GRUBBINESS, GRUBBY – ADJECTIVES
20C • SCROUNGY grubby, inferior, second-rate
GRUBBINESS etc. – NOUNS
1967 • RAUNCH grubbiness,vulgarity, shabbiness, dirtiness
GRUBBINESS etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
20C • SALOP a dirty, grubby person, esp. a woman or child
GRUDGE, GRUDGING, GRUDGINGLY – ADJECTIVES
1500 • ILL-WILLY grudging, bad-tempered, spiteful, disobliging
M17 • INVIDIOUS grudging; envious; jealous (obs.)
GRUDGE etc. – ADVERBS
1873 • SCRIMP grudgingly, sparingly
1905Bk • ILL-WILLY grudgingly
GRUDGE etc. – NOUNS
1175 • GRUTCH a grudge
1300 • RANCOUR inveterate and bitter ill-feeling, grudge, or animosity
1605 • HEART-BURNINGS grudges
1768 • GALL a grudge; bitterness, spite, malice
1826 • AMBITION grudge; malice; vindictiveness; grudge; hatred
1895 • GROUCH a grudge or complaint
1898Bk • ARR a grudge; ill feeling
1900 • PEAK a grudge; offense, umbrage, pique
1913 • GREDGE a grudge
1914 • NIFF a grudge; a quarrel or spite
1940s • SNITCH a grudge; hostility; bad feeling
1953 • SNITCHER a grudge; a dislike; hostility; bad feeling
GRUDGE etc. – VERBS
1175 • GRUTCH to grudge
1400 • BEAR HARD to endure with a grudge, to take a thing ill or amiss, to have ill will to (obs.)
1629 • BEAR UPON THE SPLEEN to endure with a grudge, to take a thing ill or amiss, to have ill will to (obs.)
1682 • BETHINK to grudge, to regret, to repent (obs.)
1790 • BEAR A BULL’S NECK to bear a grudge
E19 • HAVE IT IN FOR to bear a grudge; to feel hostile towards
1825 • CHOOWOW to grudge, to grumble
1834 • HAVE A PICK AT SOMEONE to hold a grudge against one; to feel enmity or ill will towards one
1898Bk • BEAR AT HAND to bear a grudge, to resent
1898Bk • BEMUCH to grudge
1903Bk • PEAK to bear a grudge
1916 • SNOUT to harbour a grudge towards a person; to treat with disfavour
1941 • HAVE A SNOUT ON to harbour a grudge towards a person; to bear ill-will towards someone
GRUEL – NOUNS
1637 • LOBLOLLY a thick gruel, stew, or gravy
1819 • SKILLAGALEE • SKILLIGOLEE • SKILLOGALEE • SKILLYGALEE • SKILLYGOLEE thin, un-nourishing broth, gruel, commonly made from oatmeal, and used especially in prisons and workhouses
1834 • SKILLEY • SKILLY a kind of thin, watery porridge, gruel, or soup, commonly made from oatmeal, and used especially in prisons and workhouses
1905Bk • PAPES a sort of gruel made by boiling flour and water together
GRUESOME – ADJECTIVES
1561 • UGGLESOME fearful, horrible, gruesome
1864 • OGGLESOME fearful, horrible, gruesome
GRUFF – ADJECTIVES
1905Bk • HACKSEY-LOOKED having a coarse visage, gruff
2006Bk • CRUSTY feisty; gruff
GRUFF – NOUNS, PERSON
1638 • BEAR a gruff, irritable person
1638 • A BEAR WITH A SORE HEAD a gruff, irritable person
1898Bk • COW’S TONGUE a gruff old codger who is soft-hearted
1909Bk • HINCHINARFER a grumpy, gruff-voiced woman
GRUFF – VERBS
1602 • CARL to talk with a gruff, snarling voice; to snarl (obs.)
1825 • GRUFFLE to speak gruffly in a muffled way
1857 • BOODY to look gruff, angry, or glum; to sulk, mope, or be sullen
GRUMBLE, GRUMBLER, GRUMBLING – ADJECTIVES
1525 • MURMUROUS grumbling, querulous, complaining
1746 • QUERKING • QUIRKING grumbling, given to peevish complaining
19C • GRANKY grumbling, complaining, ill-tempered
19C • GRUMPTIOUS inclined to grumbling, irritable, sullen
1811 • TARLOCH grumbling, weak, peevish
1858 • GRUMBLY inclined to grumble
1873 • FAULTY grumbling, given to finding fault, scolding
1897 • ERPING grumbling, repining
1898Bk • CANTERY grumbling, churlish
1905Bk • NANGLY grumbling, cross-grained, quarrelsome
1905Bk • QUERKETY grumbling, given to peevish complaining
1905Bk • QUERKY grumbling, given to peevish complaining
1950 • GRUMBLESOME given to grumbling, irritable, complaining
GRUMBLE etc. – NOUNS
1390 • MURMURATION grumbling, complaining; a continuous utterance of low, barely audible sounds
1440 • AGGRUDGING a grumbling, dissatisfaction, annoyance (obs.)
1500 • YAMMER grumbling, a whimpering, a continuous loud complaining
L16 • OLD WIVES’ PATERNOSTER grumbling, nagging
1611 • MUMPING a grumbling, a grimacing; a hinting by means of facial expression
1625 • OGGANNITION grumbling, snarling, growling (obs.)
1649 • MUSSITATION a grumbling, mumbling, muttering, murmuring
1827 • YATTER grumbling, continual railing or carping
1830 • GROWLERY a grumbling, growling, or rumbling
1838 • CRAKE a grumbling, a murmuring
1866 • NARG continual grumbling, importuning, or fault-finding
1890 • GROUSE a grumble or complaint; a reason for grumbling
1902Bk • HARMING grumbling, fretfulness, peevishness
1943 • CRIB a grumble, a complaint
GRUMBLE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
1586 • MOMUS a person who habitually grumbles or finds fault
1599 • GRUMBLEDORY a grumbler (obs.)
1634 • SNARLER an ill-tempered, grumbling, or fault-finding person
1655 • MOMUSITE a supposed follower of Momus (the Greek god of censure and ridicule, who was banished from Olympus for his criticisms of the gods); a person who habitually grumbles or finds fault (obs.)
1710 • GRUMBLETONIAN a constant grumbler, esp. as regards the ‘state of the country’; a discontented person
19C • GRUMBLE-BELLY a confirmed grumbler; a peevish, discontented person
19C • GRUMBLE-GUTS an inveterate grumbler
19C • JILL-HOOTER an old man or woman given to grumbling or complaining
1807 • SMELLFUNGUS a grumbler; a discontented person; a faultfinder
1824 • NARG a grumbling, criticizing, nagging person
1825 • GIRNIGO a fretful, peevish, grumbling, bad-tempered person
1825 • HAIRMER a grumbler; one who dwells upon a trifling fault or misfortune, continually upbraiding the defaulter or sufferer
1832 • CRIB-BITER an inveterate grumbler
1841 • GROWL a grumbler
1867 • SNARLEY-YOW a discontented, litigious grumbler
1870 • GRUNTER a constant grumbler
1877Bk • GENNY-GIBS a fretful, grumbling person; a murmuring, discontented, peevish person
1885• GROUSER one who grumbles or complains
1886Bk • QUADDLE a grumbler, a complainer of ill health
1893 • BEEFER a grumbler; a whinger, a complainer, a faultfinder
1900Bk • GENNING-PUKE a fretful, grumbling person
1902Bk • HEART-GROANER a grumbler; a discontented or dissatisfied person
1905Bk • MAUNDERER a grumbler
1950Bk • ‘APPY DAY a grumbler of the worst kind; a miserable, pessimistic type
1962 • MOANING MINNIE a persistent grumbler; a person who is pessimistic and always complaining
1963 • NARGIE a grumbling, discontented person
GRUMBLE etc. – VERBS
1000 • MURK to grumble, to complain, to murmur (obs.)
1000 • MURKEN to grumble, to complain, to murmur (obs.)
1300 • JANGLE to grumble, to murmur, to speak angrily, harshly, or discordantly
1375 • CHANNER to grumble, to mutter, to murmur, to complain
1382 • MUSE to grumble, to complain, to murmur discontentedly (obs.)
1390 • MURMUR to grumble, to complain in low muttered tones; to give voice to an inarticulate discontent
1599 • CHOUNTER • CHUNDER • CHUNNER • CHUNTER to grumble in a discontented or ill-tempered manner, to express discontent about trifles, to find fault, to complain incessantly
1611 • PUTTER to grumble, to mutter (obs.)
1691 • MAUNDER to grumble, to mumble; to threaten in an undertone
L17 • FIND FAULT WITH A FAT GOOSE to grumble without cause
1725 • ORP to grumble, to murmur discontentedly, to complain in a peevish, nagging manner
1746 • QUERK • QUIRK to grumble, to grunt, to groan
1763 • MUMMER to grumble, to murmur; to complain in low muttered tones
1774 • JAMMER • YAMMER • YAMOUR • YIMMER • YOMER to grumble, to murmur, to complain
1790 • MUNGE to grumble, to mutter
1790 • YARM to grumble, to find fault
19C • CAGMAG to nag, to grumble at
19C • CARKY to grumble, to fret, to complain
19C • CRONK to grumble
1811 • YATTER to fret, to grumble; to harp on about something
1813 • MUMP to grumble, to complain peevishly
1824 • NARG to keep grumbling and finding fault; to be peevish
1824 • YIRN • YURN to grumble, to whine, to complain
1825 • CHOOWOW to grumble, to grudge
1825 • YEATTLE to grumble, to snarl
1827 • YARP to grumble, to complain, to whine; to ‘harp’ fretfully (obs.)
1829 • NATTER to grumble; to fret; to scold
1848 • GROUT to grumble, to sulk
1863 • BE ON ABOUT to grumble; to complain, especially loudly
1863 • GO ON ABOUT to grumble; to complain, especially loudly
1880 • CHEW THE GREASE to grumble; to resuscitate an old grievance
1884 • FRATCH to grumble, to fret
1885 • CHEW THE FAT to grumble; to resuscitate an old grievance
1885 • CHEW THE RAG to grumble; to resuscitate an old grievance
1887 • GROUCE • GROUSE to grumble, to complain
1888 • BEEF to grumble, to complain, to protest
1891 • NILD to grumble continually, to whimper discontentedly
1897 • QUADDLE to grumble; to complain of ill health
1898 • ERP to grumble, to repine
1898Bk • BELLOCK to grumble, to complain
1898Bk • CAINGE • CANGE to grumble, to whine, to complain
1898Bk • CALLET to grumble, to scold, to rail, to wrangle
1898Bk • CANTER to grumble, to scold; to nag
20C • CHEW IT OVER to grumble; to resuscitate an old grievance
1900 • NATTLE to grumble, to nag, to carp
1902Bk • HARM to grumble, to fret, to be peevish or ill-tempered
1904Bk • RICK to grumble, to scold
1905Bk • HACKLE to grumble, to look angry or indignant; to dispute
1905Bk • YALE to grumble, to fret like a sick child
1905Bk • YEDDLE to grumble, to fret
1905Bk • YERP to grumble, to fret
1916 • GROUCH to sulk or grumble; to mope
1916 • NARK to grumble, to complain, to nag
1919 • CREATE to grumble, to complain
1925 • BRASS OFF to grumble
1925 • CRIB to grumble, to complain
1936 • MARB to grumble, to growl or grumble
1940s • FUTY to grumble, to fuss
1940s • RAISE A KITE to grumble, to make a fuss
1941 • RABBIT ON to grumble; to mumble; to complain
1948 • SNURL to grumble, to growl
1952 • MEECH to grumble, to whimper
GRUMPY – ADJECTIVES
1780 • GLUMPY grumpy, ill-tempered, low-spirited
19C • CRUMPSY grumpy, cross, ill-tempered
1836 • GROUTY grumpy, irritable, crabbed, sulky, cross, surly, peevish, ill-tempered
1861 • GROUCHY grumpy, ill-tempered, irritable, cross, sulky
1904Bk • SCALY grumpy, ill-tempered
1950s • HACKED (OFF) grumpy, bored
1980s • WRONG grumpy, unfriendly
GRUMPY – NOUNS, PERSON
1909Bk • HINCHINARFER a grumpy, gruff-voiced woman
1986 • (MISS) GRUMPUS a grumpy or bad-tempered woman
GRUMPY – VERBS
1997 • SNARK to act grumpily or nastily
GRUNT – NOUNS
19C • PIG WHISPER • PIG’S WHISPER a grunt; a low whisper
GRUNT – VERBS
1746 • QUERK • QUIRK to grunt, to groan; to grumble
G-STRING – NOUNS
1980 • GADGET a G-string or similar female article of clothing
1992 • G a G-string
GUAM – NOUNS
1990 • THE ROCK Guam
GUARANTEE – NOUNS
1960s • OKLAHOMA GUARANTEE no guarantee
GUARANTEE – VERBS
1894 • GALANTEE • GALLANTEE to guarantee, to warrant
20C • CINCH to guarantee; to seize on or make sure of
1902Bk • INSURE to assure, to pledge one’s word; to make sure; to guarantee
1949 • GABOUND to guarantee, to warrant
GUARD, GUARDING – ADJECTIVES
1657 • CUSTODIENT guarding, protecting (obs.)
GUARD etc. – NOUNS
1000 • WARD a company of watchmen or guards
1704 • WAIT a body of guards (obs.)
GUARD etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
1225 • WARDEN one who guards, protects, or defends (obs.)
1400 • WARDER a soldier or other person set to guard an entrance; also, a watchman on a tower
1589 • BLACK-GUARD a guard or soldier dressed in black, or dark or forbidding in features or character (obs.)
1855Bk • WARDEIN a warden; a guard; a watchman; a keeper at a gate
1930s • AIREDALE a guard or watchman
1933 • HEAVY MAN an armed guard or bodyguard
1935 • HEAVY MAN an armed guard protecting bootleg whisky conveyed on a truck
1942 • HAWK a guard, a watchman
GUARD etc. – VERBS
900 • YEME to have charge of, to have in keeping; to guard, to protect, to preserve from injury (obs.)
1000 • WARE to guard oneself, to be careful, to take care (obs.)
1035 • WARD to guard, to stand guard over; to keep in safety, to take care of
1175 • BEWAKE to keep watch over; to guard (obs.)
1200 • WAKE to keep watch while others sleep, to be on guard at night (obs.)
1240 • I-WITE to watch, to guard, to preserve (obs.)
1300 • UMSTAND to stand round, to guard (obs.)
1350 • WARISH to guard, to secure, to protect, to preserve; to save, to rescue (obs.)
1560 • LAY to set watch or guard in a place (obs.)
1861 • SCONCE to guard, to protect; to take up a position of security
1898Bk • BEVAAR to protect, to guard
1928 • LOOK A LITTLE OUT to be on guard; to be careful
GUARDED – ADJECTIVES
1240 • WARE careful or guarded in action (obs.)
GUARDHOUSE, GUARDROOM – ADJECTIVES
1910s • IN THE MILL in a guardhouse
GUARDHOUSE etc – NOUNS
1910s • DOPEY-DOG a guardhouse
1910s • MILL a guardhouse
1910s • SPUDHOLE a guardroom
1917 • MUSH a guardroom or cell
1940s • CROSSBAR HOTEL a guardhouse
1942Bk • JAWBONE TIME time spent in the guardhouse pending trial and sentence
1966 • CROSSBAR INN a jail or guardhouse
1966 • CROSSBAR MOTEL a jail or guardhouse
GUARDIAN, GUARDIANSHIP – NOUNS
1300 • WARDENSHIP guardianship, safe-keeping
1878 • WARDAGE the function of a guardian or sentinel
1605 • TUTELAGE guardianship, protection, care of a ward
1420 • TUTELE guardianship; protection, care of a ward (obs.)
1400 • TUTORY guardianship, charge, protection; the custody of a ward (obs.)
1000 • MUND protection, guardianship
GUARDIAN etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
971 • HERD a keeper, a guardian (obs.)
1000 • MUND a protector, a guardian
1290 • WARDEN one who has the care of something specified; a keeper; a guardian (obs.)
1330 • YEMER a keeper, a guardian (obs.)
1384 • ACTOR a guardian, a steward; a person who acts on behalf of another (obs.)
1388 • TAKER-UP one who takes another under his charge or protection; a guardian, a protector (obs.)
1400 • GETER a keeper, a guardian (obs.)
1478 • CREANCER a person entrusted with the charge of another; a guardian, a tutor, esp. at school or college
1515 • TUTRIX a female guardian; a governess, an instructress (obs.)
1543 • CUSTODE a person who has custody or guardianship of something or someone; a guardian, a custodian
1653 • TUTRESS a female guardian
1739 • CUSTODEE a person who has custody or guardianship of someone or something; a guardian, a custodian
1760 • TUTORESS a female guardian
1768 • BEILD • BIELD one who acts as a guardian or protector
1846 • CURATRIX a female curator or guardian
1857 • GARDIE • GARDY an affectionate term for a guardian
1886Bk • GARDEEN a guardian
1903Bk • DICTOUR a ruler, judge or guardian (obs.)
1914Bk • GAHDEEN a guardian
1968 • GODFATHER a guardian
1986 • GODMOTHER a guardian
GUARDIAN etc. – VERBS
1000 • WARD to act as guardian to a child (obs.)
GUERRILLA – NOUNS, PERSON
1988Bk • HAIDUK a Balkan bandit guerrilla
1865 • JAY-HAWKER a raiding guerilla or irregular soldier
1976 • TERR a guerrilla fighting to overthrow the White minority government
GUESS, GUESSWORK – NOUNS
1845 • BAD SHOT a wrong guess
1877 • HALSEN a guess
1895 • SHOT IN THE DARK a wild guess; a very general attempt
1898Bk • A LIKE AIM a shrewd guess
1898Bk • AIMATION guesswork
1969 • BLINDSIGHT guesswork
GUESS etc. – PHRASES
1883 • YOU PAYS YOUR MONEY AND YOU TAKES YOUR CHOICE the proposition is very uncertain; take a good guess
GUESS etc. – VERBS
1580 • LEVEL to guess at (obs.)
1611 • HARP AT to guess at (obs.)
1637 • NICK IT to guess correctly (obs.)
19C • RACK to guess; to judge of
1816 • JALOOSE • JALOUSE to guess, to imagine, to suppose
1833 • HARIOLE to guess; to divine (obs.)
1850 • MAKE A HAZARD to make a guess or venture
1878 • HAVE A SHOT AT to guess; to make an attempt
1889 • ETTLE to guess; to suppose, to conjecture, to imagine
1891 • VIEW to guess; to consider, to be of the opinion
1895 • MAKE A STAB AT to guess; to make an attempt
20C • PSYCH OUT to guess correctly the intentions of another; to outguess
1902Bk • INKLE to form guesses, notions, or projects
1916 • LUMP OFF to divide something by rough estimate; to guess at the measure or value of something
1935 • TIP A WRONG ‘UN to make a bad guess; to prophesy wrongly
1942Bk • GO IT BLIND to guess
1942Bk • JUMP AT to guess
1942Bk • MAKE A BLIND STAB to make a wild guess
1942Bk • STAB to guess
1942Bk • TAKE A JUMP AT to guess
1942Bk • TAKE A POTSHOT to make a wild guess
1942Bk • TAKE A SHOT AT to guess
GUEST – NOUNS, PERSON
1480 • GESTENER a guest (obs.)
1615 • CONVIVAL a guest (obs.)
1656 • HOSPITICIDE one who kills his guest
1696 • UMBRA an uninvited guest accompanying one who is invited
20C • BAD NEWS an unwelcome guest
1905 • GUST a guest (obs.)
1908 • OPGESTER one who stays for a long time as a guest at another person’s house
1992 • GEORGIE BEST a guest (rhyming sl.)
1999Bk • BLOW-IN an uninvited, and usually unwelcome, guest
GUEST – PHRASES
1597 • ABOVE THE SALT at the upper part of the table; i.e. among the more honoured guests
1900 • YOUR MONEY IS NO GOOD HERE you are our guest; you get everything free
1999Bk • HAVEN’T THEY FED THE DINGOES LATELY? a jocular greeting to an unexpected guest
GUEST – VERBS
1275 • FANG to receive as a guest; to welcome (obs.)
1895Bk • EAT ONE’S SALT to be one’s guest, and hence under one’s protection for the time being
GUFFAW – NOUNS
1500 • GAFF a guffaw; a loud, boisterous laugh
GUFFAW – VERBS
1719 • GAFF to guffaw, to laugh loudly and immoderately
1721 • GAFFAW to guffaw to laugh heartily or boisterously (obs.)
GUIDANCE, GUIDE, GUIDING – ADJECTIVES
1656 • DUCTARIOUS guiding, leading (obs.)
1677 • MANUDUCENT guiding, directing (obs.)
1805 • HAWING guiding, directing
GUIDANCE etc. – NOUNS
1300 • LEAD guidance, leading, direction(obs.)
1385 • CALENDAR a guide, a directory; an example, model
1502 • MANUDUCTION the act of guiding, leading, or introducing; guidance, introduction, direction
1590 • POLESTAR something which serves as a guide; a governing principle, a guiding light
1596 • CYNOSURE something that serves for guidance or direction; a ‘guiding star’
1645 • DUCTURE leading, guidance, direction (obs.)
1654 • DUCT the act of leading; guidance (obs.)
1682 • LEADANCE guidance; the act of leading (obs.)
1970s • COOKBOOK any guide, manual, protocol, etc.
GUIDANCE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
1375 • GUY a guide; a conductor or leader (obs.)
1506 • MARON a mountain guide (obs.)
1510 • LEADSMAN a guide (obs.)
1590 • POLESTAR a person who serves as a guide
1595 • GANGER-BEFORE a guide (obs.)
1603 • HISTORIAN a local guide (obs.)
1615 • MANUDUCENT a guide, a director (obs.)
1655 • WAY-LEADER one who conducts or guides a traveller (obs.)
1657 • MANUDUCTOR a guide, a director (obs.)
1674 • XENAGOGUE • ZENAGOGUE one who conducts strangers; a guide (obs.)
1700 • SIGHTSMAN one who points out sights or objects of interest; a local guide
1750 • VALET-DE-PLACE a man who acts as a guide to strangers or tourists; a cicerone
1832 • GHILLIE a person who attends someone on a fishing or hunting expedition, esp. in the Scottish Highlands
1852Bk • KALENDER a guide, or director
1886Bk • GIOUR a guide (obs.)
1887 • FADE • FAID a leader, a guide; applied to the chief or director in games, sports, etc. (obs.)
1895Bk • HELM a guide, director
1909Bk • AARON a beggar mountain-guide
GUIDANCE etc. – VERBS
1000 • RIGHT to guide, to direct (obs.)
1000 • RIGHTLECHE to direct, to guide; to govern, to rule (obs.)
1200 • KEN to guide, to direct, to show the way to (obs.)
1320 • LERE to guide, to lead, to show the way (obs.)
1362 • GUY to guide; to conduct or lead on the way; to direct the course of a vehicle, an instrument, etc. (obs.)
1591 • WAFT to guide or direct the course of a vessel, swimmer, etc. (obs.)
1641 • MANUDUCT to lead or guide by the hand (obs.)
1657 • MANUDUCE to guide, to lead, to direct (obs.)
1782 • AIRT to guide, to direct; to show the direction or point out the way to any place
1835 • BEACON to give light and guidance to; to lead
1892 • TEACH to guide, to direct
1911Bk • BOOST to guide in a particular direction
1952 • SIGHT to point or show the way
GUIDE BOOK – NOUNS
1583 • XENAGOGY conduction of strangers; used as the title of a guide-book, as the Xenagogy of America (obs.)
1975Bk • BAEDEKER a guide book
GUIDEPOST – see SIGNPOST
GUILE, GUILEFUL – ADJECTIVES
1300 • GINFUL guileful, crafty; deceitful, treacherous (obs.)
1425 • GINNOUS guileful, crafty, cunning (obs.)
1483 • BEGUILOUS guileful, deceiving, deceptive (obs.)
1530 • BEGUILEFUL guileful, deceiving, deceptive
1586 • SNAKY guileful, deceitful, treacherous
1776 • CRAFTFUL characterized by cunning or guile; crafty (obs.)
1898Bk • BAUTIE guileful
GUILE etc. – NOUNS
924 • FAKEN guile; fraud(obs.)
1175 • CROOK guile; deceit, trickery (obs.)
1275 • CRAFT cunning; deception, guile; trickery
1325 • VAIDIE guileful cunning; subtlety (obs.)
1330 • HAVELON cunning, as of a fox; wile, guile; double-dealing (obs.)
1374 • SUBTILTY cunning, craftiness, guile (obs.)
1390 • MALENGIN guile; fraud, deceit (obs.)
1530 • FALLAX guile, trickery; fallacy (obs.)
1640 • FALLAXITY guile; deception, trickery; fallacy (obs.)
1656 • PANURGY guile; craftiness, cunning, deceit, a meddling in all matters (obs.)
1856 • BLIN deceit, guile
GUILE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
20C • BANDULU one who lives by guile; a bandit, a criminal
GUILELESS, GUILELESSNESS – ADJECTIVES
1200 • UNFAKEN guileless, innocent (obs.)
1650 • CRAFTLESS guileless; lacking cunning or craftiness
1768 • SAKELESS guileless; inoffensive, harmless
1882 • ONEFOLD guileless; free from duplicity; artless
1894 • NATURAL guileless; affable, familiar, gentle
GUILELESS etc. – NOUNS
1390 • SIMPLESSE absence of guile or duplicity; innocence, integrity, guilelessness (obs.)
GUILELESS etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
1526 • BABE a guileless, childish, or inexperienced person
GUILLOTINE – NOUNS
1859 • LUNETTE in the guillotine, the circular hole which receives the neck of the victim
GUILT, GUILTY – ADJECTIVES
1000 • SHILDY guilty (obs.)
1225 • UNFORGULT not affected with guilt (obs.)
1300 • FAULTY guilty of wrong-doing; that has committed a fault, error, or offense (obs.)
1303 • CULPABLE guilty, criminal; deserving punishment or condemnation (obs.)
1460 • CRIMINOUS guilty of a crime; criminal; accused of a crime
1535 • CRIMINOSE guilty of a crime; criminal; accused of a crime
1559 • NOCENT guilty, criminal
1626 • DOWNLOOKING guilty-looking, sullen; demure, sheepish, hangdog
1636 • DOWNLOOKED that has downcast eyes or a lowered countenance; guilty-looking, sullen; demure, sheepish, hangdog (obs.)
1922 • CONDEMNED guilty, culpable
1960s • SHITTY guilty; depressed
1987 • DEAD-BANG GUILTY absolutely guilty
GUILT etc. – INTERJECTIONS
15C • BLACK’S YOUR EYE! you are at fault, you are guilty
GUILT etc. – NOUNS
1377 • CULPE guilt, sin, fault, blame (obs.)
1631 • FACT actual guilt, as opposed to suspicion (obs.)
1883 • ALBATROSS a source of frustration, obstruction, or guilt, from which it is difficult to rid oneself
1883 • ALBATROSS AROUND ONE’S NECK a source of frustration or obstruction
GUILT etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
1447 • NOCENT a guilty person, a criminal (obs.)
1483 • CULPABLE a guilty person, a culprit (obs.)
1563 • THE NOCENT guilty people collectively (obs.)
GUILT etc. – PHRASES
1923 • NO NAMES – NO PACK DRILL the guilty party (or parties) will not be named and, therefore, cannot be punished
GUILT etc. – VERBS
1375 • TAINT to prove guilty, to convict (obs.)
1382 • SMITE to cause a person to have painful feelings such as guilt or remorse; to distress; to disquiet
1536 • CAST to find or declare guilty; to convict (obs.)
1637 • CRIMINATE to prove a person guilty of a crime; to incriminate
1653 • BEGUILTY to render guilty (obs.)
M19 • RAP to appear guilty; to stand accused
20C • NOD ONE’S HEAD to plead guilty
20C • RANK to say or do anything that discloses another’s guilt in a crime
1930s • COP A PLEA to plead guilty to a lesser charge in return for the dropping of a greater one
1975 • GET YOUR HEAD DOWN (TO IT) to plead guilty
1975 • NOD THE NUT to plead guilty
GUILTLESS – ADJECTIVES
1742 • SACKLESS guiltless, innocent; without blame or accusation
GUINEA – NOUNS
1635 • SMELT half a guinea; 10 shillings and sixpence (obs.)
1662 • YELLOW-BOY a gold coin; a guinea or sovereign
L17 • HALF-A-JOB a half-guinea
18C • RAINBOW a golden guinea
1746 • YELLOW BEEL a guinea (obs.)
1754 • NED a guinea
1754 • NEDDY a guinea
1785 • CANARY-BIRD formerly, a guinea; later, a sovereign
E19 • HADDOCK STUFF’D WITH BEANS a purse full of guineas 1821 • YELLOW a guinea-coin (obs.)
1842 • CANARY formerly, a guinea; later, a sovereign
1876 • NEW-HAT a guinea
L19 • WUFFLER a guinea-piece; a sovereign
1902Bk • HALF A NED half a guinea
GUINEA-FOWL – NOUNS
L18 • GALANY • GALEENY • GALENY a guinea-fowl
GUINEA-PIG – NOUNS
1607 • PIG-CONY a guinea pig (obs.)
1777 • GANNY-PIG a guinea pig
GUITAR – NOUNS
1656 • FUM-FUM the sound of a stringed instrument
1681 • TWINKLEDUM an imitation of the sound of the guitar
1876 • MANCHE the neck of a guitar, etc.
20C • AIR GUITAR an imaginary guitar played along with real music or without
20C • BELLY FIDDLE a guitar
1911 • BOX a guitar
1929 • TWANKA-PANG • TWANK-A-PANK an imitation of the sound of a guitar
1935 • GIT-FIDDLE a guitar
1936 • GIT-FLIP a guitar
1937 • GIT-BOX a guitar
1938 • EAR a tuning peg, as on a guitar
1940s • SAY-CORDI BOX a guitar; ‘six-cord box’
1946 • EASY RIDER a guitar
1955 • AX • AXE an electric guitar; orig. used in jazz circles for any instrument, particularly a saxophone or trumpet, instruments on which ‘chops’ (musical figures) are played
1984 • GIT-BUCKET a guitar
GUITAR – NOUNS, PERSON
1942Bk • GIT-BOXER a guitar player
1942Bk • GIT-FIDDLER a guitar player
1942Bk • GITTER PLINKER a guitar player
1942Bk • PLINK-PLONKER a guitar player
1942Bk • PLUNKER BOY a guitar player
1976 • AXE MAN • AXMAN an electric guitarist; rarely, any musician
1996 • AXE HERO a popular electric-guitar player who inspires hero-worship with his musical technique
1999 • AXE GOD a popular electric-guitar player who inspires hero-worship with his musical technique
GUITAR – VERBS
17C • FUM to strum on a guitar (obs.)
1685 • THRUMBLE to play on a stringed instrument, as a guitar or harp, by plucking the strings; to strum (obs.)
1970 • SPANK THE BABY of a guitar player: to slap the guitar box with two fingers or the heel of his hand as, in the same motion, he brushes the strings
2004 • SPANK THE PLANK to play an electric guitar
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Updated: May 8, 2023