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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 8h
Gruntling. n.s. [from grunt.] A young hog. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/gruntli...
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Infective. adj. [from infect.] Having the quality of acting by contagion. True love, well considered, hath an infective power. Sidney. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/infecti...
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
JohnsonsDictionaryOnline.com is back online! The lookups work. It will be a little while longer before the "about" and "how to" pages are back. Thanks for your patience!
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Pudency. 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...
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Underpuller. 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...
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
JOY. 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
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Justice 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-...
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The “born free and equal” clauses and same-sex marriage
Type to search articles, cases, and authors.
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
CITY. 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
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In 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...
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Attention is all we have left
Chaouki Abdallah, president of the Lebanese American University on why attention is the true currency of learning
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Unbegot. Unbegotten. adj. [from begot.] 1. Eternal; without generation. 2. Not yet generated. 3. Not attaining existence. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/unbegot...
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Queen Anne performed the last English ceremony in 1712, touching a young Samuel Johnson among others... go2tutors.com/20-royal-tra...
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20 Royal Traditions That Ended Quietly
Monarchies 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,…
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Brimstony. adj. [from brimstone.] Full of brimstone; containing sulphur; sulphureous. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/brimsto...
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The annual celebration honoured the life and legacy of the writer, lexicographer and creator of the dictionary. lichfieldlive.co.uk/celebrations...
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Celebrations in Lichfield mark Samuel Johnson's 317th birthday
Mayor of Lichfield joins commemorative events in the city.
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The remarkable life of Francis Barber, the servant, friend, and heir to Dr Samuel Johnson, has been commemorated... news.cityoflondon.gov.uk/britains-fir...
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Britain’s first Black schoolteacher and Samuel Johnson’s servant, friend, and heir commemorated at launch of redesigned City of London Blue Plaques Scheme
Britain’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…
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
To 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...
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
REPREHENSIBLE. adj. [reprehensible, Fr. reprehensus, Lat.] Blameable; culpable; censurable. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/reprehe...
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
JohnsonsDictionaryOnline.com is currently offline following a malware attack. UCF's IT security team is working on remediation, but we don't yet know when the site will be restored. Updates will be posted here as we have them. Apologies for the inconvenience!
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
To 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...
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Informer. n.s. [from inform.] 1. One who gives instruction or intelligence. 2. One who discovers offenders to the magistrate. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/informe...
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Birthday. 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...
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Napery. n.s. [naperia, Italian.] Table-linen. Dict. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/napery_ns
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Over-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...
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
To 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
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
UCF's IT team is completing its investigation into our server issue. The next step is a remediation plan to restore our websites. No timeline yet, but we'll post updates here. Thanks for your patience. We hope the process will result in a more secure, stable site going forward.
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
To SATURATE. v.a. [saturo, Latin.] To impregnate ’till no more can be received or imbibed. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/saturat...
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A 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...
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The Gift of Words : University of Dayton, Ohio
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Boyishly. adv. [from boyish.] Childishly; triflingly. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/boyishl...
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Fans 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...
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Visit *The Other* Dr Johnson's House, In Lichfield
The dictionary compiler's childhood home.
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Lavishly. adv. [from lavish.] Profusely; prodigally. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/lavishl...
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
N, 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
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Our university's IT team is still working to resolve a server issue. We'll post an update here once the dictionary site is back online. Thank you for your patience!
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The 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...
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Take 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.
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Visnomy. n.s. [corrupted from physiognomy.] Face; countenance. Not in use. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/visnomy...
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Johnson's Dictionary Online is temporarily offline while our university's IT team resolves a server issue. We'll post an update here once it's back. Thanks for your patience!
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Full-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...
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Even 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...
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Embrasure. n.s. [embrasure, French.] An aperture in the wall, through which the cannon is pointed; battlement. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/embrasu...
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Innuendo. n.s. [innuendo, from innuo, Latin.] An oblique hint. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/innuend...
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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...
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Armed for Travel and Musical Duels
Who 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
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
To EXICCATE. v.a. [exsicco, Latin.] To dry; to dry up. Dict. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/exiccat...
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Repentant. adj. [repentant, Fr. from repent.] 1. Sorrowful for the past. 2. Sorrowful for sin. 3. Expressing sorrow for sin. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/repenta...
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Ravenous. adj. [from raven.] Furiously voracious; hungry to rage. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/ravenou...
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Shirtless. adj. [from shirt.] Wanting a shirt. Linsey-woolsey brothers, Grave mummers! sleeveless some, and shirtless others. Pope. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/shirtle...
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Unmeasurable. adj. Boundless; unbounded. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/unmeasu...
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Gyre. n.s. [gyrus, Latin.] A circle described by any thing moving in an orbit. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/gyre_ns
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Misdeed. n.s. [mis and deed.] Evil action. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/misdeed...
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
To Drag. v.n. To hang so low as to trail or grate upon the ground. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/drag_vn
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Tripos. n.s. A tripod. See Tripod. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/tripos_ns
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Consentaneous. adj. [consentaneus, Latin.] Agreeable to; consistent with. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/consent...
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Charioteer. 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...
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