Friday, March 26, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Anthropophaginian:
A ludicrous word, formed by Shakespeare from anthropophagi, for the sake of a formidable sound.
"Go, knock, and call; he'll speak like an anthropophaginian unto thee; knock I say."
-Shakespeare The Merry Wives of Windsor
"Go, knock, and call; he'll speak like an anthropophaginian unto thee; knock I say."
-Shakespeare The Merry Wives of Windsor
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Scurrilous:
Grossly opprobrious; using such language as only the licence of a buffoon can warrant; loudly jocular; vile; low.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Friday, March 19, 2010
Kingsevil:
A scrofulous distemper, in which the glands are ulcerated, commonly believed to be cured by the touch of the king.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Tory:
(A cant term, derived, I suppose, from an Irish word signifying a savage.) One who adheres to the antient constitution of the state, and the apostolical hierarchy of the church of England, opposed to a whig.
"The knight is more a tory in the country than the town, because it more advances his interest."
-Addison.
"The knight is more a tory in the country than the town, because it more advances his interest."
-Addison.
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