(1) Flattery; insinuation.
(2) Specious show; gloss.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Saturday, May 29, 2010
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
"Hatred is the passion of defiance, and there is a kind of aversation and hostility included in its essence."
-South
Thursday, May 27, 2010
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.
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
"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
Friday, May 21, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
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
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
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
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.
(2) A tippling companion.
(3) One who runs about tattling like a woman at a lying-in.
Friday, May 7, 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
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
-"Mome, malthorse, capon, coxcomb, idiot, patch."
- Shakespeare
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