Reverse Dictionary: PERN – PERS

PERNICIOUS – adjectives
– BALE † actively evil, deadly, dire, pernicious, destructive, fatal, cruel, tormenting …a1000
– BALEFUL full of malign, deadly, or noxious influence; pernicious, destructive, noxious, injurious, mischievous, malignant …a1000
 
PERPENDICULAR – adjectives
– PARPIN perpendicular …Bk1905 Sc.
 
PERPETUALLY – adverbs
– EVERLASTING continually, perpetually …1823 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– EVERLIE constantly, perpetually, frequently, continually …1829 Sc.
– EVERLY always, constantly, perpetually, frequently, continually, continuously …1829 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– ON-END immediately, forthwith; without stop or intermission, perpetually, in succession …1888 Eng. dial.
 
PERPLEX – verbs
– BAFFOUND to bewilder, perplex, stun …1868 Eng. dial.
– BELBEVAR to puzzle; to perplex; to be unable to decide …Bk1911 Sc.
– BEPUZZLE * to confuse, to perplex, to bewilder …1599
– BOFFLE to baffle, to confuse, to perplex, to worry, to annoy …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BUFFALO to overpower, to overawe, or constrain by superior force or influence; to nonplus, to confuse, to perplex, to bewilder …1904 US sl.
– BUMBAZE to amaze, confound, bewilder, perplex, bamboozle; to look aghast, confounded, stupefied …1725 chiefly Sc.
– BUMFOOZLE to play tricks upon; to deceive; to humbug; to bewilder, to confuse, to perplex …1880 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– BUMFUZZLE to bewilder, to confuse, to perplex …1905 Amer. dial.
– CAFFLE to perplex, to entangle a person in conversation …1781 Eng. dial.
– CONFUBUSCATE to confuse, perplex, astonish …1880 sl.
– DADDER to perplex, bewilder …19C Eng. dial.
– DEAVE † to deafen, stun, or perplex one with much noise …a1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– DECOMBOBLATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert …1965 Amer. dial.
– DIFFICULT to put in a difficulty, to perplex, to puzzle …1631 Sc.
– DISCOMBOBBLE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert …1965 Amer. dial.
– DISCOMBOBERATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert …1840 Amer. dial.
– DISCOMBOBOLATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert …1943 Amer. dial.
– DISCOMBOBRACATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert …1834 Amer. dial.
– DISCOMBOBULATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert …1916 Amer. sl.
– DISCOMBOOBELATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert …1965 Amer. dial.
– DISCOMBOOBERATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert …1943 Amer. dial.
– DISCOMBOOBLE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert …1965 Amer. dial.
– DISCOMBOOMERATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert …1965 Amer. dial.
– DISCOMBULATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert …1965 Amer. dial.
– DISCONBOBBERATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert …1965 Amer. dial.
– DISCUMBOBERATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert …1916 Amer. dial.
– DISTROUBLE † to trouble greatly; to hinder; to disturb; to perplex …c1369 
– EMBLUSTRICATE † to bewilder, to confuse, to perplex …a1693
– FASTEN to perplex, to nonplus …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FERHOODLE to confuse, to perplex …1935 Amer. dial.
– FLAMBERGAST to amaze, astonish, bewilder, perplex; to take by surprise …1869 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– HABBLE to confuse, to perplex, to nonplus, to embarrass, to impede, to hamper or foil in the performance of anything …1825 Sc.
– HAISTER to perplex, to tease, to pester, to vex, to harass a person; to annoy …1818 Sc.
– HESTER to perplex, to tease, to pester, to vex, to harass a person …1818 Sc.
– MADDLE to perplex; to muddle …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MAMMER to confuse, to perplex …1825 Eng. dial.
– MAR † to confuse, to bewilder; to perplex, to trouble; to grieve, to distress …a1300
– MASKER † to bewilder, to confuse, to perplex …c725 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– MAZZEN to stupefy, to make dizzy; to perplex, to bewilder …1852 Eng. dial.
– MOMMER to confuse, to perplex …1825 Eng. dial.
– PALL to puzzle, to perplex, to nonplus, to thwart, to baffle …1832 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– PAUL to puzzle, to perplex, to nonplus, to thwart, to baffle …1832 Sc.
– POWFAG to tire; to fatigue the brain; to trouble and perplex the mind …1864 Eng. dial.
– PUT THE STUNNERS ON to perplex, to confound, to astonish …Bk1904 sl.
– RAFFLE to confuse, perplex …Bk19C Eng. dial.
– RAVEL to confuse, to render incapable of coherent thought, to perplex …1866 Sc.
– TAFFLE to perplex, to tire, to wear out, to exhaust with fatigue …1750 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TAIGLE to confound or get the better of in an argument; to quiz; to bamboozle, to outsmart; to perplex …1874 Sc.
– TEDDER to perplex, to tease …1851 Eng. dial.
– TERRIFY to puzzle, to perplex …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TICKLE to puzzle, to perplex …1865 Sc.
– WEEWAW to vacillate; to perplex, to distract …1890 Amer. dial.
 
PERPLEXED – adjectives
– ABROAD wide of the mark; out of one’s reckoning; perplexed …1821 colloq.
– AGAINST THE WALL bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ALL ABROAD confused, bewildered, perplexed ,at a loss …1770
– ALL FUSSED ABOUT bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ALL FUSSED UP ABOUT bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ALL HOT AND BOTHERED bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ALL IN THE WIND bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BAFFOUNDED perplexed, bewildered …1886 Eng. dial.
– BEAT bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BERAFFLED perplexed, entangled …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE without a satisfactory alternative; in difficulty; bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. colloq.
– BOGFOUNDERED perplexed, bewildered, puzzled …1896 Eng. dial.
– BUMFOOZLED bewildered, perplexed, confused, disconcerted, mixed up …1912 Amer. dial.
– CABOBBLED confused, puzzled, perplexed, mystified …Bk1823 Eng. dial. & nautical sl.
​- COMFOOZLED bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CONFLUMMOXED bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DISCOMBOBULATED confused; perplexed …Bk2006 US sl.
– DISCOMBOOBULATED confused; perplexed …Bk2006 US sl.
– DRIVEN IN HEAPS perplexed with a multiplicity of work or engagements …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– DUMBFOOZLED bewildered; perplexed; baffled …1825
– DUMP † amazed, perplexed …1622
– FAST puzzled, perplexed; hard up; at a loss, at a standstill …1867 Eng. dial.
– FLOORED bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FLUMMIXED, FLUMMOXED, FLUMMUXED bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FOGGED bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FOGGY obscure or confused; bewildered; perplexed; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GOING bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GRAVELED bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HARD PUT bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HARD PUT TO IT bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HOT AND BOTHERED bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ILL-OFF perplexed, at a loss; in a quandary for want of something …1818 Sc.
– IN A BOX bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– IN A CORNER bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– IN A FOG bewildered; perplexed; baffled; dazed; confused  …Bk1942 Amer. colloq.
– IN A HOBBLE in trouble, perplexed …18C sl. 
– IN A HOLE bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– IN A PUCKER bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– IN A TIGHT BOX adj. bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– IN A YACK † in a state of perplexity …Bk1905 Sc.
– IN THE FOG bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– IN THE SUDS troubled; perplexed; angry …1617 sl.
– IN THE WOODS bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– INTRINSICATE † intricate, involved, entangled, perplexed …1560
– JAMMED bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LICKED bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MARRED † perplexed, distracted, bewildered, bemused …c1350
– MAZED amazed, astonished, surprised; bewildered, astounded, perplexed …1703 Eng. dial.
– MOYSED amazed, astonished, surprised; bewildered, astounded, perplexed …1703 Eng. dial.
– ON ONE’S BEAM ENDS bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ON THE FENCE bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– OUTDONE put out, perplexed, exasperated, displeased; disappointed, overcome, beaten, humiliated, embarrassed …1816 Amer. dial.
– PUT TO SCIENCE at one’s wits’ end; perplexed …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– QUEERED bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– QUISQUIS † perplexing, doubtful, debateful, dubious …1720 Sc.
– QUISQUOSE perplexing, doubtful, debateful, dubious …1720 Sc.
– STALLED bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– STUCK bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– STUMPED bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SUGARED astonished; perplexed …1901 sl.
– SUNK bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TREED bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TURNED AROUND bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TWISTED bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– UP A GUMTREE baffled, perplexed …Bk1996 Aust. sl.
– UP A STUMP bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1904 sl.
– UP A TREE bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– UP AGAINST THE WALL bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– UP IN THE AIR bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– WHAPED † bewildered, dismayed, perplexed, puzzled …c1374
perplexed – person
– DULCARNON † a person in a dilemma; a person perplexed …1577
– PUZZLE-HEAD one who is perplexed or confused over things that are clear and simple to others …1888
perplexed – verbs 
– BE IN A HANK to be in a state of perplexity or trouble …B1900 Eng. dial.
perplexed – phrases
– I”M BUGGERED IF I KNOW! indicates one is bemused or perplexed about something …1929
 
​PERPLEXING, PERPLEXITY – adjectives
– BAFFOUNDING perplexing, bewildering …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– DAFFLING perplexing …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FOGGY confused; confusing; perplexing; not specific enough …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
– IN SUDS † in difficulties, in embarrassment or perplexity ..c1572
– IN THE SUDS † in difficulties, in embarrassment or perplexity ..1603
– KNURRY † ‘knotty’, perplexing …1615
– MADDLING perplexing …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– QUISQUOUS perplexing, subtle; difficult to discuss, deal with, or settle; ticklish …1721 Sc.
– RAFFLING perplexing, disturbing …Bk19C Eng. dial.
perplexing, perplexity – nouns 
– ANOINTER something perplexing or puzzling …B1900 Eng. dial.
– BAMBOOZLEMENT bewilderment; perplexity …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BARBULYE confusion, perplexity, quandary …1820 Sc. arch.
– BARBULYIE perplexity, quandary …1820 Sc.
– BEPUZZLEMENT 1. the act of perplexing …1806
2. perplexity, bewilderment …1885
– BOFFLEMENT a bother; a state of perplexity …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BOTHERATION bewilderment; perplexity …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BOTHERMENT something troublesome; perplexity; bewilderment  …1843 Sc. & Amer. dial.
– BRANGLEMENT confusion; perplexity …Bk1911 Sc.
– COMFOOZLEMENT bewilderment; perplexity …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CRUM-A-GRACKLE a mess, a difficulty, a bother, a perplexity …19C Eng. dial.
– DISCABOOBULATION disarray, discomposure, discomfiture; a state of upset, perplexity …1986 Amer. dial.
– DISCOMBOBOLATION disarray, discomposure, discomfiture; a state of upset, perplexity …1911 Amer. dial.
– DISCOMBOBULATION disarray, discomposure, discomfiture; a state of upset, perplexity …1839 Amer. dial.
– DUMBFOOZLEMENT bewilderment; perplexity …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DUMP † a fit of abstraction or musing; a reverie; a dazed or puzzled state; perplexity, amazement; absence of mind …1523
– FASHING the act of perplexing or teasing …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FRY bewilderment; perplexity …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HABBLE a difficulty, a state of muddle or perplexity; a quandary; a tangle …1797 Sc.
– HAMPER confusion, entanglement; perplexity …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HAMPERMENT confusion, entanglement; perplexity …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HOBBLE bewilderment; perplexity …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MAMMERING † a state of doubt, hesitation, or perplexity …1532
– MAMMERY †* a state of doubt, hesitation, or perplexity; vacillation …1578
– MAZE a state of amazement, bewilderment, or astonishment; perplexity, confusion, surprise …1827 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
– MAZERMENT confusion, perplexity, amazement …1768 Sc. obs.
– NOINTER something perplexing or puzzling …B1900 Eng. dial.
– PADDY-NODDY perplexity, embarrassment; a state of agitation, uneasiness, and trouble …B1900 Eng. dial.
– PUCKER bewilderment; perplexity …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– QUANDORUM a quandary; extreme perplexity …1894 Eng. dial.
– QUONDORUM a quandary; extreme perplexity …1894 Eng. dial.
– STAGGERS, THE bewilderment; perplexity …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– STUMP bewilderment; perplexity …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TAKING a state of excitement, grief, or perplexity …1899 Eng. dial.
– TANGLE a difficulty; a state of mental confusion or perplexity …1873 Sc.
– THRALLAGE bondage; pecuniary difficulty; perplexity …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TITUBATION faltering, suspense, perplexity, embarrassment …1710
perplexing, perplexity – verbs
– GET THINGS IN A HANK to be in a state of perplexity or trouble …B1900 Eng. dial.
– HARL to be in a state of confusion or perplexity …1889 Eng. dial.
– PUZZLE A PHILADELPHIA LAWYER to be very perplexing …Bk1913 Amer. dial.
 
PERQUISITE – nouns
– FEE † a perquisite allowed to an officer or servant …c1386
– GAIN a perquisite; an allowance in kind in addition to cash wages …1730 Sc.
– NAWPINS perquisites …1895 Eng. dial.
– OFF-FALLING † a scrap; anything cast off and thrown on one side; something left over; a perquisite …1660 Sc.
– PARKASEET a perquisite; a tip …1857 Sc.
– RABBITS perquisites; anything ‘buckshee’ (free of charge) …c1920 Royal Navy usage
– UPPINGS perquisites; new or repaired clothes, etc. …1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– VANTAGE † a perquisite …a1470
 
PERSECUTE – person
– CYBERBULLY someone who uses electronic communication to hurt, persecute, or intimidate people
persecute – verbs 
– HARRY to worry, to goad, to torment, to harass; to maltreat, to ill-use, to persecute; to worry mentally; to bother …a1400-50
– WAR † to harass, to persecute …a1225
 
PERSECUTED – verbs
– CRY CAPIVVY to be persecuted to the death, or very near it …1843 sl.
 
PERSECUTION – person
– TOAD-UNDER-A-HARROW a person under constant oppression or persecution …1825
 
PERSEVERANCE – adjectives
– IMPERSEVERANT † not persevering, wanting in perseverance …1594
– SHORT-SPIRITED lacking forbearance or perseverance …1647
perseverance – nouns 
– BELEAVING † remaining steadfast; endurance, perseverance …1340
– SAND courage; tenacity; stamina; pluck; determination; perseverance; obstinacy …1867 Amer. dial.
– STICKABILITY perseverance …1888 sl., orig. US
– STICK-TO-IT-IVENESS perseverance …1867 sl., orig. & chiefly US
– THROUGH-GANG labour, difficulty; perseverance; energy …Bk1905 Sc.
 
PERSEVERE – person
– ABIDER †* a person who is steadfast, or who perseveres …1435
– BANE an industrious, diligent, persevering man …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– HACKER one who perseveres in the face of challenges; a survivor …1970s US sl.
– PEBBLE someone who perseveres; a resolute person …1829 Aust. sl.
– STICKER someone who perseveres; a resolute person …1824 sl.
persevere – verbs
– ACKADUR to persevere, to endure, to endeavour …1866 Sc.
– HAG AT A THING to persevere, to labour, to work away at a thing …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HANG IN THERE to persevere …1969 sl., chiefly US
– KEEP to persevere in, to carry on with, to maintain …1935 Amer. dial.
– KEEP ON TRUCKING to persevere …1972 US sl.
– LAY WITH to hold tight to, to keep at, to stick with a task or a project or continue to work hard …1954 Amer. dial.
– LAY WITH IT to hold tight to, to keep at, to stick with a task or a project or continue to work hard …1965 Amer. dial.
– PEG AWAY to persevere …1818 sl.
– PLUG AWAY to continue working hard at something, to persevere …1947 sl.
– PUNCH AWAY to keep trying or working, esp. in difficult or discouraging circumstances; to persevere …colloq.
– RESOLUTE to persevere …1917 Amer. dial.
– SOLDIER ON to persevere against peril; to continue doggedly in the face of difficulty or hardship …1954 UK sl.
– STAND A GOOD FAG to resist tiredness; to persevere …L18 sl.
– STAY-WITH to persist or persevere in; to stick to …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– STICK WITH to persevere …1915 sl.
– SUBSIST † to keep on, to persevere …1632
– VASBYT to keep going, to ‘tough it out’, to ‘bite the bullet’ …1960s S. Afr. sl., orig. military
– WADE † to persevere under difficulties …1714
 
PERSEVERING – adjectives
– FULL OF GUTS courageously determined or persevering …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GRITTY courageously determined or persevering, courageous …Bk1905 Amer. sl.
– IMPORTUNATE persistent or pressing in solicitation; pertinacious, persistent, persevering …1477
– THROUGH-GOING active, energetic; persevering …1822 Sc.
– THROUGH-PUTTING active, energetic; persevering …Bk1905 Sc.
 
PERSIST – person
– BARNACLE one who persists at something …1896 US sl. 
– MASTERPIECE a self-willed person; one who persists in having his own way …1895 Eng. dial.
persist – verbs 
– DUN to persist in trying to get what is due to one …c1626
– DURE † to persist, to hold out in action; to continue in a certain state, condition, or place …1297
– GUT IT OUT to be strong or tough in the face of adversity; to be sturdily stoic; to persist; to endure bravely and tenaciously …1930s Amer. sl.
– IMPORTUNATE to solicit persistently; to urge, to importune …a1598
– IMPORTUNE to solicit pressingly and persistently; to ply or beset with requests or petitions …1530
– OPINIATRE † to maintain or persist in obstinately …1652
– STAND TRUE VERMIN * to show pluck and persistency …1834
– STAY-WITH to persist or persevere in; to stick to …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
 
PERSISTENCE – nouns
– IMPROBITY † persistency, perseverance …c1380 
– MAIN STRENGTH AND AWKWARDNESS brute force; simple persistence …1928 Amer. dial.
– MAIN STRENGTH OF IGNORANCE brute force; simple persistence …1942  Amer. dial.
– OBSTINANCE * stubborn or self-willed persistence; obstinacy …1432-50
– OBSTINANCY * stubborn or self-willed persistence; obstinacy …1614
 
PERSISTENT – adjectives
– EIDENT continuous, persistent, esp. with reference to weather …1786 Sc.
– HEADY headstrong, impetuous, violent, self-willed, persistent …1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HEIDIE headstrong, impetuous, violent, self-willed, persistent …1871 Sc.
– HEIDY headstrong, impetuous, violent, self-willed, persistent …1871 Sc.
– IDENT diligent, persistent …1591 Sc.
– IMPORTUNATE persistent or pressing in solicitation; pertinacious, persistent, persevering …1477
– IMPORTUNE persistent or pressing in solicitation; pertinacious; irksome through persistency of request …1447
– INSTANT urgent, pressing, persistent …1839 Sc.
– OBSTINED †* made obstinate or persistent; hardened …1606
– ONSTANDIN determined, unyielding, esp. in bargaining; importunate, stolidly persistent in trying to get one’s way …1866 Sc.
– STICKY long-lasting, persistent …1879
persistent – person 
– BAUSON a stupidly persistent man …19C arch.
– BAWSON a stupidly persistent man …Bk1955
– BIRD DOG a persistent, tenacious person …1922 sl.
persistent – verbs
– BE LIKE A DOG WITH A BONE to be tenacious, persistent, or obstinate; to be unwilling to yield, relent, or let go; to be unable to set aside a preoccupation or obsession …1887
– DOG to harass or worry a person; to continue at a thing persistently or doggedly …1645
persistent – phrases 
– DEAD BUT WON’T LIE DOWN persistent where most would believe it futile to go on …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– FALL BACK, FALL EDGE come what may; through thick and thin …1622
 
PERSISTENTLY – adverbs
– EVER AND ALWAYS always; persistently …1967 Amer. dial.
– IMPORTUNABLY † persistently, pertinaciously; importunately …1502
– IMPORTUNATELY with pressing or persistent action or purpose; pressingly …1568
– IMPORTUNELY † pressingly, persistently, pertinaciously …1502
 
PERSON – nouns
– BATCH of persons: a set, a clique, a family …1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– GARRISON † a body of persons …1500-20
– KENNEL † a pack, crew, gang, or persons …1581
person – person 
– ABORTION (derogatory) an all-purpose term for a person …1834 sl.
– ALLIGATOR any person, irrespective of musical taste …1950s US teen sl.
– ANIMAL a type of person …1922 sl.
– APPLE a person; a fellow, a guy …1928 colloq.
– ARTICLE a person; usually used with a preceding adjective …1811 sl.
– ARTIST 1. a person devoted to or unusually proficient in the stated activity, as a ‘bullshit artist’ …1890 sl.
2. a person; a chap; a fellow …c1905 sl.
– ASS an individual …1946 Amer. sl.
– BABE a person …1898 sl., orig. & chiefly US
– BABY a person; a fellow; a man; a ‘customer’ …1861 sl.
– BALLOCKS a person, often used affectionately …1922 sl.
– BANE a person, each member of a group …c1782 Sc.
– BEAN a person …1978 US sl.
– BEGGAR (often mildly derogatory) a person of the stated sort, as a ‘little beggar’ …1833 Brit. sl.
– BEIK a person …1825 Sc.
– BEITCH a male or a female, a friend or an enemy …1988 US Black & teen sl.
– BENNY a person, a fellow …1960 US sl.
– BERRY a person, a fellow …1931 sl.
– BEUCH a person …Bk1866 Sc.
– BIRD a person, usually male; a bloke; also, a term of address …c1561
– BIRDIE a person, usually male, a bloke …1857 UK sl.
– BIRKIE a lively, smart youth; a person of any age …Bk1911 Sc. 
– BLADE a human being, a person …1773 Sc.
– BLEEDER a person …1887 Brit. sl.
– BOD a person …1933 Brit. sl.
– BODDIE, BODIE, BODY a person …Bk1911 Sc.
– BO-JACK a fellow, a person …1970 Amer. dial.
– BOOGER (sometimes derogatory) a fellow, a guy …1938 Amer. dial.
– BOUL a term of contempt for a person …Bk1911 Sc.
– BOZO a fellow, a person …1920 Amer. dial.
– BUB a man, a fellow …1872 Amer. dial.
– BUFF a man, a person …E18 sl.
– BUGGER (sometimes derogatory) a fellow, a guy …1854 Amer. dial.
– CABBAGE a person, a fellow, a chap …M18 sl.
– CAMPER a person, an individual …1970s US sl.
– CHARACTER (often mildly derogatory) a person …1931 sl.
– CHUMMY a person …1910s sl.
– CHUMP a person, esp., a regular working man …M19 sl.
– COOKEY a person; a gal, a guy …1930 Amer. sl.
– COOKIE a person; a person of the stated type, as a ‘tough cookie’ …1917 sl., orig. US
– CRITTER a person, usually disparaging …1815 US sl.
– CUSS (mildly derogatory) a person of the stated sort, as an ‘awkward cuss’ …1775 sl., orig. US
– CUSTOMER (usually mildly derogatory) a person of the stated sort, as a ‘mean customer’ …1589 sl.
– DADDY a fellow; a ‘customer’ …1964 US sl.
– DADDY-O a friend; a fellow; used in direct address …1948 US jazz usage
– DEAL an individual or thing …1940s sl., orig. US
– DEALIE an individual or thing …1940s sl., orig. US
– DOC a fellow; used in direct address …1869 US sl.
– DUCK (usually derogatory) a person of the stated sort, as a ‘slick duck’ …1871 US sl.
– DUKE a regular fellow; a tough guy …1989 US sl.
– EGG a person of the stated sort, as a ‘tough egg’ …1855 sl.
– FACE a person, a fellow, esp. if White …1944 US Black sl.
– FACE OF CLAY, THE any living person …1828 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– FISH (mainly derogatory) a person of the stated sort, as a ‘cold fish’ …1750 sl.
– FUCKER a rude nickname for a person, usually a male …20C sl.
– GADJÉ a person, an individual; used rather contemptuously …1875 Eng. dial.
– GALAH a chap, a fellow …1941 Aust. sl.
– GATEMOUTH a person, a man …1944 US Black sl.
– GAZOOK a person, a fellow …1904 US sl.
– GAZOOKA a person, a fellow …1904 US sl.
– GEEHONKUS an individual, a person …1919 US sl.
– GEEK a person, a fellow, esp. one who is regarded as foolish, offensive, worthless, etc.; a clumsy or eccentric person; one who is befooled or derided; a dupe …1876 sl., orig. N. Eng. dial.
– GERANIUM a person, a fellow …1906 US Western sl.
– GHOST † a person, a wicked-looking person; a villain …a1000
– GHOST-SOUL a double of a person …1871 folklore usage
– GINK a fellow, a person (not derogatory); also used as a jovial or affectionate term of address …1912 US sl.
– GUNK (derogatory) a person …1964 US sl.
– GUY a person …1847 sl., orig. US
– HABRA DABRA AND THE CREW any random representatives of the populace; ‘Tom, Dick, and Harry’ …1965 Barbados
– HAD person …c900
– HADE † a person …c900
– HARLOT † a fellow; playfully, a good fellow …c1386
– H.B.S. human beings …c1930 jocular
– HEADLING † an equal, a fellow, a mate …c950
– HEAP a great company, esp. of persons; a multitude …971
– HER JILLPOTS that person, her …1937 UK itinerant entertainers’ usage
– HIS JILLPOTS that person, him …1937 UK itinerant entertainers’ usage
– HIS KNABS a person …L18 sl.
– HIS NABS a person …L18 sl.
– INDIVIDUAL (mildly derogatory) a person of the stated sort, as a ‘friendless individual’ …1888 sl.
– JABART, JABBARD a term of contempt for a person …1949 Sc.
– JACK † a man of the common people; a lad, a fellow; a chap; a low-bred or ill-mannered fellow; a knave …1548
– JACK-RAG a person …1895 Eng. dial.
– JAUDEWIN † a term of reproach for a person …1340-70
– JAY a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person …1890 Amer. dial.
– JAYBIRD a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person …1886 Amer. dial.
– JAYHAWK a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person …1907 Amer. dial.
– JAYHAWKER a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person …1911  Amer. dial.
– JAZZBO a fellow, a person …1923 Amer. dial.
– JOHNNY a fellow, a chap …L17 colloq.
– JOKER a man, a fellow, a chap …E19 sl., orig. Aust.
– KATYDID an individual; a person …1873 US sl.
– KEED a person, used in direct address …1920s US sl.
– LAD a person; used depreciatingly of either sex …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LARK a fellow, a person …1835 Amer. sl.
– LARKIE, LARKY a fellow, a person …1833 Amer. sl.
– LEDE † a man, person; esp. one of the ‘men’ or subjects of a king or chief; a subject …a1300
– LEMON a fellow, a man …1979 UK rhyming sl. for ‘geezer’ (Lemon-Squeezer)
– LEMON CURD (derogatory) a person …1960s rhyming sl. for ‘turd’
– LEMON-SQUEEZER a fellow, a man …1979 UK rhyming sl. for ‘geezer’
– LIVER PAD a person …1882 US jocular
– LOLLYGAG a term of disparagement for a person …1940 Amer. dial.
– MAKE an equal, a fellow; a friend; a companion, a consort, a ‘mate’ …1678 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MAN AND MAN a person …1970s US Black sl.
– MAN CRITTER a human being …1940 Amer. dial.
– MEMBER a person, an individual …1896 Eng. dial.
– MERCHANT a person devoted to or unusually proficient in the stated activity, as a ‘speed merchant’ …1914 sl.
– MICKEY, MICKIE, MICKY a fellow, a person …1950s US sl.
– MIDGICRAW a term of contempt for a person …B1905 Eng. dial.
– MOLLYFOCK (derogatory) a person …1960s sl.
– MOMMET a person; a term of abuse …1827 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MONG (derogatory) a human being …1933 Aust. sl.
– MONK a person …1864 UK criminals’ sl.
– MONKEY an unspecified person; a stranger; a man, a fellow; a member of the general public …1815 colloq.
– MORTAL a person …a1425 colloq.
– MOTHER CHILD † a person …a1300
– MOTHERFUCKER a fellow, a person …1958 US sl.
– MOTHER’S CHILD * a person; chiefly in ‘every mother’s child’ …1594
– MOTION † a person; used derisively …1602
– MR. ANYBODY a generic name for an anonymous member of the public …1940s sl.
– MR. AVERAGE the average member of the public …1910s sl.
– MR. AVERAGEMAN the average member of the public …1910s sl.
– MUDDAFUKKA a motherfucker; a person; a despised person; a difficult thing or situation …1995 US sl.
– NABS a person of either sex …1797 Amer. sl.
– NIMSHY a human being; a girl, a young girl …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– NOSPER a person …L19 back-slang
– NUT a person …1856 Brit. sl.
– OLD BIRD a person, usually old …1910s sl.
– OLD IDENTITY a person, usually an eccentric one, a ‘character’ …M19 sl.
– OLD SCOUT a person; usually used as an affectionate term of address …E19 sl.
– OLD SCREAM a person; usually used as a term of address …1920s sl.
– OONT a person; a fellow …L19 Aust. & Anglo-Indian
– OUTFIT (usually derogatory) a person or persons …1867 sl., orig. US
– PACKAGE a man, a person …1920s US sl.
– PALOOKA a person, irrespective of size or intelligence …1920s US sl.
– PERISHER a person, usually implying contempt or pity …1896 sl.
– POOT a derogatory or sometimes affectionate term for a person …1941 Amer. dial.
– POSSUM a person of the stated sort, as a ‘little possum’; also a term of address …1894 Aust. sl.
– POT a person …Bk1919 Aust. services sl.
– POTATO a person …1868 Eng. dial.
– RAT a person, esp. an enthusiast …20C sl.
– SAM, COW AND THE DUPPY a random selection of the populace; Tom, Dick and Harry …1965 Barbados
– SARDINE a person …1866 US sl.
– SCONCE, SKONCE a person …L16 sl.
– SCOUT a fellow or companion; a person of the stated sort, as a ‘good scout’ …1912 sl.
– SCRAG-PIECE a term of contempt for a person …1879 Eng. dial.
– SCROUNGE a derogatory term for a person …1930s US sl.
– SCULPIN a derogatory term for an animal or person; a rascal; a backbiter …1836 Amer. dial.
– SHAVETAIL a person …1832 Amer. dial.
– SHOAT a person; an idle, trifling, worthless fellow …1809 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
– SHOTE (derogatory) a person; a trifling, worthless fellow …1844 Amer. dial.
– SINGULAR * a single person; an individual …1420
– SINNER – a person …1991 Irish sl.
– SKATE a person, irrespective of qualities …L19 US sl.
– SKEESICKS, SKEEZICKS, SKEEZIX, SKEEZUCKS a person, usually a troublemaker …1850 US sl.
– SKIN 1. a term of contempt for a person …1825
2. a person …1958 UK sl.
– SO-AND-SO a person of the stated sort, as a ‘poor so-and-so’ …1943 sl.
– SOD a chap, a fellow, a guy …19C sl., chiefly Brit.
– SORT a person of the stated sort, as a ‘bad sort’ …c1869 sl.
– SPECIMEN (mainly derogatory) a person of the stated sort, as a ‘queer specimen’ …1854 sl.
– STICK (often mildly derogatory) a person of the stated sort as an ‘old stick’ …1785 sl.
– TAD a person, usually a boy or child …1871 Amer. dial.
– TADWHACKER a person, usually a boy or child …1941 Amer. dial.
– TAG a label commonly given to a person or thing …1960s sl.
– TAIL-WAGGER a general insult for a person …1958 sl. 
– TILLICUM a person, esp. an associate or friend …1868 Amer. dial.
– TOMMY TUCKER a person …1990s rhyming sl. for ‘fucker’
– TOWFUD a term of contempt for a person …1875 Sc.
– UNIT a person …1960s US college sl.
– WAG † a mischievous boy; often used as a mother’s term of endearment to a baby boy; also, a youth, a young man; a fellow …a1553
– WALLAH a person …1776 Anglo-Indian 
– WALLER a derogatory term for a person …2000s US Black sl.
– WARM BODY a person …Bk1994 US sl. 
– WAT † a person; especially ‘a great wat’ …1399
– WIGHT a human being; a person …ME now arch., Eng. dial., & literary
– WISH-WAS someone who wishes that he were something that he is not …1991 US sl. 
– YAHOO a person …1977 sl.
– YIRD-CREEPER one who creeps on the earth, man as opposed to the birds …1877 Sc.
– YOKE a person …1961 UK sl.
– YOM a person, a fellow …1977 US sl.
– YOMO a person, a fellow …1977 US sl. 
 
PERSONAL – adjectives
– SINGULAR † pert. to or connected with the individual, in contrast to what is common or general; personal, private, one’s own …c1340
– VERNACULAR personal, private …1840
personal – nouns 
– NEVERMIND one’s own business or affairs; a concern …1935
personal – phrases 
– THAT’S MY DEAL that’s my business …1940s sl.
 
PERSONALITY – nouns
– EGO-HOOD individuality, personality …1873 nonce word
– TURN personality, temperament, manner …1923 Amer. dial.
– VIBE of a person: personality, style …1960s sl.
– VIBES of a person: personality, style …1960s sl.
 
PERSONAL PROPERTY – nouns  (also see BELONGINGS)
– CRUD junk; stuff; personal possessions …Bk2006 US sl.
– DUFFLE gear; small personal property; trash …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– PLUNDER baggage, gear; personal property …1805 Amer. dial.
– TOGGERY one’s gear or belongings …1850s
– TRAPS belongings, personal property; things; goods, furniture …1813
 
PERSONATE – verbs
– MENT to resemble, to take after; to personate …1790 Eng. dial.
 
PERSPIRATION – adjectives
– FADY damp, musty; covered with perspiration …1790 Eng. dial.
perspiration – nouns  (also see SWEAT)
– HADDER a state of perspiration; sweat …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– LAB-DAB a profuse perspiration …B1900 Eng. dial.
– LILLYDEW a perspiration, sweat; an excitement …1854 Eng. dial.
– MASH heat,  a condition of heat and perspiration …1880 Eng. dial.
– MUCK OF (A) SWEAT excessive sweat, perspiration …1899 Amer. dial.
– MUCK-SWEAT a very nasty, sweaty state; perspiration; orig. and properly if dust or dirt has accrued …c1830 Brit. colloq.
– PERSPRIATION perspiration …1968 Amer. dial.
– SAM a state of perspiration …1854 Eng. dial.
– SUDATION † sweating, perspiration …1599
– SUDORIFICATION †* sweat, perspiration …1708
– THOW perspiration; a profuse sweat …1838 Sc.
– URE sweat, perspiration …Bk1905 Sc.
 
PERSPIRE – verbs
– EXPIRE to perspire, to sweat …1966 Amer. dial.
– GET A RAZZLING to get into a state of perspiration …B1900 Eng. dial.
– PERSPIRATE * to perspire; to sweat …1822
– POPPLE of persons: to be in an overheated state; to stream with perspiration …1808 Sc.
– REEK to emit vapour; to steam; to perspire; to be misty …1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– REEK AGAIN to perspire freely …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCHVITZ, SHVITZ to perspire …1992 US sl.
– SUDATE † to sweat, to perspire …1599
 
PERSPIRING – adjectives
– MALTED perspiring; heated …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– SAM moist, in a state of perspiration …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SAMMY watery, moist, sodden; in a state of perspiration …1809 Eng. dial.
– SUDORIFICAL †* sweaty, perspiring …1828
– URY clammy, covered with perspiration …Bk1905 Sc.
 
PERSUADE – adjectives
– PARAENETICAL * advisory, hortatory; apt to persuade, admonishing …1598
– SUASORIAN †* tending to persuade; persuasive …1646
– SUASORY * tending to persuade; persuasive …1576
persuade – person
– SPRUIKER a person who shouts to attract customers; one who tries to persuade people to buy something, use a service, etc., often in a dishonest or exaggerated way; a tout …1893  Aust. & NZ sl.
persuade – verbs 
– ARGUFY to persuade by argument …1853 Amer. dial.
– BAISE † to persuade, to coax …1825 Sc.
– COP to take in, to persuade …L19 sl.
– FANNY to deceive or persuade by glib talk …1930s Brit. sl.
– FANNY ON to talk with the intention to persuade or deceive …1949 UK sl.
– FINAGLE to get or achieve by trickery, craftiness, or persuasion; to wangle …1927 US sl.
– FINNEGAN to cozen, to persuade artfully …1968 Amer. dial.
– GAG to persuade, to boost, to promote …L19 sl.
– GAGA to persuade, to ‘sweet talk’ …1990s sl.
– HAG † to incite, to urge; to try to persuade …1587 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– HOOK to snare, to entice, or to swindle a victim; to persuade with deception or flattery; to trick; to defraud …c1730 Amer. sl.
– LEAN ON to pressurize, to persuade, possibly with violence or threats of violence, to threaten with force ..1920s sl., orig. US
– MACK to lie or exaggerate in order to deceive, exploit, or influence someone; to convince or persuade in a deceptive way …1975 US Black sl.
– OIL to persuade in some deceitful manner; to bribe …1920s US sl.
– OPPUGN †* to prevail upon, to win over, to persuade …1596
– PALAVER to persuade by talking …1767
– RAP to persuade; to trick out of …1940s US sl.
– SALVE OVER to talk over or persuade by smooth speech …1862 colloq.
– SIREN * to allure, to entice, to persuade …1690
– SUADE * to persuade …1531 now rare or Eng. dial.
– TEW to annoy. to vex; to tease, to importune, to pester; to urge, to persuade …1781 Eng. dial.
– THROW THE HOOKS to persuade victims with deception or flattery …1887 Amer. criminals’ sl.
– TILL † to draw, to attract, to persuade; to entice, to allure, to coax; to win over …a1225
– WORK to exert one’s charm, power, persuasiveness, etc., esp. on an audience; to manipulate …1851 Amer. sl.
 
PERSUADED – adjectives
– HAMPER-LOGGED persuaded; overborne …1893 Eng. dial.
– SUADIBLE †* that may be easily persuaded …1382
– SUASIBLE * capable of being persuaded; that is easily persuaded …1582
persuaded – person 
– EASY MARK someone or something overcome, mastered, or persuaded without difficulty; a gullible person; anything achieved with ease …1845 sl.
 
PERSUADING – adjectives
– ADHORTATORY † persuading or urging to a course; inciting …1660
– SUASIVE having or exercising the power of persuading or urging …1601
 
PERSUASION – nouns 
– ADHORTATION † encouragement, persuasion, incitement …1536
– ARM-TWISTING powerful persuasion …colloq.
– BULL CON a concerted attempt at flattery, deception, or persuasion …1896 US sl.
– EDGEMENT incitement, urging, persuasion …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GUM-GREASE sweet talk, friendly persuasion …1960 Amer. dial.
– INCREED internal persuasion …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– SNOW JOB an act of deception; a lie; an excuse; strong and persistent persuasion, esp. in a dubious cause …1940s US sl.
– SOFT SOAP flattering, persuasive, or cajoling talk; insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense …1830 colloq., orig. US
– SUADA † persuasiveness; persuasive eloquence …1592
– SUASION the act or fact of exhorting or urging; persuasion …c1374
– SUASIVE a persuasive speech, motive or influence …1670
– SUASORINESS * aptness to persuade …1727
– SUASORY † a persuasive speech, motive or influence …1625
– TIGHTING † persuading, enticement …c1000
persuasion – phrases 
– I’D HAVE DONE IT FOR A FARTHING it would have taken very little persuasion to make me do it …L19 sl.
 
PERSUASIVE – adjectives
– INBEARING † persuasive, eloquent, impressive …1694 Sc.
– MEDICINE persuasive …L19 US sl.
– PROTREPTICAL † adapted to persuade; hortatory, persuasive …1667-8
– SILVER eloquent, persuasive, sweet-spoken …1594
– SOAPY insincere in manner; ingratiating, sycophantic, flattering or persuasive …1854 sl.
– SUASORIAN †* tending to persuade; persuasive …1646
– SUASORY * tending to persuade; persuasive …1576
persuasive – person
– ARM-TWISTER someone who uses strong persuasion …Amer. sl.
– BLAGGER a person who seeks to obtain or achieve something by persuasive talk or plausible deception; a bluffer, a scrounger, a cadger; a smooth talker, a persuasive person …1963 Brit. sl.
persuasive – verbs 
– GAMMON to talk plausibly or persuasively …1789 colloq.
persuasive – phrases
– COULD SELL BOOMERANGS TO THE BLACKS very persuasive …Bk1999 Aust. sl.