• LAT
n. 1927 Brit. military sl. – the latrine; a privy or W.C.; a lavatory; usually used in the plural
• LATA
n. 1927 Brit. military sl. – anything incredible (pronounced ‘lah-tah’)
• LATACE
n. 1678 Sc. obs. – lettuce
• LATAFOOT
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – slow in moving, slow of foot
• LATCH
n. 1. 1762 Sc. – a mire, a swampy, mossy place
n. 2. 1774 Sc. – a small stream, esp. one flowing through boggy ground
n. 3. 1825 Sc. – the rut made by a cart wheel
n. 4. Bk1866 Sc. – indolence; an indolent, dilatory person; a dawdler
n. 5. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a thong of leather
vb. 1. c950 obs. – to take with force; to capture; to seize upon a person or his goods
vb. 2. c1000 obs. – to grasp with the mind; to comprehend
vb. 3. c1000 obs. – to take hold of, to grasp, to seize, esp. with the hand or claws; to clasp, to embrace
vb. 4. a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to be the recipient of; to get; to receive a name, gift, blow, injury; to catch a disease
vb. 5. c1330 obs. – to reach, to get to land or a destination
vb. 6. L18 Eng. dial. – to catch as a disease, by infection or contagion
vb. 7. 1825 Sc. – to be slow or dilatory; to dawdle, to loiter, to procrastinate
• LATCH-DRAWER
n. 1393 obs. – one who draws or lifts the latch to enter for an unlawful purpose
• LATCHET
n. 1. c1350 obs. – a loop; a narrow strip of anything; a thong
n. 2. c1440 obs. – a thong used to fasten a shoe; a shoe-lace
n. 3. 1783 Sc. obs. – a gate latch
n. 4. Bk1902 Sc. – a smart blow
• LATCHETY
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – loose, not well fastened
• LATCHICO
n. 2003 Ireland – a ruffian
• LATCHIE; LATCHY
vb. 1922 Sc. – slow, sluggish, tardy, dilatory
• LATCHING
adj. 1. 1790 Eng. dial. – infectious, contagious, catching
adj. 2. Bk1902 Sc. – lazy, indolent
• LATCH-LUG’T
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – having ears which hang down instead of standing erect
• A LATCH OF LINKS
n. 1895 Eng. dial. – a string of sausages
• LATCH ON
vb. 1962 sl. – to understand or realize the meaning of something
• LATCH ON TO
vb. 1962 sl. – to understand or realize the meaning of something
• LATCH-PIN
n. 1940 Amer. dial. – a safety pin
• LAT, DAT, AND LUMBER
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – nonsense
• LATE
adj. 1. 15C – dead, as in ‘the late Mr. Smith’
adj. 2. 1631 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – of weather: unseasonable
adj. 3. 1657 obs. rare – broad, wide
adv. 1. c1000 obs. – slowly
adv. 2. 1697 obs. rare – behind the others, in the rear
n. 1. c1200 obs. – look; appearance; aspect; outward manner or bearing
n. 2. a1300 obs. – voice, sound
n. 3. Bk1840 Eng. dial. – the flame of a fire
vb. Bk1902 Eng. dial. obs. – to thrash
• LATEBRICOLE
adj. 1889 rare – inhabiting a hiding place, as some spiders, crabs, etc.
► LATEBROUS adj. full of dens or hiding holes, full of places to hide in → 1656 obs.
• LATED
adj. 1. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – belated
adj. 2. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – searched for; found
• LATEFUL
adj. 1382 obs. – late in season
• LATELINESS
n. 1. a1340 obs. rare – tardiness
n. 2. 1605 obs. – recency
• LATELY
adj. 1. c1400 obs. – slow
adj. 2. 1581 obs. – recent, late
adv. 1. c1000 obs. – slowly, tardily, sluggishly; reluctantly, sparingly
adv. 2. 1515 obs. – after or beyond the usual or proper time; behind time, at a late hour, late
• LATEMOST
adj. c950 obs. – last
• LATEN
vb. 1880 – to become or grow late; to make late
• LATENESS
n. c1050 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – slowness
• LATENT HOMOSEXUAL
n. 20C – a male who does not know or will not recognize that he is a homosexual
• LATE ON THE TIDE
adj. 1916 Amer. dial. – delayed, belated
• LATER!
int. 1950s Amer. sl. – Goodbye!
• LATERAL
adj. c1611 obs. – existing or moving side by side
• LATERALITY
n. 1646 obs. – the quality of having distinct sides; right- or left-sidedness; also, the condition of being sideways
• LATERITIOUS
adj. 1656 – pert. to or resembling brick; made of brick; of the colour of brick, brick-red
• LATERMORE
adj. 1548 obs. – later, last
• LATE ROAD
n. 1895 Eng. dial. – a road dangerous to travel on at night
• LATER YEARS
adv. 1967 Amer. dial. – recently, nowadays
• LATES
n. c1205 obs. – looks, manners, behaviour; hence, actions, goings-on
• LATESCENT
adj. 1836 – becoming hidden or obscure
• LATESHIP
n. a1300 obs. rare – slowness, sluggishness
• LATESOME
adj. a1382 rare, chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial. usage – late; backward; slow, sluggish; tiresome, tedious
adv. 1843 obs. rare – late
• LATEST COOKHOUSE OFFICIAL
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a rumour on which no reliance can be placed
• LATEST ENTHUSIASM
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – the sweetheart of the moment
• THE LATEST HOT DROP
n. c1950 Aust. sl. – the latest fad or fashion; the latest craze of any kind
• THE LATE UNPLEASANTNESS
n. US Civil War usage – used in the postwar period to describe the American Civil War
• LATEWAKE
n. 1709 Sc. – a vigil kept by relatives and friends over a dead body till burial
• LATEWARD
adj. 1538 obs. – late, slow, backward; chiefly said of fruit and crops ripening, and seasons of the year
adv. 1. 1471 obs. – of late, recently
adv. 2. 1572 – late, after the due time or season
• LATEWARDLY
adj. 1573 obs. rare – late, slow, backward; chiefly said of fruit and crops ripening, and seasons of the year
adv. 1720 obs. – of late, lately; at a late date
• LATEWARDS
adv. 1483 obs. – lately, recently
• LATE-WHILE(S)
adv. 1839 – of late, recently
• LATEX
n. 20C US sl. – a latex condom
• LATE YEAR
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – autumn
• LATE YEARS
adv. 1967 Amer. dial. – recently, nowadays
• LATH
n. 1633 – anything slender or fragile
vb. 1847 Eng. dial. obs. – to set down, to deposit, to place
• LATHE
n. 1. c1250 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a barn
n. 2. 1476 obs. – a supporting structure, stand, scaffold
vb. 1. c900 obs. exc. Eng. dial. obs. – to invite, to call
vb. 2. Bk1902 Sc. – to allure, to entice
vb. 3. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – to meet
vb. 4. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – to build
• LATHE-GARTH
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – the barnyard
• LATHER
n. 1. a1175 obs. – one who invites or summons
n. 2. 19C Brit. sl. – sexual secretions; semen; natural vaginal lubricants
n. 3. 1839 sl. – a state of agitation, excitement, or restlessness
vb. 1797 – to beat, to thrash
• LA THERE!
int. 1895 Eng. dial. – an exclamation
• LATHERED
adj. E20 US sl. – intoxicated with alcohol
• LATHERICK
n. 1891 Eng. dial. – a slice; a rasher of bacon
• LATHERIN
n. 1789 Sc. – a vague term of reproach; a rogue, a blackguard
• LATHER-MAKER
n. 19C Brit. sl. – the female genitals with reference to natural vaginal lubrication and semen
• LATHERON
n. 1870 Sc. – a lazy, idle person’ a sloven, a drab; a dirty, untidy woman or girl, used as a term of contempt
• LATHERY
adj. 1803 – ‘frothy’, unsubstantial
• LATHING
n. c897 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – an invitation, a calling together; also, a congregation
• LATH-LEGGED
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – long-legged
• LATHOUSE
n. World War I Amer. sl. – a latrine
• LATHOWY
adj. 1929 Sc. – insipid, tasteless; said only of liquids, as soup or buttermilk
• LATHROCK
n. 1891 Eng. dial. – a slice; a rasher of bacon
• LATHRON
n. 1821 Sc. – a lazy, idle person’ a sloven, a drab; a dirty, untidy woman or girl, used as a term of contempt
• LATHY
adj. 1. 1672 – of a very thin person: thin like a lath
adj. 2. 1847 Eng. dial. – strong, lusty
• LATIAN
adj. 1598 – belonging to Latium; Latin
► LATIBULATE vb. to hide oneself in a corner → 1623 obs.
• LATIBULE
n. 1623 obs. rare – a hiding place
• LATIBULIZE
vb. 1802 rare – to retire into a hiding place or retreat for the winter
• LATIFUNDIA
n. 1630 – large estates
• LATIFUNDIAN
adj. a1734 – possessing large estates
• LATIMER
n. c1205 obs. – an interpreter
• LATIN
n. 1. 1398 obs. – one who spoke or wrote the Latin language; a Latin writer or author
n. 2. a1860 Sc. – a rascal, a good-for-nothing
• LATINED
adj. 1591 obs. – versed in Latin
• LATINER
n. 1691 – a Latin scholar; one who speaks Latin
• LATINISH
adj. a1603 obs. rare – of the nature of Latin
• LATINISM
n. 1570 – an idiom or form of expression characteristic of the Latin language, esp. one used by a writer in another language
• LATINIST
n. 1538 – one who is versed in the Latin language; a Latin scholar; occasionally, a writer of Latin
• LATIN IT
vb. 1581 obs. – to speak or write Latin
• LATINITASTER
n. 1836 rare – a petty Latinist
• LATINITY
n. 1619 – the manner of speaking or writing Latin; Latin
• LATINLY
adv. 1388 obs. – in Latin; in good or pure Latin
• LATIN-MAKER
n. a1400 obs. – a writer of Latin; a Latinist
• LATIN MAKING
n. a1568 obs. – Latin composition
• LATIN-WIT
n. 1670 obs. – wit that depends for its quality on being expressed in Latin
• LATITANCY
n. 1. 1646 – of an animal: hibernation
n. 2. 1701 – the state of lying concealed or hid
• LATITANT
adj. 1. 1646 – of an animal: hibernating
adj. 2. 1650 – that lies concealed or hid; lurking
n. 1887 – one who is in hiding
• LATITAT
n. 1. 1565 – a lawyer
n. 2. 1825 Eng. dial. – a noise, a scolding; idle talk, chatter
► LATITATE vb. to lurk; to lie hid → 1623 obs.
• LATITATION
n. 1623 – the fact of lying concealed; hiding, lurking
• LATITUDE
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – range of ability
• LATITUDE-MAN
n. 1662 obs. – one who practices or favours latitude in thought, action, or conduct, esp. in religious matters
• LATITUDINAL
adj. 1671 rare – relating to breadth or width
• LATITUDINARIALLY
adv. 1853 rare – with latitude or laxity of distinction
• LATITUDINARIAN
adj. 1672-1702 – characterized by latitude in opinion or action, esp. in matters of religion; not insisting on strict adherence to or conformity with an established code
n. 1662 – one who practices or favours latitude in thought, action, or conduct, esp. in religious matters
• LATITUDINARY
adj. 1834 – characterized by latitude in opinion or action, esp. in matters of religion; not insisting on strict adherence to or conformity with an established code
• LATITUDINOUS
adj. 1838 – characterized by latitude of interpretation
• LATOMY
n. 1656 – a stone quarry → Hist.
• LATOR
n. 1529 – the bearer of a letter → Sc. obs.
• LATRABILITY
n. 1668 – the quality or faculty of barking → obs.
• LATRANT
adj. 1702 – barking
• LATRATE
vb. 1623 – to bark like a dog → obs.
• LATRATION
n. 1623 – a barking
• LATRATOR
n. 1623 – one who barks, rails, or scoffs → obs.
• LATREDE
adj. ..897 – slow, tardy → obs.
• LATRINE LIPS
n. M20 – someone (usually a citizens band radio operator) who habitually uses obscene language → US sl.
• LATRINE RUMOUR
n. 1915 – startling news, almost always incorrect; any rumour, esp. one which is alleged to spread at the latrine → World War I Amer. sl.
• LATRINE WIRELESS
n. 1945 – the exchange of gossip at a latrine → World War II Brit. usage
• LATRINO
n. 1940 – a ‘latrinogram’, ‘latrine rumour’; false news, a wild story → army officers’ sl.
• LATRINOGRAM
n. 1939 – ‘latrine rumour’; false news, a wild story → army officers’ sl.
• LATROCINATE
vb. 1623 – to rob, to play the thief → obs.
• LATROCINATION
n. 1656 – theft, robbery → obs.
• LATROCINY
n. 1. 1430 – highway-robbery; brigandage, freebooting, plundering → obs.
n. 2. 1474 – a band of robbers → obs.
• LATRON
n. 1613 – a robber, a brigand, a plunderer → obs.
• LATRONAGE
n. 1619 – robbery, brigandage → obs.
• LATRONIC
phr. 1991 – used as a farewell; ‘later on’ → US sl.
• LATS
n. 2003 – skis → US sl.
• THE LATS
n. M20 – the latrine; a privy or a W.C. → Brit. military sl.
• LATTAGE
n. 1902 – an impediment or a hesitation in speech → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• LATTANCE
n. 1902 – an impediment in the speech → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• LATTEN
vb. 1790 – to hinder, to retard → Eng. dial.
• LATTER
adj. 1. 1000 – slower → obs.
adj. 2. 1513 – pert. to the end of life, of a period, the world → obs.
adj. 3. 1533 – hinder, hindmost → Sc. obs.
adv. 1050 – more slowly → obs.
vb. 1902 – to run in a vagrant or hasty manner → Eng. dial. obs.
• LATTER DAYS
adv. 1976 – recently, nowadays → Amer. dial.
• LATTER END
n. 1. 1630 – the end of one’s life
n. 2. ..19C – the posteriors → Brit. colloq.
n. 3. 1840 – the latter part of the year; early autumn or late summer → Eng. dial.
• LATTER-ENDY
adj. 1902 – like autumn; autumnal → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• LATTER LAMMAS
n. 1. 1576 – a day that will never come → obs.
n. 2. 1892 – an unpunctual person, one who is always behind time → Eng. dial.
• LATTER LAMMAS DAY
n. 1576 – a day that will never come → obs.
• LATTERLY
adv. 1734 – of late, lately; at the latter end of life or of some period
• LATTER-MEAT
n. 1721 – food left over from a meal and served again, esp. ‘victuals brought from the master’s to the servants’ table’ → Sc. obs.
• LATTERMOST
adj. 1821 – last
• LATTERNESS
n. 1674 – the condition of being later or subsequent → obs.
• LATTERWARD
adj. 1572 – late, slow, backward; chiefly said of fruit and crops ripening, and seasons of the year → obs.
• LATTER-WIT
n. 1902 – after-thoughts → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• LATTEW
n. ..825 – a leader → obs.
• LATTIE
n. 1859 – a house or a flat → UK sl.
• LATTIPRACK
adj. 1902 – paralytic → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• LATTIS
n. 1902 – a milk pail → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• LATTY
adj. 1902 – tall, thin, like a lath → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 1859 – a house or a flat → UK sl.
• LA TURNABOUT
n. 1970 – a long-lasting amphetamine; with reference to their use by long-distance truckers → US drug culture sl.
• LA TURNAROUND
n. 1970 – a long-lasting amphetamine; with reference to their use by long-distance truckers → US drug culture sl.
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