This page gathers the 4,340 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Dated” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 13 of 44: from “dutchman” to “exophoric”.
- dutchman noun A male German.
- Dutchwoman noun A woman from Germany.
- dwarfess noun A human female dwarf.
- dwarfette noun A human female with dwarfism.
- dwi- prefix A designation prefix for undiscovered chemical elements lying two periods under a known element in the periodic table. (For example…
- ė symbol An element of the digraph ⟨ėr⟩, indicating the NURSE vowel.
- e-ticket noun Something very thrilling or exciting.
- eager adj Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
- eardrop noun A pendant for the ear; an earring.
- earwigging noun A telling-off or reprimand.
- easter noun Usually preceded by an inflection of make: the act of receiving the Eucharist during Easter.
- easy adj Not straitened as to money matters; opposed to tight.
- eat dirt verb To eat humble pie.
- eatage noun Edible growth of grass for horses and cattle, especially that of lattermath.
- eccritic noun Any remedy that promotes discharges.
- economical adj Relating to economy in any other sense.
- economics noun Now chiefly home economics: the art or science of household management, especially relating to the appropriate organization of resources…
- ecphractic adj Serving to dissolve or clear viscous matter or secretions, and so remove obstructions
- ecstasy noun A state in which sensibility, voluntary motion, and (largely) mental power are suspended, and the body is erect and inflexible.
- edgy adj Irritable.
- e᷍e symbol An orthographic ⟨ee⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the FLEECE vowel, as in the word "heed".
- efficiency noun The quality of producing an effect or effects.
- egg noun A bomb or mine.
- egg-bird noun The white-fronted tern (Sterna striata).
- eggbeater noun A (wire) whisk.
- egoscan noun A brief search of a publication for one's name.
- Egyptian noun A gypsy.
- einstein noun One mole of photons, regardless of frequency, as used to measure irradiance.
- Eirish adj of the state called Eire or the Republic of Ireland, as distinct from the island of Ireland
- ejaculate verb To say abruptly.
- ejaculation noun The uttering of a short, sudden exclamation or prayer, or the exclamation or prayer uttered.
- elbow noun A detective.
- elective affinity noun The feeling of being attracted to or sympathetic with someone or something.
- elective mutism noun Dated form of selective mutism (“A severe anxiety disorder characterized by a total inability to speak in some social settings”).
- electress noun A woman who can vote in an election.
- electrocopy verb To scan electronically.
- electrolier noun A fixture, usually hanging from a ceiling, for holding electric lamps; specifically, a chandelier lit by electricity rather than with…
- electrology noun The branch of physical science that deals with electricity and its properties.
- electrophorus noun An early apparatus, consisting of a rubber disk and a metal plate, for generating static electricity.
- electropositive noun A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis.
- eleet noun Dated form of leet (“elite”).
- elegance noun A refinement or luxury.
- elevate verb To increase the loudness of (a sound, especially one's voice).
- elope verb To run away from home (for any reason).
- embarrassment noun Difficulty in financial matters; poverty.
- emerald noun A size of type between nonpareil and minion, standardized as 6½-point.
- emergency brake noun A parking brake.
- empire adj Produced in a dependency of the British Empire or Commonwealth of Nations.
- en brosse adv Of the hair: closely cropped so that the hairs stick upward, like the short bristles of a brush; in a crew cut.
- enantiopathy noun allopathy
- encephaloid adj Resembling the brain (cerebriform), or the material of the brain.
- encephaloma noun A tumor of the brain.
- enchanted intj A greeting used when introduced to someone for the first time, especially by a man when introduced to a woman.
- encounter group noun A gathering of people who intentionally meet and interact so that each member may improve his or her ability both to express feelings and…
- encyclopedia noun The circle of arts and sciences (see Etymology); a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch thereof.
- end item noun (In an airline reservation system) a symbol, usually represented by the hash or plus key, used to join several lines of instruction…
- endellite noun A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon. Discredited as the name of the mineral in 2006.
- enfemme adj Dated form of en femme.
- engine verb To equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels.
- engineman noun A man who operates, manages, and maintains an engine.
- english noun A size of type between pica (12 point) and great primer (18 point), standardized as 14-point.
- Englisher noun Synonym of Englishman: an English person.
- Englishman noun A Canadian of British descent and/or whose first language is English (as opposed to French-descended, French-speaking Canadians).
- enslaven adj enslaved
- enter verb To file, or register with the land office, the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public land) in order to entitle a person to…
- envolume verb To form into, or incorporate within, a volume (publication).
- ephebophilia noun A sexual preference for adolescent boys.
- epic adj Alternative letter-case form of epic (“relating to epic poems”).
- epispastic noun A vesicant agent; that which causes blisters.
- erecting shop noun A place where large machines, predominantly trains and their parts but also cranes, are assembled, adjusted, or repaired.
- erective adj Making erect or upright; raising.
- ergasiomania noun Overeagerness of a surgeon to perform operations.
- ergonic adj Pertaining to the functional categories of linguistic elements; syntactic.
- erminette noun The fur of a white rabbit, sheared to resemble ermine.
- Erse noun Either of the Gaelic languages of Ireland and Scotland.
- escalade verb To scale the walls of a fortification.
- escallop verb Dated form of scallop (“bake in a casserole”).
- Eskimo noun A member of a group of indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic, from Siberia, through Alaska and Northern Canada, to Greenland, including…
- essay verb To attempt or try.
- esteem verb To judge; to estimate; to appraise
- Esthonian adj Dated form of Estonian.
- Estish adj Of or pertaining to the Estonian people or the Estonian language.
- eternal adj Exceedingly great or bad; used as an intensifier.
- Ethiopian noun A black-skinned person, especially one from Africa.
- e᷍u symbol An orthographic ⟨eu⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the USE vowel, as in the word "neuter".
- eunuch verb To castrate.
- Eurasian noun A person of European ancestry born in Asia.
- Eurocreep noun The spreading use of the Euro as currency in countries that have not officially adopted it.
- evener noun In vehicles, a swinging crossbar, to the ends of which other crossbars, or whiffletrees, are hung, to equalize the draught when two or…
- event noun A remarkable person.
- everclear noun Any home-brewed distilled grain alcohol, especially one with a very high concentration of alcohol (such as 90-some percent, that is…
- everyway adv In every way, however possible.
- excelsior intj Onward; a rallying cry for progress.
- excretin noun A non-nitrogenous crystalline substance, formerly thought to be present in small quantities in human feces.
- exeat noun Leave of absence from a public school or college.
- executive flu noun An unspecified illness feigned by a leader (a business executive, politician, etc.) in order to get out of some awkward obligation.
- exhaustion noun The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material.
- exhibitor noun An exhibitionist.
- exigeante noun A demanding woman.
- exophoric noun A person who has exophoria.