- sassy (adj.)
- 1833, American English, alteration of saucy. Related: Sassily; sassiness.
- sceptic (n.)
- chiefly British English spelling of skeptic (q.v.). Related: Sceptical; sceptically; scepticism.
- skag (n.)
- "heroin," 1967, American English, earlier "cigarette" (1915), of unknown origin.
- seafood (n.)
- "food obtained from the sea," 1836, American English, from sea + food.
- seashell (n.)
- also sea-shell, Old English sæscel; see sea and shell (n.).
- authorisation (n.)
- chiefly British English spelling of authorization (q.v.); for spelling, see -ize.
- capitalise (v.)
- chiefly British English spelling of capitalize (q.v.). For suffix, see -ize.
- Bowman's capsule (n.)
- 1882, named for English surgeon William Bowman (1816-1892).
- breastbone (n.)
- "sternum," Old English breostban; see breast (n.) + bone (n.).
- brightness (n.)
- Old English beorhtnes "brightness, clearness, splendor, beauty;" see bright + -ness.
- butty (n.)
- "slice of bread and butter," 1855, northern English, from butter (n.) + -y (2).
- gabfest (n.)
- "session of conversation," 1895, American English colloquial, from gab + -fest.
- womanise (n.)
- chiefly British English spelling of womanize. Related: Womanized; womanizing; womanizer.
- youngster (n.)
- 1580s, from young + -ster. Earlier was youngling, from Old English geongling.
- wainwright (n.)
- "wagon-builder," Old English wægn-wyrhta; see wain + wright.
- ump (n.)
- short for umpire (n.), by 1915, American English.
- urbanisation (n.)
- chiefly British English spelling of urbanization. For spelling, see -ize.
- utilisation (n.)
- chiefly British English spelling of utilization (q.v.). For spelling, see -ize.
- thew (n.)
- Old English þeaw "usage, custom, habit;" see thews.
- tippet (n.)
- c. 1300, of unknown origin; perhaps from Old English tæppet "carpet, hanging."
- westward (adv.)
- "toward the west," Old English westweard; see west + -ward.
- whangdoodle (n.)
- name of an imaginary creature or thing, 1858, American English, fanciful formation.
- zee (n.)
- "the letter Z," 1670s, now more common in American English.
- gladness (n.)
- Old English glædnes "joy; good nature;" see glad (adj.) + -ness.
- Geordie
- Scottish and northern English dialectal diminutive of masc. proper name George.
- adjuster (n.)
- 1670s, agent noun in English form from adjust. Insurance sense is from 1830.
- foully (adv.)
- Old English fullice; see foul (adj.) + -ly (2).
- grand (n.)
- "thousand dollars," 1915, American English underworld slang, from grand (adj.).
- grimness (n.)
- Old English grimnes "ferocity, cruelty;" see grim (adj.) + -ness.
- half-
- in genealogical combinations, "sharing one parent," Middle English, from half.
- hailstone (n.)
- Old English hagolstan; see hail (n.) + stone (n.).
- wholeness (n.)
- mid-14c., from whole (adj.) + -ness. Old English had halnes.
- huntress (n.)
- late 14c.; see hunter + -ess. Old English had hunticge.
- ice-cold (adj.)
- Old English isceald; see ice (n.) + cold (adj.).
- Athenian (n.)
- Old English Atheniense (plural noun), from Latin Atheniensis, from Athenae (see Athens).
- ho (n.)
- by 1993, American English slang, representing a ghetto pronunciation of whore.
- Anglo-
- from Medieval Latin Anglo-, comb. form of Angli "the English" (see Angle).
- archbishopric (n.)
- Old English arcebiscoprice, from archbishop + rice "realm, dominion, province" (see regal).
- hop-toad (n.)
- also hoptoad, 1827, American English, from hop (v.) + toad.
- beanery (n.)
- "cheap restaurant," 1884, American English, from bean (n.) + -ery.
- reportorial (adj.)
- irregular formation, 1852, American English, from Latinized form of reporter + -ial.
- pulchritudinous (adj.)
- 1877, American English, from pulchritude (from Latin pulchritudino "beauty," genitive pulchritudinis) + -ous.
- landed (adj.)
- "possessed of land," late Old English gelandod; see land (n.).
- labourer (n.)
- chiefly British English spelling of laborer; for suffix, see -or.
- waning (adj.)
- Old English wanunge, wonunge, present participle of wanian (see wane).
- wonderful (adj.)
- late Old English wunderfoll; see wonder (n.) + -ful. Related: Wonderfully.
- yeah
- American English, colloquial, by 1863, from drawling pronunciation of yes.
- eventide (n.)
- "evening" (archaic), Old English æfentid; see even (n.) + tide (n.).
- buck (n.2)
- "sawhorse," 1817, American English, apparently from Dutch bok "trestle."
- theorize (v.)
- 1630s, perhaps a formation in English from theory + -ize. Related: Theorized; theorizing.
