Keyssler's Travels (1756/7).
The 985th most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 498 quotations (about 0.01% of all OED quotations).
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| camerata | Each of the groups into which the students of theological colleges in Rome are divided for accommodation and social activities. | 1757 | Go To Quotation |
| crypto-Calvinianism | = crypto-Calvinism n. | 1757 | Go To Quotation |
| homesickness | Sadness caused by longing for one's home or family during a period of absence. Also: an instance of this. | 1756 | Go To Quotation |
| nostalgia | Acute longing for familiar surroundings, esp. regarded as a medical condition; homesickness. Also in extended use. | 1756 | Go To Quotation |
| pantaleon | A large dulcimer capable of extensive dynamic variation and influential in the development… | 1757 | Go To Quotation |
| predella | A step or platform upon which an altar is placed; (also) a painting or sculpture on the vertical face of this. | 1757 | Go To Quotation |
| rubb | A unit of weight formerly used in Piedmont, equal to approx. 25 pounds (11 kg). | 1756 | Go To Quotation |
| Sienese | An inhabitant or native of Siena, a city in Tuscany. | 1756 | Go To Quotation |
| sudatorium | A room in which hot-air or steam baths are taken to produce sweating; a sweating-room (esp. Roman Hist.). | 1757 | Go To Quotation |
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