| actability | Of a play: capacity to be acted successfully; performability. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| actualité | Topical interest, relevance, immediacy. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| affinitative | Characterized by affinity; of the nature of affinity. In later use: of or relating to affinity (esp. affinity n. 1a). | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| aflower | In predicative use: flowering, blooming. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| agriological | Of or relating to agriology. | 1878 | Go To Quotation |
| ahem | intr. To exclaim ‘ahem’ (ahem int.). Also trans. with ‘ahem’ as object. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| alecize | trans. To dress (a dish) with alec sauce. Cf. alec n. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| amusedly | As being amused; with amusement. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| anchorless | Devoid of an anchor; fig. without firm hold, having nothing to repose upon; drifting. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| annexure | Something annexed; = annex(e n., annexment n. | 1878 | Go To Quotation |
| antigropelos | Coverings to protect the legs against wet mud; waterproof leggings. (Originally, a proprietary name.) | 1848 | Go To Quotation |
| apocalyptist | The writer of the Apocalypse. Also, the writer of any apocalyptic work; the writer of a commentary on the Apocalypse. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| appreciativeness | The quality of being appreciative; the habit of recognizing excellence. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| archiepiscopally | In an archiepiscopal way; in the manner of an archbishop. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| arrhythmic | Not rhythmic, without rhythm or regularity; spec. in Pathol. of the pulse. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| ascensionist | One who makes ascents. | 1863 | Go To Quotation |
| asininity | Asinine quality; stupidity. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| assonantal | Of or pertaining to assonance. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| atomizing | That reduces something to its constituent parts (and considers each in isolation); disuniting, individualizing. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| autotheistic | Of or relating to autotheism (in various senses). Also: of or belonging to an autotheist (autotheist n. 1). | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| avicular | Of or pertaining to small birds. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| beauté du diable | Superficial attractiveness; captivating charm. | 1863 | Go To Quotation |
| begrudgingly | In a grudging manner or spirit. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| be-smutch | trans. To besmirch. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| bestowable | Capable of being bestowed or given. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| bête noire | A person or thing that is the bane of a person or his life; an insufferable person or thing; an object of aversion. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| bibation | Bibbing; potation. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| biddance | Bidding, invitation. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| bien | The French word for ‘well’; used in certain French phrases: bien entendu n. /bjɛ̃nɑ̃tɑ̃dy/ Of course; that goes without saying. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| blain | trans. To affect with blains; to blister. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| blaming | That blames. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| blankness | Blank quality or condition. | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| blazingly | In a blazing manner. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| blockheadish | Of the nature of a blockhead; stupid, obtuse. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| blubber | One who blubs. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| blucher | A strong leather half-boot or high shoe, the actual pattern varying with the fashion. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| bonder | A Norwegian peasant farmer or petty freeholder. | 1848 | Go To Quotation |
| boobyism | The character or characteristic action of a booby. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| boomingly | With a booming noise. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| breeziness | The condition of being breezy; also fig. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| brevet | trans. To raise to a certain rank by brevet; also fig. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| brigandine | After the manner of a brigand. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| brimmer | trans. and absol. To fill and drink (brimmers of wine). | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| broguery | The speaking of a brogue: brogue-speech. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| brushless | Without a brush; having no brush. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| brutehood | The condition or rank of brutes. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| bubblish | Somewhat of the nature of a bubble. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| bullionless | Without bullion. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| bunglery | = bungling n. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| bushwhack | To act as a bushwhacker; to beat the bush; to attack or kill in the manner of a bushwhacker (sense 2). | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| butcheress | A female butcher; also (humorously) a butcher's wife or daughter. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| buzzman | A pickpocket. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| cabineteer | One who has official connection with a cabinet. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| cabless | Of a place: unprovided with a cab or cabs. Also of a railway engine: without a cab. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| cadaverize | trans. To make into a corpse; to make cadaverous. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| caddised | Furnished or baited with a caddis. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| cajolingly | In a cajoling manner. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| calembour | A pun. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| calendal | Of or pertaining to the Calends. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| calligraph | One who writes beautifully; spec. a professional transcriber of manuscripts. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| callous | trans. To make callous, to harden. lit. and fig. Only in pple. (and ppl. adj.) ˈcalloused adj. hardened. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| calorify | trans. To make hot. (In quot. 1841 only humorous.) | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| camaraderie | ‘The familiarity which exists between camarades ’ (Littré), comradeship; loyalty to… | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| canard | To make a harsh sound like the cry of a duck, on a wind-instrument. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| caneology | The doctrine of the use of the cane in corporal punishment. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| canephorus | In ancient Greece: one of the ‘maidens who carried on their heads baskets containing… | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| cannibalistic | Addicted to or pertaining to cannibalism. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| cantatory | Of or pertaining to a singer or his singing. (In mod. dicts.) | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| cantitate | intr. To sing as a bird. (Used contemptuously.) | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| cantonist | The child of a (Russian) soldier in cantonment. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| capricornity | Goat-horned or he-goat quality. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| carbonless | Containing no carbon. | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| Carlylism | The characteristic literary manner or teachings of Carlyle. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| carpetless | Without a carpet. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| catchee | One who is caught: the correlative to catcher. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| cervine | Of or belonging to deer, or the family Cervidæ; of the nature of or resembling deer. Also, absol. = cervine animal. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| chairmanship | The office of chairman or president of a meeting, a company, corporate body, etc. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| chef d'école | The initiator or leader of a school or style of painting, music, or literature. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| chickhood | The state or condition of a chick. Cf. chickenhood n. | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| chilblainy | Affected with chilblains. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| chrestomathy | A collection of choice passages from an author or authors, esp. one compiled to assist in the acquirement of a language. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| chrysalidian | Of or of the nature of a chrysalis. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| chucklingly | In a chuckling manner, with a chuckle. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| chymify | trans. To turn into chyme. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| Cinderella | Applied allusively to a cinder-woman, scullery-maid, etc.; also, a neglected or… | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| clarence | A close four-wheeled carriage with seats for four inside; also attrib. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| cocksureness | Confident certainty; generally with the implication of being over-sure. | 1878 | Go To Quotation |
| codist | One learned in the Code or Civil Law, or in the legal codes of different nations. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| colloquacious | Given to colloquy. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| colloquialness | Colloquial quality. | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| commercialism | The principles and practice of commerce; the commercial spirit. (Often disparaging.) | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| compressedly | In a compressed manner; with compression. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| con-actor | A joint agent. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| concettism | Use of or fondness for concetti in literature. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| con-domesticate | trans. To domesticate along with oneself; to make a member of one's household. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| confederately | Like confederates. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| confraternization | Fraternization together, recognition of each other as brethren. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| constitutionalize | trans. To make constitutional. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| contact | trans. To bring into or place in contact. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| contagionist | One who maintains or believes that certain diseases, such as the plague, cholera, and yellow fever, are contagious. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| conventionally | nonce-use. In a way that belongs to a political convention or assembly. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| conversationable | = conversable adj.; open to conversation. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| convivialize | intr. To practise conviviality. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| coquillage | A shellfish, mollusc. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| costumery | Arrangement of costumes; costumes in the mass. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| crayonize | = crayon v.; in quot. 1840 fig. to sketch, depict. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| creaseless | Without creases. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| criard | Shrill; ‘loud’; garish (cf. criant adj.). | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| crickety | Resembling that of a cricket, esp. resembling the characteristic chirping sound made by the male. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| crownal | = coronal adj. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| cryptodont | Any of various extinct dicynodont reptiles constituting the Late Permian family Cryptodontidae, which lacked obvious teeth. rare. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| culinarily | In a culinary respect; with regard to cookery. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| culinarious | = culinary adj. 2. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| cunopic | = cynopic adj. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| cynocephalous | Pertaining to or of the nature of a cynocephalus; dog-headed. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| datable | Capable of being dated (to a particular time). | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| de-christianize | trans. To deprive or divest of its Christian character; to make no longer Christian. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| decipheration | = decipherage n. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| deep time | Time in the far distant past or future; spec. time viewed on a geological or cosmological scale rather than the historical scale. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| deform | The action of deforming, deformation: opp. to reform. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| demagogic | Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a demagogue; characteristic of a demagogue. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| demi-monde | The class of women of doubtful reputation and social standing, upon the outskirts… | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| depotentiate | trans. To deprive of power or potency. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| deprivate | To deprive. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| detrimentary | = detrimental adj. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| dichromic | Relating to or including (only) two colours; applied, in connection with the theory… | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| digitally | By means of the fingers (and thumbs); with reference or respect to these. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| dilatant | Dilating, expanding; expansive. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| discriminant | Discriminating; showing discrimination or discernment. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| discussional | Of the nature of or pertaining to discussion. | 1848 | Go To Quotation |
| disgustingness | The quality of being disgusting; an instance of this. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| disjointure | The state of being disjointed; disconnexion, separation. | 1757 | Go To Quotation |
| disquisitionist | The author of a disquisition. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| disruptment | Breaking off, disruption. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| distanceless | In which things in the distance are not visible. | 1848 | Go To Quotation |
| distinctivity | = distinctiveness n. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| diswing | trans. To deprive of wings. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| dizzen | intr. ? To dance giddily. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| drastically | In a drastic manner; with drastic remedies or applications; with effective severity. | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| duodecimary | Having twelve parts or sections. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| dupable | Capable of being duped; gullible. Also as n. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| edibility | The quality of being edible, capability of being eaten. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| eeler | An eel-catcher. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| electionary | Pertaining to election, electoral. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| Elizabethanize | trans. To give an Elizabethan character to. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| elongative | That tends to elongate or lengthen out: see quot. 1836. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| emancipatist | = emancipist n. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| emporetic | Pertaining to trade. emporetic paper n. a coarse kind of papyrus used for wrapping… | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| enceinteship | The state of being enceinte n. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| enclothe | trans. To clothe, cover, invest. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| energizing | The action of displaying energy; energetic action. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| enfant terrible | A child who embarrasses his elders by untimely remarks; transf. a person who… | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| enframe | | 1848 | Go To Quotation |
| engulfment | The action of engulfing; the process of being engulfed. Also fig. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| enjoyingly | In an enjoying manner; with enjoyment. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| enkindler | One who or that which enkindles. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| entrecôte | In full entrecôte steak. A boned steak cut off the sirloin. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| epagomenic | Intercalary (days); (gods) worshipped on intercalary days. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| episodial | = episodic adj. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| erasable | That can be erased or obliterated. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| eschatological | Of or pertaining to eschatology. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| esemplasy | (See quot. 1852.) | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| Esth | = Estonian adj. n. Now rare. | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| ethnographically | In an ethnographical manner; from an ethnographical point of view. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| eucnemic | Well-greaved; hence belonging to ancient Greece. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| excudate | trans. = excude v. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| exemplificator | An exemplifier, exemplar. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| exhaustibility | The quality of being exhaustible; capability of being exhausted. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| exoticism | Exotic character; an instance of this, anything exotic; esp. a foreign idiom or expression. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| exuviate | intr. To cast off or shed exuviæ. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| fairyhood | concr. Fairies collectively. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| fan-fan | A pet dog. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| fax | Facts. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| fecundatory | Of or pertaining to fecundation. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| feminicity | = femininity n. (in various senses). | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| ferronière | (See quot. 1960.) | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| fiat | trans. To attach a ‘fiat’ to; to sanction. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| fierceish | Somewhat fierce; inclined to fierceness. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| firmish | Somewhat firm. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| fishily | In a fishy manner. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| flabbergast | Bombast. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| flagellatory | Pertaining to flagellation or flogging. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| flingy | Inclined to fling or move abruptly; jerky. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| flunkeydom | The domain of flunkeys; flunkeys collectively. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| flunkeyism | The quality characteristic of a flunkey; the manners, speech, etc. of a flunkey. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| focaccia | A type of flat Italian bread made with yeast sprinkled with olive oil and salt, and frequently flavoured with herbs, onions, etc. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| footful | As much as can be held with the foot. (Cf. handful n.) | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| forestful | As much or as many as a forest will hold. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| formularize | trans. To express in a formula or formal statement; to formulate. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| freshful | Full of freshness; refreshing. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| fusionism | The principle or practice of supporting a coalition or coalitions between political parties. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| fusionist | One who strives to promote fusion or coalition between differing associations, parties, or opinions. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| gallimaufry | trans. To cut up into a hodge-podge; to make mince-meat of. In quot. 1831 fig. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| gallinivorous | Feeding on fowls or poultry. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| gesticularious | Given to gesticulation. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| get-up | A meeting ‘got up’ or arranged. nonce-use. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| glacialist | One who explains certain geological phenomena as due to glacial action. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| glaucomatic | Of or pertaining to glaucoma. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| gorble | = gobble v. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| gralloch | trans. To disembowel (properly, a deer). | 1848 | Go To Quotation |
| graphomania | A mania for writing. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| gyrate | intr. To move in a circle or spiral; to revolve, usually round a fixed point or on an axis; to rotate, whirl. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| hallucinatory | Characterized by, pertaining to, or of the nature of hallucination. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| hatchety | Resembling a hatchet; thin and sharp: said of the face. Cf. hatchet-faced adj. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| heeder | One who heeds. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| Hellenicize | trans. To make Greek; to Hellenize. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| helpfully | In a helpful manner; so as to help. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| heritability | The quality of being heritable, or capable of being inherited. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| heteric | Applied by some phonetists to non-phonetic spelling, in which different symbols are used… | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| heteromorphism | The condition or property of being heteromorphic; diversity of form. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| Hollandaise | Hollandaise sauce (see quot. 1907); à la Hollandaise, served with Hollandaise sauce. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| homeward-bounder | A homeward-bound vessel or sailor. Cf. outward-bounder n. 1. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| hunting dog | A dog used for hunting game. the Hunting Dogs: (the English name of) the… | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| hydropathize | intr. To practise hydropathy. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| hypogean | Existing or growing beneath the surface of the ground; underground. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| I-ism | (a) Metaphysics the reference of all things to one's own consciousness, egoism. (b) nonce-wd.… | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| illuminist | One who holds the doctrine of illuminism; one who claims to have or aims at a… | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| imitancy | The quality or property of imitating; imitativeness. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| impitiably | Without pity, mercilessly. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| importraiture | The action of portraying in or upon something; concr. that which is portrayed (lit. or in writing), a portrait or description. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| inattackable | Not attackable; that cannot be attacked; unassailable. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| incognizant | Not cognizant; without cognizance, knowledge, or apprehension of; unaware, unconscious of. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| incompendious | Not compendious, not economical; uneconomical. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| indetectable | Not detectable; incapable of being detected. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| inertial | Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of inertia. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| inexhaustibility | The quality of being inexhaustible; inexhaustibleness. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| inextant | Not extant; no longer existing. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| infidelly | In an infidel or unbelieving way. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| inobscurable | That cannot be obscured. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| inquaintance | fancifully used by (and after) Coleridge for ‘intimate acquaintance’. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| insective | ? Characteristic of insects. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| inspunge | trans. To confine in a sponging-house. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| interdependency | = interdependence n. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| intermediatory | Having the function of intermediating; mediatory. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| interpunctuate | trans. and absol. To insert the points between words and clauses; to punctuate. Also fig. | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| intervolute | The space between the volutes or scrolls in Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite capitals. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| in-toed | Having the toes turned inwards. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| introducee | One who is introduced. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| invitee | One who is invited. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| Irishize | trans. To make Irish in character or form; to imbue with qualities or characteristics… | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| jackeen | A contemptuous designation for a self-assertive worthless fellow. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| jestful | Full of jesting. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| juristical | = juristic adj. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| keen | An Irish funeral song accompanied with wailing in lamentation for the dead. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| knavess | A she-knave. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| kraut | = sauerkraut n., sour crout n. Also attrib. and Comb. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| kudos | Glory, fame, renown. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| Kurhaus | A building at a German health resort where the medicinal water is dispensed for… | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| laisse | In Old French verse, = tirade n. 2. | 1872 | Go To Quotation |
| lampadist | A competitor in a torch-race. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| Larose | A type of claret; the vineyard or area itself. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| leberwurst | = liver sausage n. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| legalism | Theol. Applied reproachfully to the principles of those who are accused of adhering to the… | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| lengthsome | Lengthy. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| Leopardian | Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Italian poet and scholar Leopardi, or his works. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| liquorist | One who makes liqueurs. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| loanee | One to whom a loan has been granted; a borrower. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| logomachize | intr. To indulge in logomachy. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| loop | intr. To form a loop; spec. of certain larvæ. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| lullingly | In a lulling manner; with lulling effect. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| madrague | A kind of large fishing-net, esp. used in Mediterranean waters for capturing tuna. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| magazinery | The profession of a magazine-writer; magazine-writing. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| maîtresse en titre | An official or acknowledged mistress. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| mammonic | Of or relating to Mammon. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| manneristical | = manneristic adj. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| martyrologic | = martyrological adj. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| masoness | A female Freemason. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| Masonship | The fact or condition of being a Freemason. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| masticability | The quality of being masticable. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| meddlement | Meddling, interference. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| medusian | = medusan adj. 1 2. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| melomane | An enthusiast for, or lover of, music; a melomaniac. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| mentionable | That can or may be mentioned; worthy of mention. Also as n.: something mentionable, a thing worth mentioning. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| Mephistophelistic | Characteristic of or resembling Mephistopheles. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| metropolitanized | Of a person: having the manners, outlook, etc., of a city dweller. Of a place: urban, built-up. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| middleageism | Medievalism. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| middlemanship | The system of employing middlemen. | 1848 | Go To Quotation |
| midnightly | Taking place at midnight, or every midnight; characteristic of or resembling midnight. | 1874 | Go To Quotation |
| midnightly | Every midnight. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| missionarize | trans. To conduct a mission in (a place). Obs. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| missionaryship | The position or status of a missionary. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| misspenditure | Wasteful expenditure. (In quot. 1843 with reference to the wasting of time.) | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| mistressdom | The state or condition of being a mistress. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| mixtilineal | = mixtilinear adj. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| mobship | ironic. With possessive adjective: a mock title of respect given to a member of a mob. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| mockfully | In a mockful manner; with mockery; mockingly. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| monasticized | That has been made monastic or converted to monasticism. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| money-mongering | The action or practice of dealing in money; esp. moneylending. | 1848 | Go To Quotation |
| monogamic | Of or relating to monogamy; practising monogamy, monogamous (monogamous adj. 1b). | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| monogony | Generation from a single (non-sexual) parent; vegetative reproduction; = monogenesis n. 3. | 1873 | Go To Quotation |
| morganic | Morganatic. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| muddlehead | A muddle-headed person; a disorganized or confused mind. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| multilingual | Involving several or many languages; written, spoken, etc., in several languages; having or speaking more than two languages. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| musicaster | A musician of mediocre ability. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| mysticality | The quality of being mystical; mystical effect. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| mytho-heroic | Concerned with mythical heroes. Also: resembling a mythical hero. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| mythomaniac | A person obsessed with or passionate about myths. Later also: spec. a person with an… | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| mythopoem | A mythic poem. (In quot. fig.). | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| naticide | A person who kills his or her child. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| Near East | The region comprising the countries of the eastern Mediterranean, formerly also… | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| Nemedian | In Irish mythology: a member of a legendary early colonizing people of Ireland, led… | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| Neoplatonician | = Neoplatonic adj. Now rare. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| nepotic | Tending to, characterized by, or of the nature of nepotism. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| newspaperism | The characteristic features or style of newspapers; (also) a phrase or expression popularized by newspapers. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| niggerism | The state or condition of being a black person, or of being descended from one. Also in extended use. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| nightmarey | Resembling a nightmare; susceptible to nightmares. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| nightmarish | Resembling or of the nature of a nightmare; extremely frightening; (in weakened use) dreadful, terrible. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| Nimrod | trans. To make into a hunter. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| nonconformism | Nonconformity; nonconformist principles and practices. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| non-unionism | The practice of not recognizing a trade union and not allowing trade-union… | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| not-me | That which is not oneself; that from which the subjective or personal is excluded. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| noveldom | The world of novels; novels collectively. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| novelistic | Of, relating to, or characteristic of a novel; resembling a novel, esp. in style or in the treatment of character and action. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| nullibility | The state or condition of existing nowhere. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| nullism | The fact or quality of being null; (Philos.) the rejection of all knowledge, of reality, etc. (cf. nihilism n. 2a). | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| obeliscar | Associated with, or relating to, an obelisk or obelisks. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| obscurism | = obscurantism n. Obs. rare. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| occidentalized | That has been occidentalized; westernized. | 1878 | Go To Quotation |
| Odinist | = Odinic adj. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| oisivity | Idleness, indolence. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| omnivorously | In an omnivorous manner. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| oneism | An egocentric theory or system; egoism. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| open-mindedness | The quality of being open-minded. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| operatress | A female operator; = operatrix n. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| opprobratory | Conveying reproach or disapproval. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| optimistical | = optimistic adj. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| Orangizing | The playing of the part of William of Orange; subjection to the House of Orange. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| orblet | A little orb. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| origanized | Flavoured with marjoram or oregano. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| ornamentalism | The principle or practice of being ornamental, esp. in art and literature. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| orthoglossy | Accepted or customary pronunciation. | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| ostreophagist | A person who or thing which eats or feeds on oysters. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| otherwards | In another direction; otherwise. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| outflush | A sudden emergence of an emotion, etc., suggestive of blood suffusing the face. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| outlinear | Of the nature of an outline. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| ovate | trans. To make ovate in shape. | 1878 | Go To Quotation |
| over-refining | The action or process of refining too much. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| over-rigidity | Excessive rigidity. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| oxer | Originally in Fox-hunting slang: an ox-fence. Later (now esp.) in Horse Racing and Showjumping… | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| pace | With due deference to (a named person or authority); despite. | 1863 | Go To Quotation |
| pageboy | A boy, usually in livery, employed as part of a private household or (now more usually) in… | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| pancosmic | Relating to the whole universe; of or relating to pancosmism. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| panoramically | After the manner of a panorama; on a panoramic scale. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| pantologist | A person who studies or is versed in pantology (freq. used ironically). | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| pantophagy | The eating of all kinds or a great variety of food. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| paphood | Infancy. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| parasolette | A small parasol. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| paratopism | The relating of an event, circumstance, etc., to the wrong place; something which is out of place. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| parochialism | Parochial character or tendency; esp. confinement of one's interests to the local sphere… | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| parrot-house | A building, esp. in a zoo, for housing parrots. Also fig.: a room, building, etc., filled with loud or raucous chatter. | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| partisanship | The condition or behaviour of a partisan; devoted or zealous support for a cause, party, or person; lack of impartiality. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| pas si bête | Not so foolish; nothing that foolish; not that stupid. Also (in quot. 1924): not so bad. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| pastoralness | Pastoral or rustic quality or character. | 1878 | Go To Quotation |
| patriarchally | In a patriarchal manner; in a manner like that of a patriarch; with respect to patriarchal authority. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| paulo-past | That is recently past; relating to something recently finished. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| Pax Romana | Originally (Ancient Hist.): a state of relative peace maintained throughout large parts… | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| penserose | = penseroso adj. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| perchling | A small perch or percoid fish. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| pericranially | Over or into the pericranium. In quot. 1841 humorous: so as to cover the skull. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| periodicalism | The style associated with periodicals (periodical n. 1). | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| Pfarrer | In Germany and other German-speaking areas: a minister, priest, or pastor. Also as a title: ‘Father’. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| phalangian | Belonging to a military phalanx. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| philanthropism | The profession or practice of philanthropy; a philanthropic theory or system. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| philosophunculist | A petty or insignificant philosopher. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| phoenicean | Bright red; = phoeniceous adj. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| phoneticism | Phonetic quality; a phonetic system of writing or spelling; a particular instance of this, a phonetic spelling. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| phoneticist | = phonetician n. 1. Obs. rare. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| pianofortist | A person who plays the piano; a pianist. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| pigsticker | A person who participates in the sport or practice of pig-sticking. | 1866 | Go To Quotation |
| pioneership | The function or action of a pioneer. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| pipeclaying | Epitomized by soldiers engaged in whitening or polishing (uniforms, etc.) with pipeclay, as opposed to warfare; (hence) peaceful. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| pivo | In Russia and some Eastern European countries: beer made from hops and barley malt; a glass of this. | 1873 | Go To Quotation |
| poetastery | The work of a poetaster; feeble or trashy verse or versification. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| poethood | Poets collectively; the society or community of poets. rare. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| poeticism | Poetic quality or style. Also: the practice of poetry. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| polarward | Situated, directed, or moving towards polar regions. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| polyglottal | = polyglot adj. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| polymorphism | gen. The condition or character of being polymorphous; the occurrence of something in several different forms. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| polytropic | Capable of taking various courses of action; adaptable, versatile. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| popjoy | intr. Perh.: to amuse oneself in a casual fashion. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| postlude | Music. A concluding piece or movement played at the end of an oratorio or the like; a concluding voluntary. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| pragmatizer | A person who pragmatizes; spec. (now hist.) one who rationalizes a myth, legend, etc. Now… | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| press-ganged | That has been forcibly enlisted into military service; that has been forced to do something. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| pretentious | Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually… | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| preternaturalism | The character or condition of being preternatural; that which is preternatural. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| propagandize | trans. To disseminate (ideas, information, etc.) as or by means of propaganda; to… | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| prophetico- | Forming adjectives with the sense ‘prophetic and ——’, as prophetico-ethical, prophetico-historical, prophetico-satiric, etc. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| psychogenesis | The origin or development of the soul, mind, character, etc.; the branch of knowledge or speculation concerned with this. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| pug | The footprint of an animal. Also more fully pug-mark. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| pugging screw | A screw for compressing peat. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| pugilant | Given to or characterized by boxing or fighting; (chiefly fig.) aggressive, belligerent. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| purfly | = purfled adj. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| quizzingly | In a quizzing manner. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| ragamuffinery | = ragamuffinry n. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| ragamuffinry | Ragamuffins collectively. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| rapped-out | Done or uttered sharply, rapidly, or vigorously. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| rascalism | The character or behaviour of a rascal. In later use esp. with reference to rascal n. 2b. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| rascalment | = rascality n. 1. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| readeress | A female reader. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| reanalysis | A second or further analysis; the action or fact of analysing again. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| recueillement | Contemplation, meditation; = recollection n. 1. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| red-tapery | Rigid adherence to official rules and formalities; red tape. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| regenesis | The fact or process of forming or being formed again or a further time. Also: revival; revitalization. Chiefly in religious use. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| registree | A person who registers or is registered (in various senses). Cf. registrant n. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| reify | trans. To make (something abstract) more concrete or real; to regard or treat (an… | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| retexture | Reweaving. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| reticence | trans. To ignore; to pass over. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| revieweress | A female reviewer. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| riancy | Bright or smiling character. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| ribaldly | In a ribald manner; scurrilously, vulgarly, bawdily. | 1846 | Go To Quotation |
| ribbonwood | U.S. A large evergreen shrub, Adenostoma sparsifolium (family Rosaceae), found chiefly… | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| rifledom | The practice or art of using a rifle; the world of rifles. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| rocketer | A game bird, esp. a pheasant, that is flying fast and high, spec. one that flies rapidly straight up when flushed from cover. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| rollick | A romp, an escapade. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| roundaboutedness | = roundaboutness n. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| saal | A large room or hall. (Used with reference to European countries, esp. Germany.) | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| sably | Darkly, blackly. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| salvatory | Saving, imparting safety or salvation (to). | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| sceptral | Pertaining to a sceptre; serving as a sceptre. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| scholardom | The realm of scholars or scholarship; scholars collectively. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| scientism | The habit and mode of expression of a man of science. | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| scoliograptic | Obliquely marked. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| Scotchification | The action or process of making Scottish in character; Scotticization; an instance of this. Cf. Scottification n. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| scribal | Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a scribe or copyist, or his work. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| scripturality | The quality or condition of being scriptural or based upon Holy Scripture. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| self-help | The action or faculty of providing for oneself without assistance from others. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| self-portrait | A self-made portrait of oneself. Cf. portrait n. 1b. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| septentrionic | Northern. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| serfship | Serfdom. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| servilism | Systematic servility. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| shawy | Abounding in shaws; woody. | 1848 | Go To Quotation |
| shelteringly | In a sheltering position or manner; so as to shelter. | 1848 | Go To Quotation |
| Siamese | trans. To join, unite, or couple, after the manner of the Siamese twins. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| sibilatory | Of the nature of, marked or expressed by, hissing. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| sidereous | Composed of iron. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| simulator | One who practises simulation. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| skittler | One who plays at the game of skittles. Also fig. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| skyless | Without visible sky; dark, cloudy. | 1848 | Go To Quotation |
| smartism | Smartness in talk; a smart saying. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| sniffing | That sniffs, in senses of the vb.; characterized by sniffing. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| snobbing | The cobbling, or partial making, of boots. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| snory | Inclined to snore; sleepy, drowsy. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| somnolescence | The state or condition of being sleepy; inclination to sleep. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| somnolize | trans. To make drowsy or sleepy. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| specializer | One who specializes. | 1878 | Go To Quotation |
| spoonish | Foolish. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| spoonism | Foolish conduct or behaviour; silliness. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| sprucery | = spruceness n. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| squeaklet | A little squeak. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| squirelet | A petty squire or small landowner; a squireling. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| starward | Towards the stars. Also attrib. or adj. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| subalternhood | The period of time spent as a subaltern officer. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| subtribal | Of, belonging, or relating to a subtribe. | 1866 | Go To Quotation |
| sulphuriferous | Containing sulphur; sulphurous. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| surveillant | Exercising surveillance. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| synthesize | trans. To make a synthesis of; to put together or combine into a complex whole; to make… | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| tailorism | Mode of expression or action characteristic of tailors. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| tailorly | Pertaining to, like, or befitting a tailor; sartorial. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| tailor-made | transf. Dressed in tailor-made garments. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| talentless | Devoid of talent; not mentally gifted. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| talismanically | In a talismanic manner; by or as by the influence of a talisman; magically. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| teetotalist | = teetotaller n. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| tetanize | trans. To produce tetanus or tetanic spasms in. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| thought-form | Philos. Any of various fundamental notions (such as time, space, substance, causality… | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| tintinnabule | A bell. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| toolless | Having no tools; destitute of tools. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| torrential | Like a torrent in rapidity or violence; torrent-like; rushing; falling in torrents, as rain. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| toxology | prop. The study of the bow, i.e. archery; in quot. 1843 humorously used for ‘archery’. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| transacherontic | Lying beyond Acheron, a fabled river of the infernal regions; cf. trans-Stygian adj. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| trillionth | One part out of a trillion. | 1848 | Go To Quotation |
| trinomy | A threefold law, rule, or arrangement. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| turbescency | The condition of becoming turbid. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| twaddly | Characterized by, or of the nature of, twaddle. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| Typhonian | Pertaining to or connected with Typhon or Set. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| ululatory | = ululant adj. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| universitarian | = universitary adj. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| unmonkly | (un- prefix 7.) | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| unpucker | (un- prefix 3.) | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| unrepent | (un- prefix 7.) | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| ursal | Resembling a bear in disposition or characteristic features; hence fig., bearish. (Cf. ursine adj. 3.) | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| ursicidal | Of or pertaining to the killing of bears. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| uxoricide | The murder of one's wife. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| vandalistic | Characterized by, given to, vandalism. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| vassalism | Tendency to accept a position of vassalage. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| venatorial | Connected with hunting. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| venesect | intr. To practise venesection. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| venetianed | Furnished with Venetian blinds or shutters. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| Venusberg | The court of Venus, in German legend and esp. in Wagner's Tannhäuser found in a grotto… | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| vernalize | trans. To render vernal or spring-like. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| vespertinal | = vespertine adj. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| victimizer | One who victimizes another or others. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| villaless | Having no villa or villas. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| viveur | One who lives a fashionable and social life; a man of pleasure. Cf. bon viveur n. at bon adj. j. | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| voluntarist | An advocate or adherent of the voluntary principle or method in the Church or in philosophy. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| vulgarist | A vulgarian. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| waugh hawk | ? A perversion or misunderstanding of ware hawk: see ware v. 3b. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| wilderment | Bewilderment. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| wracker | One who collects wrack, vraic, or seaweed. | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| wurst | Sausage, esp. of the German type; a German sausage. Also transf. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| yaffle | A bark, a yelp. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
