Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A Christmas or New Year's ceremony, in the Isle of Man; one who takes part in the ceremony. See the first extract.
Wiktionary
- n. Manx English The first person one encounters, either after leaving one's home or (sometimes) outside one's home, especially on New Year's Day.
Etymologies
- From Manx qualtagh. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I should be the first-foot here, only I'm no use as a qualtagh.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘qualtagh’.
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phrontistery - q
from phrontistery.info
quoz, quotuple, quotum, quotition, quotiety, quotidian, quotha, quotennial, quotatious, quorate, quondam, quomodocunquize and 227 more...
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Manx
Words that are Manx or of Manx origin. This is a language about which I know next to nothing, and therefore make no claims of being correct about anything.
See also the bound-to-remain...coghal, byddage, cronk, qualtagh, tynwald, manx loaghtan, bunscoill ghaelgagh, shassoo, credjue, nealloo, craid, mraane and 202 more...
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Wunderkammer
A not-so-secret cache of wonderfilled words; may be mythical, magical, philosophical, oddball or just plain cool
thaumazein, anacampserote, cledonism, mirabile dictu, limen, sough, amaranthine, anamorphosis, lyribliring, lubberland, luciferous, madstone and 31 more...
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Pseudodemons
Potential dukes, duchesses, and chief petty officers of hell.
Inspired by whichbe's demongering.ashgabat, súrsaðir hrútspungar, arrghus, spizzerinctum, duniewassal, xiphiplastron, agassiz, thrombokinase, squalus suckleyi, rauwolfia serpentina, pipistrelle, qualtagh and 66 more...
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juv3nal's Words
ligature, hermeneutic, caduceus, prelapsarian, apophenia, pataphor, lipogram, epinephrine, ludic, samizdat, oulipo, oulipopo and 194 more...
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A Nuncheon of Random Palavery
Yet another "random palavery" list of words that catch my eye or attention for whatever reason. No specific theme here.
causeuse, charientism, cheiloproclitic, phony umbrage, marathon of phony..., colpsinquanonia, concilliabule, emunction, liripip, qualtagh, hemiumbrage, umbrage-lite and 139 more...
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To Learn
enervate, redolent, distaff, approbation, arrogate, bonhomie, palliate, calumny, panoply, contumacious, edify, dyspeptic and 188 more...
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O! Timballo
for the same
tea-poy, pooking fork, ait, eyot, quodlibet, milk leg, tussie-mussie, calash, gueules, caitiff, bindery, demi-rep and 224 more...
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Awesome Words, Part 1: Less Common
These are words that I have learnt over the years and want to remember
epithalamium, hustings, verger, atheling, moue, pendulous, pendragon, funicular, pericope, fettle, eleemosynary, moot and 160 more...
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It Has a Name??
Yes. Yes it does.
aglet, armsaye, scroop, rowel, ferrule, rasceta, chanking, philtrum, frenulum, keeper, agelast, punt and 285 more...
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epeolatrist's list
epeolatry, syzygy, sphallolalia, lucubration, lugubrious, cacology, mellifluous, tmesis, synecdoche, anathema, eschatological, razbliuto and 349 more...
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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Wordnik Notebooks
All the words from the cover of the Wordnik notebook.
A few words appear twice: frass, cruet, luna, thalweg, and possibly some more.
Careful: Contains spoilers!spilth, frass, fomite, rux, worricow, alizarin, mundungus, parthenocarpy, jib, whinyard, weisure, nimiety and 217 more...
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Nick Yeow’s Words
Recently learned words that I like.
pharmaceutical, bowdlerise, connoisseur, cognoscenti, ostracise, aforementioned, antepenultimate, concatenate, extraterrestrial, psychiatrist, firmament, gastronomical and 100 more...
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C. S. Bird – Grandiloquent Dictionary
All the words from the Grandiloquent Dictionary.
946 of these 2700 words do not yield any results in six different dictionaries, hence many of them might be misspellings.
More in...abacinate, abcedarian, abderian, ablegate, abligurition, ablutophobia, abnormous, acarophobia, acathasia, accipitrine, accidia, accubitus and 2690 more...
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Tweets
Looking for tweets for qualtagh.

jmjarmstrong JM wonders what would happen if your qualtagh is also their qualtagh – would you both be forced to retreat indoors again? Sep 5, 2009
reesetee Interesting etymology for this word (according to OED): It once referred to the custom of going in a group from door to door at Christmas or New Year, making a request for food or other gifts in the form of a song. It also referred to the first person to enter one's house on New Year's Day or the first person one meets after leaving home, especially on a special occasion (it derives from the Manx English for "someone who meets or is met," literally, "first-foot"). Feb 15, 2008
oroboros I just stepped outside (tho I'm not leaving) and spotted you: Howdy qualtagh! Jul 8, 2007
amcd56 Leaving now - wonder who my qualtagh will be? Hellooo - anybody out there? Jul 8, 2007
uncleosbert it sounds like someone trying to say "quality" with their teeth out... Jul 8, 2007
seanahan Apparently, this is the first person you see after leaving your house. Evidently pronounced "KWOL-tok". Jul 8, 2007