| datation | = dating n. 2. | 1910 | Go To Quotation |
| idée reçue | A generally accepted notion or opinion. Cf. received adj. 1. | 1933 | Go To Quotation |
| lisp | intr. To speak with that defect of utterance which consists in substituting for /ð/ and… | 1099 | Go To Quotation |
| Marxoid | Following or advocating Marxism, esp. (depreciative) on the basis of a superficial… | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| metaphonic | Characterized by or exhibiting metaphony. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| metathesized | That is characterized by or has undergone metathesis. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| metrics | The branch of study that deals with metre, esp. in poetry; = metric n. 1. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| mid-Victorianism | Mid-Victorian styles, ways, or practices. | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| misbind | trans. To bind (a book, pages) badly or wrongly. Usu. in pa. pple. | 1941 | Go To Quotation |
| monophthongize | trans. To change or convert (a vowel sound) into a monophthong. | 1910 | Go To Quotation |
| mours | Customs, practice; moral conduct. Cf. mores n. | 1250 | Go To Quotation |
| mythographical | = mythographic adj. | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| neo-Gothicism | Neo-Gothic style or influence. | 1932 | Go To Quotation |
| Neo-Melanesian | An English-based pidgin or creole spoken in Melanesia, comprising three main varieties… | 1955 | Go To Quotation |
| New Romantic | Designating any of various new or modern social, philosophical, or artistic movements… | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| non-final | Chiefly Linguistics. That does not come at the end of a word, series, etc. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| normalizing | The action of normalize v. | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| odiferous | = odoriferous adj. | 1499 | Go To Quotation |
| outlawed | Of a person: put outside the law, declared an outlaw; banished, exiled. Of a thing: made illegal, proscribed, banned. | 1399 | Go To Quotation |
| overscored | That has been overscored. | 1947 | Go To Quotation |
| pandero | Any of various tambourines (often without jingles) of Spain, Latin America, or the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. Cf. pandeiro n. | 1914 | Go To Quotation |
| patientless | Of a doctor, hospital, etc.: having no patients. | 1798 | Go To Quotation |
| perfectivity | The quality or state of being perfective (perfective adj. 2b). | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| phrase structure | gen. The structure of a phrase; (also) an instance of this, a group of words that constitutes a phrase. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| plosive | A consonant that is produced by stopping the airflow using the lips, teeth, or palate… | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| post-Chaucerian | Occurring, developing, or happening after the lifetime of Chaucer; spec. following… | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| prescriptivism | Linguistics. The practice or advocacy of prescriptive grammar; the belief that the grammar… | 1953 | Go To Quotation |
| Romanicist | A student of or expert in Romance languages or their literature. | 1899 | Go To Quotation |
| ruff | With possessive pronouns, esp. in phrase in his (also their) ruff. Obs. | 1499 | Go To Quotation |
| Schriftsprache | The conventional and standardized written variety of a given language (or occas. a dialect). | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| stageable | That can be put upon the stage. | 1907 | Go To Quotation |
| -teria | A suffix used commercially to form the names of self-service retail or catering establishments. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
