Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 8hGruntling. n.s. [from grunt.] A young hog. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/gruntli... 0104
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Infective. adj. [from infect.] Having the quality of acting by contagion. True love, well considered, hath an infective power. Sidney. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/infecti... 031
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Pudency. n.s. [pudens, Lat.] Modesty; shamefacedness. A pudency so rosy, the sweet view on’t Might well have warm’d old Saturn. Shakesp. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/pudency... 010
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Underpuller. n.s. [under and puller.] Inferiour or subordinate puller. The mystery of seconds and thirds is such a master-piece, that no description can reach. These underpullers in destruction are such implicit mortals as are not to be matched. Collier. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/underpu... 040
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 26/09/2026JOY. n.s. [joye, French; gioia, Italian.] 1. The passion produced by any happy accident; gladness; exultation. 2. Gaiety; merriment; festivity. 3. Happiness; felicity. 4. A term of fondness. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/joy_ns 031
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Justice Samuel Alito once pointed out to me in conversation that Samuel Johnson’s and Noah Webster’s dictionary definition of marriage... www.scotusblog.com/2026/09/the-...scotusblog.comThe “born free and equal” clauses and same-sex marriageType to search articles, cases, and authors. 000
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 25/09/2026CITY. n.s. [cité, French, civitas, Latin.] 1. A large collection of houses and inhabitants. 2. [In the English law.] A town corporate, that hath a bishop and a cathedral church. Cowel. 3. The inhabitants of a certain city, as distinguished from... johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/city_ns 000
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 24/09/2026In 1759, Samuel Johnson addressed a complaint he heard often in London: that memory was failing. His diagnosis then holds today. “The true art of memory,” he wrote, “is the art of attention.” www.elsevier.com/connect/atte...elsevier.comAttention is all we have leftChaouki Abdallah, president of the Lebanese American University on why attention is the true currency of learning 042
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Unbegot. Unbegotten. adj. [from begot.] 1. Eternal; without generation. 2. Not yet generated. 3. Not attaining existence. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/unbegot... 021
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Queen Anne performed the last English ceremony in 1712, touching a young Samuel Johnson among others... go2tutors.com/20-royal-tra...go2tutors.com20 Royal Traditions That Ended QuietlyMonarchies love to advertise their pageantry, but they are far less eager to announce what they have dropped. Most royal customs do not end with a proclamation. They fade out over a decade or two,… 111
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Brimstony. adj. [from brimstone.] Full of brimstone; containing sulphur; sulphureous. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/brimsto... 051
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The annual celebration honoured the life and legacy of the writer, lexicographer and creator of the dictionary. lichfieldlive.co.uk/celebrations...lichfieldlive.co.ukCelebrations in Lichfield mark Samuel Johnson's 317th birthdayMayor of Lichfield joins commemorative events in the city. 080
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The remarkable life of Francis Barber, the servant, friend, and heir to Dr Samuel Johnson, has been commemorated... news.cityoflondon.gov.uk/britains-fir...news.cityoflondon.gov.ukBritain’s first Black schoolteacher and Samuel Johnson’s servant, friend, and heir commemorated at launch of redesigned City of London Blue Plaques SchemeBritain’s first Black schoolteacher, Francis Barber - Dr. Samuel Johnson’s former servant, friend, and heir – has been commemorated by a Blue Plaque at the writer’s townhouse in the heart of Fleet… 095
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 22/09/2026To COMMUTE. v.a. [commuto, Latin.] 1. To exchange; to put one thing in the place of another; to give or receive one thing for another. 2. To buy off, or ransom one obligation by another. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/commute... 054
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 21/09/2026REPREHENSIBLE. adj. [reprehensible, Fr. reprehensus, Lat.] Blameable; culpable; censurable. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/reprehe... 061
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 20/09/2026To Bespice. v.a. [from spice.] To season with spices. Thou might’st bespice a cup To give mine enemy a lasting wink. Shakesp. Winter’s Tale. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/bespice... 061
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Informer. n.s. [from inform.] 1. One who gives instruction or intelligence. 2. One who discovers offenders to the magistrate. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/informe... 021
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Birthday. n.s. [from birth and day.] 1. The day on which any one is born. 2. The day of the year in which any one was born, annually observed. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/birthda... 130
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Napery. n.s. [naperia, Italian.] Table-linen. Dict. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/napery_ns 032
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Over-head. adv. [over and head.] Aloft; in the zenith; above; in the cieling. Over-head the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course. Milton’s Par. Lost, b. i. The four stars over-head, represent the four children. Addis. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/over-he... 001
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 15/09/2026To Tine. v.a. [tynan, Saxon.] 1. To kindle; to light; to set on fire. 2. [tinan, Saxon, to shut.] To shut. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/tine_va 010
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 14/09/2026To SATURATE. v.a. [saturo, Latin.] To impregnate ’till no more can be received or imbibed. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/saturat... 120
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 13/09/2026A two-volume 1756 edition of Samuel Johnson’s A Dictionary of the English Language is the gift of John and Kathryn Pascoe. This early edition is the first in octavo format... udayton.edu/blogs/librar...udayton.eduThe Gift of Words : University of Dayton, Ohio08.11.2026 073
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Boyishly. adv. [from boyish.] Childishly; triflingly. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/boyishl... 010
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Fans of the wordsmith and dictionary compiler will, however, find a much more rewarding experience at the Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum, the building in which he was born, and lived for the first few decades of his life. londonist.com/london/beyon...londonist.comVisit *The Other* Dr Johnson's House, In LichfieldThe dictionary compiler's childhood home. 141
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Lavishly. adv. [from lavish.] Profusely; prodigally. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/lavishl... 042
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 11/09/2026N, A semivowel, has in English an invariable sound: as, no, name, net; it is sometimes after m almost lost; as, condemn, contemn. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/n 021
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The great writer and creator of the English dictionary Samuel Johnson was a friend of Scott's and visited in 1773 - describing the grotto as a "fairy hall." www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/2646425...watfordobserver.co.ukTake a torchlit journey through Hertfordshire's hidden underground 'fairy hall'Scott's Grotto in Ware is the UK's largest shell grotto and was built more than 260 years ago. 021
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Visnomy. n.s. [corrupted from physiognomy.] Face; countenance. Not in use. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/visnomy... 011
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Full-bottomed. adj. [full and bottom.] Having a large bottom. I was obliged to sit at home in my morning-gown, having pawned a new suit of cloaths and a full-bottomed wig for a sum of money. Guardian. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/full-bo... 042
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Even back in 1755, Doctor Johnson waved the white flag. Within his pioneering dictionary, Johnson defined pink as ‘‘a colour used by painters’’. While blue was ‘‘one of the seven original colours’’, akin to explaining an apple as an enduring snack... www.pressreader.com/australia/th... 032
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Embrasure. n.s. [embrasure, French.] An aperture in the wall, through which the cannon is pointed; battlement. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/embrasu... 022
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Innuendo. n.s. [innuendo, from innuo, Latin.] An oblique hint. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/innuend... 063
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 06/09/2026...the music historian Charles Burney, whom his friend Samuel Johnson called the preeminent travel writer of his day, admits that his European research trip began with a self-inflicted delay... www.counterpunch.org/2026/08/28/a...counterpunch.orgArmed for Travel and Musical DuelsWho among us hasn’t forgotten a wallet or passport or laptop or packed lunch or gift in the taxi or subway on the way to the airport or on the plane after 021
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 06/09/2026To EXICCATE. v.a. [exsicco, Latin.] To dry; to dry up. Dict. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/exiccat... 010
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Repentant. adj. [repentant, Fr. from repent.] 1. Sorrowful for the past. 2. Sorrowful for sin. 3. Expressing sorrow for sin. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/repenta... 031
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Ravenous. adj. [from raven.] Furiously voracious; hungry to rage. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/ravenou... 032
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Shirtless. adj. [from shirt.] Wanting a shirt. Linsey-woolsey brothers, Grave mummers! sleeveless some, and shirtless others. Pope. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/shirtle... 040
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Unmeasurable. adj. Boundless; unbounded. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/unmeasu... 020
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Gyre. n.s. [gyrus, Latin.] A circle described by any thing moving in an orbit. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/gyre_ns 010
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Misdeed. n.s. [mis and deed.] Evil action. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/misdeed... 021
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 30/08/2026To Drag. v.n. To hang so low as to trail or grate upon the ground. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/drag_vn 011
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Tripos. n.s. A tripod. See Tripod. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/tripos_ns 031
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Consentaneous. adj. [consentaneus, Latin.] Agreeable to; consistent with. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/consent... 021
Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Charioteer. n.s. [from chariot.] He that drives the chariot. It is used only in speaking of military chariots, and those in the ancient publick games. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/chariot... 020