• EXIGUOUS
adj. 1651 – scant in measure or number; extremely small, little, diminutive, minute, slender
► EXIMIOUS adj. select, choice; hence, extraordinary, excellent, rare, distinguished, eminent, famous, renowned → 1547 literary usage
• EXIS
n. 1. 1861 back-slang – sixpence
n. 2. 1861 back-slang – the number six
n. 3. 1976 back-slang – six pounds sterling
n. 4. 1989 back-slang – a six-month prison sentence
• EXIS-EVIF YENEPS
n. 1859 back-slang – elevenpence
• EXIS-EWIF GENS
n. 1859 back-slang – 30 shillings
• EXIS GENS
n. 1859 back-slang – six shillings
• EXIS SITH-NOMS
n. 1859 back slang – six months, usually as a prison sentence
• EXIS YENEPS
n. 1859 back-slang – sixpence (2 1/2 p)
► EXITIABLE adj. destructive, ruinous, hurtful; deadly, fatal → 1548 obs.
• EXITIOUS
adj. 1563 obs. – destructive to life, deadly, fatal, ruinous, hurtful, dangerous
• EXODUS OIL
n. 1947 Amer. dial. – a conjure or magic concoction, used to drive people away
• EXODUST
vb. 1947 Amer. dial. – to leave quickly for a distant place
• EXODUSTER
n. 1. 1880 Amer. dial. – a Black person who left the South in the mass migration to the Northwest, esp. Kansas, c1878-80
n. 2. 1941 Amer. dial. – a refugee from a ‘dust bowl’
• EXOLETE
adj. 1. 1611 obs. – that has gone out of use; disused, obsolete
adj. 2. 1657 obs. – that has lost its virtue; effete, insipid
adj. 3. 1730 obs. – of flowers, etc.: faded or withered
• EXOPT
vb. 1548 obs. rare – to wish or desire greatly
• EXOPTATE
vb. 1692 obs. – to desire earnestly
• EXORBITATE
vb. 1. 1600 obs. or arch. – to deviate from the usual path or course; to stray
vb. 2. 1693 obs. or arch. – of heavenly bodies: to deviate from the usual orbit; to follow an erratic course
• EXOSCULATE
vb. 1570 – to kiss heartily or repeatedly and fondly → obs.
• EXPALPATE
vb. 1623 – to get by flattery → obs.
• EXPAT
n. 1. 1962 – an expatriate, a citizen of one country living abroad
n. 2. 1974 – an immigrant, esp. a White foreigner, working in a local job → W. Indies
• EXPECTING
adj. 1864 – pregnant → euphemism
• EXPENSE
n. 1944 – a baby → African-American sl.
• EXPERGEFACTOR
n. 1823 – one who, or that which, awakens; an awakener
• EXPIRE
vb. 1. .M15 – to die; to breathe out one’s last breath
vb. 2. 1966 – to perspire, to sweat → Amer. dial.
• EXPISCATE
vb. 1. 1611 – to ‘fish out’; to find out by scrutiny or inquiry; to search out; to discover by laborious investigation or strict examination
vb. 2. 1858 – to exhaust of fish
• EXPLANIFY
vb. 1891 – to explain → Amer. dial.
• EXPLIFICATION
n. 1843 – an explanation → Amer. dial.
• EXPLODE
vb. 1. 1950 – to suddenly burst forth in laughter → Amer. dial.
vb. 2. 1979 – to explore → Amer. dial.
► EXPLORATE adj. definite, obvious; well-researched → 1628 obs.
vb. to search out, to examine, to investigate → 1549 obs.
• EXPLORE
n. 1902 – an explosion → Amer. dial.
vb. 1902 – to explode → Amer. dial.
• EXPLORE ME!
int. 1913 – an exclamation used to express lack of knowledge → US sl.
• EXPLORERS’ CLUB
n. 1969 – a group of LSD users → drug culture sl.
• EXPOLAGOLLUCIOUS
adj. 1913 – splendid, very fine, elegant → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
• EXPOSABLE
adj. 1968 – disposable → Amer. dial.
• EXPOSE
vb. 1895 – to suppose → Amer. dial.
• EXPRESS A SECRET VICE
vb. 19C – to masturbate → Brit. euphemism
► EXQUISITIVE adj. eager to discover or learn; tending to search out, bent on searching out; curious → 1731 obs.
• EX’S
n. 1864 – expenses → sl.
• EXSIE
adj. 2002 – expensive → Aust. sl.
• EXSPUTORY
adj. 1784 – that is spit out or ejected
• EXSUPERATE
• EXUPERATE
vb. 1. 1559 – to overtop, to surpass, to excel; to overcome, to surmount → obs.
vb. 2. 1623 – to abound → obs.
• EXTENSIVE
adj. 1860 – showy, vulgar → euphemism
adv. 1877 – to a great extent, unreservedly, ostentatiously
• EXTERMINE
vb. 1. 1539 – to exterminate; to destroy utterly; to put an end to; to abolish → obs.
vb. 2. 1634 – to force or person a thing from the boundaries or limits; to drive way; to banish; to put to flight → obs.
• EXTERMISH
vb. 1903 – to destroy completely, to exterminate, to abolish → Amer. dial.
► EXTERRANEOUS adj. foreign, of another country; coming from abroad → 1656
• EXTINGUISHED FLAME
n. 1942 – a former sweetheart → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• EXTONIOUS
adj. 1548 – astonishing → obs.
• EXTORTION
n. 1891 – the cost → US sl.
• EXTRA
adj. 1848 – excellent, unusually good; skilled, expert → Amer. dial.
n. 1995 – a show-off → W. Indies
• EXTRACIZE
vb. 1917 – to extract → Amer. dial.
• EXTRACT OF HAMMER HANDLE
n. 1966 – a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → Amer. dial.
• EXTRACT THE MICHAEL
vb. 1963 – to take the mickey out of; to make fun of someone
• EXTRACT THE URINE FROM
vb. E20 – to take the piss out of someone; to deflate someone, to make someone perform with less boasting and bravado → Brit. military sl.
• EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
n. 20C – adultery → colloq.
• EXTRA-SPECIAL
adj. 1889 – exceptionally good or fine → colloq.
• EXTRA SPOKE
n. 1950 – a misfit; someone who doesn’t seem to ‘fit in’ → Amer. dial.
• EXTRAVAGATE
vb. 1. 1600 – to wander away, to stray
vb. 2. 1766 – to wander at large; to roam at will
vb. 3. 1829 – to go beyond bounds; to exceed what is proper or reasonable
vb. 4. 1871 – to go to extravagance in
• EXTRAVAGE
vb. 1690 – to deviate in discourse from the proper subject; to digress; to talk incoherently; to ramble → obs. exc. Sc.
• EXTURBMENT
n. 1970 – a disturbance → Amer. dial.
• EXTURBMENT-MAKER
n. 1970 – a child who is always telling on other children; a telltale → Amer. dial.
• EXUBERATE
adj. 1638 – overflowing, superabundant → obs.
vb. 1623 – to be in great abundance; to be plentiful; to abound; to overflow
• EXULANT
adj. 1636 – living in exile → obs.
n. 1955 – a person living in exile → obs. (Bk.)
► EXUNDATE vb. to overflow → 1721
• EXWANTIDGE
n. 1922 – advantage → Amer. dial.
• EXWICE
n. 1922 – advice → Amer. dial.
• EXWISE
vb. 1922 – to advise → Amer. dial.
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