Longman's Magazine
Longman's Magazine (1883–1906).
The 658th most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 721 quotations (about 0.02% of all OED quotations).
| Total number of quotations | 721 | Find quotations |
|---|---|---|
| Quotations providing first evidence of a word | 33 | Find quotations |
| Quotations providing first evidence of a particular meaning | 147 | Find quotations |
| Lemma | Definition | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| amoral | Not within the sphere of moral sense; not to be characterized as either good or bad; non-moral. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| brut | Of wines: unsweetened. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| consonation | A sounding together. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| cowless | Destitute of cows. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| denticete | Toothed (as a whale). | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| disbloom | trans. To deprive of bloom. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| embarrassedly | In an embarrassed manner. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| escapeful | Giving a chance of escape. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| febricule | Anglicized form of febricula n. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| fogdom | The state of fog, foggy condition. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| insinuendo | 1885 | Go To Quotation | |
| livier | One who holds a tenement on a lease for a life or lives. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| maternalized | Made maternal. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| micrococcologist | A microbiologist knowledgeable about micrococci. | 1902 | Go To Quotation |
| middle-ageing | Becoming middle-aged; characteristic of a person becoming middle-aged. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| moansome | Expressive of grief or (later also) pleasure; = moanful adj. 1. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| multicycle | A pedal cycle with more than three wheels. Also: a pedal cycle for two or more riders. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| napping | = nappy adj. 1a. | 1654 | Go To Quotation |
| nuppence | No money; nothing. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| pamphletage | The totality of pamphlets on a particular subject; pamphlets collectively. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| preacherly | Of, relating to, or characteristic of a preacher or preachers. | 1905 | Go To Quotation |
| profanable | Liable to be profaned. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| purpositive | = purposive adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| sabelline | Of the colour of sable fur. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| salmonize | trans. To make (a river) fit for salmon. Also, to (attempt to) introduce salmon into (a river, etc.). | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| sclaff | trans. To scrape (the ground) behind the ball in striking; also, to hit (a ball) after having scraped the ground with the club. | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| see-er | One who sees or beholds. (Used to avoid the customary suggestions of seer n.) | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| slating | Severely critical or condemnatory. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| synthete | = synthetist n. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| tastiness | The quality or state of being tasty. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| tu-whit | intr. To hoot as an owl. | 1902 | Go To Quotation |
| unbotanical | (un- prefix 7.) | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| Wardour Street | Used attrib. in Wardour-street English, applied to the pseudo-archaic diction affected… | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
