ETYMOLOGY
of unknown origin
EXAMPLE
“…A shackazin’ owd tallock…”
From: The Folk-Speech of South Cheshire,
By Thomas Darlington, 1889
Word of the Day: TALLOCK
Tag: 1880 – 1889
Word of the Day: QUIZCUSS
ETYMOLOGY
? from quiz (a prying, inquisitive person (Eng. dial.)) + cuss (a person of a specified character)
EXAMPLE
“…A tenant complained that his landlord’s agent was a regular quizcuss…”
From: The Folk-Speech of South Cheshire
– Thomas Darlington, 1887
Word of the Day: IDIOGLOTTIC
ETYMOLOGY
from idio- (own, personal, private, peculiar, separate, distinct) + glottic (pertaining to language)
EXAMPLE
“…This impression he uttered with the word “pupu,” meaning a very big papa. The boy soon gave up his idioglottic endeavors, learning German before his next-born sister had reached the age of beginning speech. So that language could have no further grammatical development…”
From: Proceedings of the Royal Canadian Institute
Being a Continuation of the “Canadian Journal” of Science, Literature, and History
October, 1888, Vol. XXIV
The Development of Language, by Horatio Hale
Word of the Day: BLIBBANS
ETYMOLOGY
– ? a cross between blib (a weak, watery portion, as of tea, etc.) and ribbons
EXAMPLE
“…Now, Jenny, min’, nae blibbans in the kail the day.”
From: Supplement to Jamieson’s Scottish Dictionary, 1887
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