ETYMOLOGY
– from classical Latin quōmodocunque, a variant of quōmodocumque (in whatever way); from quōmodo (in what way) + cumque
EXAMPLE
“…whereof those quomodocunquizing clusterfists and rapacious varlets have given of late such cannibal-like proofs, by their inhumanity and obdurate carriage towards some…”
From: The Works of Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty, Knight.
Reprinted From the Original Editions, 1834
The Discovery of a Most Exquisite Jewel, 1652
ETYMOLOGY
irregular formed on Latin minuĕre to lessen + -ate
EXAMPLE
– “The sole dissent about its composition, is in the tincture of the silk, and the weight of Musk, which some augment, others minuate“
From: A Medicinal Dispensatory: Containing the Whole Body of Physick:
Composed By The Illustrious Renodaeus,
Englished and Revised by Richard Tomlinson, of London, Apothecary, 1657
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin praestigiatorius from praestigiat– , past participial stem of praestigiare prestigiate (vb.) to deceive by illusion as if by magic
+ Latin –ōrius –ory
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1588 – see EXAMPLE below
EXAMPLE
“…or finally of any their other colourable glosses, & hypocriticall subornations, in some like prestigiatory, and sophisticall veine?…”
From: A Discoursiue Probleme Concerning Prophesies
– John Harvey
ETYMOLOGY
nonce formation based on whippert (adj.) hasty and tart in demeanour, or in the mode of doing anything, and tout or toot (vb.) to blow on a horn and (n.) a blow on a horn
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1808 – An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
– John Jamieson
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin raucus (adj.) hoarse, harsh, raucous + -id
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1730 – see EXAMPLE below
EXAMPLE
“…In Needy Thraldom, fearful, darkling lay,
Expected fond were the sweet-warbled Ode
Of vig’rous Stretch; when not th’ Elegiac Tone
Which on Maander’s Stream the raucid Swan,
At Fate’s Approach, was storied erst t’ emit,
The pining, heartless, wasted Pris’ner groans…”
From: Freedom; A Poem, Written in Time of Recess from the Rapacious Claws of Bailiffs, and Devouring Fangs of Goalers
To which is annexed The Author’s Case
– Andrew Brice
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin ūnus one + asinus ass, after unanimous
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1656 – see EXAMPLE below
EXAMPLE
“…Go your wayes,” says he to Dr Wallis and Seth Ward, you uncivil Ecclesiastiques, inhyman divines, Dedoctors of Morality, Unasinous collegues, Egregious pair of Issachars, most wretched Vindices and Indices Academarium….”
From: Elements of Philosophy the First Section, Concerning Body,
Wwritten in Latine by Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury;
And now translated into English;
To which are added Six lessons to the Professors of Mathematicks of the Institution of Sr. Henry Savile, in the University of Oxford
ETYMOLOGY
from Anglo-Norman huniss-, Anglo-Norman and Old French honiss-, extended stem of Anglo-Norman hunir, Anglo-Norman and Old French honir (French honnir ) to shame, to humiliate, to ruin, to damage
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
a1325 – see EXAMPLE below
EXAMPLE
“…Me sholde him [sc. Christ] hounschy & skorne boþe ffer & neye.….”
From: The Southern Passion
A Middle English poem;
Edited by Beatrice Daw Brown, 1927
ETYMOLOGY
? from jounce to bump, thump and jolt, as a vehicle in deep ruts
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1857 – Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English
– Thomas Wright, 1857
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin nichilat-, past participial stem of nichilare,
variant of nihilare to reduce to nothing, to destroy
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1560 – see EXAMPLE below
EXAMPLE
“…immediatlie after the proclamacion that Sir Robert Worsselye send that was nichlate, etc. …”
From: Liverpool Town Books
Proceedings of Assemblies, Common Councils, Portmoot Courts, &c., 1550 – 1862,
Edited by J. A. Twemlow, 1918
ETYMOLOGY
from pebble (n.) + beached (adj.)
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1890 – see EXAMPLE below
EXAMPLE
“…He had arrived at a crisis of impecuniosity compared to which the small circumstance of being pebble-beached and stony-broke might be described as comparative affluence….”
From: A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant
Embracing English, American, and Anglo-Indian Slang, Pidgin English, Tinker’s Jargon and Other Irregular Phraseology
– Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland
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