Monday, May 31, 2010

Gloze:

(1) Flattery; insinuation.

(2) Specious show; gloss.

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Ructation:

A belch arising from wind and indigestion.

Friday, May 28, 2010

Aversation:

Hatred; abhorrence; turning away with detestation.

"Hatred is the passion of defiance, and there is a kind of aversation and hostility included in its essence."

-South

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Indigitate:

To point out; to show.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Volubility:

The act or power of rolling.

Volubility, or aptness to roll, is the property of a bowl, and is derived from its roundness.

-Watt's Logic.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Conjobble:

To concert; to settle; to discuss. A low cant word.

"What would a body think of a minister that should conjoble matters of state with tumblers, and confer politicks with tinkers?"

-L'Estrange

Monday, May 24, 2010

Barratry:

The practice or crime of a barrator: foul practice in law.

Friday, May 21, 2010

Flasher:

A man of more appearance of wit than reality.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Pamper:

To glut; to fill with food; to saginate; to feed luxuriously.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Leman:

A sweetheart: a gallant; or a mistress.

-Hammer

Friday, May 14, 2010

Cynick:

A philosopher of the snarling or currish sort; a follower of Diogenes; a rude man; a snarler; a misanthrope.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Scaramouch:

A buffoon in motley dress.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Dragoon:

To persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Pat:

Fit; convenient; exactly suitable either as to time or place. This is a low word, and should not be used but in burlesque writings.

The never saw two things so pat,
In all respects, as to this and that.

-Hudibras, p.ii

Monday, May 10, 2010

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Gossip:

(1) One who answers for the child in baptism.

(2) A tippling companion.

(3) One who runs about tattling like a woman at a lying-in.

Friday, May 7, 2010

Proficuous:

Advantageous; useful.

It is very proficuous, to take a good large dose.

-Harvey

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Cautelous:

(1) Cautious; wary; provident.

(2) Wily; cunning, treacherous.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Afterclap:

Unexpected events happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Cough:

A convulsion of the lungs, vellicated by some sharp serosity. It is pronounced coff.

Monday, May 3, 2010

Malthorse:

It seems to have been, in Shakespeare's time, a term of reproach for a dull dolt.

-"Mome, malthorse, capon, coxcomb, idiot, patch."

- Shakespeare