- notions (n.)
- "miscellaneous articles," 1805, American English, from notion with the idea of "clever invention."
- merrily (adv.)
- Old English myriglice "pleasantly, melodiously;" see merry + -ly (2).
- metastasise (v.)
- chiefly British English spelling of metastasize.
Related: Metastasised; metastasising.
- slackly (adv.)
- Old English slæclice; see slack (adj.) + -ly (2).
- slackness (n.)
- Old English slæcnes "slowness, remissness, laziness;" see slack (adj.) + -ness.
- moorland (n.)
- Old English morlond; see moor (n.) + land (n.).
- mourning (n.)
- Old English murnung "complaint, grief," verbal noun from mourn (v.).
- busy (v.)
- late Old English bisgian, from busy (adj.). Related: Busied; busying.
- peahen (n.)
- c. 1400, from Old English pawa "peafowl" (see peacock) + hen.
- night-work (n.)
- 1590s, from night + work (n.). Old English had nihtweorc.
- dizzy (v.)
- Old English dysigan, from source of dizzy (adj.). Related: Dizzied; dizzying.
- northward (adv.)
- Old English norðweard; see north + -ward. Related: Northwards.
- nowhither (adv.)
- "toward no place," Old English nahwiðer; see no + whither.
- napping (n.)
- "action of sleeping," Old English hneappunge, verbal noun from nap (v.).
- northeast
- Old English norð east; see north + east. Related: Northeasterly (1743).
- nuff
- 1840, American English, representing a casual or colloquial pronunciation of enough.
- odour (n.)
- chiefly British English spelling of odor (q.v.); for spelling, see -or.
- palm-tree (n.)
- Old English palm-treo; see palm (n.2) + tree (n.).
- overdone (adj.)
- Old English ofer-done "carried to excess;" see overdo. Of cooking from 1680s.
- overwinter (v.)
- Old English oferwintran; see over- + winter (v.). Related: Overwintered; overwintering.
- overpark (v.)
- 1938, American English, from over- + park (v.). Related: Overparked; overparking.
- deep (n.)
- Old English deop "deep water," especially the sea, from the source of deep (adj.).
- buy (n.)
- "a purchase," especially a worthwhile one, 1879, American English, from buy (v.).
- pertinence (n.)
- 1650s, from French pertenance or formed in English from pertinent + -ence.
- dinger (n.)
- "something superlative," 1809, American English, agent noun from ding (v.).
- carefully (adv.)
- Old English carful-lice; see careful + -ly (2).
- frame (adj.)
- (of buildings), "made of wood," 1790, American English, from frame (n.).
- celeb (n.)
- colloquial shortening of celebrity "celebrated person," by 1908, American English.
- Chicom (adj.)
- 1962, American English, Cold War jargon, from Chinese + communist.
- demagogue (v.)
- by 1964, American English, from demagogue (n.). Related: Demagogued; demagoguing.
- pine-tree (n.)
- Old English pintreow; see pine (n.) + tree (n.).
- feather-bed (n.)
- Old English feþerbedd; see feather (n.) + bed (n.).
- pink-eye (n.)
- contagious eye infection, 1882, American English, from pink (adj.) + eye (n.).
- pitch (v.2)
- "to cover with pitch," Old English pician, from the source of pitch (n.2).
- playhouse (n.)
- late Old English pleghus; see play (n.) + house (n.).
- psychiatric (adj.)
- 1847, from French psychiatrique or else coined in English from psychiatry + -ic.
- queller (n.)
- Old English cwellere "killer," agent noun from cwellan (see quell).
- cleanly (adv.)
- Old English clænlice; see clean (adj.) + -ly (2).
- recklessness (n.)
- Old English recceleasnes "recklessness, carelessness, negligence;" see reckless + -ness.
- retiracy (n.)
- 1824, American English, irregularly from retire on model of privacy.
- richly (adv.)
- Old English ricelice "powerfully, sumptuously;" see rich (adj.) + -ly (2).
- sold
- past tense and past participle of sell (v.); from Old English salde.
- southeast (adv.)
- Old English suðeast; see south + east. Related: Southeasterly; southeastern.
- southerner (n.)
- 1817, American English, from southern. Contrasted with Yankee by 1828.
- sop (v.)
- Old English soppian, from the source of sop (n.). Related: Sopped; sopping.
- sped
- past tense and past participle of speed (v.); Old English spedde.
- sixtyfold
- also sixty-fold, Old English sixtigfeald; see sixty + -fold.
- sinless (adj.)
- Old English synleas; see sin (n.) + -less. Related: Sinlessly; sinlessness.
- sleeveless (adj.)
- Old English sliefleas, slyflease; see sleeve (n.) + -less.
- slowly (adv.)
- Old English slawlice "slowly, sluggishly;" see slow (adj.) + -ly (2).
