Dictionary: SUI – SUM

• SUICIDE
n. four horses driven in a line …Bk1904 sl.

• SUICIDE BLONDE
n. a woman with hair dyed blonde, esp. rather inexpertly or garishly …1942 jocular usage

• SUICIDICAL
adj. suicidal …1755 obs. rare

• SUICISM
n. 1. selfishness …1654 obs.
n. 2. suicide …1751 obs.

• SUILLARY
adj. of swine …1762 obs. rare

• SUING
adj. 1. regular, proportionate; even, uniform …c1369 obs.
adj. 2. fitting, according to …c1380 obs.
adj. 3. following …1388 obs. rare
adv. in succession, one after another, consecutively …c1400
n. 1. the following of a person or thing; the pursuance of a course of action; the carrying out or execution of something …1297 obs.
n. 2. a course, direction …c1410 obs.
n. 3. succession in time or order of events, etc. …a1425 obs.
n. 4. the action of a suitor; paying court; entreaty, beseeching …1591

• SUINGLY
 adv. 1. accordingly, consequently …c1380 obs.
adv. 2. in order; hence, subsequently, afterwards, later …c1400 obs.
adv. 3. consecutively, in succession …1453 obs.

• SUIOGOTHIC
adj. Swedish …1759
n. the (Old and Middle) Swedish language …1759

• SUI POW
n. a sponge or rag used for cleaning or cooling an opium bowl …1914 US sl.

• SUISECTION
n. self-dissection, self-analysis …1894 nonce word

• SUI-SIMILAR
adj. like itself …1902 nonce word

• SUIST
n. one who follows his own inclinations; a self-pleaser, a self-indulgent person …1648 obs.

• SUIT
n. 1. a livery or uniform; in wider use, a dress, garb …1297 obs.
n. 2. a company of followers; a train, retinue …1297 arch. or Eng. dial.
n. 3. pursuit, chase; a pursuit …c1325 obs.
n. 4. offspring, progeny; the offspring of a villein …1338 obs.
n. 5. condition, state …1350 obs. rare
n. 6. a succession, sequence …1412-20 obs. rare
n. 7. a leash of hounds …c1470 obs.
n. 8. a flight of mallards …1486 obs.
n. 9. kind, sort, class …1548 obs.
n. 10. that which is pursued …1593 obs.
n. 11. a business executive, or anyone who wears a business suit at work …1979 sl., orig. US, derogatory
vb. 1. to arrange in a set, sequence, or series; to set in due order, to sort out …1552 obs.
vb. 2. to aim at; to seek to obtain …1559-60 Sc. obs.
vb. 3. to make one’s suit to, to petition; to bring a suit against; to sue …1559-60 obs.
vb. 4. to provide with a suit of clothes; to clothe, to attire, to dress …1577 arch.
vb. 5. to pursue, to follow …1581 Sc. obs.
vb. 6. to find a parallel to, to match …1589 obs. rare
vb. 7. to pay court to a woman …c1590 obs.

• SUIT A PERSON’S BOOK
vb. to fall in with his plans or answer his requirement’s to be agreeable to …1851 orig. bookmakers’ usage

• SUIT-BREEDER
n. a promoter of lawsuits …1691 obs.

• SUITE
n. 1. a train of followers, attendants, or servants; a retinue …1673
n. 2. a sequel, a result …c1800 rare
n. 3. a sequel to a literary work …1839 rare

• SUITERER
n. an older man who has intercourse with a young boy; a sodomite …1720 rare

• SUITING
adj. fitting, suitable …1641 obs.
n. 1. paying court to a woman …1631 obs.
n. 2. the act of clothing or attiring …a1637 obs.

• SUITINGLY
adv. fittingly …1540 obs.

• SUIT-JOGGER
n. a promoter of lawsuits …1630 obs.

• SUIT-LIKE
adj. corresponding, matching …1570 obs.

• SUIT LIKE FROST AND FLOWERS
vb. to be quite unsuitable …B1900

• SUITLY
adj. suitable, appropriate …1459 obs.
adv. fittingly, suitably …1388 obs.

• SUIT-MAKER
n. one who institutes a suit; a plaintiff …1469 obs.

• SUIT OF HAIR
n. a full head of hair …Bk1904 sl.

• SUIT OF MOURNING
n. two black eyes …Bk1904 sl.

• SUIT OF TEETH
n. a complete set of teeth …Bk1904 sl.

• SUIT ONE’S BOOK
vb. to be convenient to one

• SUITOR
n. 1. a frequenter of a place …c1290 obs. rare
n. 2. one of a retinue or suite; hence, an adherent, a follower …c1380 obs.
n. 3. one who sues or petitions; a petitioner, suppliant …1402 arch.
n. 4. one who seeks earnestly …1548 obs.
vb. to court, to woo …1672 now chiefly Eng. dial.

• SUITORCIDE
adj. fatal to suitors …1839 nonce word

• SUITORING
n. wooing, courtship …1671

• SUITRESS
n. a female suitor …1714 rare

• SUITS
n. senior managers, usually those in finance and administration rather than in creative posts …1980s sl.

• SUIT-WORTH
adj. worthy of imitation …1594 obs.

• SUITY
adj. appropriate, fitting …1609 obs.

• SUIVANTE
n. a confidential maid …1698 obs.

• SUKKARKE
n. a dainty or sweet …c1400 obs. rare

• SUKEY
n. 1. a kettle …Bk1904 sl.
n. 2. a general servant …Bk1904 sl.

• SUKEY-TAWDRY
n. a slatternly female in fine tawdry …Bk1904 sl.

• SULCATE
vb. to sail, to cleave the water …1577 obs.

• SULCK
vb. to sail, to cleave the water …1579 obs. rare

• SULE
vb. 1. to soil, to sully …c897 obs.
vb. 2. to be defiled …a1250 obs.

• SULK
n. 1. a hollow or trough of the sea …1578 obs. rare
n. 2. a person who sulks …1883 rare
n. 3. an obstinate horse …1888 Eng. dial.
vb. to sail, to cleave the water …1579 obs. rare

• SULKE
adj. hard to sell; slow in going off …1636 obs. rare

• THE SULKS
n. a bad temper or fit of sulking …1818

• SULL
n. a plough …1607 Eng. dial.

• SULLAGE
n. 1. filth, refuse; esp. as is carried off by drains from a house, farmyard,  or the like; sewage …1553
n. 2. filth, filthiness, defilement, pollution …1641 obs.

• SULLEN
adj. 1. solemn, serious …1583 obs.
adj. 2. holding aloof …1628 obs.
adj. 3. baleful, malignant …1676 obs.

• SULLENNESS
n. slowness, reluctance …1619 obs.

• SULLEN-SICK
adj. ill-humoured, very gloomy …1614 obs.

• SULLEVATE
vb. to incite to revolt …1595

• SULLEVATION
n. insurrection; a murderous intention …1611 obs.

• SULLEY
n. an act of sullying, soiling, or polluting; a stain, a blemish …1602 obs.

• SULLIDGE
n. filth, refuse; esp. as is carried off by drains from a house, farmyard,  or the like; sewage …1553

• SULLIED
adj. made gloomy or dark …c1600 obs.

• SULLIEDNESS
n. defilement …1571 obs.

• SULLIED WHITE
n. dirty white …1681

• SULLIVATION
n. insurrection; a murderous intention …1605 obs.

• SULLOW
n. a plough …c897 Eng. dial.

• SULLY
n. an act of sullying, soiling, or polluting; a stain, a blemish …1602 obs.

• SULP
vb. to defile, to pollute …a1350 obs.

• SULPHUR
n. 1. thunder and lightning, a discharge of gunpowder, etc. …1607 obs.
n. 2. a volcano …1764 obs. rare
n. 3. pungent talk, writing, or language …1897 colloq.

• SULPHUREOUS
adj. 1. thundery; furiously angry …1751 rare
adj. 2. full of the ‘sulphur’ of hell …1791

• SULPHURIOUS
adj. 1. pert. to fire of hell …1471
adj. 2. impetuous …1599 obs.

• SULPHUROUS
adj. 1. pert. to thunder and lightning …1603 poetic
adj. 2. impetuous, fiery, heated …1611
adj. 3. blasphemous, profane …1828

• SULPHURY
adj. 1. angry, furious …1593
adj. 2. pert. to thunder and lightning …c1611

• SULPING
n. defilement …a1350 obs.

• SULTAN
n. an absolute ruler; a despot, a tyrant …1648
vb. to play the despot, to tyrannize …1886

• SULTANA
n. a mistress, a concubine …1702

• SULTANA QUEEN
n. the favourite concubine of a sultan; hence, a favourite mistress …1668

• SULTANE
n. a sofa, a settee …1803

• SULTER
n. a spell of sultry weather …1667 obs. rare
vb. to swelter …1581 obs.

• SULTERING
adj. sweltering, sultry …1581 obs.

• SULTRY
vb. to make hot …1897

• SUM
n. 1. a number, company, or body of people; a host, a band …a1300 obs.
n. 2. the ultimate end or goal; the highest attainable point …1340 obs. or arch.
n. 3. the upshot, issue, conclusion …c1385 obs.
vb. 1. to collect into a company …c1400 obs.
vb. 2. to hum softly …c1440 obs. rare
vb. 3. of a bird: to complete its plumage …1667 nonce use obs.
vb. 4. to bring to completion or perfection; to consummate …c1592 obs.

• SUMBITCH
n. an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1975 US sl.

• SUMMA
adv. in sum …1535 obs.
n. 1. a sum-total …1442 obs.
n. 2. an amount …1475 obs.

• SUMMAGE
n. a load …c1660 obs.

• SUMMARILY
adv. 1. by way of summary, in short …1528
adv. 2. without unnecessary formality or delay; without hesitation, immediately …1621

• SUMMARIST
n. one who compiles a summary …1873

• SUMMARY
adj. 1. general, not detailed …1529 obs.
adj. 2. highest; supreme …1587 obs. rare
adj. 3. cumulative …1816 obs. rare
n. 1. the sum and substance of …a1548 obs. rare
n. 2. the highest point or summit; also, the ultimate outcome …1851 rare

• SUMMATE
vb. to sum …1900 rare

• SUMMATION
n. summons …1471 obs.

• SUMMATIVE
adj. operating by means of addition; additive …1881 rare

• SUMMED
adj. 1. of a stag: having a complement of antlers; also said of the antlers …c1410
adj. 2. equipped …1588
adj. 3. summarized, summary …a1653 obs.

• SUMMELER
n. a somler, a butler …1841 arch.

• SUMMER
adj. having a sunny or southerly aspect …c1440 obs.
n. a pack-horse …1375 obs.
vb. 1. to pass one’s time pleasantly …1568 obs. rare
vb. 2. to give a person a ‘sunny’ or happy time …1622 obs.
vb. 3. to consider or discuss a matter at great length; to be tediously long in discourse …1822 Sc.

• SUMMER BIRD
n. a cuckold …1560 obs.

• SUMMER-BLINK
n. a short spell of sunshine in dull weather …1637 obs.

• SUMMER CABBAGE
n. an umbrella …19C sl.

• SUMMER CATARRH
n. hay fever …1828

• SUMMER-COLT
n. the undulating appearance of the air near the ground on a hot day; usually plural …1685

• SUMMER COMPLAINT
n. diarrhoea, esp. that experienced in the summer …M19 colloq.

• SUMMER-DREAM
n. a pleasant or happy dream …1820

• SUMMER FEVER
n. hay fever …1867

• SUMMER-FOLD
n. a freckle …1382 obs. exc. Eng. dial.

• SUMMERFUL
adj. having the summer development or quality, summery …1614 obs. rare

• SUMMER GAME
n. playing merely for amusement or benefit of another person, but with his money …1890 US gambling sl.

• SUMMERHEAD
n. corruption of ‘sombrero’, sun-umbrella …1797

• SUMMER-HUTCH
n. a building in a garden or park, usually of very simple and often rustic character, designed to provide a cool shady place in the heat of summer…c1440 obs.

• SUMMERING
n. a summer excursion, festivity, or revelling …1606 obs.

• SUMMERINGS
n. summer apples or pears …1847 Eng. dial.

• SUMMERIZE
vb. to spend the summer …1797 nonce word

• SUMMERLY
adj. pert. to summer; taking place in summer …c1000 obs.

• SUMMER-RIPE
adj. fully ripe …a1670 obs.

• SUMMER’S BIRD
n. a cuckold … a1600 obs.

• SUMMER SKIES
n. morning glory seeds used as a hallucinogenic agent …M20 US drug culture sl.

• SUMMER-SOB
n. a summer shower …1768 Sc.

• SUMMER SPOT
n. a freckle …1876

• SUMMER’S TIDE
n. summer-time …a1000 obs.

• SUMMER-TIDE
n. summer-time …c1250 chiefly poetic usage

• SUMMISE
vb. to submise, to submit …c1450 obs. rare

• SUMMISS
adj. spoken in an undertone, or a soft, gentle voice …a1734 obs. rare

• SUMMISSION
n. submission …1563 obs. rare

• SUMMIST
n. one who summarizes or abridges …1600 obs.

• SUMMISTER
n. one who summarizes or abridges …1586 obs.

• SUMMIT
n. the crown of the head …1470-85 obs.
vb. to submit, to subject …c1374 obs.

• SUMMITY
n. 1. the topmost part, the top; the summit …1375 obs. or arch.
n. 2. the topmost point or ridge of a mountain or hill …c1400 obs.
n. 3. the peak of perfection …1588 obs.

• SUMMON
vb. 1. to give warning or notice of; to proclaim, to call …c1400 obs.
vb. 2. to call to account …1654-66 obs. rare

• SUMMONANCE
n. a summons …c1386 obs.

• SUMMONARY
adj. that deals with summonses …1762 obs. rare

• SUMMOND
n. summons …a1400 Sc. & N. Eng., dial. obs.
vb. to summon …a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs.

• SUMMONITION
n. a summons …c1450 obs.

• SUMMOPEROUS
adj. highest, utmost …1647 nonce word obs.

• SUMMOTION
n. removal …1653 obs. rare

• SUMMULARY
n. 1. one who summarizes or abridges …1581 obs. rare
n. 2. a summary, a compendium …1643 obs. rare

• SUMMULIST
n. a writer of a small compendious treatise of a science; an abridger …1652

• SUMNER
n. one who is employed to summon persons to appear in court …1362

• SUMP
n. 1. a small body of water, a puddle, a dirty pool …c1425 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. a marsh, a swamp, a bog, a morass …c1425

• SUMPH
n. 1. a soft stupid fellow; a simpleton, a blockhead …1719 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. 2. a surly or sullen man …1719 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. 3. the sound of something heavy and limp falling …1844
vb. 1. to be stupid …a1689 Sc.
vb. 2. to be ill-humoured, to be sulky …1867 Sc.

• SUMPHISH
adj. 1. stupid …1728 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adj. 2. sullen, surly …1728 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.

• SUMPHISHLY
adv. 1. dully, stupidly …1802 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adv. 2. ill-humouredly, sullenly …1802 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.

• SUMPHISHNESS
n. 1. ill-humour, sullenness …1846 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. stupidity, dullness of intellect …1846 Sc. & Eng. dial.

• SUMPSIMUS
n. a correct expression taking the place of an incorrect but popular one …1545

• SUMPT
n. 1. a marsh, a bog, a swamp …c1425 obs.
n. 2. sumptuousness …1548 obs. rare
n. 3. expenditure, expenses …a1560 obs. rare

• SUMPTER
n. 1. the driver of a pack-horse …c1320 obs.
n. 2. a pack, a saddlebag …1570 obs.
n. 3. a pack or baggage horse; a beast of burden …1570 arch.

• SUMPTERY
adj. that bears a burden; pert. to sumpter animals …1546 obs. rare
n. baggage …1620 obs. rare

• SUMPTIFY
vb. to make great expenses or cost …1656 obs. rare

• SUMPTION
n. the taking of a thing as true without proof; hence, an assumption, presumption …1572 obs.

• SUMPTUARY
adj. pert. to or regulating expenditure …1600
n. one responsible for expenditure …1789 obs.

• SUMPTUOSITY
n. lavishness or extravagance of expenditure; magnificence or luxuriousness of living, equipment, decoration, or the like; sumptuousness; squandering, prodigality …1559

• SUMPTUOUS
adj. 1. of charges, expenses, etc.: involving a great outlay of money …1485 obs.
adj. 2. of persons, etc.: spending largely, squandering, prodigal; hence, magnificent in equipment or way of living; extremely splendid …1538 obs.
adj. 3. costly or expensive to practise or maintain …1551-2 chiefly Sc. obs.

• SUMPTUOUSLY
adv. splendidly, nobly …1750 rare

• SUMPTURE
n. 1. sumptuousness …1616 obs. rare
n. 2. expense …1727 obs. rare

• SUMPY
adj. boggy, miry, swampy …1829 Eng. dial.

• SUM-TOTALIZE
vb. to reckon or state the sum-total; to sum up …1840