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• F
int. 1920 – fuck! → euphemism
n. 1. 1920 – an act of copulation → euphemism
n. 2. 1980 – a $50 bill → US sl.
n. 3. 1988 – in poker: the sixth player to the left of the dealer → US sl.
n. 4. 1990 – a felony → African-American sl.
• F-40
n. 1977 – an orange-coloured 100 mg capsule of secobarbital sodium (Seconal™), a central nervous system depressant → US sl.
• F.A.
n. 1914 – nothing, anything meaningless, nonsense, rubbish → euphemism for ‘fuck-all’
• FA
n. 1941 – father → Amer. sl.
• FAA
n. 1900 – the intestines of an animal → Sc. (Bk.)
• FAAN
n. 1950 – a weather-vane → Sc.
• FAANG
n. 1900 – a person of disagreeable disposition → Sc. (Bk.)
• FAAP
n. 1907 – a cowardly, hulking fellow → Sc.
• FAAR
n. 1900 – an epidemic occurring among men or animals → Sc. (Bk.)
• FAAS
n. 1933 – impudence, cheek → W. Indies sl.
vb. 1933 – to be nosy or inquisitive → W. Indies sl.
• FAASTIE
adj. 1980 – rude, impertinent, impudent → W. Indies & Jamaica usage
• FAASTINESS
n. 1950 – rudeness, impudence → W. Indies usage
• FAB
adj. 1957 – delightful, wonderful, fine, very good, excellent, fabulous → Amer. sl.
int. 1960 – an exclamation of approbation; wonderful! → sl.
n. 1. 1811 – a fob, a small pocket; a tobacco pouch → Sc.
n. 2. 1916 – a truant → Sc.
n. 3. 2000 – a woman (Fat-Ass Bitch) → African-American sl., derogatory
vb. 1. 1900 – to cheat, to deceive, esp. by flattery → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 2. 1916 – to play truant → Sc.
• FABALA
n. 1800 – a flounce, trimming, furbelow → Sc. obs.
• FABBER
n. 1916 – a truant → Sc.
• FABBO
adj. 1984 – fabulous, wonderful, excellent → sl.
• FABBY
adj. 197 – fabulous, wonderful, excellent → colloq.
• FABE
adj. 1967 – very good, excellent → UK sl.
• FABEL
adj. 2002 – very good, excellent, lovely → UK sl.
• FABELLATOR
n. 1656 – a person who feigns or invents tales → obs.
• FABLE
vb. 1. 1380 – to tell fictitious tales → obs.
vb. 2. 1382 – to speak, to talk, to converse → obs.
vb. 3. 1530 – to speak falsely; to talk falsehoods, to lie → obs.
• FABLER
n. 1362 – one who speaks falsely; a liar → obs.
• FABOO
adj. 1990 – fabulous, excellent → US homosexual sl.
• FABOR • FABOUR
n. 1470 – a suburb of a city → obs.
• FABREFACTION
n. 1652 – the act or process of fashioning or making a work of art → obs.
• FABRIC
n. 1. 1483 – an edifice, a building
n. 2. 1866 – a large, clumsy, ugly thing, animal, or person → Sc.
n. 3. 1972 – clothes; clothing in general → African-American sl.
vb. 1623 – to construct, fashion, frame, make → obs.
• FABRICANT
n. 1757 – one who fabricates, constructs, or fashions anything; a maker or manufacturer
• FABRICATOR
n. 1795 – one who frames a false statement or forges a document; a forger
• FABRICATURE
n. 1600 – the act of fabricating; construction → obs.
• FABU
adj. 1990 – excellent → US sl.
• FABULAR
adj. 1684 – pert. to a fable
n. 1565 – a narrator or recorder of tales or fictions → obs.
• FABULATE
vb. 1. 1616 – to relate as a tale or myth; to talk or narrate in fables → obs.
vb. 2. 1856 – to invent, concoct, fabricate
• FABULATION
n. 1727 – the act of fabulating; the moralizing of fables → obs.
• FABULATOR
n. 1604 – one who fabulates or relates fables; a story-teller
• FABULICIOUS
adj. 1997 – good; good-tasting; often used of a sexually appealing man → US sl.
• FABULIST
n. 1. 1593 – one who relates fables or legends
n. 2. 1605 – a professional story-teller → obs.
n. 3. 1625 – one who invents falsehoods
• FABULISTIC
adj. 1630 – devoted to the composition of fables or apologues → obs.
• FABULIZE
vb. 1. 1612 – to invent fables; to relate as legend → obs.
vb. 2. 1633 – to concoct, to invent → obs.
• FABULOSA
adj. 1967 – wonderful → UK sl.
• FABULOSE
adj. 1677 – fond of fables, myths, or enigmas → obs.
• FABULOSITY
n. 1. 1599 – fondness for narrating or inventing fables
n. 2. 1601 – a fable → obs.
n. 3. 1603 – of a composition or narrative: fabulous or mythical character; fictitiousness
• FABULOSO
adj. 1990 – wonderful, excellent → sl., orig. homosexual usage
• FABULOUS
adj. 1959 – excellent → sl.
• FABULOUS DROP
n. 1957 – an attractive young woman → Aust. sl.
• FABURRIFIC
adj. 2004 – excellent → US sl.
• FACE
int. 1979 – an exclamation delivered to a person whom one has just insulted or humiliated → US students’ sl.
n. 1. ..16C – a coin → sl.
n. 2. 1537 – audacity, impudence, cheek
n. 3. ..L16 – a grimace → sl.
n. 4. .M18 – credit at a public house → sl.
n. 5. ..19C – interference, nosiness → US sl.
n. 6. .M19 – the mouth, as the source of speech → US sl.
n. 7. 1875 – a general term of greeting, e.g. ‘Hello, face’ → sl.
n. 8. 1876 – reputation, standing → UK sl.
n. 9. 1895 – the mouth, as used for eating and drinking → US sl.
n. 10. ..L19 – a boat race. esp. the Oxford and Cambridge → rhyming sl.
n. 11. 1900 – the edge of a knife or sharp instrument → Sc. (Bk.)
n. 12. 1920 – fellatio or cunnilingus, usually as ‘give (or get) face’ → US sl.
n. 13. 1925 – one’s personal appearance → Aust. sl.
n. 14. 1930 – a respectable image, a ‘front’ → US criminals’ sl.
n. 15. 1930 – a stranger, esp. a White stranger → African-American sl.
n. 16. 1940 – a White person → African-American sl.
n. 17. 1944 – a person; in police use: a known criminal → sl.
n. 18. 1946 – a cosmetic kit, make-up → US sl.
n. 19. 1959 – a clock; a watch → US sl.
n. 20. 1960 – a top person, a leader → Brit. sl.
n. 21. 1960 – a professional criminal, usually an armed robber with no territorial ambitions → UK criminals’ sl.
n. 22. 1960 – a fellow member of a mod gang, esp. one who is considered particularly fashionable → sl.
n. 23. 1960 – a well-known person; a recognizable person; a celebrity, esp. a show-business notable → Amer. sl.
n. 24. 1979 – an instance of successfully humbling or embarrassing someone → Amer. students’ sl.
n. 25. 1990 – a professional pool player who is well known and recognized making it impossible for him to make a living betting with unsuspecting amateurs → US sl.
n. 26. 1990 – in professional wrestling: a wrestler who is designed by the promoters to be seen by the audience as a hero → US sl.
n. 27. 1991 – in betting: the odds of 5-2 → UK sl.
n. 28. 2001 – in racecourse gambling: a bettor who is believed to have useful information regarding the likely outcome of a race → UK bookmakers’ usage
vb. 1. 1815 – to punch in the face → boxing sl.
vb. 2. 1920 – of man: to pay court to a woman → Irish sl.
vb. 3. 1950 – to outperform, to show up, to humiliate, to insult → US students’ sl.
vb. 4. 1984 – to be beaten miserably in any competition → Amer. sl.
• FACEABLE
adj. 1894 – fit to be seen, pretty, fitting → Sc.
adv. 1854 – visibly, face to face → Eng. dial.
• FACE-ACHE
n. 1. ..20C – an ugly or miserable-looking person → Brit. sl.
n. 2. 1937 – a term of address, used disparagingly → Brit. sl.
n. 3. 1937 – an unpleasant, undesirable, or despicable person → Brit. sl.
n. 4. 1937 – a dreary-looking person → sl.
n. 5. 1977 – a beating up → sl.
• FACE AND BRACE
vb. 1513 – to bluster, to defy, to bully verbally; to domineer, to be defiant → sl.
• FACE AND HOOD
n. 1900 – the pansy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• FACE ARTIST
n. 1927 – a fellator or fellatrix → Amer. homosexual & prostitute sl.
• A FACE AS LONG AS A WET SUNDAY
phr. 1984 – used for describing an expression of depression or sadness → Can. sl.
• THE FACE AT THE WINDOW
n. L19 – someone looking through or even merely appearing at a window
• FACE-BONE
n. 1801 – cheek-bone → obs.
• FACE BOWL
n. 1900 – a small bowl in which to wash the face → African-American sl.
• FACE BUBBLE
n. 1973 – in motorcycling: a plastic shield attached to the helmet to cover the face → US sl.
• FACE CARD
n. 1. 1970 – an important person → Amer. sl.
n. 2. 1999 – $100 bill → African-American sl.
• FACE CREAM
n. 1972 – semen, esp. as when ejaculated onto a fellator’s face → US homosexual sl.
• FACED
adj. 1. 1968 – intoxicated, drunk → Amer. sl., esp. students’ usage
adj. 2. 1985 – humiliated, embarrassed → US students’ sl.
adj. 3. 1986 – stunned by the potency of a drug, usually cannabis → drug culture sl.
adj. 4. 1998 – under the influence of MDMA (ecstasy) → US sl.
• FACE DOWN
vb. 1530 – to disconcert in a direct confrontation
• FACE-ENTRY
n. 1874 – freedom of access to a theatre → theatrical usage obs.
• FACE FANNIES
n. 1999 – sideburns → sl.
• FACE FART
n. 1. 2003 – a belch, a burp → NZ sl.
n. 2. 2003 – a general term of abuse → NZ sl.
vb. 1982 – (usually as ‘face-fart’) to burp → NZ sl.
• FACE FINS
n. 1984 – a moustache, presumably a large one that protrudes on either side of the cheeks → sl., orig. nautical usage
• FACE-FITTINGS
n. 1904 – a beard and/or moustache → Aust. sl.
• FACE-FUCK
vb. 1970 – to place one’s penis in a passive person’s mouth in order to ‘actively’ receive fellatio → sl.
• FACE-FUCKED
adj. 1994 – so intoxicated by drugs that one is incapable of controlling one’s facial movements → drug culture sl.
• FACE-FUCKING
n. 1970 – fellatio where the person being fellated is the active partner and the other person is passive, with an open mouth → sl.
• FACE-FUNGUS
n. 1. 1907 – male facial hair, i.e. a beard and/or moustache → sl.
n. 2. 1910 – a term of address → sl.
• FACE FURNITURE
n. 20C – glasses → Brit. sl.
• FACE IT OUT WITH A CARD OF TEN
vb. 1542 – to brag, to put on a bold front → obs.
• FACE JOB
n. 1. ..L19 – cunnilingus → US sl.
n. 2. 1980 – in basketball: a play or game which humiliates the opposition; a one-sided victory → US sl.
n. 3. 1982 – cosmetic surgery designed to alter your appearance → US sl.
• FACE-LACE
n. 1. 1927 – whiskers, a beard → Amer. jocular usage
n. 2. 1942 – a false beard → Amer. theatrical sl. (Bk.)
• FACELESS
adj. 1. 1596 – of persons: lacking courage; cowardly → obs.
adj. 2. 1985 – drunk → Amer. students’ sl.
• FACELIFT
n. 1997 – in the used car business: the procedure of turning back the miles on the odometer (mileometer) → US sl.
• FACE-LIFTER
n. 1925 – an uppercut to the jaw → boxing sl.
• FACE-LIFTING
n. 1968 – a hard blow to the face → Amer. dial.
• A FACE LIKE A BAG OF ARSES
n. 2003 – an ugly face → UK sl.
• A FACE LIKE A BAG OF SPANNERS
n. 1975 – a hard and rough face; mostly used when describing a woman → UK sl.
• A FACE LIKE A BAGFUL OF SPANNERS
n. 1975 – a face hard and rough; applied mostly to women → sl.
• A FACE LIKE A BULLDOG
n. 2003 – an ugly face; chiefly applied to a girl or woman → UK sl.
• A FACE LIKE A BULLDOG CHEWING A WASP
n. 2003 – an ugly face; chiefly applied to a girl or woman → UK sl.
• A FACE LIKE A BULLDOG LICKING PISS OFF A NETTLE
n. 2003 – an ugly face; chiefly applied to a girl or woman → UK sl.
• A FACE LIKE A BULL’S BUM
n. 2003 – a very ugly face → NZ sl.
• A FACE LIKE A DYIN’ CALF
n. 1988 – a morose, sorrowful look → Can. sl.
• A FACE LIKE A FESTERING PICKLE
n. 2003 – a face that is covered in severe acne → NZ sl.
• A FACE LIKE A LEPER LICKING PISS OFF A THISTLE
n. 2003 – an ugly face; chiefly applied to a girl or woman → UK sl.
• A FACE LIKE A MILKMAN’S ROUND
n. 1950 – a long face → sl.
• A FACE LIKE AN ABANDONED QUARRY
n. 2003 – a very ugly face → NZ sl.
• A FACE LIKE A SCRUBBED HAMMOCK
n. 1920 – a pale, sour-looking face → Royal Navy usage
• A FACE LIKE A SEA-BOOT
n. 1930 – a long-drawn ‘fathom of misery’; a miserable or glum face → sl.
• A FACE LIKE A SLAPPED ARSE
n. 1999 – a very miserable-looking countenance → UK sl.
• A FACE LIKE A SMACKED ARSE
phr. 2000 – used to describe someone who looks very depressed → sl.
• FACE LIKE A STOPPED CLOCK
phr. 1986 – describing a very unattractive face, usually female; also, used of one who is momentarily stunned → Aust. sl.
• FACE LIKE A STRIPPER’S CLIT
phr. 1990 – describing the face of an unattractive woman → sl., derogatory
• A FACE LIKE A TWISTED SANDSHOE
phr. 2003 – used to describe someone who is exhibiting great disgust → NZ sl.
• A FACE LIKE A YARD OF PUMP-WATER
n. 20C – a ‘long’ face; a miserable or glum face → colloq.
• A FACE LIKE A YARD OF TRIPE
phr. 2003 – used to describe someone looking very depressed → NZ sl.
• FACE LIKE YESTERDAY
phr. 1914 – describing a very miserable-looking face → sl.
• FACE-MAKER
n. 1785 – a father of an illegitimate child → sl.
• FACE-MAKING
n. 1. 1623 – portrait-painting → obs.
n. 2. .M18 – sexual intercourse → sl.
• FACE MAN
n. 1. 1958 – a person, usually a man, who influences or beguiles others through his appearance or demeanour; a socially adept person; a good-looking man with an exceptionally handsome face → Amer. sl.
n. 2. 1970 – a prostitute’s client who seeks oral satisfaction → Amer. sl.
• FACE MUFFLER
n. 1945 – a gas mask → World War II Amer. sl.
• FACEN
vb. 1900 – to face → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• THE FACE OF CLAY
n. 1. 1828 – any living person → Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. 1895 – a solid, immovable countenance → Eng. dial.
• FACE-OFF
n. 1. 1896 – a confrontation, esp. one before action → Amer. sl.
n. 2. 2003 – an ejaculation of semen onto a lover’s face → Amer. sl.
• THE FACE ON THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR
n. 1920 – an actor or actress cut out of a picture because, after the picture has been completed, it is found that the role is superfluous → film industry usage
• FACE OUT
vb. 1533 – to overcome someone with coolness, effrontery, or impudence; to face down
• FACE-PAINT
vb. 20C – to fall off a skateboard onto one’s face → teen & high school sl.
• FACE-PAINTER
n. 1. 1697 – a painter of portraits
n. 2. 1847 – one who applies paint to the face
• FACE-PAINTING
n. 1990 – the ejaculation of semen over one’s partner’s face → sl.
• FACE-PIECE
n. 1950 – a scolding → Sc.
• FACE-PLANT
n. 1984 – a face-first fall; in snowboarding: a face-first fall into the snow → US sl.
• FACE-PLASTER
n. 1941 – an alcoholic drink → Aust. sl.
• FACE-PRICKLE
n. 1990 – facial hair → Aust. sl.
• FACE PROP
n. 1920 – a tooth → Amer. jocular usage
• FACE PUSSY
n. 1988 – fellatio → US homosexual sl.
• FACE QUEEN
n. 1972 – a male homosexual who is extremely attracted to the male face → Amer. homosexual sl.
• FACER
n. 1. 1515 – one who puts on a bold face; one who boasts or swaggers; a braggart, a bully → obs.
n. 2. 1527 – a large cup or tankard; a cup or glass filled to the brim → obs.
n. 3. 1810 – a blow in the face → sl.
n. 4. 1827 – an unexpected problem or obstacle; anything to which one must face up → sl.
n. 5. 1859 – a staller; one who places himself in the way of persons who are in hot pursuit of his accomplices → Amer. sl.
n. 6. .M19 – a criminal who stalls those in pursuit of their accomplices → US criminals’ sl.
n. 7. .M19 – a glass of whisky punch → sl.
n. 8. .M19 – a glass that holds a single dram of spirits → sl.
vb. ..E19 – to hit in the face → sl.
• FACERAG
n. 1965 – a washcloth, face cloth → Amer. dial.
• FACE RAPE
vb. 1986 – to kiss passionately → US students’ sl.
• FACES AND SPACES
n. 1986 – joint consideration of equipment and personnel for the field and non-field positions → US military usage
• FACE SHOOTING
n. 1942 – boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• FACE-SHOT
n. 1991 – an air-to-air guided missile → US sl.
• FACE STRETCHER
n. 1922 – an old woman who attempts to look young → US sl.
• FACETE
adj. 1. 1603 – facetious, witty, humorous, pleasant, cheerful, gay → arch.
adj. 2. 1635 – elegant, graceful, polished → obs.
• FACETELY
adv. 1619 – in a witty or humorous manner; pleasantly → obs.
• FACETENESS
n. 1656 – the quality of being witty or humorous → obs.
• A FACE THAT WOULD STOP A CLOCK
n. 1891 – a very ugly face → Amer. sl.
• FACE THE BREEZE
vb. 1997 – in horse racing: to be in the position immediately behind and outside the leader → US sl.
• FACE-THE-CLARTS
n. 1868 – a low, plausible sneak; a mean, grovelling fellow → Sc. obs.
• FACE THE ENEMY
vb. 1945 – to meet one’s wife after being out drinking → World War II Amer. sl.
• FACE THE KNOCKER
vb. 1875 – to go begging → tailors’ sl.
• FACE THE MUSIC
vb. 1. 1850 – to receive blame courageously; to confront the consequences of one’s actions; to take one’s punishment; to go through an ordeal; to face the possibility of a severe reprimand or other punishment → sl.
vb. 2. 1880 – to cope bravely with an unexpected emergency → colloq.
• FACE THE NATION
vb. 1970 – to perform cunnilingus → African-American sl.
• FACETIAE
n. 1529 – humorous sayings or writings; witticisms
• FACE TIME
n. 1991 – time spent in a meeting or conversation with an important or influential person; time spent on television → US sl.
• FACETIOSITY
n. 1822 – the quality of being facetious
• FACE-TO-FACE
n. 1986 – a face-to-face meeting, esp. a frank private conversation between two persons → Amer. sl.
• FACE TRAIN
n. 2001 – serial oral sex, from the point of view of the provider → US sl.
• FACETY
adj. 1928 – cheeky, impudent, rude, arrogant; excessively bold or feisty → W. Indies & Black British sl.
• FACETYNESS
n. 1940 – impudence → W. Indies & Black British sl.
• FACE-UP
n. 1958 – a gang-fight, including single-person combat → US sl.
vb. 1970 – (usually as ‘face up’) to keep one’s chin up, to be brave or cheerful → Amer. dial.
• FACE-UP MASSAGE
n. 2002 – an erotic massage → Can. sl.
• FACE-WASHIN
n. 1950 – a scolding → Sc.
• FACE-WELLY
n. 2002 – a gas mask → UK Royal Air Force usage
• FACE-WIND
n. 1722 – a wind blowing against one’s face → obs.
• FACEY
adj. 1. 1929 – cheeky, rude, impudent, impertinent; bold
adj. 2. 2000 – indicating criminal qualities → UK sl.
n. 1870 – a workman facing another as he works → tailors’ sl.
• FACEY ON THE BIAS
n. 1870 – a workman not directly in front of another as he words → tailors’ sl.
• FACEY ON THE TWO THICK
n. 1870 – a workman just behind one’s vis-a-vis → tailors’ sl.
• FÂCHÉ
adj. 1850 – angry → Amer. dial.
• FACHIVA
n. 2003 – heroin → UK sl.
• FACIAL
n. 1. 1970 – a prostitute’s client who likes the woman to sit on his face, sometimes after she has inserted a suppository or even she is having intercourse with another man → sl.
n. 2. 1970 – ejaculation in one’s partner’s face → sl.
n. 3. 1978 – an instance of humiliation; an insult; a rebuff → Amer. sl.
n. 4. 1998 – in rugby: an aggressive rubbing of the face of a tackled opponent → NZ sl.
• FACIAL AREA
n. 17C – audacity, impudence → US sl.
• FACIALIST
n. 1995 – a woman who likes fellatio → W. Indies sl.
• FACIATE
adj. 1648 – the facade or front of a building → obs.
• FACIE
adj. 1. 1825 – bold, ready to face danger → Sc.
adj. 2. 1825 – impudent, cheeky → Sc.
• FACIENT
n. 1670 – one who does anything; an actor or doer → obs.
• FACIES
n. 1611 – the face, countenance → humorous usage, obs.
• FACILITE
vb. 1585 – to facilitate, to make easy or easier; to assist in bringing about → obs.
• FACILIZE
vb. 1607 – to make easy or easier; to facilitate
• FACING
adj. 1566 – bold, audacious → obs.
n. 1. 1400 – the act of defacing or disfiguring; defacement, disfigurement → obs.
n. 2. 1523 – the act of boasting, swaggering, or browbeating; a defiance → obs.
n. 3. 1674 – the act of turning a card face upwards
• FACING-CARD
n. 1624 – an imposing allegation or argument → obs.
• FACING-TOOLS
n. 1721 – drinking vessels → Sc. obs.
• FACINORIOUS
adj. 1601 – extremely wicked, grossly criminal, atrocious, infamous, vile → obs.
• FACINOROUS
adj. 1548 – extremely wicked, grossly criminal, villainous, atrocious, vile, infamous, detestably bad → obs. exc. arch.
• FACK
adv. 1843 – indeed, truly, really → Sc.
int. 1724 – an exclamation or mild expletive → Eng. dial.
n. 1. 1836 – fact, truth, reality → Sc.
n. 2. 1863 – a long-handled spade → Ireland
n. 3. 1900 – a quantity, a load → Ireland (Bk.)
n. 4. 1914 – make, shape, form → Sc.
vb. 1940 – to tell the truth; to utter facts → African-American usage
• FACKET
n. 19C – a term of contempt or reproach applied to women and children; a slattern; a worthless woman → Eng. dial.
• FACKING
adj. 2001 – an intensifier; ‘fucking’ → UK sl.
• FACKS!
int. 1724 – an exclamation or mild expletive → Eng. dial.
• FACOCKTA
adj. 1990 – accursed; wretched → Amer. sl.
• FACRERE
n. 1393 – the art of ‘make-believe’, deception → obs.
• FACT
n. 1. 1539 – an evil deed, a crime → obs.
n. 2. 1543 – a noble or brave deed, an exploit; a feat of valour or skill → obs.
n. 3. 1631 – actual guilt, as opposed to suspicion → obs.
vb. 1942 – to speak frankly and truthfully → African-American sl.
• FACT AS DEATH
adj. 1891 – as certain as death → Sc.
• FACTIBLE
adj. 1. 1562 – able to be worked or wrought → obs.
adj. 2. 1585 – able to be made, done, or put into action; practicable, feasible
• FACTICITY
n. 1. 1869 – a being a fact; factualness
n. 2. 1964 – an unchangeable fact, a given
• FACTION
n. 1. 1559 – manner of acting or behaving; an action, proceeding, course of conduct → obs.
n. 2. 1593 – a factious quarrel or intrigue → obs.
n. 3. 1612 – the act of doing or making something → obs.
vb. 1609 – to act in a factious or rebellious spirit; to intrigue; to mutiny → obs.
• FACTIONARY
adj. 1607 – taking part in a quarrel or dissension; active as a partisan → obs.
n. 1555 – a member of a faction; a partisan
• FACTIONATE
vb. 1. 1611 – to join together in a faction; to band together → obs.
vb. 2. 1642 – to form factions → obs.
• FACTIONEER
n. 1710 – a member of a faction; a party-man
vb. 1881 – to busy oneself in factions
• FACTIONER
n. 1587 – one who makes or joins a faction; a partisan → obs.
• FACTIONIST
n. 1609 – one who promotes or leads a faction; a member of a faction, a partisan
• FACTIOSE
adj. 1727 – given or inclinable to faction, seditious → obs.
• FACTIST
n. 1775 – a poet or play-maker → obs.
• FACTITATE
vb. 1617 – ? to work busily → obs.
• FACTITIOUS
adj. 1646 – made by or resulting from art; artificial → obs.
• FACTIVE
adj. 1612 – tending or having the power to make; concerned with making → obs.
• FACTIVITY
n. 1643 – power to do something, capacity; range of activity → obs.
• FACTOID
n. 1970 – a presumed fact of dubious validity; a popular assumption or belief → Amer. sl.
• FACTOR
n. 1. 1485 – one who acts for another; an agent, deputy, or representative
n. 2. ..16C – a cheat or impostor; a fraudulent fortune-teller → UK criminals’ sl.
n. 3. 1502 – a partisan. adherent, approver → obs.
n. 4. 1561 – one who has the charge and manages the affairs of an estate; a bailiff, a land-steward → obs. exc. Sc.
n. 5 1563 – one who makes or does anything; a doer, maker, performer, perpetrator; an author of a literary work → obs.
n. 6. 1960 – in horse racing: a horse who is contending for the lead in a race → US sl.
vb. 1611 – to act as a factor or agent
• FACTORAGE
n. 1. 1670 – the action or professional service of a factor; the act of buying or selling goods on commission
n. 2. 1679 – the place of business of a factor; an agency → obs.
• FACTORDOM
n. 1888 – the system of management by factors
• FACTORESS
n. 1608 – a female factor or agent → obs.
• FACTORIAL
adj. 1. 1864 – pert. to a factory; consisting in a factory
adj. 2. 1881 – pert. to a factor
• FACTORY
n. 1. 1582 – an establishment for traders carrying on business in a foreign country; a merchant company’s trading station
n. 2. 1640 – a document investing another with the authority of a factor or agent
n. 3. 1664 – the act or process of making anything → obs.
n. 4. 1702 – the body of factors in any one place → obs.
n. 5. 1806 – a prison; a women’s prison → Aust. sl.
n. 6. .M19 – a large, forbidding Victorian police station in the London Metropolitan area → UK criminals’ sl.
n. 7. 1891 – a police station → sl.
n. 8. 1900 – the parish workhouse → Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
n. 9. 1930 – a place where drugs are packaged, diluted or manufactured → drug culture sl.
n. 10. 1930 – the kit used by a narcotics addict for injections → drug culture sl.
• THE FACTORY
n. 1. 1447 – a large Metropolitan police station of severe appearance; generally, any police station → obs.
n. 2. 1952 – the theatre → UK actors usage
• FACTORY DRIVER
n. 1980 – in motor racing: a driver officially representing a car manufacturer → US sl.
• FACTORY SMOKER
n. 1968 – a cheap cigar → Amer. dial.
• FACTOTUM
n. 1. 1618 – one who meddles with everything; a busybody → obs.
n. 2. ..19C – the female genitals, ‘that which controls everything’ → Brit. sl.
n. 3. 1863 – a man of all-work; also, a servant who has the entire management of his master’s affairs
• FACTRIX
n. 1870 – a female factor or agent
• FACTURE
n. 1. 1580 – the act or process of making a thing
n. 2. 1647 – the thing made, creation
• FACTY
adj. 1871 – full of facts; highly factual
• FACULATE
vb. 1889 – to arrange, to put in order → Amer. dial.
• FACULENCE
n. 1727 – brightness, clearness → obs.
• FACULENT
adj. 1575 – bright, clear; giving forth light like a torch → obs.
• FACULIZED
adj. 1816 – versatile; endowed with many faculties or abilities → Amer. dial.
• FACULTATE
vb. 1648 – to invest with authority; to empower; to authorize
• FACULTIES OF THE HEAD
n. 1900 – the brain, the intellectual faculties → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• FACULTISED
adj. 1871 – versatile; endowed with many faculties or abilities → Amer. dial.
• FACULTY
n. 1. 1382 – pecuniary ability, means, resources; possessions, property → obs.
n. 2. 1384 – a branch or department of knowledge → obs.
n. 3. 1386 – that in which anyone is skilled; an art, trade, occupation, profession → obs. exc. arch.
n. 4. 1565 – a personal quality; disposition → obs.
vb. 1934 – to understand, to comprehend → Amer. dial.
• FACULTY STRUCKEN
adj. 1884 – deprived of the use of one’s senses, weakened in intellect → Eng. dial.
• FACUND
adj. 1. 1381 – inspiring or promoting eloquence; eloquent; also fig., said of beauty, etc. → arch. or obs.
adj. 2. 1501 – inspiring or promoting eloquence → obs.
n. 1340 – eloquence → obs.
• FACUNDATE
vb. 1656 – to make eloquent → obs.
• FACUNDIE
n. 1447 – eloquence → obs.
• FACUNDIOUS
adj. 1430 – of persons: gifted with fluent speech; eloquent, glib; of speech: copious, fluent → obs.
• FACUNDIOUSLY
adv. 1509 – eloquently → obs.
• FACUNDITY
n. 1530 – eloquence → obs.
• FACY
adj. 1. 1605 – insolent, impudent, cheeky, rude → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
adj. 2. 1825 – bold, possessed of courage to ‘face’ an enemy → Sc.
• FACY-GATE
adj. 1900 – impudent, brazen-faced → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 1900 – a brazen-faced, impudent person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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