Limehouse

See also: limehouse

English

Etymology

The place name is a reference to local lime oasts. The earliest reference is to Les Lymhostes, in 1356. The verb is a reference to a speech made there by the Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George in 1909.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /lʌɪmhaʊs/

Proper noun

Limehouse

1. A district in eastern London, now part of Tower Hamlets.

Verb

Limehouse (third-person singular simple present Limehouses, present participle Limehousing, simple past and past participle Limehoused)

1. (dated, British) To make a fiery political speech.

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989