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Gesta Romanorum

Gesta Romanorum (a1500).
The 540th most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 855 quotations (about 0.02% of all OED quotations).

Total number of quotations855Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a word42Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a particular meaning133Find quotations
LemmaDefinitionDate
ameekTo make meek; to soothe, appease.1440Go To Quotation
a-nights1440Go To Quotation
appositionGrammar. The placing of a word beside, or in syntactic parallelism with, another; spec.…1440Go To Quotation
bestiallyIn the manner of a beast or brute; brutishly, brutally.1440Go To Quotation
certificationInformation making one certain of a fact, etc.; certain notification or notice.1440Go To Quotation
conventionAn agreement or covenant between parties.1440Go To Quotation
delectabilityThe quality of being delectable; delectableness; concr. (in pl.) delectable things; delights.1440Go To Quotation
deliciosityThe quality of being delicious, or of affording delight; concr. something in which this…1440Go To Quotation
dietA day's journey; ‘an excursion, a journey’ (Jamieson). Obs. chiefly Sc. (So French journée.)1440Go To Quotation
drunkenship= drunkenness n.1440Go To Quotation
embowtrans. ? To bow down.1440Go To Quotation
enhightrans. To make high, exalt.1440Go To Quotation
enspeerintr. To enquire. Const. of.1440Go To Quotation
expendtransf. and fig. To lay out, spend (blood, care, labour, time, etc.); to employ for a given purpose.1440Go To Quotation
gloomingSullen, frowning, scowling, melancholy.1440Go To Quotation
helpyHelpful.1440Go To Quotation
impet= impetus n.1440Go To Quotation
informedOf a person, the mind, etc.: instructed; educated about or acquainted with a fact, subject, etc.; knowledgeable.1499Go To Quotation
intendantAttentive, paying attention. Obs.1440Go To Quotation
jocantMirthful, merry, jocund.1440Go To Quotation
jugyltrans. To kill, slay.1440Go To Quotation
lakinA plaything, toy; in quots. 1440 1500 said of a baby.1440Go To Quotation
lime-pitA pit in which lime is burnt.1440Go To Quotation
man-killerA killer of humans (occas., of men); a murderer, an assassin. Cf. manqueller n. 1.1499Go To Quotation
passantlyExceedingly, very greatly.1499Go To Quotation
perceiveranceThe faculty, capacity or action of perceiving (esp. with the mind); perception; awareness; understanding. Cf. perceivance n.1499Go To Quotation
perceiveration= perceiverance n. 1.1499Go To Quotation
repressRepression; constraint.1499Go To Quotation
salustrans. = salute v.1440Go To Quotation
scroggyAbounding in stunted bushes or underwood. Also, of trees: Stunted.1440Go To Quotation
sibilatorOne who hisses or whistles.1440Go To Quotation
sinetA signet.1440Go To Quotation
stonerOne skilled in precious stones: = lapidary n. 1b. Obs.1440Go To Quotation
transitThe action or fact of passing across or through; passage or journey from one place or…1440Go To Quotation
transitintr. To pass through or over; to pass away.1440Go To Quotation
unrepugnable(un- prefix 7b 5b.)1440Go To Quotation
unsunderlyInseparably.1440Go To Quotation
violationInfringement or breach, flagrant disregard or non-observance, of some principle or…1440Go To Quotation
weepinglyTearful.1440Go To Quotation
well(-)informedWell equipped with information; fully furnished with knowledge, whether of a special subject…1499Go To Quotation
yhevidgrieved.1440Go To Quotation
ypaynt(edMiddle English pa. pples. of paint v.1440Go To Quotation

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