To Medicate. v.a. [medico, Latin.] To tincture or impregnate with any thing medicinal. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/medicat...
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Samuel Johnson picked it up when he was 19 and studying at Oxford, “expecting to find it a dull book, (as such books generally are), and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me; and this was the first occasion of..." www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2026...
Mundungus. n.s. Stinking tobacco. A cant word. Exhale mundungus ill perfuming scent. Philips. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/mundung...
Futtocks. n.s. [corrupted from foot hooks. Skinner.] The lower timbers that hold the ship together. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/futtock...
When encountering a first edition of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, Scott mused "good heavens!" "First edition of Johnson's dictionary, come on!" www.herefordtimes.com/news/2642457...
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A social-media personality with over 6 million subscribers made a surprise visit to Hereford Cathedral to film content for his YouTube channel.
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To Outfly. v.a. [out and fly.] To leave behind in flight. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/outfly_va
Bridecake. n.s. [from bride and cake.] A cake distributed to the guests at the wedding. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/brideca...
Colander. n.s. [colo, to strain, Lat.] A sieve either of hair, twigs or metal, through which a mixture to be separated is poured, and which retains the thicker parts; a strainer. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/colande...
There is a famous anecdote of Dr Johnson entertaining his Scottish hosts in August 1773 by referring to Joseph Banks’s Endeavour voyage and imitating a kangaroo by hopping across the room. But I like to think of the great dictionary writer as one of a host... royalsociety.org/blog/2026/07...
Refugee. n.s. [refugié, Fr.] One who flies to shelter or protection. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/refugee...
He stands among the great girthed intellects: Chesterton, Churchill, Samuel Johnson, Hume. Their views need not align to form a family resemblance: appetite for argument, brilliant personality, and the conviction that ideas matter. 1819news.com/news/item/al...
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When Scalia died, the seat he filled seemed, briefly, unfillable, and reading Rosen we understand why. Some men occupy an office; others, by sheer force…
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Alternatively, 250 years ago, Samuel Johnson aphorized mistily that “there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.” Does his pronouncement still hold? www.msn.com/en-us/foodan...
Certificate. n.s. [certificat, low Lat. he certifies.] 1. A writing made in any court, to give notice to another court of any thing done therein. Cowel. 2. Any testimony. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/certifi...
Most articles about Samuel Johnson will tell you the same three facts in the same order: he wrote a famous dictionary, he was friends with a man named Boswell, and he said some clever things at dinner parties... historydecodedhub.com/samuel-johns...
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Samuel Johnson: What a Sick, Broke Failure Teaches Us About Genius Most articles about Samuel Johnson will tell you the same three facts in the same order: he
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Averseness. n.s. [from averse.] Unwillingness; backwardness. The corruption of man is in nothing more manifest, than in his averseness to entertain any friendship or familiarity with God. Atterbury. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/aversen...
To Scrabble. v.n. [krabbelen, scraffelen, to scrape or scratch, Dutch.] To paw with the hands. He feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate. 1 Sa. xxi. 13. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/scrabbl...
Lien, the participle of lie. One of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife. Gen. xxvi. 10. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/lien
Ord. n.s. An edge or sharpness; as in ordhelm, ordbright, &c. and in the Islandish tongue, ord signifies a spear or dart. Gib. Ord, in old English, signified beginning; whence probably the proverbial phrase odds [ords] and ends, for scraps or remnants... johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/ord_ns
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Confessionary. n.s. [confessionaire, Fr.] The confession-chair or seat, where the priest sits to hear confessions. Dict. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/confess...
Unlike Edmund Burke, Dr. Johnson disdained the American cause, mocking the North American patriots as “zealots of anarchy,” “croakers of calamity,” and “demigods of independence.” conventionofstates.com/news/4-must-...
4 must-read speeches and pamphlets for America’s 250th birthday
British historian Dominic Sandbrook recently described the Declaration of Independence as a press release for a tax revolt.
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Affiliation. n.s. [from ad and filius, Lat.] Adoption; the act of taking a son. Chambers. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/affilia...
Headlong. adj. 1. Steep; precipitous. 2. Rash; thoughtless. 3. Sudden; precipitate. It suddenly fell from an excess of favour, which, many examples having taught them, never stopt his race ’till it came to a headlong overthrow. Sidney. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/headlon...
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The emergence of American English was not universally welcomed. Even before US independence, British writer Samuel Johnson criticised the language's evolution... www.tbsnews.net/offbeat/250-...
250 years on: How American English carved out its own identity from British roots
Language experts say American English developed naturally as settlers from across Britain and Europe mixed, reducing many regional differences before gradually forming distinct local accents across…
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Burgess. n.s. [bourgeois, Fr.] 1. A citizen; a freeman of a city, or corporate town. 2. A representative of a town corporate. The whole case was dispersed by the knights of shires, and burgesses of towns, through all the veins of the land. Wotton. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/burgess...
