Reverse Dictionary: LIG – LIL

LIGAMENT – nouns
– LEADER a tendon, a ligament, a sinew …1899 Amer. dial.
 
LIGHT (not heavy) – adjectives
– AERY-LIGHT light as air …1667
– IMPONDEROUS having no appreciable weight; extremely light …1851
– ISLE OF WIGHT light …20C rhyming sl.
– LEGER † light, not heavy; slight, trifling; also, nimble …1481-90
– LIEGER † light, not heavy; slight, trifling; also, nimble …1481-90
– LIGHT AS A KECK very light …Bk1901 Eng. dial.
– LIGHT AS LAD’S-LOVE very light, puffy, inflated …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LIGHTSOME light, graceful, elegant …1578
– SCALY thin, slender; light …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– STRAWY light, worthless, or flammable as straw …L16
light (not heavy) – nouns 
– PEELING OF AN ONION, THE anything very light and easily blown away …1815 Sc.
 
LIGHT (illumination) – adjectives
– BEAMY emitting beams of light, radiant …1398
– FACULENT †* bright, clear; giving forth light like a torch …1560
– GLIMMEROUS * lighted by fitful light …1792
– HATE-LIGHT † that hates or shuns light …1583
– LUCULENT * full of light, bright, clear, shining …c1420
light (illumination) – nouns
– BEAMLET a little beam or ray of light …1840
– BEAMLING † a little beam or ray of light …1598
– BLINTER a feeble light …19C Sc.
– DAY AND NIGHT a light (illumination) …1992 UK rhyming sl.
– DIP a light …1947 UK sl.
– FIRESHINE the light from a fire …1984 Amer. dial.
– FLIP a sudden jerk or movement; a flash or flicker of light …1821
– FLY MY KITE a light …1857 rhyming sl.
– GLOAMING twilight, dusk, the fall of the evening; shade, dusky light …c1000
– HODDY-DODDY a revolving light …1777 Eng. dial.
– ILLUMINER † a source of light …c1500
– LAMPING a sudden blaze of light …1814
– LANDLORD HALO a notably dim light, as in the hallway of a slum apartment block, but also elsewhere …1980s US sl.
– LEAM † light, flame; a flash, ray, or gleam of light; brightness, gleam …c1175 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– LEVIN any bright light or flame …c1250 arch.
– LEVINING † lightning; also, the bright flashing of any light …a1300
– LEVITATION † the act of becoming lighted; also, the quality of being comparatively light …1686
– SCANCE a gleam; a light …1819 Sc.
– SCARROW a faint light or reflection of light, of the moon, from a wall, etc. …1789 Sc.
– SKARROW faint light, esp. reflected light …1789 Sc.
– TAW a narrow streak of light …1877 Sc.
– THROUGH-LIGHT a full moon; light all night …1808 Eng. dial.
– UNDER-BRIGHT a bright light appearing under the clouds in the horizon …1824
light (illumination) – person
– GLIM-JACK, GLYM JACK a link-boy (a boy employed to carry a link to light passengers along the streets) …1674
– GLIMMERER a link-boy (a boy employed to carry a link to light passengers along the streets) …1707 UK criminals’ sl.
– OBELISCOLYCHNY †* a light-bearer; one who carries an artificial light …1694 
light (illumination) – verbs
– BELIGHT † to light up, to illuminate …c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– BLINT to shed a feeble or glimmering light …Bk1911 Sc.
– DOUSE THE GLIM to extinguish the light …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ENLIGHTEN † to fill with light …1806 Sc.
– ILLUME to light up; to make shining or bright, to brighten …1602
– ILLUMINE to light up; to shed light upon; to shine upon; to light up n token of rejoicing or honour …1375
– ILLUSTRATE † to shed light upon; to light up …1625
– ILLUSTRE † to light up; to brighten …1490
– KILL IT to extinguish the light …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LAMP to light as with a lamp …1808
– LEAM † to shine, to gleam; to light up …a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– LEVIN † to lighten, to emit flashes of light or lightning …a1300
– LIGHT OUT to turn off a light …1931 Amer. dial.
– ONLIGHT † to shed light upon; to lighten, to enlighten, to illuminate …c888
– OPEN to turn on a light …1972 Amer. dial.
– OUTEN to extinguish a fire; to turn off a light …1878 Amer. dial.
– OUT THE LIGHT to extinguish the light …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PULL THE JUICE to turn off an electric light …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– QUINKLE †* of a light: to go out …1513 Sc.
– RING THE GLIM to turn on light …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– SCARROW to emit a faint light; to gleam intermittently or indistinctly …1825
– SHUT to turn off a light …1966 Amer. dial.
– STRIKE THE LIGHT to extinguish the light …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
light (illumination) – interjections
– DIPS! lights out! …1947 UK sl.
 
LIGHT (wanton, unchaste; frivolous) – person
– DAFFY a light woman …1893 US sl.
– GILL-FLIRT a thoughtless, giddy girl; a flirt, a tease, a wanton; a light or loose woman; a prostitute …1611
– JACK-STRAW a light fellow; a coxcomb …Bk1881 
 
LIGHT (kindle) – verbs
– ACCEND † to kindle, to set light to, to set on fire …1432-50
– TEND to kindle, to light, to set fire to …1851 Eng. dial.
– TIND † to set fire to; to ignite, to light, to kindle, as a fire, lamp, torch, flame, etc. …a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– TINKLE † to light, to kindle …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
LIGHTED – adjectives
– INGLE-LIGHTED lighted by the fire …1818 Sc.
 
LIGHTEN – verbs
– BREAK DOWN to make lighter …20C NZ sl.
– EATHE †* to lighten, to alleviate, to assuage …c1250
– LAIT † to flash, to gleam, to lighten …c1205
– LEVITATE † to make lighter or of less weight …1686
 
LIGHTENED – adjectives
– LEVIGATE † lightened, made less arduous …1531
 
LIGHT-FOOTED – adjectives
– LIGHTFOOT light-footed, nimble of foot; active …c1440 poetic
light-footed – person
– DIRLER a light-footed, active person …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
 
LIGHT-HEADED – adjectives
– ALL ABOUT light-headed …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BARMY light-headed, foolish …1911 Sc. & Amer. dial.
– BARMY-BRAINED foolish, giddy, flighty; light-headed …1824 Sc.
– BEE-HEADED harebrained, flighty, excitable; light-headed, unsettled …1879
– BRATTLEBRAINED silly; light-headed …1969 Amer. dial.
– COCK-BRAINED having little judgement; foolish and light-headed; silly, giddy, rash, harebrained, thoughtless, flighty …1530
– CORKY-HEADED light-headed, giddy …1825 Sc.
– FEATHER-BRAINED foolish, giddy, light-headed …1820
– FEATHER-HEADED light-headed, harebrained, silly, brainless …1647
– FEATHER-PATED foolish, giddy, light-headed, silly …1820
– FLISKY fidgety; unsettled; light-headed; whimsical; frolicsome; flighty; lively: of a horse: restive, frisky …1807 Sc.
– GAUFFIN light-headed, foolish, thoughtless, giddy …1810 Sc.
– GOOSEY foolish, stupid. silly, light-headed, witless …1919 Amer. dial.
– HAIRY flighty, light-headed …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HEAD-LIGHT giddy, dizzy, light-headed …1899 Sc.
– HELLICAT giddy, light-headed, flighty, half-witted …1815 Sc.
– HEARTSOME full of mirth, merry, cheerful, lively, light-hearted, joyous; pleasant, genial …1724 chiefly Sc.
– IDLE † of persons: light-headed, out of one’s mind, delirious …1548
– LIGHTSOME not weighed down by care, pain, or sorrow; light-headed, cheerful, merry; also, enlivening, entertaining …a1366
– MAZZING giddy, light-headed …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MIRKY, MURKIE merry, gay, light-hearted …1790 Sc. 
– NIPPERTY-TIPPERTY silly, frivolous, foolish, light-headed …1817 Sc. 
– TOTTER-HEADED light-headed, frivolous, changeful …1662
– TURN-SICK † affected with vertigo, giddy, dizzy, light-headed …c1440
– WESTY † dizzy, giddy; light-headed, confused …1599 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
light-headed – person
– BESSIE, BESSY an ill-mannered, romping, or bad-tempered woman or girl; a light-headed girl; an idiot …1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– BUBBLEHEAD a very silly or light-headed person …1965 Amer. dial.
– BUGHEAD a very silly or light-headed person …1965 Amer. dial.
– CORKY-NODDLE a light-headed, frivolous person; one whose wisdom floats on the surface; an empty-headed fellow …18C Sc.
– DING-A-LING a fool; an oaf; an odd, giddy person who hears bells; a dull, stupid person; a silly or light-headed person …1935 US sl.
– DINGBAT a dull, stupid person; a fool; a silly or light-headed person …1915  Amer. dial.
– DINGDONG a dull, stupid person; a fool; an oaf; a silly or light-headed person …1968 Amer. dial.
– DUMBHEAD a very silly or light-headed person …1887
– FANTOME an empty, light-headed fellow …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FEATHER-BRAIN a foolish, giddy person; a dull, stupid person; a silly, light-headed person …1839
– FEATHER-HEAD a silly, light-headed person …1831
– FEATHERTOP a silly, light-headed person …1965 Amer. dial.
– FEATHERWEIGHT a silly, light-headed person …1965 Amer. dial.
– FLUTTER-PATE a flighty or light-headed person …1894
– GAUFFIN a giggling, light-headed person …Bk1888 Sc.
– GIDDY-BRAIN a giddy, frivolous person; a light-headed, stupid person …a1652
– GIDDYHEAD a giddy, light-headed, frivolous, or stupid person … 1641
– GLAIK (derogatory) a silly, light-headed, frivolous, or thoughtless person, esp. a girl or woman; an idle, good-for-nothing person …1814 Sc.
– GLOFFUS a rough, uncouth person of noisy, foolish, or light-headed behaviour, often referring to one of ugly or unprepossessing appearance …1866 Sc.
– GLUFFIS, GLUFFUS a rough, uncouth person of noisy, foolish, or light-headed behaviour, often referring to one of ugly or unprepossessing appearance …1866 Sc.
– HEAD-ILL a person of frivolous, light-headed disposition …1929 Sc.
– LIGHTHEAD a very silly or light-headed person …1965 Amer. dial.
– NUTHEAD a very silly or light-headed person …1965 Amer. dial.
– PAPER-FIDDLER one who is energetic or lively in his movements; a light-headed, thoughtless fellow …1881 Eng. dial.
– SCREW-POT a very silly or light-headed person …1965 Amer. dial.
light-headed – verbs
– BEWOTTLE to confuse or render light-headed …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– MAZE to turn giddy or light-headed …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
LIGHT-HEADEDNESS – nouns
– BEES a state of confusion; muddle; light-headedness; fuddle …Bk1911 Sc.
– IDLENESS †* light-headedness, imbecility; delirium …a1536
 
LIGHT-HEARTED – adjectives
– FUNSY providing amusement or diversion; entertaining, light-hearted …1958 colloq.
– GAY of persons, their attributes, and actions: full of joy and mirth; light-hearted, exuberantly cheerful, sportive, merry …a1310
– JAUNTY light-hearted, cheerful …1672
– LUNCHY carefree, light-hearted, jokey …1960s US college sl.
– VOCKIE merry, gay, light-hearted, happy …c1715 Sc. 
– VOGIE merry, cheerful, delighted, gay, light-hearted, happy …c1715 Sc.
light-hearted – person
– ARCAN a lively, light-hearted fellow …Bk1997 Irish sl.
– CALEERY a silly, light-hearted person …1900 Sc. & Ireland
– FUNSTER a person who plays pranks, or one who likes to joke around; a comedian; also, a fun or light-hearted person …1788 colloq.
– GIGLET, GIGLOT a giddy, laughing, romping girl; a merry, light-hearted, playful girl …a1340
– GIGLO a merry, light-hearted, laughing, romping girl; a giddy, silly, thoughtless girl …a1340
– GILPY a lively or saucy young girl; a brisk, light-hearted girl; a young, growing girl …1785 Sc.
– GINKIE † a merry, light-hearted, playful girl; a giglet …1825 Sc.
 
LIGHT-HEARTEDLY – adverbs
– RAKISHLY jauntily, cheerfully, light-heartedly …1838
 
LIGHTHOUSE – nouns
– FANAL † a beacon, a lighthouse …1471 obs. exc. arch.
– LANTERN † a lighthouse …1601
– OBELISCOLYCHNY †* a lighthouse; a light-bearer …1694
 
LIGHT-MINDED – adjectives
– TICKLE-HEADED † light-minded, easily influenced …1583
 
LIGHTNESS – nouns
– LEGERITY, LEIGERITY † lightness; nimbleness …1561
 
LIGHTNING – adjectives
– CERAUNIC pertaining to or accompanied by thunder and lightning …1748
– FULGUROUS full or charged with lightning; flashing like lightning …1616
– FULMINEOUS † pertaining to thunder or lightning …1727
– SULPHUROUS pert. to thunder and lightning …1603 poetic
– SULPHURY pert. to thunder and lightning …c1611
– THUNDER-SLAIN struck by lightning …1724-32 Eng. dial.
lightning – nouns
– ASTRAPHOBIA a morbid fear of thunder and lightning …1873
– BESHINING † illumination, lighting up …1398
– BOLL a flash of lightning …Bk1911 Sc.
– BOOGER a storm with rain and thunder and lightning …1956 Amer. dial.
– EVENING-LIGHTNING heat or summer lightning …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FIRE-FLAUGHT lightning, a flash of lightning; a storm of thunder and lightning …c1375 orig. Sc.
– FIRE OF HEAVEN a thunderbolt; a flash of lightning …1830
– JEFFY lightning …1859 Amer. thieves’ sl.
– LAIT † lightning; occasionally, flash of fire …c900
– LAITING † lightning …c1340
– LEVIN lightning; a flash of lightning; also, any bright light or flame …c1250 arch.
– LEVINING † lightning; also, the bright flashing of any light …a1300
– SULPHUR † thunder and lightning, a discharge of gunpowder, etc. …1607
– THUNDERGUSH a violent thunderstorm; rain accompanied by thunder and lightning …1825 Amer. dial.
– THUNDERGUST a violent thunderstorm; rain accompanied by thunder and lightning …1734 Amer. dial.
– ZOT suddenness of movement; a swift surprise strike, as of lightning …c1965
lightning – verbs
– LEVIN † to lighten, to emit flashes of light or lightning …a1300
– SIDERATE † (chiefly used in the passive) to be struck with lightning; fig., to be thunder-struck …1623
– THUNDER-BOLT to strike with lightning …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– THUNDER-SHOOT † to strike or destroy by a thunderbolt or lightning …B1900
 
LIKE, LIKENESS (similar) – adjectives
– ALL-SAME like, equal …Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
– BESIBBING †* resembling; having a likeness to …1602
– MARROW similar, corresponding, like, equal …1892 Eng. dial.
– SIMILABLE †* similar; having a marked resemblance or likeness; of a like nature or kind …1493
– SIMILARY † similar; having a marked resemblance or likeness; of a like nature or kind …1628
– SIMILITIVE * expressing likeness …1678
– SIMILITUDINARY † of the nature of a similitude or simile; expressing comparison or likeness; symbolic …1581
– SUI-SIMILAR like itself …1902 nonce word
like, likeness (similar) – adverbs 
– ANEWST resembling, like …B1900 Eng. dial.
like, likeness (similar) – prepositions 
– ALLEE-SAMEE like …1926 US sl.
– ALL-SAME like …1926 US sl.
like, likeness (similar) – person
– DEAD RINGER a person who looks very like another; a double …1878 sl.
– RINGER a person who looks very like another; a double …1878 sl.
like, likeness (similar) – verbs
– BELIKE † to be like, to resemble …1481
like, likeness (similar) – phrases
– LIKE LIPS, LIKE LETTUCE † like has met its like …a1540
 
LIKE, LIKING (enjoy) – adjectives
– DIGGABLE easy to like or enjoy …Aust. sl.
like, liking (enjoy) – verbs
– AFFECT † to incline or like …1606
– BE A LADDIE FOR to have a great liking for …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– BE KEEN OF to be eager to, to be fond of, to be have a liking for …1788 Sc.
– BELIKE † to like, to be pleased with …1557
– BELOVE † to be pleased with, to approve, to like …c1205
– COTTON ON TO to become attached to; to form a liking for …1907 colloq.
– COTTON TO to take a liking to someone …1840 sl.
– DIG to regard favourably; to like, to understand, to appreciate; to approve of; to enjoy …1939 orig. US
– FALL FOR † to like or enjoy …1903 Amer. sl.
– FANCIFY † to have a fancy for; to like …1656
– FANTASY † to take a fancy or liking to; to be favourably inclined to; to fall in love with …1548
– FEEL FOR to want, to like …1907 Amer. dial.
– GET OFF ON to like; to enjoy; to approve of …1973 sl.
– GO A BUNDLE ON to regard favourably; to like; to enjoy; to approve of; often used in negative contexts …1942 sl.
– GO THE BUNDLE ON to regard favourably; to like; to enjoy; to approve of; often used in negative contexts …1942 sl.
– HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR to have a fondness for; to like, to enjoy, to approve of; to be sentimentally fond …1902
– HIT IT OFF to take a liking to someone …1780 sl.
– LAP UP to receive with obviously liking or approval …1890
– MIND 1. to care for, to like …1895 Amer. dial.
  2. to desire, to like, to be inclined …1906 Amer. dial.
– TAKE A SHINDY to find attractive or appealing; to have a fancy or affection for; to take a liking to someone …M19 sl., orig. US
– TAKE A SHINE TO to take a liking to  someone …1839 sl., orig. US
– TAKE ON WITH to like, to be attracted by …Bk1905 Ireland
– TEMBLE ABOUT to care for; to like …B1900 Eng. dial.
– THINK A MASTER SIGHT OF to like very much …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– TURN ON to introduce someone to something that one likes …1950s Amer. sl.
 
LIKEABLE – adjectives
– DECENT kind, accommodating, likeable …L18
– FAINFU’ affectionate, kind, amiable, likeable …1887 Sc.
likeable – person 
– JIM-DANDY a very likeable or popular person …1887 Amer. dial.
– SALLY a likeable person …1980s US college sl.
 
LIKED – adjectives
– BELIKED loved, beloved, liked …1889 Amer. dial.
liked – person 
– BELIKE a person who is the object of affection or liking …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CHEEZLE-PEEZLE a liked person …Bk1942 US sl.
– DREAM BOAT a liked person …Bk1942 US sl.
– GOLD MINE a liked person …Bk1942 US sl.
– GOOD DEAL a liked person …Bk1942 US sl.
– SMOOTH POTATO a liked person …Bk1942 US sl.
liked – verbs 
– RATE to receive something because one is highly esteemed or well liked …20C Amer. sl.
 
LIKELIHOOD – nouns
– DANGER a chance, a possibility; a likelihood …1920s sl.
– ELECTION a chance, likelihood, prospect …1790 Eng. dial.
– MEANING an intimation, a hint, likelihood; a slight symptom …1839 Eng. dial.
– VERISIMILITUDE the appearance of being true or real; likeness or resemblance to truth, reality, or fact; probability, likelihood …1603
– VERISIMILITY † probability, likelihood …1646
 
LIKELY – adjectives
– BELIKE probable, likely …Bk1898 Sc.
– FAIR likely, having a good chance …Bk1900 Sc.
– TOPICAL † not demonstrative, but merely probable; likely …1594
– VERISIMILAR having the appearance or semblance of truth or reality; appearing true or real; probable, likely …1681
– VERISIMILARY † having the appearance or semblance of truth or reality; appearing true or real; probable, likely …1653
– VERISIMILOUS † having the appearance or semblance of truth or reality; appearing true or real; probable, likely …1635
likely – adverbs
– BELIKE likely, in all likelihood, probably, maybe; not unlikely, perhaps, possibly …a1533
– BELIKELY † likely, in all likelihood, probably; not unlikely, perhaps, possibly …a1552 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– EVENLY even; probably, likely …1874 Eng. dial.
– MACKLY most likely …1850 Eng. dial.
– ODDS ON very likely, in all likelihood …20C sl.
– READILY probably, very likely, naturally …1785 Sc.
likely – verbs 
– FARE to approach, to draw near; to show symptoms of; to seem likely to …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
 
LIKEN – verbs
– BYSEN † to liken, to compare …c1325
– CONSIMILATE †* to make like, to liken; to become like …1731
– EVEN to compare, to put on a level by comparison; to liken to …1824 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– SIGNIFY † to compare, to liken to something …1456
– SIMILARIZE * to compare, to liken …1806
– SIMILIZE † to compare, to liken …1620
– TEARN † to compare, to liken …B1900 Eng. dial.
 
LIKENESS – nouns
– BREATHING IMAGE a perfect likeness, spitting image …1966 Amer. dial.
– CONSIMILITY † resemblance, mutual likeness, similarity …1680 obs.
– DAPS † ways, modes of action; hence, likeness, image, in ways and appearance, resemblance …1583 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– DEAD RING, THE * something having a striking resemblance to another, the exact likeness …1916 Aust. & NZ
– DEAD RINGER an exact likeness …1891 US sl.
– DEAD SPIT OF, THE the exact image, likeness, or counterpart of a person, etc. …1901
– DEAD SPOTTED LING OF the absolute image of …1930s Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘dead ring of’
– EFFIGIATION the act of fashioning or of representing; a likeness, representation …c1535
– EFFIGIES a likeness, image, portrait, whether drawn, painted, or sculptured, or of any other kind; now superseded by ‘effigy’ …1600 arch.
– EFFIGIUM †* a likeness, image, portrait, whether drawn, painted, or sculptured, or of any other kind …1564
– FAVOUR family likeness …19C Eng. dial.
– IDOL † a counterpart, likeness, imitation …1590
– MAKE an image, a likeness …1890 Sc.
– MAP a portrait, a likeness …1870 Sc.
– MARROW a match, an equal; an exact counterpart or likeness …1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MENT resemblance; likeness to …1885 Eng. dial.
– MIMIC likeness …1917 Amer. dial.
– NEBSHAFT † likeness, image …1340
– SIMILE † likeness, resemblance; similarity …1604
– SIMILIANCY †* similarity, likeness …1622
– SIMILITUDE 1. a person or thing resembling or having the likeness of some other person or thing; a counterpart or equal …c1386
  2. the quality or state of being like; resemblance, similarity, likeness …1387-8 now somewhat rare
– SIMILITUDENESS † the form, likeness, or image of some person or thing …1547
– SIMULACRUM a mere image, a specious imitation or likeness of something …1833
– VERY SPIT OF, THE the exact image, likeness, or counterpart of a person, etc. …1825
likeness – verbs
– EFFIGIATE * to present a likeness of; to portray, to represent by a picture or sculpture …1608
 
LIKEWISE – adverbs
– EFT † again, moreover, likewise …c1000 obs. or arch.
– EFTSOON † again, moreover, likewise …950 obs. or arch.
– EFTSOONS † again, moreover, likewise …c1400 obs. or arch.
 
LIKING – adjectives
– BIG ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking …1867 orig. & chiefly US
– CRAZY ABOUT fond of; enthusiastic about; liking; often implying sexual infatuation …1904
– HIGH ON fond of; liking …1930s sl., orig. US
– HIPPED ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking …1920 orig. US
– HOT ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking …1865
– INTO fond of; enthusiastic about; liking …1969
– KEEN ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking; often implying sexual infatuation …1889
– MAD ABOUT enthusiastic about; fond of; having a strong liking for; sexually infatuated …1744 UK
– MAD KEEN ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking …1949
– NUTS ABOUT fond of; enthusiastic about; liking; often implying sexual infatuation …1785
– NUTS ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking; often implying sexual infatuation …1785
– PARTIAL TO having a fondness or liking for something …1696 UK
– POTTY ABOUT fond of; enthusiastic about; liking; often implying sexual infatuation …1923
– SOLD ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking …1928 orig. US
– STOKED ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking …1963 orig. & chiefly surfing sl.
– WILD ABOUT fond of; enthusiastic about; liking …1868
liking – nouns
– AFFECTATION † inclination towards, affection, liking, fondness of …1607
– BELOVING †* liking, pleasure …1589
– CRUSH an infatuation, esp. a one-sided one; a strong liking for a person, esp. one of the opposite sex …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
– EDGE † of persons: ardour, keenness in pursuit of an object; in weaker sense, inclination, liking …1581
– FAINNESS liking, love, affection, fondness …c1779 Sc.
– FANTASY † inclination, liking, desire …c1374
– FAVORANCE a liking, preference …1933 Amer. dial.
– LIKANCE †* liking; pleasure …c1460
– LOVESHIP fondness, liking …1955 Amer. dial.
– LUST † liking, friendly inclination to a person …c1430
– MUTTON one’s preference, one’s liking; usually in plural …L19 sl., orig. US
– NOTION a liking or fancy, esp. for a person of the opposite sex …1864 Amer. dial.
– THEAT a liking or inclination for …1886 Sc.
 
LILAC – nouns
– BLUE-PIPE † the lilac …1597
– PIPE TREE the common lilac …1930 Amer. dial.
 
LILY OF THE VALLEY – nouns
– BARNEY CLAPPER the lily of the valley …1904 Amer. dial.
– LIRICONFANCY † the lily of the valley …1567
– MAYBELL a lily of the valley …1950 Amer. dial.
– MAY-LILY the lily of the valley …1832 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– VALE-LILY the lily of the valley …1822
– VALLEY-LILY the lily of the valley …1597
– VALLEYS the leaves of the lily of the valley …Bk1905 Eng. dial.