[‘ Flame, fire; (as a count noun) a flame, a fire; a blaze. Also: the gleam or glow of a fire, flame, etc.'] Pronunciation: Brit. /laʊ/, U.S. /laʊ/ Forms: eME *loȝhe* /Ormulum/, eME *lohe*, ME *lau*, ME *lawe*, ME *lawhe*, ME *logh*, ME *loue*, ME *lowhe*, ME 16– *low* now chiefly Eng. regional, ME 17– *lowe* now chiefly Eng. regional, hist. and Irish English (north.), ME 19– *lou* /Eng. regional/ (Lancs.
[‘ Having one’s legs red and blotched from sitting too near a fire. Cf. mizzle-kyted adj.'] Pronunciation: Brit. /ˈmɪzlˌʃɪnd/, U.S. /ˈmɪz(ə)lˌʃɪnd/, Sc. /ˈmɪzlˌʃɪnd/ Forms: 17 *misle-shinned*, 18– *mizzle-shinned*. Etymology: < /mizzle/, Scots variant of measles n. (see β. forms s.v., although this spelling is not attested until later for the simplex word) + shin n.1 + -ed suffix2. Compare slightly earlier mizzle-kyted adj., and later measly-shankit adj., mizzly adj.2, and mizzled adj.
*Pronunciation:* Brit. pjʊə , pjɔː , U.S. pjʊ(ə)r Forms:* ME *perrour (comparative, transmission error), ME peure, ME poere, ME por (south-west midl.), ME pore, ME poure, ME powre, ME puȝr, ME puir, ME puire, ME pur, ME puyr, ME puyre, ME–15 peur, ME–15 pewre, ME–15 (18– in sense C. 6) puer, ME– pure, 15–16 pewr, 16 pvre, 18 pewer (in sense C. 6); Eng. regional (Cornwall) 18– pewer, 18– puer, 18– pur; U.
[‘ A baton carried by a fool or jester as a mock emblem of office; = bauble n. 4. Now hist.'] Pronunciation: Brit. /maˈrɒt/, U.S. /məˈrɑt/ Forms: 16 *marrot*, 18– *marotte*. Etymology: < French /marotte/ object of a ridiculous and exaggerated affection (1639), foolish idea (1618), jester’s baton bearing a head with multicoloured belled cap (c/1470 in Middle French), image of the Virgin Mary (1468 in Middle French) < /Marie, the name of the Virgin Mary (see Mary n.
(a) appropriate to the prevailing political or social circumstances (in early use not as a fixed collocation); /(b)/ spec. (orig. U.S., sometimes depreciative) conforming to a body of liberal or radical opinion, esp. on social matters, usually characterized by the advocacy of approved causes or views, and often by the rejection of language, behaviour, etc., considered discriminatory or offensive (cf. correct adj. Additions); abbreviated PC. 1793 J. Wilson in U.S. Rep.
[‘ A view, depiction, or evocation of love; (also) a context or setting for love.'] Pronunciation: Brit. /ˈlʌvskeɪp/, U.S. /ˈləvˌskeɪp/ Etymology: < love n.1 + -scape comb. form. In Hopkins’s use (see quot. 1876) apparently modelled on inscape n., and thus perhaps showing a different etymology (see discussion at that entry). A view, depiction, or evocation of love; (also) a context or setting for love. 1876 G. M. Hopkins /Wreck of Deutschland/ xxiii, in /Poems/ (1967) 59 With the gnarls of the nails in thee, niche of the lance, his Lovescape crucified.
[‘ trans. To thrash; to crush or destroy. Also fig.: to defeat decisively.'] Pronunciation: Brit. ˈmɑːməlʌɪz, U.S. ˈmɑrməˌlaɪz Forms: 19– marmalise, 19– marmalize. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps humorously < marmal- (in marmalade n.) + -ize suffix (perhaps after pulverize v.). Brit. slang. trans. To thrash; to crush or destroy. Also fig.: to defeat decisively. 1966 F. Shaw et al. Lern Yerself Scouse 73 I’ll marmalise yer. 1980 ‘J. Gash’ Spend Game xvi.
[‘ A person governed by self-interest, typically manifesting as a selfish, grasping attitude arising from a fear of missing out on something. Also: such an attitude.'] Pronunciation: Brit. /ˈkjɑːsuː/, U.S. /ˈkjɑˌsu/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, *kiasus*. Forms: 19– *kiah su*, 19– *kiasu*, 19– *kian su*. Etymology: < Chinese (Hokkien) kiasu, lit. ‘scared to lose’. /colloq./ (orig. and chiefly in South-East Asia, esp. Singapore). depreciative. *A.* n. A person governed by self-interest, typically manifesting as a selfish, grasping attitude arising from a fear of missing out on something.
*Pronunciation:* kluːdʒ Forms:* Also *kluge. ‘An ill-assorted collection of poorly-matching parts, forming a distressing whole’ (Granholm); esp. in Computing, a machine, system, or program that has been improvised or ‘bodged’ together; a hastily improvised and poorly thought-out solution to a fault or ‘bug’. 1962 J. W. Granholm in Datamation Feb. 30/1 The word ‘kludge’ is..derived from the same root as the German Kluge.., originally meaning ‘smart’ or ‘witty’… ‘Kludge’ eventually came to mean ‘not so smart’ or ‘pretty ridiculous’.
[‘ With reference to a bloodletting procedure: to the point at which the patient feels faint or faints (from loss of blood).'] Pronunciation: Brit. /ˌad dᵻˈlɪkwɪəm/, U.S. /ˌæd dəˈlɪkwiəm/ Etymology: < post-classical Latin /ad deliquium/ to unconsciousness (1537 or earlier) < classical Latin /ad/ (see ad- prefix) + /dēliquium/ deliquium n.1, in post-classical Latin sense ‘fainting’ (/a/1536). Post-classical Latin /deliquium/ fainting, is short for deliquium animi, lit. failing of the mind, after ancient Greek /λιποθυμία/, λιποψυχία, in the same sense (both in Hippocrates).