ETYMOLOGY
from Latin obacerat-, past participial stem of obacerāre (to contradict),
probably from ob- (ob-) + a second element of uncertain origin
EXAMPLE
He coughed loudly in the hopes of obacerating the hysterical, babbling woman.
ETYMOLOGY
from Greek θρῆνος (funeral lament)
EXAMPLE
“…Threnetic odes are also ascribed to Sappho, among which a lament of Adonis is alluded to; but these poems are not classed under any separate head; and in an extant passage, she plainly intimates that his gloomier style of composition was little to her taste…”
From: A Critical History of the Language and Literature of Ancient Greece
By William Mure, Volume III, 1850
Biography of Lyric Poets. Sappho, 600 B.C.
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin detestat-, ppl. stem of detestare (-arī) (to detest)
EXAMPLE
“…the whiche in all kinde of liuing and conuersacion is vtterly geuen and married vnto this worlde, whiche as a mortall enemy, the doctrine of the gospell doeth detestate and abhorre? with cleane handes and verye reuerentlye we vse to touche the holy boke of the gospell…”
From: The First Tome or Volume of the Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the Newe Testamente
By Erasmus, Desiderius
Translated by Nicholas Udall, 1548
ETYMOLOGY
as if from Latin fremescentem, pr. pple. of fremescere,
freq. vb. from Latin fremere (to roar)
EXAMPLE
“… The tide advances; Syndic Roederer’s and all men’s straits grow straiter and straiter. Fremescent clangor comes from the armed Nationals in the Court; far and wide is the infinite hubbub of tongues …”
From: The French Revolution: A History
By Thomas Carlyle, 1837
ETYMOLOGY
of unknown origin;
perhaps from nice (obsolete adj. foolish, stupid senseless)
EXAMPLE
“…Susan, I this Letter send thee,
Let not sighs and tears attend thee,
We are on the Coast of France;
Taking prizes from those Nizeys,
my sweet Jewel to advance.
Since we London have forsaken, five rich
Prizes have we taken,
Two of them Nantz Brandy Wine;
Chests of money, my sweet Honey! with
rich silks and sattin fine…”
From: The Roxburghe Ballads
Love and Loyalty:
Or, A Letter from a Young-man on Board of an English Privateer, to his beloved Susan in the City of London.
To the Tune of, Tender Hearts of London City
c1689
ETYMOLOGY
from hid (adj.) + -ling
EXAMPLE
“…Anna: Yes: to come to me without loss of time. There is money for thee. Do thy errand speedily and secretly: let nobody know that I have sent thee
Bawldy: An’ she’s to come to you here, hidlings, as it war?
Anna: Yes, Bawldy; and when she comes, let her wait for me in the cattle shed…”
From: Witchcraft
By Joanna Baillie, 1836
ETYMOLOGY
either from:
a) Middle French brigeux (from brigue (a quarrel, an argument; strife, contention)) + -eux (-ous)
b) from Latin brigosus (from briga (quarrel, dispute, strife) + -ōsus (-ous) + -ous
c) or directly from brigue (a quarrel, an argument) + -ous
EXAMPLE
“…Þis answere assoileth noght at all This brigous questioun…”
From: De Consolatione Philosophiae (on The Consolation of Philosophy)
By Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
Translated by John Walton, c1450
ETYMOLOGY
from wlat (nausea, loathing, disgust) from Old English wlætta
EXAMPLE
“…þe thrid pine es hard to drei,
O wormes þat sal neuer dei,
Fell dragons and tades bath
þat ar apon to lok ful lath,
Ful wlatsum on to here or se,
Ful wa es þam þat þare sal be;
Als we se fixs in water suim,
Sua liue þai in þat lou sa dim….”
From: Cursor Mundi
A Northumbrian poem of the 14th century
ETYMOLOGY
from Italian leggiadro (elegant, graceful) + -ous
EXAMPLE
“…Her Motions and her Gestures travers’d are
By thy attending thoughts, and ravish’d thou
Think’st silver Venus through her limpid sphere
Swims with less gagliardise, and knows not how
So well to justify her Stile, and prove
Her self the Queen of soft leggiadrous Love…”
From: Psyche, or, Loves Mysterie
By Joseph Beaumont, 1648
ETYMOLOGY
of unknown origin
EXAMPLE
“…Circuland abowt with swift fard of the cart
The feildis our all quhar in euery art,
And schew hir bruthir Turnus in his char,
Now brawland in this place, now voustand thar;
Na be na way wald scho suffir that he
Assembill hand for hand suld with Enee…”
From: The Æneid of Virgil
Translated Into Scottish Verse
By Gavin Douglas, 1513
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