| Adamish | Of or resembling Adam; representative or typical of humanity as a whole; spec. = old Adamish adj. at old Adam n. Derivatives. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| almanacking | the action or process of compiling or writing an almanac. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| amusingly | In an amusing manner. | 1812 | Go To Quotation |
| appallingly | In an appalling manner; terrifically, shockingly. | 1825 | Go To Quotation |
| asthmatically | After the manner of one suffering from asthma. | 1812 | Go To Quotation |
| attackable | Capable of being attacked, assailable. | 1813 | Go To Quotation |
| auctorial | Of or pertaining to an author. (Cf. authorial adj.) | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| Babist | Of or relating to the Babis (Babi n.) or their doctrine. | 1866 | Go To Quotation |
| backwater | intr. = the phr. to back water: see back v. 15b. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| baronetcy | A baronet's position or rank; a baronet's patent. | 1812 | Go To Quotation |
| bepuzzled | Utterly puzzled. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| besieging | That besieges; employed in a siege. | 1813 | Go To Quotation |
| Botany Bay | Proverbially used in sense of ‘transportation’; also fig. | 1812 | Go To Quotation |
| Bow-street | | 1812 | Go To Quotation |
| brilliantly | In a brilliant manner, with brilliant effect; brightly, glitteringly, splendidly. | 1813 | Go To Quotation |
| by-play | Chiefly on the stage: Action carried on aside, and commonly in dumb-show, while the main action proceeds. | 1812 | Go To Quotation |
| callable | That may be called (or called in, called upon, etc.). | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| capitalhood | The condition of being a capital city. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| celestiality | A Celestial (Chinese) dignitary. humorous. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| chammish | Of or pertaining to a cham n. or khan n. Chammish Majesty: the Great Khan; the Emperor of China. | 1813 | Go To Quotation |
| chaperonless | Without a chaperon. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| clanism | Clan system, clan feeling. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| collecting | That collects. | 1812 | Go To Quotation |
| colonialist | An adherent of a colonial system. Now freq. derogatory (cf. colonialism n.). | 1813 | Go To Quotation |
| complimentable | Capable of being complimented. | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| concatenator | One who concatenates. | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| confidee | One to whom anything is confided, or in whom one confides. | 1812 | Go To Quotation |
| contaminator | One who contaminates. | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| debouch | = debouch v. (sense 1). | 1813 | Go To Quotation |
| decapitator | One who decapitates. | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| decomposer | Something that decomposes; a decomposing agent. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| defrayal | The action of defraying; defrayment. | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| demi-tone | Music. = semitone n. | 1812 | Go To Quotation |
| demonize | trans. To make into, or like, a demon; to render demoniacal; to represent as a demon. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| depoeticize | trans. To deprive of what is poetic; to render prosaic. | 1813 | Go To Quotation |
| descriptionist | One who professes to give a description, spec. one who professes to give a mere… | 1827 | Go To Quotation |
| dinning | Making a din, disturbing with din or noise. | 1813 | Go To Quotation |
| Dionysic | Of Dionysus or Bacchus; Dionysiac. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| disappointer | One who or that which disappoints. | 1812 | Go To Quotation |
| disfigurative | Having a disfiguring tendency. | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| dismissible | Liable to be dismissed or discharged. | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| dispersable | Capable of being dispersed. | 1827 | Go To Quotation |
| dispersal | The action of dispersing; = dispersion n. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| disposability | The quality of being disposable; ability to be disposed of. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| disrespectable | The opposite of respectable; not worthy of respect; not in accordance with standards of respectability. | 1813 | Go To Quotation |
| distender | One who distends; an expander. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| dotter | One who or that which dots; an instrument for making dots; spec. a hand-instrument used in embossing letters for the blind. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| dramaticle | A miniature or insignificant drama. | 1813 | Go To Quotation |
| dukely | Belonging to or befitting a duke. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| duncely | Like or of the nature of a dunce. | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| duncish | Of the nature of a dunce; dunce-like. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| echiquier | In phrase, to retire in échiquier, i.e. by alternate squares. | 1812 | Go To Quotation |
| emerging | The action of the verb emerge v. | 1813 | Go To Quotation |
| feminivorous | That eats the flesh of a woman; of or relating to the eating of a woman's flesh. | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| fend-off | The action of fending off; hence concr. something that fends off. Also attrib. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| feudalize | trans. To make feudal, bring under the feudal system, impart a feudal character to… | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| filiism | Undue partiality for one's own son. | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| frivolize | trans. To render frivolous. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| Gamp-like | Resembling or reminiscent of Mrs. Gamp in speech, demeanour, etc.; = Gampish adj. Also more fully Mrs. Gamp-like. Cf. Gamp n. 1. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| gastronomous | Devoted to gastronomy. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| gauziness | The quality of being gauzy; the appearance or effect of gauze as an article of dress. Also fig. | 1827 | Go To Quotation |
| gerontocracy | The system of government by old men. Also, a governing body consisting of old men. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| ghosty | Concerned with ghosts; resembling a ghost. | 1866 | Go To Quotation |
| gradationary | Marked by gradations. | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| Gretna Green | Used attrib. in reference to the custom by which runaway couples from England have been… | 1813 | Go To Quotation |
| G string | Music. (See quot. 1876.) | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| hermaphrodital | = hermaphroditic adj. | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| heroify | To make a hero of; to exalt to the position of a hero. | 1812 | Go To Quotation |
| homester | A person devoted to staying at home, a homebody. Now rare. | 1819 | Go To Quotation |
| hothousing | The action of cultivating plants in a hothouse. Also fig. and in figurative… | 1833 | Go To Quotation |
| idiomacy | Idiomatic quality, idiomaticity. | 1813 | Go To Quotation |
| imploratory | Of imploring or beseeching nature. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| incanter | = incantator n. | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| increasedly | In an increased degree; to a greater amount or extent. | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| incurrable | Liable to be incurred. | 1812 | Go To Quotation |
| indescribability | Incapacity of being described; also (with an and pl.) something that cannot be described. | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| ineffulgent | Not effulgent; wanting brilliance. | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| insurrectionize | trans. To raise in insurrection. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| invocative | Characterized by invocation; invocatory. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| kickee | One who is kicked. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| ladyish | Of, relating to, or characteristic of a lady; ladylike; (excessively) refined or genteel. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| liberalizer | A person who or thing which liberalizes (in various senses). | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| locus | trans. To stupefy with drink. to locus away: to get away under the influence of drink. Cf. hocus v. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| lollingly | In a lolling manner. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| malcontentism | = malcontentedness n. | 1813 | Go To Quotation |
| man-millinery | Suggestive of male vanity or pomposity. | 1815 | Go To Quotation |
| melodramatize | trans. To make melodramatic. Also: to adapt (a novel, etc.) into a melodrama. | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| melodyless | Without melody; tuneless. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| meminiscent | = reminiscent adj. (Only in Hunt.) | 1812 | Go To Quotation |
| might | A possibility as distinct from a certainty; an instance of the expression of such… | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| mimologist | A reciter of mimes. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| monkey business | Mischief, trickery; fooling around. Cf. monkey v. 2. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| monopolylogist | A performer of a monopolylogue. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| morone | A deep crimson colour; maroon. | 1808 | Go To Quotation |
| mystifier | A person who mystifies others, esp. deliberately; a person or thing causing perplexity or bewilderment. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| Napoleonize | trans. To occupy or govern (a country) in the manner of Napoleon I. Also refl. in extended… | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| nomenclature | trans. To give a name to. | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| non-answer | A failure or refusal to give an answer; a failure to obtain an answer. | 1825 | Go To Quotation |
| non-German | Not German. | 1846 | Go To Quotation |
| non-information | An absence or lack of information. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| noodledum | Foolishness; a foolish person. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| noodleism | A silly action or idea. Obs. | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| no-show | A failure to keep an appointment by not turning up. | 1819 | Go To Quotation |
| novelly | In a novel manner; by a novel method. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| nullibiquitous | Existing nowhere. | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| obliviancy | Oblivion. | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| Odinic | Of or relating to Odin or Odinism. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| off-lying | Lying some way off, at a distance, or out of the way; remote; situated or placed… | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| operatically | In an operatic manner; from an operatic point of view. | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| opinionless | Lacking an opinion; not holding or expressing (esp. strong) opinions. | 1830 | Go To Quotation |
| optimize | trans. To make the best or most of; to develop to the utmost. Obs. | 1817 | Go To Quotation |
| optimizing | Making the best of oneself; presenting the best view of something. Obs. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| Ossianesque | Imitating or suggesting the heroic or magniloquent style of the poems attributed to… | 1821 | Go To Quotation |
| otherworldliness | Concentration upon or devotion to spiritual matters or life, esp. accompanied by a… | 1817 | Go To Quotation |
| out-picquet | An advance picket; an outpost. | 1811 | Go To Quotation |
| outspread | Something spread out or expanded; an expanse. Now rare. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| over-committed | Having excessive commitments or obligations. | 1818 | Go To Quotation |
| overpoweringly | To an overpowering degree; overwhelmingly; in an overpowering manner. | 1812 | Go To Quotation |
| pastoralized | Made pastoral or rural. | 1825 | Go To Quotation |
| patronly | Of, relating to, or befitting a patron. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| pensionless | Left without a pension, lacking a pension; unpensioned. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| phantasmagorian | Phantasmagoric. | 1827 | Go To Quotation |
| philozoonist | A lover of animals; a philozoist. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| piercent | = perceant adj. | 1829 | Go To Quotation |
| pluviose | Of, relating to, or characterized by rain; rainy. | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| poetico- | Forming adjectives with the sense ‘poetic and ——’, as poetico-commercial, poetico-metaphysical, poetico-philosophic, etc. | 1711 | Go To Quotation |
| politico religionist | A person whose religious beliefs are influenced by politics, or who takes political action on the strength of religious beliefs. | 1809 | Go To Quotation |
| precisionist | A person who makes a profession or practice of precision in expression, work, etc.; a purist. | 1827 | Go To Quotation |
| presto | trans. To convey, transform, etc., by or as if by magic; to conjure. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| priscal | Old, ancient; relating to the past. Cf. priscan adj. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| prison-bound | Imprisoned; confined in a prison. | 1816 | Go To Quotation |
| procrastinative | That tends to procrastinate; of the nature of procrastination. | 1824 | Go To Quotation |
| rateless | That does not involve the payment of rates; not liable to rates. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| redeliverer | A person who delivers again (in various senses). | 1816 | Go To Quotation |
| red-taped | Characterized by red tape; restricted by excessive bureaucracy. Also: tied with red tape. | 1834 | Go To Quotation |
| remonstratory | = remonstrative adj. | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| rib-tickling | That tickles the ribs; amusing. Cf. to tickle (a person's) ribs at rib n. 2. | 1809 | Go To Quotation |
| roulading | The action of performing a musical roulade. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| roundaboutility | = roundaboutness n. | 1863 | Go To Quotation |
| rowing | Rowdy; disposed to making a row. Obs. rare. | 1812 | Go To Quotation |
| schemery | Scheming practices. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| sculpturally | By means of sculpture. | 1825 | Go To Quotation |
| showiness | The quality of being showy. | 1813 | Go To Quotation |
| slave-trader | One who trades in slaves; a slaver. | 1813 | Go To Quotation |
| slug | trans. To load (a gun) with slugs. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| smuggling | Of vessels. | 1813 | Go To Quotation |
| spanker-boom | The boom on which the spanker is set. | 1813 | Go To Quotation |
| spencer | (Meaning obscure.) | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| spoliator | One who commits spoliation or robbery; a pillager, plunderer, a spoiler. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| squirry | = squirr v. | 1825 | Go To Quotation |
| strippy | Of the nature of a strip, made up of strips. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| sweepingly | So as to have a wide scope; comprehensively; indiscriminately. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| symbol | trans. = symbolize v. 3. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| taradiddle | trans. To impose upon, or bring into some condition, by telling fibs. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| throw- | an act of throwing up. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| travestiment | An act of travestying; the wearing the dress of the opposite sex; a travesty. | 1832 | Go To Quotation |
| unattributable | (un- prefix 7b). | 1812 | Go To Quotation |
| unaudited | (un- prefix 8.) | 1812 | Go To Quotation |
| unbaffleable | (un- prefix 7.) | 1827 | Go To Quotation |
| unconceitedly | (un- prefix 11.) | 1812 | Go To Quotation |
| unmeditative | (un- prefix 7.) | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| unpopularize | trans. To make unpopular. | 1831 | Go To Quotation |
| vectitory | Of the nature of carrying or conveying. | 1822 | Go To Quotation |
| visitorial | = visitatorial adj. 1. | 1813 | Go To Quotation |
| wantoner | A person who acts wantonly or is given to wanton behaviour. | 1812 | Go To Quotation |
| wash-basin | A wash-hand basin. | 1812 | Go To Quotation |
| wig | trans. To supply with a wig; to put a wig upon; spec. to provide with wigs in preparation… | 1826 | Go To Quotation |
| yachtman | = yachtsman n. | 1820 | Go To Quotation |
| yarn-spinner | A workman who spins yarn. | 1813 | Go To Quotation |
