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| 04/13/1668 | - | John Dryden (36) becomes first English poet laureate | ||
| Dictionary Citations (15) • View in Dictionary | ||||
| Alamort: A form of the French a la mort, to the death; mortally sick, dispirited. Common from 1550 to 1800. Also all... | ||||
| Anothergates: Of a different sort (a different "gate," or way) . Also anothergaines, anotherguess, anotherguise... | ||||
| Cit: Short for citizen. Also citt. Feminine (used by John Dryden, 1685) , citess; Johnson (1751) used cit as a f... | ||||
| Eagre: A tidal wave; especially, the high crest of the tide's rushing up a narrowing estuary -- as in the Humber, ... | ||||
| Half: In various combinations, half-bull, a pontifical letter of a new pope before his coronation -- the bulla be... | ||||
| Hans: A frequent nickname of Johannes; Jack. In the phrase hans en kelder (Dutch, Jack in the cellar) , an unborn... | ||||
| Irremeable: Without possibility of return. Latin ir, in, not + re, back + meare, to go, pass. This word, used from the ... | ||||
| Kilderkin: A cask, half a barrel in size. Also kempkin, kinkin, via Dutch, perhaps from Latin quintale, fifth. By a st... | ||||
| Mulligrubs: A state of depression or low spirits. In his mulligrubs; sick of the mulligrubs, sometimes used of the stom... | ||||
| Naeve: A spot, blemish. Latin naevus. John Dryden in his ELEGY ON LORD HASTINGS (1649) has: So many spots, like na... | ||||
| Punk: A prostitute, harlot. From the late 16th century; Shakespeare in MEASURE FOR MEASURE (1603) says: She may b... | ||||
| Quop: To throb, quiver, palpitate. Also quab, quag; earlier quap. Chaucer in TROYLUS AND CRISEYDE (1374) has: And... | ||||
| Tind: To light, to kindle; hence, to inflame, arouse; also, to catch fire, become ignited; to become inflamed or ... | ||||
| Verge: This word had a wide range of meanings, extending from the primal sense (Latin virga) , a rod. Among these ... | ||||
| Warlock: Originally, an oath-breaker, a traitor. From Old Saxon war, true (Pre- Teutonic root wero, Latin verus) + O... | ||||
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