intr. v. To dawdle aimlessly; to idel time away.
The origin of moodle is uncertain, although it may be a blend of mooch (v.) and noodle (v.). It was apparently first used by G.B. Shaw in the late 19th century.
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n. Mania for ballooning; balloon madness.
Balloonacy is a combination of balloon and lunacy and can be compared to the earlier balloonatic and balloonomania.
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trans. v. (rare) To make lovely; to beautify.
Lovelify is a combination of the adjective lovely and the suffix -fy, and can be compared to the earlier adjective lovelifying. The Oxford English Dictionary has cited uses of the word between 1897 and 1964.
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int. (Chiefly Irish English. Now rare.) Expressing distress, sorrow, or grief: ‘oh!’, ‘alas!’, ‘woe!’, etc.
n. An utterance of pillaloo; a cry of distress, a howl, an outcry, a noisy disturbence or altercation, an uproar.
Pillaloo comes from the Irish puilliliú, puillilliú, fuililiú, etc., an interjaction and noun of immitative origin, meaning “hunting cry, clamour, shout of distress”. Compare to ululu and whillaloo.
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v. 1. To darken, dim, cover, or hide with or as with a cloud. 2. To make difficult to follow or understand; obscure. 3. To cause to be unable to think clearly; confuse.
Obnubilate comes from the classical Latin obnūbilāt, the past participle stem of obnūbilāre meaning “to darken, obscure”. Obnūbilāre < ob- (“against, in the way of”) + nūbilāre (“to become cloudy”). Nūbilāre comes from nūbilus meaning “cloudy”, from nūbēs meaning “cloud”. Compare obnubilate to the Middle French and French obnubiler, from the Old French obnubler, obnublir.
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n. 1. A conventional buffoon of the commedia dell’arte, traditionally mute, and dressed in parti-colored tights and a mask. 2. A clown; a buffoon.
adj. Having a pattern of brightly colored diamond shapes.
Harlequin is obsolete French and dates to the late 16th century. It comes from the Old French Herlequin, Hellequin (the leader of a troop of demon horsemen), perhaps from the Middle English Herleking, from the Old English Herla cyning. Herla cyning, King Herla, is a mythical figure identified with Woden.
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“Harlequin.” The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 5th ed. 2011. Print.
adj. 1. Attractive; pleasing and wholesome in appearence. 2. Suitable; seemly.
Comely comes from the Middle English comli, an alteration of cumli (probably influenced by bicomli meaning “seemly”), from the Old English cȳmlic meaning “lovely; delicate”, from cȳme, meaning “beautiful”.
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“Comely.” The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 5th ed. 2011. Print.
n. A genus of cephalapods of the family Loliginidæ, including several species of squid common off the coasts of America and Europe.
The word dates to the late 16th century and comes from the Latin lolīgo.
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n. Loss or impairment of the ability to make decisions or act independently, in some cases a symptom of mental illness.
Abulia dates to the mid 19th century and comes from New Latin, from the Greek aboulia, meaning “indecision”. Aboulia: a-, meaning “without” + boule, meaning “determination, will (‘throwing forward of the mind’), council”. -boule comes from the possible suffixed o-grade form of the Indo-European root gʷelə-, meaning “to throw, reach”, gʷol(ə)-sā.
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adv. In or into a position in which the hands are on the hips and the elbows are bowed outward. 2. (With reference to limbs) flung widely or haphazardly. adj. 1. Placed in such a way as to have the hands on the hips and the elbows bowed outwards. 2. Being in a bent, bowed, or arched position.
Akimbo comes from the Middle English in kenebowe, which may originally mean “in jug handles, bent like the handles of a jug”. Kene- may be akin to the Old French chane, kane, quenne (of Germanic origin) meaning “jug”, and the Middle English canne meaning “jar, pot”. Bowe meaning “bow, bend”.
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“Akimbo.” The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 5th ed. 2011. Print.
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