ETYMOLOGY
from Middle English eorthehole, equivalent to earth + hole
EXAMPLE
“…and fro mennes wunienge to wilde deores. and ches þere crundel to halle. and eorðhole to bure bare eorðe to bedde…”
From: Old English Homilies of the Twelfth Century, by Richard Morris, 1873,
Found in MS Trinity 335 (B.14.52)
ETYMOLOGY
from elench ,from Latin elenchus, from Greek ἔλεγχος (cross-examination) + -ize
EXAMPLE
“…Lady. So do all Politicks in their Commendations.
Host. This is a State-bird, and the verier Fly;
Tipto. But Hear him problematize. Prudence. Bless us, what’s that?
Tipto. Or syllogize, elenchize. Lady. Sure, petard’s,
To blow us up. Lat. Some inginous strong words!
Host. He means to erect a Castle i’ the Air,
And make his Fly an Elephant to carry it….”
From: The New Inne, or The Light Heart, a Comedy
By Ben Jonson, 1631
ETYMOLOGY
from participle stem of Latin exosculari, from ex- + osculari (to kiss), from osculum (a kiss)
EXAMPLE
“…And thus having copulated our plebeian endeavours, we exosculate the subumbrations of your subligacles; and sooner shall the surges of the sandiferous sea ignify and evaporate, than the cone of our duty towards you be in the least uncatenate or dissolved; always wishing you health and happiness…”
From: The Works of Jonathan Swift
By Jonathan Swift, 1814
ETYMOLOGY
from each + where
EXAMPLE
“…A sely synful was she þis
For al hir synne turned in to blis
She was lyuynge in cuntre þere
Whenne ihesus preched vche where
And mony a pert myracle did
Wher wiþ to men he him kid
And mony seke he ȝaf her hele
And as he coom bi o castele…”
From: Cursor Mundi (The Cursur o the World).
A Northumbrian poem of the XIVth century, a1400
ETYMOLOGY
from Epicurus (or epicure) + -ize
EXAMPLE
“…See whether in our time this be not a custom among some people, that if a man were disposed to epicurize a little, he would not rather choose to fast as some hold fasting, than to feast at a sober banquet…”
From: An Exposition Upon the Prophet Jonah
By George Abbot, 1600
ETYMOLOGY
badly formed on edibilis (edible),
after adjs. in –atory
EXAMPLE
“…“Amen to your creed!” said I: “edibilatory Epicurism holds the key to all morality: for do we not see now how sinful it is to yield to an obscene and exaggerated intemperance?…”
From: Pelham, Or, Adventures of a Gentleman
By Edward Bulwer Lytton, 1828
ETYMOLOGY
from Old French estoner (to astonish) + -ious
EXAMPLE
“…eyther nothyng holy at al, else not so holy, which graunt as it is extonyouse and vnbeleueable so vngodly and exchuable…”
From: A Treatise Againste the Preuee Masse
By Edmund Gest, 1548
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin ægrotare, from ægrotus (sick)
EXAMPLE
Cecil egroted to impress the new lady doctor.
ETYMOLOGY
from earwig (to annoy or attempt to influence by private talk) + -ing
EXAMPLE
“…I remember the first introduction of Boswell on what may be called the Johnsonian stage. What is ludicrously called his earwigging, began to attract notice; and my father enquired of Mr. Langton, who this novel performer was, meaning rather, I believe, to be on good terms with him, as a frequenter in Bolt Court…”
From: Memoirs, Anecdotes, Facts, and Opinions
By Laetitia Matilda Hawkins, 1824
ETYMOLOGY
from ever adv.. + living adj.
EXAMPLE
“… to gaine pardon of the sinne to Rosemond, pittie to distressed Cleopatra, and
everliving praise to her loving Delia…”
From: Shakespeare’s Centurie of Prayse
By Clement Mansfield Ingleby, Lucy Toulmin Smith, 1879
William Clarke, 1595
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