• O
n. 1. 1930s US drug culture sl. – an ounce of a narcotic
n. 2. 1933 US drug culture sl. – opium
n. 3. 1961 UK sl. – an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) (used by civil servants)
n. 4. 1980s Aust. drug culture sl. – an ounce of cannabis
n. 5. 1980 sl. – in sports: offensive play; the offense
n. 6. 1984 US sl. – an ovation
• O.A.
n. an overdose; specifically of Methedrine …1970s drug culture sl.
• OACHENIN
n. the early dawn, the part of the night before daybreak …Bk1905 Sc.
• OAE
n. anybody who has spent at least one winter in Antarctica (Old Antarctic Explorer) …1960 Antarctica usage
• OAF
n. 1. a large, slow-witted, clumsy person …1902 sl.
n. 2. 1. a miser …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 3. an animal whose face is so covered with hair that it can scarcely see …Bk1905 Sc.
vb. to walk stupidly; to act in a foolish, childish manner; to play the fool …1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OAF ABOUT
vb. to walk stupidly; to act in a foolish, childish manner; to play the fool …1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OAFF
adj. decrepit, worn down with disease …Bk1905 Sc.
• OAFING
adj. stupid, foolish …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OAF-LOOKING
adj. having a look of stupidity …Bk1905 Sc.
• OAFLY
adv. foolishly, absurdly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OAFO
adj. thuggish …1950s sl.
n. a ruffian; an oaf; a large, slow-witted, clumsy person; a socially inferior fool; a lout …1959 UK sl.
• OAF-ROCK
n. a half-witted, weak-minded person …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OAF-ROCK’D
adj. half-witted, stupid, foolish, silly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OAG
vb. to crawl, to creep, to scramble; to wriggle …1892 Sc.
• OAGIN
n. the moaning of the wind …1896 Sc.
• OAGLE
vb. to look at invitingly or amorously; to leer …L17 sl.
• OAK
adj. 1. strong; rich …1859 sl. obs.
adj. 2. good, satisfactory
n. 1. in a team of confidence tricksters: the one who keeps a watch …1591 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 2. a rich man, of good substance and credit …1698 sl.
n. 3. a joke …L19 rhyming sl.
n. 4. the suit of clubs in cards …1847-78 Eng. dial.
• OAKABELL
n. the fourth finger …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OAK AND ASH
n. cash …1960 UK rhyming sl.
• OAK-APPLE
n. a sprig of oak or maple …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OAK-ATCHERN
n. an acorn …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OAK-BERRY
n. an acorn …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OAK-EGGAR
n. a moth ….1882 Sc.
• OAKEN CUDGEL
n. a cudgel …18C sl.
• OAKEN PLANT
n. a cudgel …18C sl.
• OAKEN SAPLING
n. a cudgel …18C sl.
• OAKEN STAFF
n. a cudgel …18C sl.
• OAKEN TOWEL
. a cudgel; a wooden club …1785 sl. obs.
• OAKETY-DOAKETY!
int. okey-dokey …1947 Amer. sl.
• OAKEY
n. a migrant worker, orig. from Oklahoma, forced off his land during the Great Depression during the 1930s …1910s US derogatory
• OAKHEAD
n. a mule …1966 Amer. dial. jocular usage
• OAKIE
n. a migrant worker, orig. from Oklahoma, forced off his land during the Great Depression during the 1930s …1910s US derogatory
• OAKLEY
n. a free pass; orig. to a circus, but latterly to the theatre …1920s US sl.
• OAK-MASS
n. an acorn …1842 Eng. dial.
• OAK-MAST
n. an acorn …1842 Eng. dial.
• OAKS
n. the suit of clubs in cards …1825 Eng. dial.
• OAKTOE
n. the numbing of toes by cold water, creating the sensation that your toes are wooden …2001 US surfing sl.
• OAK TOWEL
n. an oaken cudgel; a wooden club; a policeman’s club …1859 sl.
• OAKTOWN
n. Oakland, California …1990s African-American sl.
• OAK-WRIGHT
n. a worker in oak …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OAK-WUCK
n. the club at cards …1873 Eng. dial.
• OAM
n. 1. steam, as from a kettle, vapour; condensation on a cold surface …1808 Sc.
n. 2. a warm, stuffy atmosphere; a gust of hot air, a heat-haze …1866 Sc.
n. 3. a warm aroma, as that arising from cooking …1866 Sc.
n. 4. a jet of thick, billowing smoke …1869 Sc.
n. 5. of tobacco: a smoke …1898 Sc.
vb. 1. to blow with a warm close air …1866 Sc.
vb. 2. of smoke: to pour out quickly …1952 Sc.
vb. 3. of a smoker: to puff …1961 Sc.
• OAMLY
adj. unpleasant or hurtful to the feelings …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OANSHACH
n. a foolish person, an idiot …1950 Sc.
• OAO
n. a person’s sweetheart (One And Only) …1928 students’ & services’ sl., orig. US
• OAP
n. an Over-Anxious Patient …2002 UK doctors’ usage
• OARMAN
n. one who uses oars; a rower …1608 rare
• OARS
n. 1. a waterman …17C colloq.
n. 2. the arms …Bk1905 Eng. cant
n. 3. nonsense, rubbish …1990s rhyming sl. for ‘ballocks’ (Oars and Rollocks)
• OARS AND ROLLOCKS
n. nonsense, rubbish …1990s rhyming sl. for ‘ballocks’
• OARS AND ROWLOCKS
n. nonsense …1998 UK rhyming sl. for ‘bollocks’
• OARSMAN
n. one who uses oars; a rower …1824
• OARSWOMAN
n. a woman who rows …1882
• OASHACH
n. a foolish person, an idiot …1950 Sc.
• OASIS
n. 1. a bar …1956 US sl.
n. 2. in motor racing: a refreshment stand …1965 US sl.
• OAT
n. 1. an atom; the tiniest amount …M19 sl.
n. 2. the number 2 …M19 back-slang
n. 3. a penny; a halfpenny; the smallest amount of money …L19 sl.
• OAT-BIN
n. the female genitals …E20 US sl.
• OATBURNER
n. 1. a horse, esp. a worthless horse …1910s Amer. sl.
n. 2. in horse racing: a racehorse that does not perform well …1916 US sl.
• OAT-CAKE FOLK
n. poor people …1863 Eng. dial.
• OAT-CONSUMER
n. a horse, esp. a worthless horse …1910s Amer. sl.
• OAT DESTROYER
n. a horse …1910s Amer. sl.
• OATEATER
n. a cowboy movie, story, or song; a western …1946 US sl.
• OATER
n. a movie, television show, radio show, or book about cowboys; a Western …1946 Amer. entertainment industry usage
• OAT GRINDER
n. a horse …1910s Amer. sl.
• OATMEAL
n. 1. a profligate roisterer; an urban rowdy …c1620 colloq.
n. 2. a small, mushy wave …1991 US sl.
• OATMEAL CHINAMAN
n. in mining in the Cariboo: a Canadian …1963 Can. sl.
• OATMEAL PARTY
n. Scotsmen …L19 Royal Navy colloq.
• OATMEAL SAVAGE
n. a Scotsman …1954 Can. sl.
• OAT-MUNCHER
n. 1. a horse, esp. a worthless horse …1910s Amer. sl.
n. 2. in horse racing: a racehorse that does not perform well …1916 US sl.
• OAT OPERA
n. a cowboy movie; a Western film …1930s sl., orig. US
• OATS
n. 1. spirit; enthusiasm …1831 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a night watchman (Charlie) …1859 UK rhyming sl. for “Charlie” (Oats and Barley)
n. 3. a synonym for the proper name Charlie …M19 rhyming sl. (oats and barley)
n. 4. a beating; a flogging …M19 sl.
n. 5. sexual gratification …1923 UK sl.
n. 6. boldness, assertiveness …1970 Amer. dial.
n. 7. money which a carnival worker steals from his boss …1985 US sl.
n. 8. cocaine …1990s drug culture rhyming sl. for ‘Charlie” (oats and barley)
• OATS AND BARLEY
n. 1. a night watchman (Charlie) …1859 UK rhyming sl. for “Charlie”
n. 2. a synonym for the proper name Charlie …M19 rhyming sl.
n. 3. cocaine …1990s drug culture rhyming sl. for ‘Charlie”
• OATS AND CHAFF
n. a footpath …1857 rhyming sl.
• OATS BUG
n. a cicada …1968 Amer. dial.
• OATS CONSUMER
n. a horse, esp. a worthless horse …1942 Amer. sl.
• OATS-DESTROYER
n. a horse …1942 Amer. sl.
• OATS FOR THE DONKEY
n. money …c1910 motor trade imperfect rhyming sl.
• OATS-GRINDER
n. a horse …1942 Amer. sl.
• OATSMOBILE
n. a horse …1916 Amer. sl.
• OATS-MUNCHER
n. a horse, esp. a worthless horse …1942 Amer. sl.
• OAT SODA
n. a beer …1994 US sl.
• OATS OPERA
n. a Western film …1930s sl., orig. US
• OAT-STEALER
n. an ostler (a person who looked after the horses of those staying at an inn) …L18 sl.
• OAVES
n. the eaves of a building …1790 Eng. dial.
• O.B.
n. 1. a post office …1920s US criminals’ sl.
n. 2. the Old Bailey in London, which is the Central Criminal Court of England …L19 UK criminals’ sl.
• OB
adj. 1. obnoxious …1960s sl.
adj. 2. obvious …1980s sl.
n. 1. a wizard, magician, sorcerer, ventriloquist …1659 obs.
n. 2. a halfpenny …1449 Sc.
n. 3. . an objection …20C policemen’s sl.
n. 4. a creek, a bay …1930 Sc.
• OBACERATE
vb. 1656 – to stop one’s mouth, that he cannot tell out his tale → obs.
• OBACERATION
n. 1658 – a stopping one’s mouth → obs.
• OBADIAH
n. 1. M17 – a Quaker → sl.
n. 2. 20C – a fire → rhyming sl.
• OBAMBULATE
vb. 1614 – to walk about; to wander here and there → obs.
• OBAMBULATION
n. a walking to and fro …1600 rare
• OBAMBULATORY
adj. habitually walking about, itinerant …1855 rare
• OB AND SOL
n. scholastic or subtle disputation …1588 obs.
• OB-AND-SOLLER
n. 1678 obs. – a scholastic or subtle disputant
• OBB
n. 1449 Sc. – a halfpenny
• OBBO
n. 1. c1919 policemen’s sl. – observation work
n. 2. 1925 sl. – an observation balloon
n. 3. 1933 sl. – police surveillance of a person, building, etc; a lookout; a prison observation room
• OBBS
n. 1. 1910s sl. – obligations
n. 2. 1933 UK sl. – surveillance; observation; a lookout
• OBBUT!
int. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – oh! but
• OBDER
n. 1. 1866 Sc. obs. – a small porch or portico
n. 2. 1897 Sc. obs. – a wooden shelf above a door
• OBDORMITION
n. 1634 obs. rare – a falling asleep, or the condition of being asleep
► OBDULCORATE vb. to sweeten → 1657 obs.
• OBDURACY
n. 1597 – stubbornness, obstinacy; obstinate hardness of heart, relentlessness; persistence in evil
• OBDURATE
adj. 1. c1440 – hardened in wickedness or sin; persistently impenitent; stubbornly resisting, or insensible to moral influence
adj. 2. 1586 – hardened against persuasion, entreaty, the sentiment of pity, etc.; stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, relentless, hard-hearted
vb. a1540 – to harden in wickedness, or against moral influence, etc.; to make stubborn or obstinate; to harden the heart of, to make relentless or pitiless
• OBDURATENESS
n. 1618 – stubbornness, obstinacy; obstinate hardness of heart, relentlessness; persistence in evil
• OBDURATION
n. 1494 – a hardening in sin or wickedness; a making or becoming stubborn, obstinate, or insensible or moral influence
• OBDURATIOUS
adj. 1. 1672 obs. rare – hardened against persuasion, entreaty, the sentiment of pity, etc.; stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, relentless, hard-hearted
adj. 2. 1672 obs. rare – hardened in wickedness or sin; persistently impenitent; stubbornly resisting, or insensible to moral influence
• OBDURE
adj. 1. 1608 – hardened in wickedness or sin; persistently impenitent; stubbornly resisting, or insensible to moral influence → obs.
adj. 2. 1624 – hardened against persuasion, entreaty, the sentiment of pity, etc.; stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, relentless, hard-hearted → obs.
vb. 1598 – to harden in wickedness, or against moral influence, etc.; to make stubborn or obstinate; to harden the heart of, to make relentless or pitiless → rare or obs.
• OBE
adj. 1970 – Overcome By Events; Overtaken By Events → US Army sl.
phr. 1989 – of a bettor in debt: Owes Bookies Everywhere → Aust. sl.
• OBEDIBLE
adj. 1622 – capable of obedience; obedient, docile, compliant, submissive, yielding → obs.
• OBEDIENCIARY
adj. 1700 – practising or professing obedience; owning allegiance → obs.
n. 1. 1540 – one who obeys; one yielding obedience; a person in a position of subjection; one owning allegiance, a subject → obs.
n. 2. 1794 – a member of a conventual establishment charged with any duty or ‘obedience’; the holder of any office in a monastery, under the abbot or superior
• OB-EE!
int. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a call for geese
• OBEISANCE
n. 1. 1899 Eng. dial. – a bow, a curtsy
n. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – compliance of manner, deportment
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. –to curtsy, to make a bow
• OBEISAND
adj. obedient …c1500 obs.
• OBEISANT
adj. obedient …1297 obs.
• OBEISH
vb. to obey …a1400-50 obs.
• O-BE-JOYFUL
n. rum; brandy; whisky; liquor in general …1815 sl.
• O-BE-JOYFUL HOUSE
n. a public house …19C sl.
• O-BE-JOYFUL WORKS
n. a public house …19C sl.
• OBELISCOLYCHNY
n. a lighthouse; a light-bearer …1694 obs. rare
• OBELISK
n. the penis …19C sl.
• OBEQUITATE
vb. to ride about …1623 obs. rare
• OBEQUITATION
n. a riding about …1658 obs. rare
• OBER
n. responsibility, liability; power, influence; impudent self-confidence …1929 Sc.
• OBERFU
adj. bold, forward …1929 Sc.
• OBERING
n. 1. a hint, an inkling …1824 Sc.
n. 2. a trifle …1880 Sc.
• OBERINS
n. odds and ends, trifling work; leavings, scraps …1880 Sc.
► OBERRATION n. a straying or wandering about → 1658 obs.
• OBESE
adj. excellent, extremely admirable …1990s sl.
• OBEX
n. an impediment, an obstacle …1611 rare or obs.
• OBEY
n. a post office …1925 Amer. criminal sl.
• OBEYABLE
adj. that can or should be obeyed …1676 rare
• OBEYANCE
n. obedience; homage …a1400-50 obs.
• OBEYAND
adj. obeying, obedient …c1400 N. Eng. dial. obs.
• OBEYANT
adj. obedient …c1400
• OBEYSAND
adj. obedient, obeying …1375 obs.
• OBFIRM
vb. to confirm (in an evil course, erroneous opinion, etc.); to make stubborn or obstinate; to harden …1563-87 obs.
• OBFIRMATE
vb. to confirm (in an evil course, erroneous opinion, etc.); to make stubborn or obstinate; to harden …1616 obs. rare
• OBFIRMATION
n. the act of confirming or state of being confirmed in evil; stubbornness, obduracy …1592 obs.
• OBFLISTICATE
vb. to vanquish, obliterate …1832 Amer. sl.
• OBFUSCATE
adj. darkened, obscured …1531 rare or obs.
vb. 1. to stupefy, to bewilder; to obscure the understanding, judgement, etc. …1577
vb. 2. to darken, to obscure (physically); to deprive of light or brightness; to make dark or dusky …1650 rare
vb. 3. to intoxicate, to make drunk …1729 sl.
• OBFUSCATED
adj. drunk …c1855 colloq.
• OBFUSCATION
n. 1. a darkening, obscuration …1608
n. 2. a darkening of the understanding, etc.; stupefaction, bewilderment …1621
n. 3. a state of drunkenness …1861 Amer. sl.
• OBFUSCITY
n. a darkening, obscuration …1832 rare
• OBFUSCOUS
adj. dark in colour or aspect; dusky …1822-34 rare
• OBFUSK
vb. 1. to darken, to obscure (physically); to deprive of light or brightness; to make dark or dusky …1490 obs.
vb. 2. to stupefy, to bewilder; to obscure the understanding, judgement, etc. …1490 obs.
• OBFUSTICATED
adj. 1. 1834 – confounded or confused; bewildered, excited (Amer. sl.)
adj. 2. c1855 – drunk (colloq.)
• OBGANIATE
vb. 1623 – to trouble one with often repeating of one thing; to be tediously repetitious → obs.
• O.B.H.
n. 1. 19C – the female genitals (Old Berkeley Hunt) (rhyming sl. for ‘cunt’)
n. 2. 1995 – someone who smokes marijuana constantly (Original Buddha Head) (US sl.)
• OBIE
n. 1. 1925 – a post office (Amer. criminals’ sl.)
n. 2. 1960s – a narcotic containing four amphetamines (US drug culture sl.)
• OBIES
n. sherry …1970s S. Afr. students’ sl.
• OBIT
adj. departed, deceased, dead …c1440 obs. rare
n. an obituary …1874 sl.
• OBITAL
adj. 1. recording or commemorating a death or deaths …1690 obs.
adj. 2. a record or register of deaths; an obituary …1691 obs.
• OBITANEOUSLY
adv. by the way, in passing …a1834 nonce word obs.
• OBITER
adv. by the way, in passing, incidentally …1573
n. something said, done, or occurring by the way; an incidental matter …1607 obs.
• OBITERLY
adv. by the way, in passing, incidentally …1605 obs. rare
• OBITUAL
adj. recording or commemorating a death or deaths …1706 rare
n. a record or register of deaths; an obituary …1812 rare
• OBITUARIST
n. the writer of an obituary notice …1792
• OBITUARIZE
vb. to write an obituary notice …1891
• OBITUARY NOTICE
n. a letter from a creditor …1920s US sl.
• OBJECT
n. 1. a deformed or diseased person; an imbecile; a miserable creature …1718 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. a person or thing that appears ridiculous or pitiable; a laughingstock …c1820 colloq.
n. 3. an objection …1822 Sc.
• OBJECTANT
n. one who or that which objects …1625 obs. rare
• OBJECTATION
n. the act of objecting or making objections …1886 rare
• OBJECTATIVE
adj. given to objecting; fond of making objections …1873
• OBJECTATOR
n. an objector …1656 obs. rare
• OBJECTIONER
n. one who offers an objection; an objector …1799 rare
• OBJECTIONIST
n. one who offers an objection; an objector …1607 rare
• OBJECT-MAN
n. a noticeable person; a man of dignified mien and manner …1884 Eng. dial.
► OBJICIENT n. one who objects; an objector; an opponent of a motion or proposition → 1864
• OBJURATION
n. the act of binding by oath, or of solemnly charging or entreating, as if under oath …a1557 rare
• OBJURE
vb. 1. to bind by, or charge under oath …1613 rare
vb. 2. to utter an oath, to swear …1830
• OBJURGATE
vb. to rebuke severely; to chide, to scold …1616
• OBJURGATION
n. a sharp or severe rebuke; a chiding, a scolding …1550
• OBJURGATIVE
adj. having the character of chiding or scolding; conveying or uttering a sharp rebuke …1854
• OBJURGATORY
adj. having the character of chiding or scolding; conveying or uttering a sharp rebuke …1576
• OBLATE
n. a person devoted to a monastery or to religious work …1864
vb. to offer …a1548 obs. rare
• OBLATION
n. 1. a present or gratuity …1433 obs.
n. 2. the act of offering or presenting, as a gift in token of respect or honour; also, a gift so offered …1595 obs.
• OBLATRANT
adj. railing, reviling, scolding …1601 obs. rare
• OBLATRATE
vb. to rail against one, to scold …1623 obs. rare
• OBLATRATION
n. a barking at a person, a railing, a scolding …c1560 obs.
• OBLECT
vb. to delight, to please, to rejoice …1555 obs. rare
• OBLECTATE
vb. to delight, to please highly, to rejoice …1611 obs. rare
• OBLECTATION
n. delight, pleasure, enjoyment …1508 obs.
• OBLESION
n. hurt, injury …1656 obs. rare
• OBLIGABLE
adj. capable of being brought under an obligation …1860 rare
• OBLIGANCY
n. obligatory quality or character …1826 rare
• OBLIGANT
adj. that obliges or binds, obligatory …1624 obs.
• OBLIGATE
vb. to oblige …1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OBLIGATIONAL
adj. pert. to an obligation …1887 rare
• OBLIGATIVE
adj. imposing obligation; obligatory …1596
• OBLIGATORIOUS
adj. obligatory; binding …1602 obs. rare
• OBLIGE
vb. 1. of a woman: to yield to copulation; to oblige someone sexually …19C colloq.
vb. 2. to coit a woman, esp. if it is to please her …19C colloq.
vb. 3. to perform in public, as in to ‘oblige’ with a song …L19 sl.
vb. 4. to work as a charwoman or cleaner …1930s euphemism
• OBLIGEANT
adj. obliging …1654 obs.
• OBLIGEMENT
n. a kindness, service, favour …1878 Sc. & N. Ireland
• OBLIGENCE
n. obligation …1610 obs. rare
• OBLIGHT
vb. to forget …1547 obs.
• OBLI-GODDAMN-ATION
n. an emphatic form of ‘obligation’
• OBLIGURATE
vb. to ‘spend all on the belly’; to ‘spend on belly-cheer’; surmised to mean: to spend time feasting …1623 obs. rare
• OBLIGURE
vb. to banquet …1623 obs. rare
• OBLIQUANGULOUS
adj. oblique-angled …1680 obs. rare
• OBLIQUATE
adj. bent to one side; twisted obliquely …1578 obs. rare
• OBLIQUATE
vb. to bend aside; to twist obliquely …a1670 obs. rare
• OBLIQUATION
n. a bending aside or in an oblique direction; a twisting awry …a1648 obs.
• OBLIQUITOUS
adj. morally or mentally perverse …1864
• OBLIQUITY
n. divergence from moral rectitude, sound thinking, or right practice; moral or mental perversity or aberration; a delinquency, a fault, an error …c1422
• OBLIQUOUS
adj. oblique …1614 obs. rare
• OBLITE
adj. dim, as if partly blotted out; indistinct, obscure …1650 obs. rare
vb. 1. to forget …1547 obs.
vb. 2. to smear over; to daub …1657 obs. rare
• OBLITERATED
adj. extremely intoxicated …1988 Amer. sl.
• OBLIVE
vb. to forget …c1500 obs. rare
• OBLIVIAL
adj. causing oblivion …1721 obs. rare
• OBLIVIANCE
n. oblivion …1503 obs. rare
• OBLIVIANCY
n. oblivion …1820 obs. rare
• OBLIVIATE
vb. 1. to forget, to commit to oblivion …1661 obs. rare
vb. 2. to obliterate; to destroy …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OBLIVION
n. the state of completely intoxication …1984 US sl.
• OBLIVIONIZE
vb. to consign to oblivion …1593
• OBLIVISCENCE
n. the fact of forgetting or state of having forgotten; forgetfulness …1774
• OBLIVISCIBLE
adj. able or likely to be forgotten, forgettable …1905
• OBLIVIUM
n. oblivion; forgetfulness …1699 obs.
• OBLIVY
n. oblivion …c1475 obs.
• OBLOCATE
vb. to let out on hire …1623 obs. rare
• OBLOCATION
n. a letting out to hire …1623 obs. rare
• OBLOCUTION
n. 1. evil-speaking; obloquy, slander …1432-50 obs.
n. 2. bad locution or utterance; bad delivery …c1450 obs.
• OBLOCUTOR
n. a gainsayer, a contradictor; a detractor, a slanderer …1603 obs.
• OBLONG
n. a banknote …a1794 Amer. sl.
• OBLONGITUDE
n. oblong form …1739 rare
• OBLONGITUDINAL
adj. having an oblong form …1892 rare
• OBLOQUIAL
adj. pert. to obloquy …1790 rare
• OBLOQUIOUS
adj. characterized by obloquy or evil-speaking; bringing disgrace or reproach; defamatory …1611 rare
• OBLOQUITY
n. opposition or contradiction in speech or writing …1620 obs. rare
• OBLOQUY
n. evil-speaking directed against a person or thing; abuse, detraction, calumny, slander …1460
• OBLUCTATION
n. striving or struggling against something; resistance, opposition …1615 obs.
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