instance or occasion of speech-making; a speech, oration, harangue.1809Go To Quotation
swellOf persons: Stylishly or handsomely dressed or equipped; of good (social)…1810Go To Quotation
swillyAddicted to swilling or heavy drinking.1824Go To Quotation
symptomatologytransf. The symptoms of a disease collectively (as a subject of study).1798Go To Quotation
thankeeVulgar colloq. for thank ye, thank you phr. See ye pron. n.1824Go To Quotation
tick-a-tickAn imitation of the sound of a clock or watch; ticking; in quot. 1805, throbbing of the pulse. (Cf. tick-tack n., tick-tick n.)1805Go To Quotation
tickleAn act of tickling, in various senses of the vb.; a touch that tickles; a tickling…1801Go To Quotation
twaddleintr. ‘To walk with a feeble, uncertain gait’ (E.D.D.).1823Go To Quotation
uncypressed(un- prefix 9.)1799Go To Quotation
undinnered(un- prefix 8.)1799Go To Quotation
undoctored(un- prefix 8 9.)1803Go To Quotation
unenticed(un- prefix 8.)1823Go To Quotation
unfloured(un- prefix 8.)1795Go To Quotation
unfrenzied(un- prefix 8.)1805Go To Quotation
unindicted(un- prefix 8.)1806Go To Quotation
unjolly(un- prefix 7.)1791Go To Quotation
upshutter(up- prefix 3e.)1809Go To Quotation
vestimentaryOf or pertaining to, in respect of, clothes or dress; vestiary.1803Go To Quotation
whirlyCharacterized by whirling or rotatory movement.1806Go To Quotation

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