ETYMOLOGY
from Latin at-, ad- (to) + toxicare (to poison) + -ed
EXAMPLE
“… Who seeth and feeleth not, that oftentimes while Reason attendeth to Contemplation, a villanous passion of Loue withdraweth the attention, and with an attoxicated delight imprisoneth the Affection? Who perceiueth not, that diuers times Reason would pardon all iniuries, and Ire opposeth it selfe, importuning reuenge? …”
From: The Passions of the Minde
By Thomas Wright, 1604
ETYMOLOGY
n. of unknown origin
vb. diminutive or frequentative of frab (to harass, worry)
EXAMPLE (for n.)
“… And those more refined Arians, how near they were to the Truth, or how near they might be understood to have come to the Truth, and that it might be proved to be rather a frabble of words than a distinct disagreement of senses, it were too operose a matter to declare here. How much some Fathers have cryed out against the over-much curiosity of Definitions by Councils, History will teach us. …”
From: Paralipomena Prophetica containing several supplements and defences of Dr Henry More his expositions of the Prophet Daniel and the apocalypse
By Henry More, 1685
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin libentia, from libentem, libens (willing)
EXAMPLE
“… They say the appetit confined to good is volent, and therfore free: but this volence is a meer libence, free from coactiv violence; no tru liberty to chus several objects; and therfore not arbitrary, becaus bar’d of indifferency. …”
From: Theoremata Theologica: = Theological Treatises.:
Octo theses theologicæ: eight theses of divinity
By Robert Vilvain, 1654
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin dimicationem, noun of action, from dimicare (to fight)
EXAMPLE
“… At this time there was one Alexander, a godly and worthy man, Bishop of Constantinople. He in the dimication which arose about Arius, shewed himself a very prudent and pious man: For as soon as Arius came to Constantinople, he presently raised divisions amongst the people there also, so that great tumults ensued whilest one part of the people stood for the Faith confirmed by the Nicene Council: …”
From: The Marrow of Ecclesiastical History contained in the lives of one hundred forty eight fathers, schoolmen, first reformers and modern divines which have flourished in the Church since Christ’s time to this present age
By Samuel Clarke, 1654
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin quaedam (a certain woman), feminine singular of quidam (somebody)
EXAMPLE
“… So this Piece of his is very sweet in the Composure, and yet very tart against the sinfulness of vain Attire; wherein wanton Quaedams in those days came to that excess, that they delighted altogether in the Garb, and Habit, and roisterly Fashions of Men: This Sermon the King did greatly approve, as a fit Antidote against such corrupt Manners, and commanded it to be Printed. For the Doctor himself never wrote any thing, with intention to let the World see it in the Press, unless necessity constrain’d him. …”
From: Scrinia Reserata a memorial offer’d to the great deservings of John Williams, D. D., who some time held the places of Ld Keeper of the Great Seal of England, Ld Bishop of Lincoln, and Ld Archbishop of York
By John Hacket, 1693
ETYMOLOGY
from shit + breech
EXAMPLE
“… Reverend Alderman Atkins (the shit-breech) his speech,: to Mr. Warner the venerable Mayor of London, the wise aldermen, and most judicious Common-Councell men, in relation to the present affaires in Kent, Essex, and Surrey, concerning the Scots invasion, and His Majesties interest. Published for the honour of my Lord Mayor and Common-Councell men. …”
From: Title
ETYMOLOGY
from Greek ἐπαινετικός, from ἐπαινεῖν (to praise)
EXAMPLE
“… another thing yet more considerable is conduct and design in whatever kind of Poetry, whether the Epic, the Dramatic, the Lyric, the Elegiac, the Epaenetic, the Bucolic , or the Epigram; under one of which all the whole circuit of Poetic design, is one way or other included; …”
From: Theatrum Poetarum, or, A Compleat Collection of the Poets especially the most eminent, of all ages, the antients distinguish’t from the moderns in their several alphabets
By Edward Phillips, 1675
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin inscius (not knowing, ignorant), (from in- + -scius (knowing)) + -ous
EXAMPLE
“… This they are willingly ignorant of. Hee begins with the Dunces, those stubborne and unruly Blockheads; inscious, nescious, conscious, wilfull Ignorants. It is one thing, velle scire quod oportuit latere; another, velle latere quod oportuit scire. The former, is a sawcie ambition of forbidden knowledge; the other, a headstrong preclusion of commanded knowledge. …”
From: A Commentary or, Exposition vpon the Diuine Second Epistle Generall, written by the Blessed Apostle St. Peter
By Thomas Adams, 1633
ETYMOLOGY
from dislike (adj.) + -en, after like, liken
EXAMPLE
“… Dis-mantle you, and (as you can) disliken
The truth of your owne seeming, that you may
(For I do feare eyes ouer) to Ship-boord
Get vndescry’d. …”
From: Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies
By Wiliam Shakespeare, 1632
The Winters Tale, a1616
ETYMOLOGY
from late Latin increpatorius (Sidonius), from participial stem of increpare (to increpate, to chide, to rebuke)
EXAMPLE
“… The power archbishop Loundres had as lord justice, and the pope’s legate, gave him the opportunity of encroaching on the rights of the crown and the liberties of the subject, by drawing temporal causes to the ecclesiastical courts, of which the citizens of Dublin complained to the king, who this year sent him an increpatory writ, prohibiting him front such practices for the future, with threats of severe treatment if he persisted. …”
From: The History and Antiquities of the City of Dublin,
From the Earliest Accounts
By Walter Harris, 1766
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