Walker's Definition of the Day

Zachary Taylor

Enthymeme:
An argument consisting only of an antecedent and consequential proposition.

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Originally posted by Zachary Taylor
Bloodguiltiness:
Murder

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To Inviscate:
To lime, to entangle with glutinous matter.

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Grutch:
Malice, ill-will.

To Grutch:
To envy, to repine.

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Fallingsickness:
The epilepsy, a disease in which the patient is without any warning deprived at once of his senses, and falls down.

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Foxship:
The character or qualities of a fox, cunning.

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Esurient:
Hungry, voracious.

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Bellipotent:
Mighty in war.

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Phlegmatick:
Abounding in phlegm; generating phlegm; watery; dull, cold, frigid.

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Quack:
A boastful pretender of arts which he does not understand; a vain boastful pretender to physick; one who proclaims his own medical abilities in publick places; an artful tricking practitioner in physick

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Sternutation:
The act of sneezing.

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Voluble:
Formed so as to roll easily, formed so as to be easy to put in motion, rolling, having quick motion; nimble, active, fluent of words.

ans since I missed yesterday,

Paraphrast:
A lax interpreter, one who explains in many words.

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Blue:
One of the seven oroginal colours.

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Zany:
One employed to raise laughter my his gestures, actions, and speeches; a merry Andrew, a buffoon.

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Cudgel-proof:
Able to resist a stick.

Gordon

Does it have Cludgie ( a Scottish word)?

Zachary Taylor

No cludgie I'm afraid, but there seems to be a general bias against Scottish people and foreigners in general. What does it mean?



To Cluck:
To call chickens as a hen.

Gordon

Cludgie - toilet. It made me wonder how much Scottish words or the languages that make up Scottish words/slang were influencing 18th Century English. Not much obviously with the reference to biasness against foreigners!

How about Monarch - for tomorrows. I wonder how much they valued their monarch at that time. If monarch isn't possible - King. Thx if possible.

I can't imagine why Cluck ever happened. Or is it referring to women?

Zachary Taylor

Monarch:
A governor invested with absolute authority, a king; one superior to the rest of the same kind; president.

King:
Monarch, supreme governor, a card with the picture of a king; a principal herald.

Gordon

"superior to the rest of the same kind" heh. Changed a bit now I see.
Dictionary.com "A sovereign, such as a king or empress, often with constitutionally limited authority"

Thanks

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Cant:
A corrupt dialect, used by beggars and vagabonds; a form of speaking peculiar to some certain class or body of men; a whining pretension to goodness; barbarous jargon; auction.

Gordon

And Decant?

Zachary Taylor

To Decant:
To pour off gently, so as to leave the sediment behind.

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To Incage:
To coop up, to shut up, to confine in a cage, or any narrow space.

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need a word i can use in everyday speech that will make me sound smart