| Afrocentric | Centred or focusing on Africa or on cultures of African origin, esp. North American black culture. Cf. Eurocentric adj. | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| Althusserian | Of, belonging to, or characteristic of Althusser; esp. relating to or… | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| Anglophony | The community of English-speaking people or countries. Also: spoken English, esp. considered prevalent or dominant. | 1988 | Go To Quotation |
| angry | An ‘angry’ person (see angry adj. 3c); an ‘angry young man’. | 1957 | Go To Quotation |
| atmosphered | Having or provided with atmosphere (sense 4). | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| blazered | Wearing a blazer. | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| cantonization | The process of making cantonal; a division into cantons. | 1936 | Go To Quotation |
| chalcenterous | With bowels of bronze, tough. | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| chordophone | Any stringed musical instrument. | 1937 | Go To Quotation |
| cocktail | intr. To drink cocktails; to attend a cocktail party. Also trans., to give a cocktail to. | 1936 | Go To Quotation |
| decondition | trans. To reverse or remove the conditioned reflexes of (someone); to undo the… | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| deconstructor | One who deconstructs, a deconstructionist. | 1978 | Go To Quotation |
| demystify | trans. To clarify (obscure, clouded, or irrational beliefs); to reduce or… | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| diatonicism | The quality or state of being diatonic; music the tonality of which is predominantly diatonic; a diatonic system. | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| différance | The impossibility or indefinite deferral of any ultimate or metaphysical signification… | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| dix-huitième | Of or belonging to the eighteenth century. Also as n. | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| endistance | trans. To produce an effect of ‘alienation’ (sense 1c) in an audience; to ‘distance’ (cf. sense 1a). | 1961 | Go To Quotation |
| enhat | trans. To invest with a cardinal's hat. | 1925 | Go To Quotation |
| enosis | The proposed union of Cyprus and Greece. Also transf. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| expat | colloq. abbrev. of expatriate n. | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
| filmset | trans. To compose (matter) by projecting images on to photographic film in a photocomposing machine. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| Fitzrovia | A Bohemian area of London around Fitzroy Square, west of Tottenham Court Road (see quots.). | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| Frazerian | Of or pertaining the work of James Frazer. Also as n., a follower or adherent of Frazer. | 1932 | Go To Quotation |
| fringer | One who is on the fringe (sense 2b). | 1938 | Go To Quotation |
| funiculared | Provided with a funicular railway. | 1933 | Go To Quotation |
| grandfilial | Of sentiments, duty, etc.: due from or befitting a grandchild to a grandparent. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| hexatonic | Characterized by hexatones. | 1930 | Go To Quotation |
| insensitivity | Lack of sensitivity, insensitiveness; an instance of this. | 1957 | Go To Quotation |
| kir | A drink made from dry white wine and crème de cassis. Cf. kir royale n. | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| Leavisian | An admirer or follower of F. R. Leavis. | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| Leavisite | = Leavisian n. adj. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| machete | trans. To cut or sever with a machete; to form (a path, etc.) by such cutting. Hence: to… | 1978 | Go To Quotation |
| membranophone | A musical instrument, such as a drum, kazoo, etc., in which the sound is produced by… | 1937 | Go To Quotation |
| Menshevist | A Menshevik; a supporter of Menshevism. | 1919 | Go To Quotation |
| metafiction | Fiction in which the author self-consciously alludes to the artificiality or literariness of… | 1960 | Go To Quotation |
| metaphysicality | The quality of being metaphysical; metaphysical style or nature. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| misinformative | That gives wrong or misleading information. | 1912 | Go To Quotation |
| misvocalization | The insertion of incorrect vowel signs in forms of writing consisting mainly or… | 1932 | Go To Quotation |
| mitteleuropäisch | = Middle-European adj. | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| Mittyesque | Reminiscent of Walter Mitty; = Mittyish adj. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| monotint | Representation in shades of a single colour (chiefly in in monotint); a picture in shades… | 1875 | Go To Quotation |
| morna | In the Cape Verde Islands: a song of lament. | 1938 | Go To Quotation |
| muzhikdom | Muzhiks collectively; the attitude or outlook regarded as characteristic of muzhiks. | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| nanniness | The state or condition of being nannyish. | 1973 | Go To Quotation |
| narratological | Of, relating to, or involving narratology. | 1975 | Go To Quotation |
| Nazifying | The action of Nazify v. | 1934 | Go To Quotation |
| nuancé | = nuanced adj. | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| oenophilic | Relating to or designating an oenophile or oenophiles; wine-loving. | 1957 | Go To Quotation |
| one-upman | A person who practises one-upmanship. | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| onomatopoeics | With sing. or pl. concord: = onomatopoeia n. | 1934 | Go To Quotation |
| other-regard | Regard for others, altruism. Opposed to self-regard. | 1938 | Go To Quotation |
| outsiderdom | The condition or state of being an outsider, esp. in society. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| outsiderish | Characteristic of an outsider; representative of an outside point of view. | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| outsiderliness | The quality or fact of being an outsider. | 1957 | Go To Quotation |
| outsiderly | Characteristic of an outsider or of outsiderliness; outsiderish. | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| paedicatory | Of or relating to paedication. | 1976 | Go To Quotation |
| palari | A Malay and Indonesian sailing vessel; spec. a two-masted pleasure boat with a carved stern. Cf. pajala n. | 1936 | Go To Quotation |
| parascientific | Of, relating to, or characterized by parascience. | 1961 | Go To Quotation |
| peasanty | Characteristic of, resembling, or suggestive of peasants or their way of life. | 1933 | Go To Quotation |
| photomontage | Montage (montage n. 1b) that makes use of photographic images and techniques; (also)… | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| polyonymosity | The practice of using several different names for the same person or thing. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| polytechnization | In communist countries, esp. the Soviet Union: the planning of a school curriculum… | 1932 | Go To Quotation |
| pornbroker | A person who buys, sells, or deals in pornography. | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| QWERTY | Designating the standard English-language typewriter keyboard, of which the first six keys… | 1929 | Go To Quotation |
| rappel | The technique of descending a steep rock face by means of a doubled rope fixed above the… | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| rethink | An act of rethinking, esp. one that leads to change; a reappraisal, a reassessment; (occas.) a result of this. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| ritualia | Objects used in or connected with rites. Also: ritual activities. | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| romancé | Esp. of a biography: given the form or character of a novel; fictionalized. | 1938 | Go To Quotation |
| roman-fleuve | A connected sequence of self-contained novels which follow the lives or fortunes of an individual, family, society, or the like. | 1936 | Go To Quotation |
| sacerdotium | The dominion of the Church in mediæval Europe. | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| Sachlichkeit | Objectivism, realism; spec. in the fine arts = Neue Sachlichkeit n. | 1930 | Go To Quotation |
| safari | intr. To go on safari. Also in extended use. | 1908 | Go To Quotation |
| scalic | = scalar adj. 3. | 1933 | Go To Quotation |
| Scandinavianize | trans. To render (place-names, etc.) Scandinavian in form or character. | 1933 | Go To Quotation |
| Schwung | Energy; verve; panache. | 1930 | Go To Quotation |
| sensiblerie | = sentimentality n. a. | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| serendipitous | Of persons: having the faculty of making happy and unexpected discoveries by accident. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| Sheridanesque | Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Sheridan or his plays. | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| situationism | The revolutionary ideas relating to culture associated with the Situationist International (see quot. 1971 situationist n. 1). | 1964 | Go To Quotation |
| snowmobile | Any motor vehicle designed for travelling over snow; spec. a small, light… | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| soft-centred | Of a person or his attitudes: soft-hearted; of works of literature, art, music, etc.… | 1957 | Go To Quotation |
| Sovietology | The study and analysis of affairs and events in the U.S.S.R. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| studentish | Pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling an (undergraduate) student; student-like, esp. in dress or opinion. | 1934 | Go To Quotation |
| stultificatory | = stultifying adj. at stultify v. Derivatives. | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| Tantricism | = Tantrism n. at Tantra n. Derivatives; also spec. Tantric yoga. | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| technologico-Benthamite | Characterized by the implementation of Benthamite principles through the agency of technology. | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| tongue-in-cheek | Ironic, slyly humorous; not meant to be taken seriously. Also tongue-in-the-cheek n. | 1933 | Go To Quotation |
| travestissement | = travestiment n. | 1936 | Go To Quotation |
| Twainian | Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of ‘Mark Twain’ or his work. | 1938 | Go To Quotation |
| typographica | With pl. concord. Examples of fine printing; in quot. 1949 used as the title of a journal dealing with typography. | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| ufology | The study of UFOs. | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| Urtext | An original text; the earliest version. Also attrib. or as adj. | 1932 | Go To Quotation |
| Vaticanology | The study of the history, or analysis of the policies, of the Vatican. | 1976 | Go To Quotation |
| vicarish | Suitable for or characteristic of a vicar. | 1938 | Go To Quotation |
| völkisch | Populist, nationalist, racialist. | 1939 | Go To Quotation |
| voyant | A visionary; one gifted with an especial degree of mental perception. | 1938 | Go To Quotation |
| warehouseman | A man employed in or having the charge of a warehouse. | 1635 | Go To Quotation |
| Waughian | Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Evelyn Waugh or his writing. | 1960 | Go To Quotation |
| well-researched | | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| Wodehousian | A typical character in one of the comic novels of P. G. Wodehouse. | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| Woolworth | The name of the retailing company (orig. sixpenny store) F. W. Woolworth PLC, used attrib.… | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| writerly | Appropriate to, characteristic or worthy of a professional writer or literary man; consciously literary. | 1957 | Go To Quotation |
