EXHAUST – verbs
– ATTEDIATE †* to be tedious to; to tire, to weary, to exhaust …1603
– BAKE to exhaust, to tire …1861 Eng. dial.
– BEAT OUT to overpower completely; to exhaust …Bk1888
– DEFATIGATE † to make weary, to tire out, to exhaust with labour …1552
– DO IN to tire; to exhaust …1917 sl.
– DO ONE’S DASH to reach one’s limit; to exhaust one’s energies; to lose one’s opportunity, and suffer accordingly …1910s Aust. sl.
– FAG to make one fatigued; to tire, to weary; to exhaust …1826
– FAG OUT to fatigue, to exhaust …1930 Amer. sl.
– FATIGATE † to fatigue, exhaust, weary, tire …1535 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– FINISH to tire, to exhaust; often followed by ‘off’ …1816 sl.
– HARASS † to wear out, tire out, or exhaust with fatigue, trouble, care, etc. …a1626 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– HATTER † to harass, to vex, to ill-treat; to wear out, to exhaust with fatigue or drudgery …1687 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– JABB to weary, to tire out, to exhaust …1790 Sc.
– JACK UP to wear out; to tire, to exhaust …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– JADE to exhaust or wear out by driving or working hard; to fatigue, to weary, to tire …1606
– JAMPH to tire, to fatigue; to exhaust by toil …Bk1902 Sc.
– KICK A PERSON’S ARSE, KICK A PERSON’S ASS to defeat or humiliate; to exhaust or tire out …1855 colloq.
– KILL OUT ONESELF to exhaust oneself …20C W. Indies
– KNACKER to tire, to exhaust …1946 sl.
– KNOCK IT OUT OF ONE to tire, to exhaust …M19 sl.
– LAG to tire, to weary, to fatigue, to exhaust …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– MAGGLE to tire out, to exhaust …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MAISIN to fatigue, to weary, to exhaust …a1850 Sc.
– PALL to exhaust physically, to wear out, to drain of energy …1965 Sc.
– POOP to tire; to exhaust; often followed by ‘out’ …1932 sl., orig. US
– RAMFEEZLE to exhaust oneself with work; to wear oneself out …1885 Sc.
– RANDLE to knock up, to exhaust …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RAZZOR to exhaust; to wear out, to tire …B1900 Eng. dial.
– SEW UP to tire, to exhaust …1837 sl.
– SHOOT ONE’S BOLT to exhaust one’s effort; to do all within one’s power …1577
– SUCK DRY to exhaust …1593
– TAFFLE to perplex, to tire, to wear out, to exhaust with fatigue …1750 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TAKE IT OUT OF ONE to tire, to exhaust …M19 sl.
– TAKE THE TUCK OUT OF to deprive of toughness, courage, or strength; to exhaust, to dispirit …1851 Amer. dial.
– TEW to exhaust; to fatigue; to tire; to trouble, to harass, to bother; to overcome …1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TOIL OUT to tire out, to exhaust with toil …1610 arch.
– TUCKER to tire, to exhaust …c1840 US sl.
– UNBOWEL † to exhaust oneself; to expend one’s strength or means …1647
– VANQUISH to exhaust, to tire out …1905 Sc.
EXHAUSTED – adjectives
– ALL IN exhausted, tired out; worn out; done for …1901 colloq.
– ALL IN BUT ONE’S BOOT-STRAPS exhausted, very tired …1950 Amer. dial.
– ALL IN BUT ONE’S SHOELACES exhausted, very tired …1966 Amer. dial.
– ALL IN BUT ONE’S SHOESTRINGS exhausted, very tired …1940 Amer. dial.
– ALL OUT exhausted, lacking energy …1941 Amer. dial.
– ALL OVER THE FLOOR tired, exhausted …1959 Amer. dial.
– ALL SHOT exhausted, worn out …L19 sl., orig. military
– ASS-WHIPPED physically exhausted …1974 Amer. sl.
– AYLESBURY’ED exhausted …1990s rhyming sl. (Aylesbury ducked – fucked)
– BAGGED fatigued, exhausted, very tired …1962 Amer. sl.
– BAKED exhausted, tired out …c1800 Eng. sl.
– BAUCH weak, tired out, exhausted …1819 Sc.
– BEAT OUT 1. tired, exhausted …1746 Amer. dial.
2. mentally or nervously exhausted; at one’s wits end …1943 Amer. dial.
– BEAT-UP damaged; worn out; of unimpressive appearance; completely exhausted …World War II Amer. sl.
– BEAZLED tired out, exhausted …1894 Eng. dial.
– BELLOWSED exhausted, out of breath …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BELLOWS TO MEND out of breath, exhausted …1881 Eng. dial.
– BET beaten, exhausted …1843 Ireland & Eng. dial.
– BETIMED exhausted by fatigue …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BLIND TO THE WIDE utterly and completely exhausted; very deeply asleep or unconscious …20C sl., orig. US
– BLITZED absolutely exhausted; emotionally drained …1970s sl.
– BLOTTO of people: exhausted, confused, unconscious …1920s sl., orig. US
– BRAIN-FAGGED exhausted by prolonged mental strain …1902
– BROKE DOWN very tired, exhausted …1966 Amer. dial.
– BROKEN DOWN very tired, exhausted …1873 Amer. dial.
– BUSHED tired, exhausted …1870
– CABBAGED mentally and physically exhausted; brain-dead from overwork …1992 UK sl.
– CAMPED exhausted …L19 Aust. sl.
– CAULKED exhausted …1936 Amer. dial.
– CHARVERED exhausted, tired out …20C sl.
– CHINESE extremely tired, exhausted …2002 UK prison rhyming sl. for ‘knackered’ (Chinese Lacquered)
– CHINESE LACQUERED extremely tired, exhausted …2002 UK prison rhyming sl. for ‘knackered’
– CLAGGED OUT exhausted …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– CLANKED exhausted; pooped …Bk2006 US sl.
– CREAM CRACKERED exhausted …Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘knackered’
– CREASED exhausted …Bk2006 US sl.
– CRUNCHY exhausted …1990s US college sl.
– DAISKET exhausted, worn-out …1888 Sc.
– DAISKIT exhausted, fatigued …Bk1900 Sc.
– DEAD tired to exhaustion …1813 Amer. sl.
– DEAD BEAT completely exhausted …1821 Amer. sl.
– DEAD ON ONE’S FEET tired to exhaustion …c1890 Amer. sl.
– DEAD TO THE WIDE WORLD utterly and completely exhausted; very deeply asleep or unconscious …20C sl., orig. US
– DEAD TO THE WORLD utterly and completely exhausted; unconscious, deeply and soundly asleep; unaware of any outside stimulus …1899 sl.
– DEFEAT † exhausted from the effects of sickness or fatigue …1814 Sc.
– DESKIT exhausted, worn-out …1888 Sc.
– DESTROYED exhausted …1950s sl.
– DILVERED exhausted, wearied, worn out with fatigue, drowsy …1790 Eng. dial.
- DOG-TIRED exhausted …colloq.
– DONE IN physically exhausted …colloq.
– DONE UP physically exhausted …colloq.
– DOUCHED exhausted …1968 US sl.
– DOWN ON THE LIFT too weak to stand unaided; sick, ill, ailing, or exhausted …1952 Amer. dial.
– DRAGGED OUT exhausted; worn-out …Bk2006 US sl.
– DUNG exhausted, overpowered by fatigue, infirmity ,etc. …1766 Sc.
– EAT UP tired out, exhausted …1970s US college sl.
– EUCHRED exhausted, destitute, faulty …L19 Aust. sl.
– FAGGED OUT exhausted, tired, fatigued …1785 colloq.
– FAINTED † become weak or exhausted …c1500
– FAIR AND BET completely beaten, exhausted …1865 Eng. dial.
– FALDERED overcome with fatigue, worn out, exhausted …1884 Eng. dial.
– FANTIGUED tired, exhausted, fatigued …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FAR GONE exhausted, worn-out …M19 sl.
– FATIGATE † wearied, tired, fatigued, exhausted with labour …1471 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– FATIGATED † fatigued, exhausted, weary …1552
– FAZZLED tired, exhausted …1913 Amer. dial.
– FIT TO DROP worn out, exhausted
– FLAKED OUT exhausted, unconscious, asleep …1943 colloq.
– FLAT ON ONE’S ASS completely exhausted …Bk2006 US sl.
– FLY-BLOWN exhausted …c1880 sl.
– FREAKED OUT tired out; exhausted …Bk2006 US sl.
– FRIED mentally exhausted …1980 US sl.
– GIVED OUT tired out, exhausted, broken down …1852 Amer. dial.
– GIVEN OUT tired out, exhausted, broken down …1852 Amer. dial.
– GRUB-STRUCK exhausted by hunger …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HACKED dispirited; tired or disconcerted, exhausted…1882 Amer. dial.
– HACKED OFF exhausted; tired …L19 sl., orig. US
– HAD-IT exhausted, completely worn out …1981 US sl.
– HAGGED OUT exhausted …1968 US sl.
– HARD tired, exhausted …1941 Amer. dial.
– HATTERED exhausted; harassed; badly treated …1854 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HEART-BROSSEN, HEART-BRUSSEN exhausted, spent …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– HEART-SLAIN exhausted by over-exertion …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– INTERCOURSED exhausted, ‘fucked’ …1979 UK euphemism
– JADED worn out or exhausted; fatigued …1693
– JADED ALL OVER tired, exhausted, fatigued, wearied…1966 Amer. dial.
– JADED OUT tired, exhausted, fatigued, wearied…1966 Amer. dial.
– JAGGED exhausted, very tired …1968 Amer. dial.
– JAMMOCKED worn out, exhausted …1876 Eng. dial.
– JIGGERED tired, exhausted, ‘done’ …1900 Amer. dial.
– JIGGERED UP exhausted; used up …1862 Eng. dial. & sl.
– KABUSH very tired, exhausted …1970 Amer. dial.
– KO exhausted, knocked out …2004 UK sl.
– LARBAR † lean, thin; exhausted, worn out …1486 chiefly Sc.
– LIKE DEATH WARMED UP used to denote extreme exhaustion or tiredness …1939 sl.
– LIMBER AS A DISHRAG limp, weak, exhausted …1909 Amer. dial.
– LIMBER AS A GREASY RAG limp, weak, exhausted …1866 Amer. dial.
– LIMBER AS A RAG limp, weak, exhausted …1818 Amer. dial.
– MAGGED tired out, exhausted …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MANKIT worn out, exhausted …1866 Sc.
– MARCID † weak, feeble, exhausted …1656
– MARCIDIOUS †* rotten, decayed, withered; feeble, weak, exhausted …1656
– MASHED-UP exhausted, overcome …1888 Eng. dial.
– MATED-OUT exhausted with fatigue …Bk1905 Sc.
– METHEFUL † weary, exhausted …a1300 obs.
– MONKEYED exhausted, esp. by heat …1968 Amer. dial.
– MULFERED AND FALDERED overcome with fatigue, worn out, exhausted …1884 Eng. dial.
– OF-FOUGHT exhausted with fighting …c1320 obs.
– OF-WALKED †* exhausted or fatigued with walking …1377
– ON THE LIFT too weak to stand unaided; sick, ill, ailing, or exhausted …1888 Amer. dial.
– ONWEEDY soon finished, soon exhausted …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– OORIE-LIKE having a languid, exhausted appearance, having the appearance of being much fatigued …1808 Sc.
– OUT TO THE WIDE utterly and completely exhausted; very deeply asleep or unconscious …20C sl., orig. US
– PAKIT-LIKE having the appearance of a prostitute; having a shabby, exhausted appearance …Bk1905 Sc.
– PANCROCKED exhausted …20C Irish sl.
– PARTIED OUT exhausted from excessive party-going …1992 US sl.
– PAUCHLED worn-out, exhausted, drained of all energy …1937 Sc.
– PEGGED OUT exhausted, tired, worn out …1868 Amer. dial.
– PERISHED exhausted, esp. by exposure to heat or cold; wasted, withered …1940 Amer. dial.
– PLUMB FAGGED completely tired or exhausted …1965 Amer. dial.
– PLUMB TUCKERED OUT completely tired or exhausted …1965 Amer. dial.
– POGGLED exhausted; in a state of collapse; completely drunk …E20 sl. (orig. military) & Sc.
– POKED exhausted …1978 NZ sl.
– POLLUTED tired, exhausted, without energy …1967 Amer. dial.
– POOHED OUT fatigued, exhausted, very tired …1930 Amer. dial.
– POWFAGGED exhausted …N. Eng,. dial.
– PRANCED TO A POOH exhausted from dancing …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– PUGGLED exhausted; fatigued; in a state of collapse …E20 sl. (orig. military) & Sc.
– PUNCH-DRUNK groggy, dazed, or dizzy for any reason; mentally or emotionally exhausted, esp. from a series of failures or personal misfortunes …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
– RACKED tired out, exhausted …1960s sl.
– RACKED-OUT completely exhausted …1870
– RAKED emotionally or intellectually exhausted …1980s US college sl.
– RAMFEEZLED exhausted, fatigued, worn out; overworked …1785 Sc.
– RAMFOOZLED confused, muddled, stupefied; spent, exhausted, wearied …1786 Sc.
– RATTY of a person: run-down, exhausted …1960s US sl.
– READY TO DROP worn out, exhausted
– STONKERED completely exhausted or beaten; whacked …20C sl.
– TAFFLED exhausted with fatigue …1825 Sc.
– TAINT †* exhausted, weary …c1380
– TAIVERT wandering, exhausted with work, fatigued …1879 Sc.
– TAPPED-OUT exhausted …1980s US sl.
– TOILED exhausted with toil; worn-out, weary …1592 arch.
– TOLD OUT played out, spun out, exhausted, weary …1861 colloq.
– TUCKERED OUT exhausted …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– TWICKERED OUT tired, exhausted, very weary …1886 Eng. dial.
– VEGGED exhausted …1980s US college sl.
– VEGGED OUT exhausted …1980s US college sl.
– WABBIT exhausted, tired out, played out, feeble, without energy …1895 Sc.
– WAFF of persons: feeble in body or mind, weak, exhausted, spiritless, stupid, ineffective …1822 Sc.
– WAFF-LIKE of persons: feeble in body or mind, weak, exhausted, spiritless, stupid, ineffective …1822 Sc.
– WALL-FALLING exhausted, tired out …1970s Irish sl.
– WANKED exhausted, worn-out …1990s sl.
– WANKED OUT exhausted …1970s sl.
– WANKERED exhausted, worn-out …1990s sl.
– WAPPIT exhausted, tired out, played out, feeble, without energy …1895 Sc.
– WAY-GONE exhausted by travelling …1831
– WHACKED absolutely exhausted …L19 sl.
– WHACKED TO THE WIDE absolutely exhausted …L19 sl.
– WHIPPED fatigued, exhausted, extremely tired; sometimes followed by ‘up’ …1940 US sl.
– WHIPPED DOWN fatigued, exhausted, extremely tired …1935 Amer. dial.
– WHIPPED OUT fatigued, exhausted, extremely tired …1906 Amer. dial.
– WHITE-EYED exhausted, worn-out, greatly fatigued …1944 Amer. dial.
– WIPED OUT exhausted …Bk1995 US sl.
– WOZZED exhausted …1998 NZ sl.
– WRECKED exhausted …2000s sl.
– WRUNG OUT exhausted …1950s sl., orig. US
– WRUNG OUT LIKE A DISHCLOTH exhausted …1950s sl., orig. US
– WUBBIT exhausted, tired out, played out, feeble, without energy …1895 Sc.
– ZONED exhausted, burned out …1970s sl.
– ZONED OUT exhausted, burned out …1970s sl.
– ZONKED tired, completely exhausted …1972 sl.
– ZONKED OUT completely exhausted …1972 sl.
– ZONKERS completely exhausted, tired …1960s sl.
exhausted – nouns
– FAG END an exhausted condition …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FRAZZLE an exhausted condition …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
exhausted – person
– DEADER an utterly exhausted person …1895 Amer. sl.
– VEGGIE, VEGGY a person who is tired or exhausted …Bk1995 Amer. sl.
– WRECK an exhausted or dissipated person; a human ruin …1795
exhausted – verbs
– CONK OUT to lose energy and spirits suddenly; to become abruptly exhausted …1920s Amer. sl.
– CRACK UP to be exhausted; to break down whether physically or mentally …c1850 colloq.
– FADE to become tired, to feel increasingly exhausted …1980s US campus sl.
– FALL OUT OF ONE’S STANDING to collapse from exhaustion …1990s Irish sl.
– FEEL LIKE A BOILED OWL to be physically uncomfortable or nervously exhausted; to be hungover …1857 Amer. dial.
– FEEL LIKE A STEWED MONKEY to be physically uncomfortable or nervously exhausted; to be hungover …1892 Amer. dial.
– FEEL LIKE A STEWED OWL to be physically uncomfortable or nervously exhausted; to be hungover …1892 Amer. dial.
– FEEL LIKE A STEWED WITCH to be physically uncomfortable or nervously exhausted; to be hungover …1909 Amer. dial.
– FUNK OUT to become exhausted …1982 Bahamas sl.
– LOOK LIKE ONE WAS SENT FOR AND COULDN’T COME to look indisposed, out of sorts, or exhausted …1843 Amer. dial.
– TALM † to become exhausted; to fail, to tire, to faint, to swoon …c1325 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– TAP OUT to be exhausted …1980s US college sl.
– TIFFLE to grow weary, to tire; to become exhausted or worn out …1703 Eng. dial.
– TIFLE to grow weary, to tire; to become exhausted or worn out …1703 Eng. dial.
EXHAUSTEDLY – adverbs
– LIMBERLY exhaustedly, weakly …1909 Amer. dial.
EXHAUSTING – adjectives
– ASS-BUSTING exhausting; usually considered vulgar …1973 Amer. sl.
– BALL-BREAKING troublesome, difficult, very irritating, physically demanding, exhausting …1959 US sl.
– BALL-BUSTING troublesome, difficult; irritating; physically demanding, exhausting …1944 US sl.
– FAGGING exhausting …L19 sl.
– HARLIN difficult, close; exhausting, severe …1807 Eng. dial.
– JABBIN’ exhausting …1925 Sc.
– SUCKING † tending to drain or exhaust …c1440
– TEARING of work: exhausting …1920s sl.
exhausting – nouns
– FAGGING the act of working hard or wearying oneself at something; hard work; an exhausting experience …1777
– NIGGER-DRIVING (now derogatory or offensive) exhausting with work …1880 colloq.
– SKINNING impoverishing, exhausting …1888
– WORKOUT a hard job; an exhausting effort …20C Amer. sl.
EXHAUSTION – adverbs
– BALDHEADED to the point of frustration or exhaustion …1889 US sl.
exhaustion – nouns
– BONK a level of exhaustion that makes a cyclist or runner unable to go further …M20 sl.
– BRAIN-FAG exhaustion of the brain by prolonged mental strain …1851
– EFFETENESS exhaustion, worn-out condition …1862
– FANTATION ravenous hunger; exhaustion from want of food …1898 Sc.
– GONENESS a sinking feeling; weakness, faintness, exhaustion; great depression …1848 Amer. dial.
– LAST OF PEA-TIME the time when peas have almost ceased bearing; hence, a state of decline, exhaustion, or poverty …1834 Amer. dial.
– TALM † faintness, exhaustion …c1375
– WIDE EYE severe exhaustion …1990 Amer. dial.
EXHIBIT – person
– MONSTRATOR †* a demonstrator; an exhibitor …1852
exhibit – verbs
– BARNUMIZE to exhibit with a lavish display of puffing advertisements …1851
– EXTRINSICATE * to exhibit outwardly; to express …1645
– NAIL TO THE BARN-DOOR to exhibit after the manner of dead vermin …1894
– VENDITATE † to set out as if for sale; to put forward or display in a favourable light or in a specious manner; to exhibit ostentatiously …1600
EXHIBITION – nouns
– GAFF a show, an exhibition …19C sl.
– HAZE-GAZE a show in the sense of an exhibition of oneself; a wonder …1818 Eng. dial.
– POPPY SHOW a puppet show; a peep show; hence, a childish or ridiculous exhibition …1860 Amer. dial.
exhibition – person
– POPPY SHOW one who makes a stupid exhibition of themselves …20C W. Indies sl.
EXHIBITIONISM – nouns
– CAMP flamboyance, overt exhibitionism; hence, a flamboyant person of either sex …1920s sl.
– CAMPING flamboyance, overt exhibitionism …1920s sl.
– DANGLE a nickname for an act of male exhibitionism …20C US sl.
EXHIBITIONIST – person
– DANGLER an exhibitionist of the penis; a flasher …1927 US sl.
– MEAT-FLASHER an exhibitionist; a man who exposes his penis to public view …19C Brit. sl.
– WANDA WANDWAVER an exhibitionist …1960s homosexual sl.
exhibitionist – verbs
– ADVERTISE to show off, to act in an exhibitionist manner, and thus draw un-needed attraction to oneself …1930s sl., orig. US
EXHILARATE – verbs
– EFFERVESCE * to stir up, to excite, to exhilarate, to make cheerful and lively …1866
– HILARATE †* to make merry, cheerful, or gay; to exhilarate …1623
– JACK UP to excite or exhilarate a person with, or as if with, a recreational drug; to stimulate mentally or physically …1966 colloq. orig. US
EXHILARATED – adjectives
– JACKED excited, exhilarated …1930s sl.
– JACKED UP excited, exhilarated …1930s sl.
– NAPPY slightly intoxicated, exhilarated by drink …1776 Sc.
– SET UP proud; exhilarated; enlivened by drink; drunk …1875 Amer. dial.
exhilarated – verbs
– KILL OUT to feel good; to be exhilarated …1930s US Black sl.
– POP OFF to feel exhilarated …1950s sl., orig. US
– POP ONE’S NUT to feel exhilarated …1950s sl., orig. US
– POP ONE’S NUTS to feel exhilarated …1920s sl., orig. US
EXHILARATING – adjectives
– TITILLATING pleasantly exciting, exhilarating, stimulating …1712-14
EXHILARATION – nouns
– ALL-OVERNESS feelings of exhilaration; thrills …1820 Amer. dial.
– ALL-OVERS feelings of exhilaration; thrills …1895 Amer. dial.
– EBRIOSITY * exhilaration; physical excitement …1859
– WARMTH * excitement, exhilaration …1749
exhilaration – interjections
– COWABUNGA! an exclamation of exhilaration, delight, or satisfaction, esp. in surfing as the surfer climbs or rides a wave …1954 sl., orig. & chiefly US
EXHORT – verbs
– PARAENESIZE †* to exhort, to advise, to counsel …1716
EXHORTATION – nouns
– PARAENESIS exhortation, advice, counsel; a hortatory composition …1604
– PARENESIS exhortation, advice, counsel; a hortatory composition …1604
EXHUMATION – nouns
– UNBURIAL disinterment; exhumation …1872
EXILE – adjectives
– ABROADED living in exile somewhere other than the UK …M19 UK society usage
– EXULANT †* living in exile …1636
exile – nouns
– EJECTION †* the state of being banished, exile …1655-60
– EXULATION †* banishment, exile …1535
exile – person
– ABJECTED * an outcast; an exile …?1555
– BANNITUS † an outlaw, or banished man, an exile …Bk1708
– EXUL † a banished person; one living in exile …1573
– EXULANT †* one living in exile …1636
– EXULATE † a person sent into or living in exile; a person compelled or choosing to live in a foreign country or a place not regarded as home …c1470
– GAE-THROUGH-LAND a wanderer; a vagabond or vagrant; a pilgrim; an exile …Bk1888 Sc.
– OUTFLEME †* one who is banished; a fugitive from his country; an exile …a1300
exile – verbs
– ABAND † to exile, to banish …1559
– DISTERR †* to banish from one’s country; to exile …c1645
– EXUL †* to force a person to go into exile, to banish …1568
– EXULATE †* to banish, to exile …1535
exile – phrases
– ONE’S BACK IS AT THE WALL one is in a state of trouble or financial embarrassment; one is in exile or in hiding …1825 Sc.
EXILED – adjectives
– YFLEMED † put to flight; exiled …c893
EXIST – nouns
– QUODAMMODOTATIVE † a thing that exists in a certain way …1656
exist – person
– BEER †* one who is or exists …1382
exist – verbs
– MOPE (UP) to exist…M19 sl.
EXISTED – adjectives
– OLD-STANDING that has stood or existed long; long-standing …1608-9
– QUONDAM that formerly was or existed …1586
EXISTENCE – adjectives
– NAISSANT * coming into existence, or being produced …1885
– NASCENT coming into existence; just beginning to be; commencing to form, grow, develop, etc. …1741
– UNBEENED † deprived of existence …1642
existence – nouns
– BEING † livelihood, living, subsistence, existence, maintenance …1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
existence – verbs
– EFFIRM † to assert the existence of …1549 Sc.
EXISTING – adjectives
– QUODAMMODOTATIVE † existing in a certain manner …1656
– SUBSISTENT † existing substantially or really; existing of or by itself …1617 now rare or obs.
existing – nouns
– BEINGNESS † the quality of existing, actuality …1662
EXIT – adjectives
– EGRESSIVE going out, coming out …1691
exit – nouns
– BREAKS any place of exit where throngs of people pour through en stream, as from a theatre, a convention, or other popular gathering …Bk1914 pickpockets’ sl.
– CRUSH a forcible entry or exit …Bk1914 criminals’ sl.
– EGRESS 1. a going out, or issuing forth, from an enclosed or confined place …1538
2. a means of exit …1677
– EGRESSION the act of going out from any enclosed place or specified limits …a1529
– SKIDOO an exit …1900s sl.
exit – verbs
– EGRESS to go out …1578
– GAP IT to make a quick exit …2000 S. Africa
– HAVE IT AWAY to walk, to leave; to exit …1950s sl.
– POP OFF THE HOOKS to exit; to vanish …1930s US sl.
– SCAPA FLOW to go, to make a hasty exit…Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘go’
EXORBITANT – adjectives
– SIBYLLINE excessive, exorbitant …1859
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