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Obsolete Word---Possibly Abusive
What is agrimomesie--please?
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Found this on Google but can't find Kandro's post Obsolete Word--- Possibly Abusive. What is agrimomesie- -please?... 22:18 Sat 09th Apr 20166 answers, last by Khandro 11:31 Sun 10th Apr 2016.
17:02 Sun 10th Apr 2016
In the Oxford English Dictionary - ( you know, the huge one) there is only one word beginning "Agrim*" and that is "agrimony" - a plant. If you can come back with an alternative spelling, I'll have another go.
(There is a vaguely similar word, which means ' disease of the tail-feathers of hawks' - but somehow I don't imagine you are terribly interested in the tail feathers of hawks. If you are, let me know. )
(There is a vaguely similar word, which means ' disease of the tail-feathers of hawks' - but somehow I don't imagine you are terribly interested in the tail feathers of hawks. If you are, let me know. )
Amazing folks ---but not totally convinced yet. The word appeared several times in a Devonian Tudor court transcript--in a disparaging manner. This is a very rich source of English rural history and the words are often unfamiliar in the present ---but this one has caused more head scratching than usual. Magda
From a glossary of Tudor/Stuart words...
//agrim
affret, onset, fierce encounter. Spenser, P. Q. iii. 9. 16; iv. 3. 16. Cp.
Ital. affrettare, to hasten, make speed (Florio).
affront, to meet face to face, to encounter. Hamlet, iii. 1. 31 ; Ford,
Perkin Warbeck, v. 1 (Dalyell). Affront, an accost, meeting. Greene, Tu
Quoque, or The City Gallant ; in Hazlitt's Dodsley, xi. 265. F. affronter,
1 to come before, or face to face ' (Cotgr.). //
Not sure if that gives us a start.
//agrim
affret, onset, fierce encounter. Spenser, P. Q. iii. 9. 16; iv. 3. 16. Cp.
Ital. affrettare, to hasten, make speed (Florio).
affront, to meet face to face, to encounter. Hamlet, iii. 1. 31 ; Ford,
Perkin Warbeck, v. 1 (Dalyell). Affront, an accost, meeting. Greene, Tu
Quoque, or The City Gallant ; in Hazlitt's Dodsley, xi. 265. F. affronter,
1 to come before, or face to face ' (Cotgr.). //
Not sure if that gives us a start.
Here's the glossary should you wish to browse it.
https:/ /archiv e.org/s tream/g lossary oftudor s00skea uoft/gl ossaryo ftudors 00skeau oft_djv u.txt
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