Tag: 1600 – 1699

Word of the Day: RASCABILIAN

ETYMOLOGY
derived from rascabilia (rascals collectively)

EXAMPLE
“…Then next, I bequeath to the whole societie of these my carousing companions, as followeth: Namely, drinke, more drinke, a little more drinke, yet more drinke, then a little modicum of Bakers bread: then drinke againe, then more drinke, then yet a little more drinke, and so forth. Item, I appoint Arthur ale-man, the sole and onely Executor of this my last Testament, making Huf-cap the Hunts-man, and Small-braines the Shoomaker, my ioynt superuisers; allowing to euery of them, a full pipe of Tobacco for his paines taken that way. Witnesse hereunto, the whole Rascabilian rabblement of this our damnable Crew…”

From: Tobacco Tortured,
or, The filthie fume of tobacco refined shewing all sorts of subiects, that the inward taking of tobacco fumes, is very pernicious vnto their bodies.
By John Deacon, 1616

Word of the Day: INQUIROUS

ETYMOLOGY
from inquire + -ous

EXAMPLE
“…In our sixe dayes toile, traversing this Countrey, wee had many troubles and snarlings from these Savages; who somtimes over-laboured us with Bastinados, and were still inquirous, what I was, and whither I went; yea and enough for the Dragoman to save my life and liberty…”

From: The totall discourse, of the rare adventures, and painefull peregrinations of long nineteene yeares trauayles from Scotland, to the most famous kingdomes in Europe, Asia, and Affrica,
By William Lithgow, 1632

Word of the Day: REMORAL

ETYMOLOGY
from Latin remora (delay) + -al

EXAMPLE
“…Besides great Counsellors have their private, and their publique ends; and their private affections do oftentimes yield to their publique judgements, and make them remoral in their friends suits. And therefore noble natures will be rather thankful for good turns received, than ungrateful, that they enjoy not all their own hearts desire…”

From: Collectanea Curiosa; 
Or Miscellaneous Tracts, 
Relating to the History and Antiquities of England and Ireland,
John Gutch, 1781
An Apology for the late Lord Treasurer Sir Robert Cecill, Earl of Salisbury,
Written by Sir Walter Cope, a1625

Word of the Day: LASCIVIATE

ETYMOLOGY
irregular, from Latin lascivire, after verbs ending in -iate

EXAMPLE 1
“…A kemb’d Oration will cost both sweate, and the rubbing of the braine. And kemb’d I wish it, not frizzled, nor curl’d. Divinity should not lasciuiate, Vn-wormewooded jests I like well; but they are fitter for the Tauerne, then the Majesty of a Temple. Christ taught the People with Authoritie. Gravitie becomes the Pulpit. Demosthenes confest he became an Orator, by spending more Oyle then Wine…”

From: Resolves, a Duple Century
By Owen Felltham, 1628

EXAMPLE 2
“…But by his smile the Prophet means that the people would be reduced to such straits, that they might not lasciviate, as they had done, in their superstitions; for while the Israelites enjoyed prosperity, they thought everything lawful for them; hence their security, and hence their contempt of the word of the Lord…”

From: Commentaries on the Twelve Minor Prophets.
By John Calvin.
Translation from the Original Latin by the Rev. John Owen, 1846

Word of the Day: AMARICATE

ETYMOLOGY
from late Latin amaricat- ppl. stem of amaricare (to make bitter, to irrritate, to anger),
from amarus (bitter) + -icare

EXAMPLE
“…But what vertue so cold I pray you is there in Opium, which shall make me sleep though unwilling, and hot enough? If the coldnesse of the vapours, why do wines after dinner provoke to sleep? whether therefore is there one identity of heat and cold to the procuring of sleep? why therefore is cold singularly attributed to Opium? why are not hot things equally reckon’d narcotick and dormitive? how doth opium amaricate? and amaritude in the schools predominating is accounted hot? Therefore it is of unavoidable necessity, that the schools should chuse one of these; to wit, either that the coldnesse of opium is not exceeding, and by consequence that Opium doth not produce sleep by his cold…”

From: Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeōs, The vanity of the craft of physick
By Noah Biggs, 1651

Word of the Day: TENTIGINOUS

ETYMOLOGY
from Latin tentigo, -inis, (a tension, lecherousness) + –ous

EXAMPLE
“…O wife, the rarest man! yet there’s another
To put you in mind o’ the last.
Such a brave man, wife!
Within, he has his projects, and do’s vent ‘hem,
The gallantest! where you tentiginous? ha?
Would you be acting of the Incubus?
Did her silkes rustling move you?…”

From: The Divell is an Asse A Comedie
By Ben Jonson
First performed 1616
First published In Workes of Benjamin Jonson, 1631

Word of the Day: LABION

ETYMOLOGY
from Latin labion-, labio  also Latin labeon-, labeo (a person who has large lips)
from labea, labia + ‑o

EXAMPLE
“…for it must necessarily be a meanes to hinder their speech by thickning their lips, as experience teacheth in those who either by Nature or by accident have thick, swoln, blabber lips, causing them to speak in their mouth, uttering their words very baldly and indistinctly, and assuredly the same or worse must befall these artificiall Labions, for their Lips must needs hang in their light, and their words stick in the birth, when such unwealdy Pourers out of speech occasion a hinderance to their delivery …”

From: Anthropometamorphosis: = Man Transform’d:
Or, The Artificiall Changling
By John Bulwer, 1653

Word of the Day: MASCULOUS

ETYMOLOGY
from Latin masculus (male) + -ous

EXAMPLE
“…I doubt not but he will send a Copy of it to your L. and then it will speak for it self; believe me I never heard him do any thing like it, and so thinketh every one in the Synod; it was learned, devout, and the stile masculous …”

From: Golden Remains of the Ever Memorable, Mr. John Hales
By John Hales, 1659
Dr. Balcanquals Letters from the Synod of Dort, March, 1619

Word of the Day: WHEY-BLOODED

ETYMOLOGY
from whey  + blooded

EXAMPLE
“…Beantosser
Here here, a pox o’ these full mouth’d Fox hounds.

Hectorio
They hunt devilish hard, I’me affrai’d they’l earth us.

Stephania
Give Hectorio a dram of the Bottle, the Whey-Blooded Rogue looks as if his heart were melted into his Breeches…”

From: The Mock-Tempest, or, The Enchanted Castle
By Thomas Duffett, 1675