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 23 of 44: from “locality” to “Massachusettsian”.
- locality noun The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places.
- locoman noun Someone who works on a locomotive.
- log on verb To visit a website (as distinguished from signing into it; construed with to).
- lol intj Lots of love.
- lolcat noun An image macro of, usually, a kitten or a cat with a humorous caption.
- lollerskates intj A fanciful variation of LOL (“laughing out loud”), often associated with an ASCII GIF of a stick figure rollerskating on the word "LOL".
- lolly noun A fool.
- lollygag verb To fool around, especially sexually.
- lolspeak noun The speech of lolcats, consisting of spelling variations of English, imitating the speech of children and some regional accents.
- London particular noun A spell of smog over the city of London, England.
- Londonian adj Of or relating to the city of London, England.
- Londonize verb To imitate the manner of a Londoner.
- long noun Clipping of long vacation (“summer vacation”).
- long sell verb (in a GDS) To reserve a flight by typing the required computer commands with the itinerary details together and entering the command once…
- long-billed marsh wren noun The marsh wren (Cistothorus palustris), as distinguished from the short-billed marsh wren or sedge wren.
- long-locked adj Of hair, very thick and voluminous.
- longicorn noun Synonym of longhorn beetle.
- longies noun Full-length trousers for a young boy (as distinguished from knickerbockers).
- longshanks noun A bird, the stilt.
- loogan noun A fool.
- look verb To show oneself in looking; to peep out.
- looking-glass noun Synonym of mirror (“smooth surface that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it”).
- loom noun loon (bird of order Gaviiformes)
- loop noun A sports league
- loopist noun A pilot who performs a loop-the-loop.
- loose adj Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.
- lop noun (usually offensive) A disabled person, a cripple.
- lorry noun A barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations.
- lot verb To allot; to sort; to apportion.
- louse noun A contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm.
- love buzz noun A sexually transmitted disease.
- lovemaking noun Courtship; amorous advances.
- lues noun A plague or disease.
- luggable noun An early portable computer, similar to a desktop computer.
- luncheon verb To eat luncheon.
- luxurious adj Enjoying the pleasures of luxury, accustomed to luxury.
- lymphography noun A description of the lymphatic vessels, their origin and uses.
- lyra noun The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain.
- lytoceratid noun Any member of the order Lytoceratida (now the suborder Lytoceratina).
- macadam noun Any road or street.
- macaronic adj Like a macaroni or dandy; foppish, trifling, affected.
- MacGyver verb To assemble or repair something by ingenious improvisation, using everyday items that would not usually be used for the purpose.
- mache noun A former unit of volumic radioactivity: the quantity of radon (ignoring its daughters) per litre of air which ionizes a sustained current…
- machine noun A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane.
- maculature noun Blotting paper.
- mad queen chess noun The modern variety of chess, in which the queen can travel any number of squares in one move, as opposed to earlier varieties in which the…
- made in Japan adj Cheaply manufactured; of poor or low quality, (especially) if made in East Asia.
- Madrasi noun A native or resident of Chennai in India.
- maggoty adj Full of whims; capricious; freakish.
- magic lantern noun A slide projector.
- magic lantern show noun A slideshow, often using an early form of slide projector that could achieve simple animation by moving and merging images.
- magnetic field noun H-field.
- magneticism noun magnetism (physical phenomenon)
- magnetiferous adj Producing or conducting magnetism
- magnetophone noun A tape recorder (device using magnetic tape as a storage medium).
- magnetotelephone noun An early telephone with a diaphragm of soft iron placed close to the pole of a magnet upon which is wound a coil of fine wire. Its…
- magniferous adj Magnificent
- mahogany gaspipe intj a representation of how the Irish language sounds to a non-speaker; gobbledegook.
- Mahratti noun Dated form of Marathi.
- maid noun A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
- maid of honour noun An unmarried noblewoman who was the attendant of a queen or princess
- mail noun A stagecoach, train or ship that delivers such post.
- main group noun The same, plus the elements of group 12.
- major adj Indicating the elder of two brothers (or the eldest of three), appended to a surname in public schools.
- majoress noun A female major.
- majority noun Legal adulthood, age of majority.
- make noun The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
- make over verb To praise (someone) excessively.
- make someone hard to catch verb To get rid of someone, especially in an unpleasant way.
- make the deasil verb To move or walk clockwise, or in the direction of the sun's apparent path across the sky, traditionally performed as an auspicious or…
- make time verb To spend time with a person in or in pursuit of a romantic relationship.
- malt verb To drink malt liquor.
- mameluco adj Born of a white father and American Indian mother, particularly in South America.
- man verb To brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way. (Compare man up.)
- man alive intj An expression of marvelment or awe
- mandatory noun A person, organisation or state who receives a mandate; a mandatary.
- mang verb To beg; to beg for money.
- mangler noun A manager (person in charge).
- mango noun A green bell pepper suitable for pickling.
- manhaul noun A meal.
- manic-depressive adj Relating to or exhibiting manic depression.
- manicure noun A manicurist.
- manifestation noun A political demonstration or protest.
- manipulate verb To use the hands, especially in scientific experiments.
- mannequin noun A person who models clothes.
- manyfold adj many
- map noun The face.
- marabou noun A person having five-eighths black ancestry; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe.
- marconi verb To send (a message) via radio.
- marconigraph noun wireless telegraph
- margarine noun The solid ingredient of human fat, olive oil, etc.
- mark verb To become aware of (something) through the physical senses.
- marker noun A player employed by a private club to compete against members.
- marketing noun Attending market as a seller.
- marooning party noun A social excursion party that sojourns several days on the shore or in some retired place; a prolonged picnic.
- marriage by cohabitation with habit and repute noun A type of irregular marriage in where a couple living together for a long time period were regarded by their community as being married…
- Marxite adj Synonym of Marxist.
- masher noun A fashionable man.
- mashie noun A metal-headed golf club with a moderate loft, the equivalent of a five iron in a modern set of clubs.
- Massachusettsian noun A native or resident of Massachusetts.