June 2010
17 posts
paternal, adj.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: a1450 LYDGATE Life SS. Edmund & Fremund (Harl.) 503 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 385 Edmond, my neuew..I the…
suspensory, a. and n.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1541 COPLAND Guydon’s Quest. Cyrurg. Iivb, The synew suspensory and sensyfe that descendeth to the genytalles.
winding, vbl. n.1: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: c1050 Voc. in Wr.-Wulcker 505/24 Plecta, windonge. [Cf. 471/1 Plectas, {asg}ewind.]
resistant, adj. and n.1: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: a1513 J. IRLAND Meroure of Wyssdome f. 352v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word), Quhen thai are inobedient and resistant to his…
warped, ppl. a.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: c1460 Promp. Parv. (Winch.) 517/1 Warpyd, or auylonge.
hive, n.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: c725 Corpus Gloss. 133 Alvearia, hyfi.
troop, v.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1565 COOPER Thesaurus, Agglomero,..to prease or gather thicke to gether, as souldiours doe: to trowpe.
non-durable, adj. and n.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1885 E. ABBOTT Francis Bacon, Acct. Life & Works 401 We ought therefore to inquire about the nature of durable and non-durable bodies…
nationalize, v.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1799 J. BARLOW in Edinburgh Advertiser 1 Feb. 5/3 The enmity of the old President towards France was now considered as nationalized in…
catenaccio, n.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1961 Times 9 Nov. 3/1 For two-thirds of the second half they [sc. the Italian League football team] put up a masterly Catenaccio…
blink, n.2: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1303 R. BRUNNE Handl. Synne 4449 {Th}e leste {th}oghte..{Th}at of godenesse hadde any blynke.
particular, adj., n., and adv.: OED Word of the... →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: a1387 J. TREVISA tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John’s Cambr.) I. 189 In {th}is province of {th}at lond was {th}e {th}ridde particuler…
hurry, n.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1600 HOLLAND Livy xxxviii. 1003 The tumult still encreased, and the multitude was all up on a hurrey.
monosyllabic, adj.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1735 in Pope Lit. Corr. (ed. 2) II. p. xxix, The monosyllabic West-Saxon Race.
list, v.4: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1614 RALEIGH Hist. World IV. i. {section}1 (1634) 457 These kings were of the nation of Argives who are listed as followeth.
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September 2009
26 posts
Siberian, a. and n.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1719 DE FOE Crusoe II. (Globe) 600 A faithful Muscovite Servant, or rather a Siberian Servant.
record, v.1: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C. 6) (1972) 188 Make hwase bere{edh} {th}et word recorden [c1230 Corpus Cambr. recordin] hit…
burst, v.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: a1000 Beowulf 818 Burston ban locan.
child-mind, v.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1969 Listener 10 Apr. 480/3 Those who have been to kindergarten have, by and large, been ‘child-minded’ and have not had the advantages…
bicyclic, a.2: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1889 Cent. Dict., Bicyclic, consisting of or having two circles; specifically, in bot., in two whorls, as the stamens of a flower.
pounding, n.2: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1591 R. PERCYVALL Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. s.v. Majadura, Hammering, stamping, powning.
feeding frenzy, n.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1960 T. LINEAWEAVER in Sports Illustr. 22 Feb. 61/2 When sharks are in a feeding frenzy, the man who hangs too close to the surface to…
festivity: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1387 TREVISA Higden (Rolls) VII. 119 It byfel in a festivite {th}at..o knyght offred nou{ygh}t.
tashlik, tashlich: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1880 Jewish World 30 Sept., Tashlich..a simple fad of mediaeval rabbinism, of late date and origin, and wholly unknown to our ancient…
plus-minus, n. and adj.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: c1782 W. LUDLAM in J. Nichols Lit. Anecd. 18th Cent. (1814) VIII. 414, I am sometimes forced to make types..of which I here send you a…
high-impact, a.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1942 N.Y. Times 14 July 32/1 High-impact phenolic compounds are being used by the Aviation Ordnance section for aircraft signals.
plain, v.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 134 Of na mon ne of na wummon ne schule {ygh}e makie na man ne pleainin ow of na…
blondie, n. and adj.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1882 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Daily Gaz. 6 Nov. 1/6 Out of respect for the future husbands of the girls [who engaged in a fist fight] we…
tactical, a.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1570 DEE Math. Pref. aivb, Stratarithmetrie..differreth from the Feate Tacticall, De aciebus instruendis, bycause, there, is necessary…
momental, adj.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1606 N. BAXTER Sir Philip Sydneys Ourania sig. D, Not one momentall minute doth she swerue.
plea, n.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: c1275 (?a1216) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) 1737 An late{th} dom {th}is plaid [a1300 Jesus Oxf. playd] to breke.
micro-image, n.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1954 Science 6 Aug. 198/1 The primary aperture is then moved so that its microimage is centered on the aiming cross hairs.
clueful, adj.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1921 B. RUCK Sweet Stranger vi. 75, I went on reading aloud, quickly but distinctly, that pregnant, that possibly-so-clueful letter.
grocery: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1436 Libel Eng. Policy in Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 179 Wee bene ageyne charged wyth merceyre, Haburdasshere ware, and wyth grocerye.
rigour: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: c1386 CHAUCER Frankl. T. 47 Pacience..venquysseth..Thynges {th}at rigour sholde neuere atteyne.
Latin American, a. and n.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1890 B. HARRISON in Reciprocity Treaties with Latin America 3 Our tariff laws offered an insurmountable barrier to a lerge exchange of…
jiggy, a.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1896 Century Mag. May 13/1 The saddle was scarcely fastened, and his jiggy animal so shook him that the center of one of his Egyptian…
William: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1597 GERARDE Herbal II. clxxv. 481 The Crow flower is called..wilde Williams, marsh Gilloflowers, and Cockowe Gilloflowers.
money machine, n.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: a1804 A. HAMILTON in William & Mary Q. (1950) 7 633 [The only man who] could have kept the money machine a-going.
quaestor, n.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1372 in F. Collins Reg. Freemen York (1897) I. 69 Johannes de Lokton, questour.
carve, v.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: c1000 Ags. Gosp. Mark v. 5 Hine sylfne mid stanum ceorfende.
August 2009
30 posts
precisely, adv.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: c1392 Equatorie of Planetis 26 But so be {th}at bothe the closeres of the signes be precisly ilike of widnesse..thyn epicicle is fals.
netted, adj.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1647 R. STAPYLTON tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 226 With thy netted knapsack, bisket, wine, And bursten-bellied flaggons.
nobility, n.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: a1387 J. TREVISA tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John’s Cambr.) II. 75 Grete nobilite {th}at was {th}ere in olde tyme is {th}ere {ygh}it…
lint1: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1375 BARBOUR Bruce XVII. 612 Pik and ter als haf thai tane, And lynt and hardiss with brynstane.
nut bar, n.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1855 R. BRAYTON U.S. Patent 12,194 9 Jan. 2/2 [Machine for making nuts] I also claim the spring gage bar,..being to protect the bed die…
homonymous, a.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1621 W. SCLATER Tythes (1623) 115 Your Minor is euery whit homonymous.
margining, n.: OED Word of the Day →
Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1568 in R. V. Agnew Corr. P. Waus (1882) 43 Assuming all mergining, vndirvryting and inter lyning, as gyt they had bene vryttin in…