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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. obsolete A proverb.
- n. An example.
- n. obsolete, by extension A person used as an example, either positively or negatively; one who has become a byword for any remarkable quality.
- n. obsolete An exceptional or wonderful character.
- n. obsolete A family outcast; bastard.
- n. obsolete An accidental piece of good fortune; a wonderful stroke of luck or dexterity.
- n. obsolete A mischievous person (usually applied to youngsters); an awkward figure.
- n. obsolete A natural child.
Etymologies
- From Middle English bispel, byspell, from Old English, bīspel, biġspel ("proverb, parable, example, story"), from bī- ("by") + spel ("talk, story"), equivalent to by- + spell. Cognate with Middle Dutch bijspel ("proverb, parable"), Low German bispeel ("example"), German Beispiel ("example"). More at by-, spell. (Wiktionary)
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Lists
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Anglish
Words that can replace Latinates.
frosent, gainsay, fremd, inrush, frain, huru, wordbook, wordstock, byspel, elfshine, infaru, glam and 98 more...
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Anglo-Saxon/Old English
Anglo-Saxon rootwords
mote, huru, byspel, elfshine, infaru, snotor, dern, upspring, meed, lof, queem, hof and 83 more...
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derogatory terms I should use more often
assmarmot, scuzzbucket, scumbag, sleazebag, slimeball, swamp donkey, barathrum, cacafuego, clarty-paps, comprachico, ephemeromorph, creodont and 162 more...
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Depraved and Insulting English
Vocabulary from Peter Novobatzky's and Ammon Shea's highly entertaining book of words I wish I could use in conversation.
ablutophobic, aboiement, abydocomist, acalculiac, achilous, acokoinonia, acrocephalic, acrotophiliac, acrotomophiliac, ameliotist, apotemnophiliac, monopediomaniac and 349 more...
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sionnach the outcast of a family. Jan 2, 2008