• DEDA
adj. B1900 Eng. dial. – simple, foolish, of inactive mind and body
• DEDECORATE
adj. a1500 obs. – disgraced, disgraceful, dishonourable
vb. 1. 1609 obs. – to disgrace, to dishonour
vb. 2. 1804 – to disfigure; to do the opposite of decorating
• DEDECORATION
n. 1658 rare – a disgracing, or dishonouring
• DEDECOROSE
adj. 1727 obs. – shameful, disgraceful, dishonourable, dishonest, unbecoming
• DEDECOROUS
adj. 1727 obs. – disgraceful, reproachful, shameful, dishonourable, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, dishonest
• DEDEFY
vb. 1482 obs. – to dedicate a building
• DEDEIGN
vb. 1536 Sc. obs. – to lower
• DEDENTITION
n. 1646 – the shedding of the teeth, esp. of the first set
• DEDICATE
adj. c1386 obs. – dedicated
vb. 1688 obs. rare – to address a letter or other communication to
• DEDIE
vb. c1430 obs. – to dedicate
• DEDIFY
vb. 1482 obs. – to dedicate a building
• DEDIGITATE!
int. World War II sl. – a command to ‘pull your finger out’
• DEDIGNATION
n. 1. c1400 obs. – disdain, scorn, contempt
n. 2. 1538 – displeasure, anger
• DEDIGNE
vb. 1623 obs. – to disdain, to scorn
• DEDIGNIFY
vb. 1654 obs. – to deprive of dignity or worthiness; to disparage, to flout
• DEDITION
n. 1. 1523 rare or obs. – giving up, yielding, surrender
n. 2. 1667 obs. – submission
• DEDITITIOUS
adj. 1727 obs. rare – yielding, submitting
• DEDIVILED
adj. 1903 Amer. dial. – possessed, bedeviled
• DEDOLEATE
vb. 1623 obs. – to end one’s sorrow or grief
• DEDOLENCE
n. 1606 obs. – absence of grief or sorrow; insensibility, callousness, hard-heartedness
• DEDOLENCY
n. a1617 obs. – absence of grief or sorrow; insensibility, callousness, hard-heartedness
• DEDOLENT
adj. 1633 obs. – that feels sorrow no more; feeling no compunction; insensible, callous, hard-hearted
• DEDUCE
vb. 1. 1541 obs. – to lead away, to turn aside, to divert
vb. 2. 1545 obs. – to lead, to bring
vb. 3. 1563-7 obs. – to deduct, to subtract
vb. 4. 1602 – to bring or draw water from
• DEDUCEMENT
n. 1605 obs. – a deduction, inference, conclusion
• DEDUCIBLE
adj. 1613 obs. rare – that may be or is to be deducted
• DEDUCING
n. 1530 obs. – deduction
• DEDUCIVE
adj. 1755 rare – performing the act of deduction
• DEDUCT
adj. 1439 obs. – deducted
vb. 1. 1530 obs. – to derive; to trace the derivation or descent of
vb. 2. 1563 obs. – to derive by reasoning; to infer, to deduce
vb. 3. 1599 obs. – to reduce
• DEDUCTILE
adj. 1727 rare – easy to be deducted
• DEDUCTION
n. 1. a1531 obs. – a detailed narration or account
n. 2. 1612 obs. – the process of deducing or deriving from some source; derivation
n. 3. 1683 obs. rare – reduction
• DEDUCTIONAL
adj. 1683 rare – pert. to deduction or inference
• DEDUCTIVE
adj. 1646 obs. – derivative
n. 1677 obs. – deductive reasoning; a deduction
• DEDUCTORY
adj. 1655 rare – pert. to inference
• DEDUIT
adj. 1485 obs. – drawn out
n. 1297 obs. – diversion, enjoyment, pleasure
• DEE
n. 1. 1830 Eng. dial. – a die (dice)
n. 2. c1840 sl. – a detective; any police officer whatsoever
n. 3. c1870 colloq. – a penny
n. 4. Bk1902 sl. – a police spy; an informer
n. 5. 1990s US students’ sl. – a dollar
• DEECE
vb. 1909 Amer. dial., chiefly used among boys – to run fast
• DEED!
int. 1806 Sc. – an exclamation of confirmation or interrogation
• ‘DEED AND ‘DEED
adv. 1916 Amer. dial. – to be sure; really and truly; used to emphasize an assertion
• ‘DEED AND DOUBLE
adv. 1895 Amer. dial. – to be sure; really and truly; used to emphasize an assertion
• DEEDBOTE
n. c1000 obs. – amends-deed, penance, repentance
• DEE-DEE
n. 1959 Amer. dial. – a chickadee
• DEEDEED
adj. 20C US euphemism – damned; ‘d–d’
• DEEDFUL
adj. 1. 1834 – brisk, active
adj. 2. 1842 – full of action or deeds, effective
• DEEDFULLY
adv. 1615 – actively, effectively
• DEEDIE
adj. 1852 Sc. & Eng. dial. – full of activity; painstaking, earnest
n. 1885 Amer. dial. – a young chicken
• DEEDILY
adv. 1813 Eng. dial. – actively, busily
• DEEDING
n. 1606 obs. rare – actual doing, carrying out in deed
• DEEDLE
n. 1. 1653 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a devil
n. 2. 1853 Sc. – mortal injury or sickness; death
vb. 1. 1870 Sc. – to sing in a low key; to croon over an air without the words of the song
vb. 2. B1900 Sc. – to dandle, as one does an infant
• DEEDLE-DOODLE
n. B1900 Sc. – a meaningless song, or badly-played tune
• DEEDLESS
adj. 1876 Eng. dial. – helpless, spiritless, inefficient
• DEEDLEY-DUMPLIN’
n. 1890 Sc. – a term of endearment
• DEED OF KIND
n. 19C Brit. sl. – copulation
• DEED OF PLEASURE
n. 19C Brit. sl. – copulation
• DEEDONC
n. Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl. – a French soldier
• DEEDY
adj. 1. 1615 chiefly Eng. dial. – full of deeds or activity; active, brisk
adj. 2. 1781 obs. rare – actual, real
adj. 3. 1852 Sc. & Eng. dial. – painstaking, earnest
adj. 4. 1895 chiefly Eng. dial. – serious, solemn
• DEEFY
n. 1. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a deaf person
n. 2. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a worthless thing with no outwardly good appearance
• DEEGLE
vb. B1900 Eng. dial. – to purloin, to steal; a word used by boys
• DEEKER
n. 1. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a ditcher, a man who makes and cleans out dikes or ditches
n. 2. Bk1902 sl. – a police spy; an informer
• DEE-LICIOUS
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – excellent; first-rate
• DEEM
n. 1501 obs. – judgement, opinion, thought, surmise
vb. 1. c825 obs. – to give or pronounce judgement; to act as judge, to sit in judgement; to give one’s decision, sentence, or opinion; to arbitrate
vb. 2. a1000 obs. – to pronounce, to proclaim, to celebrate, to announce, to declare; to tell, to say, to utter
vb. 3. a1000 obs. – to sentence, to doom, to condemn to some penalty
vb. 4. a1300 obs. – to pass judgement upon; to condemn, to censure
vb. 5. c1400 – to think of something as existent; to guess, to suspect, to surmise, to imagine
vb. 6. 1494 obs. – to decide a quarrel
vb. 7. 1530 obs. – to judge between things; to distinguish, to discern
• DEEMER
n. 1. c950 obs. – a judge
n. 2. c1400 obs. – one that distinguishes or discriminates
n. 3. c1410 obs. – one who censures or (unfavourably) criticizes others
n. 4. 1927 Amer. dial. – a dime; one who tips a dime; a dime tip
• DEEMING
n. 1. 1303 obs. – judging, judgement
n. 2. 1476 – censure; a surmise or suspicion
• DEEMSTER
n. 1748 obs. or arch. – a judge
• DEEN
n. 1691 Eng. dial. – a din, noise; a sound
vb. 1. B1900 Eng. dial. – to din, to make a noise
vb. 2. 1867 Ireland – to dress
• DEENER
n. 1839 chiefly Aust. & NZ usage – a shilling
• DEEP
adj. 1. a1000 obs. – solemn, grave
adj. 2. c1386 obs. – of ground or roads: covered with a depth of mud, sand, or loose soil
adj. 3. 1513 – profoundly cunning, artful, or sly
adj. 4. 1596 – serious, weighty, important
adj. 5. 1599 obs. rare – far advanced in time; late
adj. 6. 1614 obs. – said of things involving heavy expenditure or liability; expensive; heavy
n. 1. c1000 obs. rare – depth, deepness
n. 2. 1530 obs. – the middle of winter, or of night, when the cold, stillness, or darkness it most intense; the ‘depth’
vb. 1. c930 obs. – to make deep, to deepen
vb. 2. a1225 obs. – to go deep, to penetrate
vb. 3. c1380 obs. – to plunge or immerse deeply; to drown
• THE DEEP
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – the ocean
• DEEP AS GARLICK
adj. B1900 Eng. dial. – artful, cunning
• DEEP AS GARRATT
adj. 1856 Eng. dial. – artful, cunning
• DEEP AS GARRICK
adj. 1882 Eng. dial. – artful, cunning
• DEEP AS GARRY
adj. B1900 Eng. dial. – artful, cunning
• DEEP AS THE NORTH
adj. B1900 Eng. dial. – artful, cunning
• DEEP AS THE NORTH STAR
adj. B1900 Eng. dial. – artful, cunning
• DEEP AS WILKES
adj. B1900 Eng. dial. – artful, cunning
• DEEP-BRAINED
adj. 1597- full of profound thought; ingenious
• DEEP CUT
adj. 20C colloq. – heavily intoxicated with alcohol
• DEEP END
n. 1950s Amer. sl. – the border between sanity and insanity
• DEEP-FET
adj. 1593 obs. – fetched from deep in the bosom, or from far below the surface of things; coming from a depth
• DEEPLY
adv. c1300 obs. – with deep seriousness, solemnly
• DEEPMOST
adj. 1810 rare – deepest
• DEEP-MOUTHED
adj. 1595 – having a deep or sonorous voice
• DEEPNESS
n. 1. a1000 obs. – a deep place or cavity, an abyss; a deep part of the sea, etc.
n. 2. 1526 obs. – deep cunning or subtlety
• DEEPOOPERIT
adj. B1900 Sc. – applied to one in a state of imbecility, mentally or bodily; worn out
• DEEPOT
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a railway station or depot
• DEEP-SEA CHICKEN
n. World War II Amer. sl. – canned salmon
• DEEP-SEA TURKEY
n. World War II Amer. sl. – canned salmon
• DEEP-SEEN
adj. 1597-8 obs. – that sees or has seen deeply into things
• DEEPSHIP
n. a1225 obs. rare – a profound secret or mystery
• DEEP SIX
n. 20C US colloq. – a grave
vb. M20 US – to kill someone or bury someone or something; to throw something away
• DEEPSOME
adj. 1615 poetic usage, rare – having deepness or depth; more or less deep
• DEEPTH
n. B1900 Eng. dial. – craft, subtlety
• DEEP-WATER BAPTIST
n. 1949 Amer. dial. – a member of a Baptist church that practices baptism by total immersion
• DEEP YELLOW
adj. 1974 Amer. dial. – of a Black person: light-skinned
• DEER
n. c950 obs. – a beast; usually a quadruped, as distinguished from birds and fishes; sometimes applied to animals of lower orders
• DEER-EYED
adj. Bk1897 – having soft or languid eyes
• DEER FEAR
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – the nervous excitement felt by an inexperienced hunter at the sight of game
• DEER FEVER
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – the nervous excitement felt by an inexperienced hunter at the sight of game
• DEER FRIGHT
n. 1951 Amer. dial. – the nervous excitement felt by an inexperienced hunter at the sight of game
• DEERICIDE
n. 1832 nonce word – the killing or killer of a deer
• DEER-KIN
n. a1175 obs. – beast-kind as distinct from man
• DEERLET
n. 1878 – a little or tiny deer
• DE-ERR
vb. 1657 obs. rare – to go astray, to diverge
• DEER-SCARED
adj. 1966 Amer. dial. – said of a hunter who gets so excited at the sight of game that he can’t shoot
• DEER-TIGER
n. Bk1897 – the puma or cougar
• DEES
adj. 1970s US sl. – pleasant, amenable
• THE DEES
n. M19 NZ sl. – the police as an organization
• DEESHY-DOSHY
adj. 1862 Ireland – very small
• DEESTER
n. 1871 Sc. – a doer, a promoter, an agent
• DEET
adj. 1740 Eng. dial. – dirtied, soiled
• DEETED
adj. 1864 Eng. dial.- dirtied, soiled
• DEE-TERMINED
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – determined
• DEEVIE; DEEVY
adj. 1900 sl., chiefly Brit. – delightful, pleasing
• DEE-VINE
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – excellent; first-rate
• DEF
adj. 1979 sl., orig. rap musicians’ usage – outstanding; excellent; terrific; common in rap music lyrics
• DEFACE
n. 1556 obs. – defacement
vb. 1. 1494 obs. – to destroy, to demolish, to lay waste
vb. 2. 1529 obs. – to destroy the reputation or credit of; to discredit, to defame
vb. 3. 1537 obs. – to put out of countenance; to outface, to abash
• DEFADE
vb. c1325 obs. – to lose freshness or fairness; to fade away; to grow worse in quality or character
• DEFAIL
vb. 1. 1340 obs. – to lose vigour, to become weak, to decay
vb. 2. a1400 obs. – to be insufficient, to be wanting, to lack
vb. 3. 1608 obs. – to overcome, to defeat
• DEFAILANCE
n. 1603 obs. – failing, failure
• DEFAILING
n. 1. 1502 obs. – deficiency, lack, shortage
n. 2. 1580 obs. – weakening, decline in health
• DEFAILLANCE
n. 1603 obs. – failing, failure
• DEFAILLANCY
n. 1649 obs. – failing, failure
• DEFAILMENT
n. 1612 obs. – failure
• DEFAILURE
n. a1677 obs. rare – failure
• DEFAITE
adj. 1597 Sc. – defeated, vanquished
• DEFALCABLE
adj. 1622 obs. rare – liable to be deducted
• DEFALCATE
adj. 1531 obs. – curtailed, diminished
vb. 1. 1540-1 obs. – to cut or lop off; to deduct, to subtract, to abate
vb. 2. a1690 obs. – to take or deduct a part from; to curtail, to reduce
• DEFALCATION
n. 1. 1476 obs. – diminution or reduction by taking away a part; cutting down, abatement, curtailment
n. 2. 1624 arch. – the act of cutting or lopping off or taking away; deduction
n. 3. 1750 – falling away, defection; shortcoming, failure, delinquency
• DEFALCE
vb. 1651 – to take or deduct a part from; to curtail, to reduce
• DEFALK
vb. 1. 1475 obs. – to diminish by cutting off a part, to reduce by deductions
vb. 2. 1536 obs. – to cut or lop off; to deduct, to subtract, to abate
• DEFALLATION
n. 1490 obs. – failure, failing
• DEFAMABLE
adj. 1570 rare – liable to be defamed
• DEFAMATE
vb. Bk1897 rare – to defame, to slander
• DEFAMATION
n. 1303 obs. – the bringing of ill fame or dishonour upon any one; disgrace, shame
• DEFAMATIVE
adj. 1502 obs. – defamatory, slanderous, calumnious
• DEFAMATOR
n. 1704 obs. rare – one who defames; a slanderer
• DEFAME
n. 1. 1375 obs. – ill fame, evil repute; dishonour, disgrace, infamy
n. 2. a1450 obs. – defamation, slander, calumny
vb. 1. 1303 obs. or arch. – to bring ill fame, infamy or dishonour upon; to dishonour or disgrace; to render infamous
vb. 2. 1382 obs. – to publish, to spread abroad, to proclaim
• DEFAMED
adj. 1474 obs. – brought to disgrace, dishonoured, of ill fame
• DEFAMELESS
adj. 1888 rare – free from discredit or reproach; of good repute, reputable
• DEFAMOUS
adj. 1. 1426 obs. – infamous, disgraceful, dishonourable
adj. 2. 1557 obs. – of speech or writing: defamatory, slanderous, calumnious
• DEFAMOUSLY
adv. 1557 obs. – defamatorily
• DEFAMY
n. 1490 obs. – defamation
• DEFATE
adj. 1597 Sc. – defeated, vanquished
• DEFATIGABLE
adj. 1. 1656 obs. – apt to be wearied; capable of being wearied
adj. 2. 1657 obs. – apt to weary or fatigue
• DEFATIGABLENESS
n. 1727 – aptness to be tired
• DEFATIGATE
vb. 1552 obs. – to make weary, to tire out, to exhaust with labour
• DEFATIGATION
n. 1508 obs. – the act of wearying out, or condition of being wearied out; fatigue
• DEFAULT
n. 1. a1225 obs. – a failure in duty; a wrong act or deed; a fault, misdeed, offence
n. 2. c1290 obs. – lack of food or other necessaries; want, poverty
n. 3. a1300 obs. or arch. – absence of something wanted; want, lack, scarcity of
n. 4. a1300 obs. – failure in duty, care, etc., as the cause of some untoward event; culpable neglect of some duty or obligation
n. 5. 1340 obs. – physical defect or blemish
n. 6. c1386 obs. – a failure in what is attempted; an error, mistake
vb. 1. c1340 obs. – to be wanting; to fail
vb. 2. 1382 obs. – to fail in strength or vigour, to faint; to suffer failure
vb. 3. c1440 obs. rare – to have want of, to be deprived of
vb. 4. 1648 obs. – to fail to perform; to omit, to neglect
• DEFAULTED
adj. 1580 obs. – having defaults or defects, defective
• DEFAULTIVE
adj. a1400 obs. – deficient, faulty, remiss
• DEFAULTLESS
adj. 1340 obs. rare – faultless
• DEFAULT OF THE SUN
n. 1520 obs. – an eclipse
• DEFAULTRESS
n. 1736 rare – a female defaulter
• DEFAULTURE
n. 1632 obs. rare – the act of defaulting; failure to fulfil an engagement
• DEFAULTY
adj. c1440 obs. – faulty, defective; in fault
• DEFEAT
adj. 1814 Sc. obs. – exhausted from the effects of sickness or fatigue
• DEFECTED
adj. 1967 Amer. dial. – retarded, not normal
• DEFFEST
n. 20C teen & high school sl. – the best; the coolest
• DEFIATORY
adj. 1635 obs. rare – bearing defiance or a challenge; defiant
• DEFICIOUS
adj. 1540-1 obs. rare – deficient, lacking
• DEFILE THE MARRIAGE-BED
vb. 1712 – to commit adultery
• DEFOOD
vb. 20C US sl. – to vomit
• DEFORM
n. 1812 Sc. – a deformed person
• DEFT
adj. 1. 1671 Eng. dial. – pretty; neat
adj. 2. 1882 Eng. dial. – of quantity: ample
adj. 3. 1897 Eng. dial. – quiet, silent
• DEFTLY
adj. 1834 Eng. dial. – well in health. hearty
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