ETYMOLOGY
from be- + blubber (to weep effusively) + -ed
EXAMPLE
“…Thee seas, thee regions and eeche place worldlye beholding,
On Lybye land lastly fixt his celestial eyesight.
And thus as he mused, with tears Venus heauye beblubberd
Prest foorth in presence, and whimpring framed her errand…”
From: The First Booke of Virgil His Aeneis
Translated by Richard Stanyhurst, 1582
ETYMOLOGY
of unknown origin;
the coincidence in sound and sense with Greek ἕρπειν from ἕρπω (hérpō) (to move slowly),
is noticeable.
EXAMPLE
“…The bull: the beir: the bugill: and the bair:
The wodwys: vildcat: and the wild wolfyne:
The hardbakkit hurcheoun: and the hirpland hair:
Baith otter and aip: and pennit porcupyne.
The gukit gait: the selie scheip the swyne:
The bauer bakon and the balterand brok:
The fowmart, with the fyber furth can flok…”
From: The Morall Fabillis of Esope the Phrygian
“The taill of the sone & air of the forsaid foxe”
Robert Henryson, a1500
ETYMOLOGY
apparently from Old French garbouille (confused mess, confusion, disorder), of uncertain and disputed origin;
From the O.E.D.: “it is likely that this word and the related garboil v. have been associated with garble v. and garble n., and probably regarded as variants of these”
EXAMPLE
“…and after long and mature debating off the mattar, forasmuch as itt appeared the Mayor to have ben a great sturrer of this garboyle, and to be a man that att sondry tymes hadde deluded wyth delayes the sayde commissioners whereby the matter cowlde grow to none ende…”
From: Selections from the Records of the City of Oxford
Edited by Willilam H, Turner, 1880
‘1543, May 22. Decree of the Privy Councell in the matters of Difference between the University and City.‘
ETYMOLOGY
from toil (strife, turmoil, dispute) + -ous
EXAMPLE
“….R
to riotus, to reueling, ne rage not to rudeli.
S
to straunge, ne to stirynge, ne straungeli to stare.
T
to toilose, ne to talewijs, for temperaunce is beest.
V
to venemose, ne to veniable, & voide al vilonye.
W
to wielde, ne to wraþful, neiþer waaste, ne waade not to depe..”
From: Aristotle’s A B C
in The Babees Book,
Lambeth Manuscript. a1430
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin tussicus (afflicted with tussis a cough)
EXAMPLE
“…Phisition Mirus talkes of saliuation,
Of Tophes and Pustules, and Febricitation;
Who doth ingurgitate, who tussicate,
And who an vlcer hath inueterate.
Thus while his Inkehorne termes he doth apply,
Euacuated is his ingenie...”
From: Chrestoleros. Seuen Bookes of Epigrames
By Thomas Bastard, 1598
ETYMOLOGY
from mutter (n.) + -ous
EXAMPLE
“…Lyke bees in summar season, through rustical hamlets
That flirt in soonbeams, and toyle with mutterus humbling.
When they do foorth carry theyre yoong swarme fledggie to gathring…”
From: Thee First Foure Bookes of Virgil his Aeneis
Translated intoo English by Richard Stanyhurst, 1582
ETYMOLOGY
from heart + bound
EXAMPLE
“…When Strephon cursing his owne backwardnes
Came to hir back, and so with double warde
Emprison hir, who both them did possesse
As heart-bound slaues: and happy then embrace
Vertues proofe, fortunes victor, beauties place…”
From: The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia.
By Sir Philip Sidney. a1586
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin mentionatus, pa. pple. of mentionare (to make mention of)
EXAMPLE
“…Ffinally, in my moste humble wise, eftsones I thanke your Grace for your singular goodenes afor mentionate both concernyng me and also the Commons…”
From: Original Letters: Illustrative of English History
Edited by Henry Ellis, 1846
Letter CXXXI. Archbishop Warham to Cardinal Wolsey; c1525
ETYMOLOGY
from turmoil + -ous
EXAMPLE
“…but trueth hys frende more then they bothe, euen so I thinke it no iniurye nor contumelye to Saynct Augustyne, yf the same were sayde of hym also geuynge hym otherwyse hys dewe commendacions, as he was surelye an excellent man, of dyuyne wytte, and knowledge, and so trauayled in settynge foorth Christes true Relygion in those turmoylous dayes, in perpetual combatte, agaynste learned heretykes and Prynces of the worlde, that he is worthelye called a Doctour and Pyller of Christes Churche…”
From: A Treatyse of the Newe India with other New Founde Landes and Islandes
By Sebastian Münster
Translated by Richard Eden, 1553
ETYMOLOGY
for adj. 1: from Latin stultitia (folly),
from stultus (foolish)
EXAMPLE
“…In Wales in diuers places is vsed these two stulticious matters, the fyrste is, that they wyl sell their lams, and theyr calues, and theyr corne the whyche is not sowen, and all other newynges, a yere before that they be sure of any newynge; and men wyl bye it, trustynge vppon hope of suche thynges that wyl come…”
From:
The Fyrst Boke of the Introduction of Knowledge
By Andrew Boorde, 1549
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