| adjectivism | The tendency to use adjectives, esp. excessively. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| alpinism | The sport or activity of climbing high mountains, esp. in the Alps, typically involving… | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| Americanesque | Of a style or manner characteristic of the United States or its inhabitants. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| anniversary | To celebrate the anniversary of. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| anthologize | intr. To make an anthology or anthologies; to compile as, or in the form of, an anthology… | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| apiculture | Bee-keeping or -rearing. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| apolausticism | Devotion to enjoyment. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| argotic | Of the nature of slang. | 1863 | Go To Quotation |
| arguably | As may be shown by argument or made a matter of argument. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| aristocraticism | Adherence to aristocratic principles or customs. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| artistdom | The status or condition of being an artist; artists collectively. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| auteurism | = auteur theory n. at auteur n. adj. Compounds; (also) the position, character, or actions of an auteur. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| Bach | Applied attrib. to a type of trumpet suitable for the performance of Bach's trumpet parts. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| balladic | Of the nature of, or relating to, ballads. Cf. balladical adj. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| beddable | That may be taken to bed; sexually attractive. | 1941 | Go To Quotation |
| Bedouinism | The Bedouin life or system. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| bemuddle | trans. To confuse or muddle completely. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| berryless | Without producing berries; not berried or furnished with berries. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| bimetallist | An advocate or supporter of bimetallism. Also attrib. or as adj. | 1879 | Go To Quotation |
| biocide | The destruction of life, esp. by chemical means; an instance of this. | 1947 | Go To Quotation |
| blagueur | One who talks pretentiously; a joker or teller of tall stories. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| blotty | Disfigured with blots; dauby. | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| booklet | A tiny book. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| bowler | A low-crowned stiff felt hat, a ‘billy-cock’. Also bowler-hat. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| brininess | Briny quality. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| bulginess | The quality of being bulgy. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| bullfincher | = bullfinch n. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| bumbledom | Fussy official pomposity and stupidity, especially as displayed by the officers… | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| bunkery | Full of or abounding in bunkers. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| bursarial | Belonging to a bursar or a bursary. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| butlerdom | The class or estate of butlers. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| camorra | A secret society of lawless malcontents in Naples and Neapolitan cities. Sometimes transf. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| campaignlet | A diminutive campaign. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| cappy | Characterized by a cap; like a cap. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| Carey Street | Used allusively to indicate a state of bankruptcy. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| casualness | Casual state or quality. (See casual adj. 5 6.) | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| censorize | trans. To act as censor over. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| chalcologue | A student of brasses. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| chalcotribe | One who takes rubbings of brasses. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| chartographer | One who draws charts or maps. Cf. cartographer n. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| chassé-croisé | A dance figure in which one of two partners chassés first to the right and then to the… | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| chattelship | = chattelhood n. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| chef d'orchestre | The leader or conductor of an orchestra. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| che-ild | A representation (usu. ironical) of an affected or melodramatic pronunciation of child n. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| chinesery | = chinoiserie n. at Chinois n. Derivatives. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| chip-stone | (See quot. 1884.) | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| choleriform | Having the form of, or resembling, cholera. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| chromolithograph | A picture printed in colours from stone. Also attrib. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| cinéaste | An enthusiast for, or devotee of, the cinema. | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| circumnutate | intr. To bend or lean in a direction which is continually revolving or rotating in… | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| clericalism | Clerical principles; clerical rule or influence; clerical partisanship. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| clerify | trans. To make clerical. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| clothement | Clothing, raiment. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| cock-crower | One who crows like a cock (e.g. to disturb an orator, actor, etc.). | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| cognominous | Of the same name; = cognominal adj. 1. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| co-labourer | Fellow-labourer. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| collectivism | The socialistic theory of the collective ownership or control of all the means of… | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| commemorator | One who commemorates. | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| compulsionist | An advocate of compulsion; spec. an advocate of compulsory military service. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| compurgatress | A female compurgator. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| computernik | A computer expert or enthusiast. | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| concessionaire | A person who has obtained a concession, grant, or privilege. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| confessionalize | intr. To introduce or use the confessional. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| conspue | trans. To spit upon (in contempt). | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| constitutionless | Without a (political) constitution. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| convocationist | An advocate or supporter of Convocation. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| co-owner | A joint owner. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| copartitive | Of or pertaining to co-partnership. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| corallize | trans. To make into coral. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| corbel | intr. to project on or as on corbels. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| co-religionary | = co-religionist n. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| co-revolving | Revolving together. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| cottagehood | nonce-wd. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| crammee | One who is ‘crammed’ (for an examination, etc.); the pupil of a ‘crammer’. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| crampedness | Cramped quality; narrowness resulting from restraint. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| crankish | Somewhat cranky; inclined to cranks. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| creophagous | Flesh-eating; carnivorous. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| criminologist | A writer of texts about crime; an expert in criminology. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| curiosa | With pl. concord. Curiosities, oddities; spec. erotic or pornographic books (cf. curious adj. 16b). | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| cyclism | The action or activity of cycling; (enthusiasm for) the use of bicycles or other cycles. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| cyclopaedize | trans. To bring together or arrange in systematic form. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| cymbocephalic | Having a skull long and narrow, and, as viewed from above, somewhat boat-shaped. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| de-anglicize | trans. To remove English characteristics or influence from. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| decadrachm | An ancient Greek silver coin of the value of 10 drachmas. | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| declensional | Of or belonging to grammatical declension. | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| decrystallization | Deprivation of crystalline structure. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| defervesce | intr. To cool down. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| dégringolade | A rapid descent; deterioration, decadence; change from bad to worse. Also as vb. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| demagnify | trans. Of a lens, etc.: to make smaller. Also absol. | 1960 | Go To Quotation |
| demagoguize | intr. To play the demagogue. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| demolater | A worshipper of the common people. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| demonomania | (See quot. 1883.) | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| dénigrement | Blackening of character, disparagement. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| denunciative | Given to or characterized by denunciation; denunciatory. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| deodorize | trans. To deprive of odour, esp. of offensive or noisome odour; to take away the (bad) smell of. Also fig. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| deparochialize | trans. To deprive of parochial character. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| deschooling | Illich's term for the action or process of transferring the function of education… | 1970 | Go To Quotation |
| diable au corps | = devil n. 6b; restless or inexhaustible energy; devilment. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| diagrammatical | = diagrammatic adj. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| differentialize | trans. To make differential; to differentiate. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| dilettantist | Characterized by dilettantism. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| disbarment | The action of disbarring a barrister. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| disbenefit | Loss or absence of benefit; a disadvantage or drawback, esp. one which counterbalances a benefit. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| discaste | trans. To cause to lose caste. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| discipular | Of, belonging to, or of the nature of, a disciple. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| discutable | Capable of being discussed; discussible adj. | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| disformation | Alteration of shape, deformation. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| dispollute | trans. To free from pollution. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| disrealize | trans. To divest of reality, to idealize. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| disrupter | One who breaks up; one who causes disruption. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| dissembly | The separation of an assembly. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| distressfulness | The quality of being distressful; painfulness. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| ditrochee | A foot consisting of two trochees; a double trochee: = dichoree n. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| do-gooding | That does good; that tries to do good, esp. in a misguided way; = do-good adj. | 1936 | Go To Quotation |
| Dosto(y)evskian | Of, or characteristic of, Dostoevsky or his works. | 1925 | Go To Quotation |
| du théâtre | ‘Of the theatre’; characteristic of or suited to the theatre; theatrical. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| dynamitist | One who practises or favours dynamitism; a dynamiter. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| Egyptologue | = Egyptologist n. at Egyptology n. Derivatives. | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| Egyptology | The study of Egyptian antiquities, of the ancient Egyptian language and history. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| empanelment | = empanelling n. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| enclad | As past participle: = enclothed, past participle of enclothe v. | 1863 | Go To Quotation |
| epimyth | The moral of a fable or story. | 1866 | Go To Quotation |
| episcopization | The action of making (a person) a bishop. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| ergograph | An instrument which measures and records the work done by particular groups of muscles. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| eroticism | Erotic spirit or character; also, the use of erotic or sexually arousing imagery in literature or art. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| et patati et patata | And so on and so forth; = et cetera n. 1. | 1904 | Go To Quotation |
| eulogious | Full of eulogy; eulogistic. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| euonymous | Well or felicitously named. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| euphemistic | Pertaining to euphemism; of the nature of a euphemism; containing a euphemism. | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| exampleship | The function of setting an example. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| exordize | intr. To make an exordium; to begin. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| expellee | One who has been expelled, esp. from his own country. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| expertism | The quality of being an expert. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| exterminatress | A female exterminator. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| factlessness | The quality of being devoid of or wanting in facts. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| faddity | = fad n. 1. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| fag | Any cigarette (the current use). Also attrib., as fag card n. a cigarette card. fag hag n. (see quot. 1945). | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| fagottist | A performer on the bassoon, bassoonist. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| fahlband | A zone or stratum in crystalline rocks. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| fauness | A female faun. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| fibreless | Without fibres or fibre; without strength, nerveless. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| fizzy | Given to fizz. Also fig. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| flirtee | One who is flirted with. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| flirthood | The state of being a flirt. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| flutterable | That may be fluttered. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| folklorish | Resembling folklore. | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| fuelless | Destitute of fuel. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| fugued | Composed in the form of a fugue. | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| fundless | Without funds. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| Gallicizer | One who Gallicizes: in quot. 1859, a French partisan. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| genocidal | Of, pertaining to, or involving genocide. | 1948 | Go To Quotation |
| geomance | intr. To practise geomancy; to divine for something by means of geomancy. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| ghosthood | The state of being a ghost. Also attrib. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| Grand Guignol | A dramatic entertainment in which short pieces of a sensational or horrific kind are played successively. Also transf. | 1908 | Go To Quotation |
| guttlesome | Gluttonous. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| hackneydom | A state of commonplaceness. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| hedgingly | So as to hedge (see hedge v. 8). | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| hedonometer | An apparatus for measuring pleasure. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| hetaerism | Open concubinage. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| hicra picra | Vulgar perversion of hiera picra n. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| hoey | A society of Chinese: esp. a secret society formed by them in English-speaking countries or colonies. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| Iberism | (See quots.) | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| ignorantism | A system which exalts or favours ignorance; = obscurantism n. | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| impermissible | Not permissible; not to be permitted or allowed. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| implant | Anything implanted, esp. within the body. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| impressionistic | Of or pertaining to impressionism; in the style of the impressionists. Also, in a… | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| ineffectiveness | The quality of being ineffective. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| inenubilable | That cannot be cleared of clouds or mist, or (fig.) of obscurity; indistinct; inexplicable. | 1903 | Go To Quotation |
| infallibilism | The principle of the infallibility of some person or thing, esp. of the Pope. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| infimity | The quality of being ‘infimous’; concr. an ‘infimous’ person. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| inrag | trans. To embody in the form of rags. | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| inscenation | Theatrical representation, mise en scène. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| insecticide | attrib. or as adj. Having the property of killing insects; insecticidal. (In quot. 1865, fig.) | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| insecticide | The killing of insects. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| interestless | Devoid of interest. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| interpage | trans. To print or insert on intermediate pages. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| intransigence | = intransigency n. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| irrenunciable | That cannot be renounced. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| irreproducible | Not reproducible; incapable of being reproduced. | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| japish | | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| Joey | A clown. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| jokesman | A professional joker. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| kalimba | A musical instrument played with the thumbs, consisting of metal strips along a small, hollow piece of wood. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| keller | A beer-cellar in Austria or Germany. Also attrib. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| laicization | The action or process of rendering lay or subjecting to lay control. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| lavendery | Perfumed with lavender; fragrant. Also fig. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| leafleteer | A writer of leaflets; the author of a leaflet. (Often contemptuous.) | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| leatherette | A fabric composed of cloth and paper, in imitation of leather. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| Lee-Metford | Used attrib. to designate a type of rifle in use before the Lee-Enfield rifle. Also Lee-Metford bullet. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| liveness | The quality or condition of being alive (in various senses). Also: liveliness. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| lovelify | trans. To make lovely; to beautify. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| luminism | = luminarism n. | 1905 | Go To Quotation |
| Maeterlinckian | Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of Maeterlinck or his writings. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| manualization | The action of using the hands. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| marprelatist | Of or belonging to the Marprelate party. | 1879 | Go To Quotation |
| Maxim | trans. To kill with a Maxim gun. | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| McLuhanism | The social ideas of McLuhan concerning the effects of mass media, esp. the argument that it… | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| medallionist | A maker of medallions. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| metronymy | = matriliny n.; spec. the practice or system of using metronymics. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| microgenic | Of a voice: that sounds well when recorded or transmitted by microphone; well suited to broadcasting. | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| middle-classness | The quality or state of being middle-class. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| mindscape | The range of a person's thoughts and imagination, regarded as a panorama capable… | 1930 | Go To Quotation |
| minitabund | Threatening. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| mismarry | trans. To join together or marry unsuitably. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| monocrop | trans. To cultivate (an area) with a monocrop; to cultivate (a plant) as a monocrop. | 1970 | Go To Quotation |
| Muslimized | Converted to Islam; made Muslim in character. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| Muzak | trans. To supply with Muzak; to make (one's way) to an accompaniment of Muzak. | 1957 | Go To Quotation |
| muzzily | In a muzzy manner; in bewilderment or confusion; vaguely, indistinctly. | 1903 | Go To Quotation |
| mythoclast | A person who destroys or discredits a myth or myths. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| mythometer | A supposed system or standard for judging myths. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| neopythagorean | Of or relating to neopythagoreanism. | 1863 | Go To Quotation |
| nostalgie de la boue | A longing for sexual or social degradation; a desire to regress to more… | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| oenologist | An expert in or connoisseur of wines. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| orchidacean | A person who cultivates orchids; an authority on orchids. Obs. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| orchidacity | The quality of being like an orchid; showiness, exoticism. See orchidaceous adj. 2. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| Ottomanized | Having become Ottoman in character. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| ovivorous | Sheep-eating. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| Pateresque | Of, relating to, or characteristic of the English writer Walter Pater or his writings or aesthetics. Cf. Paterian adj. | 1903 | Go To Quotation |
| pathfinding | The action of a pathfinder; (lit.) the action of finding or marking a path or way; (fig.) pioneering or trailblazing activity. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| perfervidity | = perfervidness n. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| perstringement | Stricture; criticism. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| philocaly | Love of beauty. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| philogynaecic | Characterized or motivated by fondness for women; = philogynous adj. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| photo- | a picture produced by photolithography. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| photometallography | Photolithography using a metal plate. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| phototypy | The process of making phototypes. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| piffle | Foolish or empty talk; nonsense, drivel. Also used as an exclamation or retort to express disbelief or disagreement. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pilling | The action of rejecting a person by ballot from a club or society; blackballing. Also… | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| platitudinousness | The quality of being platitudinous; banality. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| platycephalic | Having a flat or broad head. Also Craniometry: (of a skull) broad or flattened at the top. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| plebify | trans. To make or render plebeian. | 1867 | Go To Quotation |
| plotwise | As regards the plot of a literary work, film, etc. | 1948 | Go To Quotation |
| pointillism | A technique of painting using tiny dots of various pure colours, which when viewed from… | 1901 | Go To Quotation |
| politicalize | trans. To make political, to politicize. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| polyonym | Ancient Greek Philos. Each of a number of different words having the same meaning; a synonym. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| polypragmatism | Busyness or concern with many affairs; (formerly) spec. officiousness (cf. pragmatism n. 1) (now rare). | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| ponency | The action of positing or stating the existence of something. Only in self-ponency. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| poppa | A father; (also) a male lover; a husband; = papa n. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| porno- | a mania for pornography. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| powerlet | An insignificant power. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| praelectress | A female lecturer. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| precinctuary | Concerned with a cathedral precinct or close. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| pretty-prettiness | Excessive or cloying and sentimental prettiness; an instance of this. | 1901 | Go To Quotation |
| Primrosism | The principles, policies, or practices of the Primrose League. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| private | trans. To provide (an army) with privates (private n. 10). Cf. man v. 1a, officer v. 1. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| professionalization | The action of making or fact of becoming professionalized; the process of professionalizing. | 1901 | Go To Quotation |
| puellular | = puellile adj. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| pumpkinifier | A person who extravagantly or absurdly glorifies another (cf. pumpkinification n.). | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| pusso- | a person with a mania for cats. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| quad | = quadraphonic adj. | 1970 | Go To Quotation |
| quadringentenary | Lasting four hundred years. | 1903 | Go To Quotation |
| quotationally | By way of quotation, as a quotation; with quotations; as regards quotations. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| rebarbative | Repellent; unattractive; objectionable. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| Rebecca | trans. To demolish or remove (a gate) (in quot. regarded as an act of wanton vandalism). Cf. Rebecca n. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| ribboning | Suggestive of a ribbon; esp. (of a road, etc.) stretching out like a ribbon. | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| richie | A wealthy person, esp. one who is young. | 1954 | Go To Quotation |
| Rossettian | Relating to or characteristic of Rossetti or his work. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| Ruskinade | A discourse or tirade characteristic of Ruskin. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| sahibhood | = Sahib-dom n. | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| Sardoodledom | A fanciful word used to describe well-wrought, but trivial or morally… | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| scraggled | Drawn with rough and irregular strokes. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| secret de Polichinelle | A supposed secret which is generally known; an open secret. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| sensize | trans. To perceive by means of the senses. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| sideromancy | Forecasting the future by means of the stars. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| simonism | The practice or advocacy of simony. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| smattery | Smattering; superficial knowledge. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| sommité | A person of great eminence or influence. | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| sound-alike | A person or thing that closely resembles another (or others) in sound or name. Also attrib. or as adj. | 1970 | Go To Quotation |
| spinto | Designating a lyrical voice of powerful, dramatic quality; hence (of music, etc.)… | 1955 | Go To Quotation |
| squibling | = squiblet n. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| stallite | One who occupies a theatre-stall. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| Tappertitian | Characteristic of or resembling Tappertit, esp. in his amorous approaches to Dolly Varden. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| tchin | Rank; person or persons of quality. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| Teilhardian | Of or pertaining to Teilhard de Chardin or his writings, which are noted for their… | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| tention | Short for attention n. 5. | 1908 | Go To Quotation |
| terem | Secluded separate quarters for women. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| theriomorphic | Having the form of a beast; also transf. of or pertaining to a deity worshipped in the form of a beast. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| throatal | Of or pertaining to the throat; guttural; cervical. | 1905 | Go To Quotation |
| Tiepolesque | Characteristic of or resembling the work of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696 – 1770), or of… | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| tippable | Designating one who may be tipped, or who is open to tips or douceurs. Occas. absol. as n. | 1907 | Go To Quotation |
| Toriness | Tory quality or condition. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| tractatule | A small tractate or treatise. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| transliterate | trans. To replace (letters or characters of one language) by those of another used… | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| transliteration | The action or process of transliterating; the rendering of the letters or characters… | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| tunesome | Having ‘tune’ or melody; tuneful. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| twangy | Having a twang (in various senses). In quot. 1887, having a tang (tang n. 5). | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| unallotted | (un- prefix 8.) | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| unbereaved | (un- prefix 8.) | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| undependable | Not to be depended upon; unreliable, untrustworthy. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| understaffed | (under- prefix 5a(a).) | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| undesecrated | (un- prefix 8.) | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| undrape | (un- prefix 4.) | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| uninspected | (un- prefix 8.) | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| unrealism | (un- prefix 12.) | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| unshiftiness | (un- prefix 12.) | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| untradesmanlike | (un- prefix 7c.) | 1863 | Go To Quotation |
| vapourgraph | = vaporograph n. | 1903 | Go To Quotation |
| vapulary | = vapulatory adj. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| versate | trans. To turn about. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| viable | Traversable. | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| Volapük | An artificial language, chiefly composed of materials from European tongues, invented in 1879… | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| Warholian | Of or characteristic of Warhol, his ideas, or his work. | 1972 | Go To Quotation |
