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Emotive (adj) ee-mow-tiv characterized by or pertaining to emotion. First recorded in 1725–35; emot(ion) +…

Metamorphose (verb) met-a-maw-fose to undergo or be capable of undergoing a change in form or…

Selcouth (adj) sel-kooth strange; uncommon. Selcouth, “strange, uncommon,” comes from Old English seldcūth, which is…

Eagre (noun) ee-gr (Br/En) a tidal bore or flood. 1640–50; apparently representing earlier agar, ager,…

Tawpie (noun) taw-pee a foolish or thoughtless young person. Tawpie, “a foolish young person,” comprises…

Ariosa (adj) a-ree-oh-sa in the manner of an air or melody. 1735–45; Italian: literally, songlike.…

Philistine (noun) fil-is-tine a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to…