| agelessness | The condition or quality of being ageless. | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| à rebours | In the wrong way, perversely; through perversity. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| bug | intr. Of the eyes: to bulge out. U.S. colloq. Also trans. (rare). | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| carpet-bagging | Travelling with only a carpet-bag to contain one's effects; spec. the practice of a carpet-bagger. Also attrib. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| cohabitancy | The state or fact of being a cohabitant. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| coloniality | Colonial quality or character; the fact or state of being a colony. | 1867 | Go To Quotation |
| commuter | The holder of a commutation-ticket; gen., one who commutes (sense 4b). Also attrib. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| datil | A white-flowered yucca, Yucca baccata, native to deserts in the southwestern United… | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| dead-head | intr. To act the ‘deadhead’, obtain a privilege without payment. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| divertible | Able or liable to be diverted. | 1904 | Go To Quotation |
| donnée | The subject, theme, or motif of a story, play, etc.; a datum; a basic fact, assumption, etc. | 1876 | Go To Quotation |
| ebriose | Drunk. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| far-back | Ancient. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| Fourierist | An adherent of the system of Fourierism. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| free ride | The action or practice of benefiting (or seeking to benefit) in some way from the effort… | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| geoscopic | Relating to visual examination of geological or geographical features; relating to a view of the earth or the world. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| goofer | A witch doctor; a curse, spell, or conjuration; goofer dust: a powder used in conjuration. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| Gothically | In a manner resembling what is Gothic, in any sense of the adj. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| half-life | A life of half the full length; an unsatisfactory way of life. Also attrib., denoting a size of painting half life-size. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| hylodes | A genus of American toads; an animal of this genus. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| ideoplasm | = ectoplasm n. | 1910 | Go To Quotation |
| Kulin | In Bengal, a Brahman of the highest class. Also attrib. or as adj. | 1866 | Go To Quotation |
| Latinate | Of, pertaining to, or derived from Latin; having a Latin character. Also, occas., resembling an inhabitant of a Latin country. | 1904 | Go To Quotation |
| literacy | The quality, condition, or state of being literate; the ability to read and write. Also… | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| maenadism | Wild or frenzied behaviour, characteristic of maenads. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| magaziny | Of the nature or characteristic of, or suitable for, a magazine. | 1873 | Go To Quotation |
| mammality | The attribute of being mammalian. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| meller | trans. To strike, beat. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| memoryless | Of a person, attribute, etc.: having no memory. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| Meredithian | Of, relating to, or characteristic of George Meredith or his writings. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| milestone | trans. To mark (a stage, etc.) like a milestone; to measure (a journey, etc.) as if by milestones. | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| milliner | trans. To make up (articles of women's clothing, esp. hats). Also in extended use. | 1867 | Go To Quotation |
| millionairism | The condition of being a millionaire; the existence or rule of millionaires as a characteristic of a social system. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| millionocracy | Millionaires regarded as a distinct, esp. dominant, social force. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| mitted | Wearing mitts or mittens. | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| moltenly | In a molten manner. Chiefly fig. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| Mongolize | trans. To make Mongolian in character, customs, etc.; to introduce a significant Mongolian element into. Usu. in pass. | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| moonlighty | Moonlit; reminiscent of moonlight; (allusively) romantic. | 1866 | Go To Quotation |
| morceau de musée | A museum piece; something of sufficient quality or rarity to be preserved in a museum. Also fig. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| Morellianism | The highly systematic technique of art criticism introduced by Giovanni Morelli: see Morellian adj. n. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| morrowless | Having no tomorrows; (also) having no morn, mornless. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| mph | Expressing disapproval, doubt, or dissatisfaction. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| mudden | Made of mud. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| mufflered | Wearing a muffler. Also in quot. 1969: characterized by the wearing of mufflers. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| multimillionaire | A person with assets worth several or many millions (of dollars, pounds, etc.). | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| muralist | A painter of murals; spec. a member of a Mexican school of mural painters that flourished in the first half of the 20th cent. | 1901 | Go To Quotation |
| mushiness | The condition of being soft or pulpy; (fig.) weakness, sentimental character, lack of clarity or coherence. | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| mushroomy | Resembling a mushroom; reminiscent of mushrooms; containing or flavoured with mushrooms. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| myth-haunted | Haunted by myths; steeped in myth. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| mythify | trans. To create a myth or myths about; to make into the subject of myth. | 1873 | Go To Quotation |
| mythologized | That has become the subject of myth or mythology; that has been transformed into a myth. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| 'n' | = and conj. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| ne' | = never adv. 2a. Only in ne' (you) mind: = never (you) mind at mind v. 5b. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| nemophilist | A person who loves or is fond of woods or forests. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| nemophily | Love of or fondness for woods. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| neoclassic | = neoclassical adj. | 1878 | Go To Quotation |
| neo-Gothic | Of, relating to, or characteristic of a revival (esp. in the 19th cent.) of medieval… | 1878 | Go To Quotation |
| newspaperese | The characteristic language or style of newspapers; journalese. | 1879 | Go To Quotation |
| newswoman | A female newspaper seller. Now rare. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| New Yorky | = New Yorkish adj. | 1874 | Go To Quotation |
| non-riding | Designating a person who does not ride (originally esp. on fox hunts); that does not involve riding. | 1874 | Go To Quotation |
| non-word | A thing that is not a word; spec. an unrecorded or hitherto unused word; a word which has… | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| nouveau pauvre | A person who has recently become poor. Also with the: such people as a class (with pl.… | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| occidentalist | A student of Western languages, history, culture, etc. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| octonal | = octonary adj. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| off-islander | N. Amer. A visitor or temporary resident on an island; orig. spec. a visitor to the island of Nantucket. | 1876 | Go To Quotation |
| off-key | With inaccurate pitch; out of tune. | 1899 | Go To Quotation |
| old-maidishly | In the manner of an old maid. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| old-worldness | = old-worldliness n. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| opera semiseria | Serio-comic opera. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| orbited | Having or making an orbit. Also fig.: having a known path or sphere of influence.… | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| orchestrate | trans. To combine harmoniously, like instruments in an orchestra; to arrange or direct… | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| otherworldly | Devoted to spiritual matters or life; ascetic, spiritual; (more generally) unworldly.… | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| out-blossoming | The action or process of blossoming out; a flourishing, growth, or rapid development. | 1900 | Go To Quotation |
| outgiving | Open-hearted, generous. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| outmoded | No longer in fashion; out of date; obsolete. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| over-beaten | Struck with too many blows; beaten too much or to excess. Also: = beaten adj. 2 (cf. well-beaten adj.). Also in extended use. | 1873 | Go To Quotation |
| overbow | trans. (refl.). To equip oneself with too strong a bow. Also occas. intr. | 1879 | Go To Quotation |
| overproduced | Produced in a greater quantity than is necessary or desirable. | 1878 | Go To Quotation |
| over-pull | A pull which is excessive or too strong. | 1867 | Go To Quotation |
| Pacificward | = Pacific-wards adv. | 1867 | Go To Quotation |
| packery | Chiefly U.S. A factory where goods (esp. foodstuffs) are packed. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| Padovan | = Paduan adj. | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| pallone | In Italy: a game resembling a simple form of tennis, played with a large ball struck… | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| pan-Europeanism | Close cooperation between the countries of Europe; advocacy of such cooperation. Also: possession of a pan-European outlook. | 1901 | Go To Quotation |
| pangymnastikon | A device combining several pieces of gymnastic apparatus (see quot. 1987). | 1863 | Go To Quotation |
| paragraphy | The writing of newspaper paragraphs; newspaper paragraphs collectively or as a genre. See paragraph n. 1c. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| parodiable | Capable of being parodied. | 1872 | Go To Quotation |
| pavillon | The bell (bell n. 6b) of a wind instrument. Cf. pavilion n. 11. | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| periculant | Endangered, exposed to peril. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| petit bleu | In France: a telegram, esp. one sent by the pneumatic post in Paris. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| photolithographic | Relating to or produced by photolithography. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| photomicroscope | An instrument for taking photomicrographs. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| photoreproduction | The action or process of reproducing (esp. a work of art) photographically; (also) the result of this process. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| phrasally | In the manner of a phrase; in phrases; as regards phrases or phrasing. | 1901 | Go To Quotation |
| phut | A brief plosive sound, such as the noise made by the escape of a small quantity of… | 1874 | Go To Quotation |
| piglet | A young pig. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| pin-pointed | Having a fine or sharp point; having a point like a pin. Also (in later use): specific, detailed; accurate. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| pipped | Of an egg: cracked or punctured by a chick prior to hatching. | 1866 | Go To Quotation |
| place-naming | The action of naming a place. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| platitudinism | Banality in speech or writing; = platitudinarianism n. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| playboat | A toy or model boat. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| plebificate | trans. = plebify v. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| plein-airist | Of, resembling, or characteristic of the plein-air school of painting; = plein-airish adj. at plein-air adj. Derivatives. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| Plutarchan | = Plutarchian adj. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| poetization | The action of poetizing or making poetic; a transformation into poetry; a poetical version of. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| Polonial | = Polonian adj. | 1872 | Go To Quotation |
| polygynic | Cultural Anthropol. = polygynous adj. 2a. | 1866 | Go To Quotation |
| polyphonically | In a polyphonic manner. | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| pom-pom | Representing a repetitive sound, esp. a simple regular sound made by a musical… | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| ponhaus | = scrapple n. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| porterless | Lacking a porter (porter n. 1). | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| pouncer | A person who or thing which pounces the surface of a hat. Cf. pounce v. 1. | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| preterite-present | A verb of which the tense used as the present was originally a preterite, esp. one of… | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| proctored | Of an examination or test: supervised; invigilated. Cf. proctor n. 5b; proctor v. 3. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| pseudo-classicism | False, spurious, or imitative classicism; an instance of this. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| pseudo-order | A false or spurious order (of classification). | 1873 | Go To Quotation |
| pseudopod | A protozoan of the former division Pseudopoda (now called Rhizopoda), characterized by extensible pseudopodia. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| raftery | Full of rafters. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| rained-on | Having been rained upon; wet as a result of being in the rain. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| redintegrator | A person who or thing which redintegrates or restores. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| reefing | Esp. in carriage-driving: the action of pulling the bit vigorously from side to side. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| regroupment | = regrouping n. | 1873 | Go To Quotation |
| re-revise | A second or further revise (revise n. 3). | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| rescoring | The action or an instance of scoring a piece of music again; a rescored version of a piece of music. | 1874 | Go To Quotation |
| rescream | intr. and trans. To scream back or again. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| richening | The action of richen v.; an instance of this. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| Risorgimento | The movement which led to the unification of Italy as an independent state with its capital at Rome in 1870. | 1878 | Go To Quotation |
| Rizla | A proprietary name for: a type of cigarette paper. Also more widely: any cigarette paper. | 1916 | Go To Quotation |
| ruffly | Characterized by ruffles (in various senses); (also) ruffled, curled. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| sabe | = savvy n. | 1872 | Go To Quotation |
| saccharinize | trans. To sweeten by adding saccharin. Freq. fig., to make agreeable; to render inoffensive. | 1971 | Go To Quotation |
| scooch | intr. To crouch or stoop (chiefly with down). Also: to fit oneself into a small or crowded space; to squeeze in. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| self-cocking | Of a firearm: cocked and fired by pulling the trigger; double-action. Also fig., and as vbl._n. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| show-boat | A river steamer on which theatrical performances are given. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| snoutless | Destitute or devoid of a snout or point. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| stepfamily | A family with one or more stepchildren; a family in which at least one of the adult… | 1873 | Go To Quotation |
| stereograph | A picture (or pair of pictures) representing the object so that it appears (or may be… | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| subvirate | A class of men who are weaker and less manly than normal men. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| technist | A person who has technical skill or knowledge; a technician, a technicist. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| Toulousain | A native or inhabitant of Toulouse, in SW France. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| Tourangeau | (A native or inhabitant) of Touraine, a former province of France corresponding more or… | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| touristed | Visited by (a large number of) tourists. | 1873 | Go To Quotation |
| under-gear | (under- prefix 2b(a).) | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| unmoralizing | (un- prefix 10.) | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| unwelcome | trans. To receive uncordially. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| vicey-versey | repr. colloq. or joc. pronunc. of vice versa adv. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
