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The following is a list of putative words that have entries in two or more general English dictionaries, but that have two or fewer attested uses. Notable ghost words are also included for the sake of completeness.

Homonyms and individual senses of attested words are not included. This is due to the comparative difficulty of verifying non-attestability in such cases.

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses^[1]
ablectick (ablecticke)	adjective	from putative Latin ablectus, probable error for abiectus in Plautus	set out or adorned for sale	1623, Cockeram [as noun, "ablecticke"] 1656, Blount 1658, Phillips 1676, Coles 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	1
abligurie (abligury)	noun	from Latin abligurio	prodigal spending on food and drink	1623, Cockeram 1626, Minsheu 1847, Halliwell [as "abligury"] 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
abligurition	noun	from Latin abliguritio	prodigal spending on food and drink	1742, Bailey 1888, NED Volume 1	0
ablocate	verb	from Latin abloco	to let out for hire	1623, Cockeram 1721, Bailey 1755, Johnson 1828, Webster 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft) 1890, Century	2^[2]
ablocation	noun	from Latin ablocatio	a letting out for hire	1663, Bullokar 1731, Bailey 1755, Johnson 1828, Webster 1888, NED Volume 1 1890, Century	0
abnodate	verb	from Latin abnodo	to prune a tree, removing the knots	1656, Blount 1823, Crabb 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft) 1909, Webster's New International	0
abnodation	noun	abnodate + -ion; possibly from Latin abnodatio	the pruning of a tree, removing the knots	1658, Phillips 1755, Johnson 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft) 1909, Webster's New International	0
abripe	adjective	from Latin abripere	to ravish or rape	1623, Cockeram 2009, OED3 draft	0
abriped	adjective	abripe + -d	ravished	1623, Cockeram 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
abrodietical (abrodieticall)	noun/adjective	from Ancient Greek ἁβροδίαιτος	a delicate person/delicate	1623, Cockeram [as noun] 1625, Minsheu [as "abrodieticall"] [as noun and adjective] 1656, Blount [as adjective] 1857, Wright [as "abrodieticall"] [as noun] 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft) [as adjective]	1
accorporate (adcorporate)	verb	from Latin accorporo	to unite	1623, Cockeram [as "adcorporate"] 1658, Phillips [as "adcorporate"] 1676, Coles [as "adcorporate"] 1732, Bailey [as "adcorporate"] 1755, Johnson [as "adcorporate"] 1882, Imperial 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft) 1913, Webster's Revised Unabridged	1
acerote^[3]	adjective		having the nature of brown bread	1623, Cockeram [only as "acerote bread"] 1625, Minsheu 1704, Cocker 1847, Halliwell 1880, Wright 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft) 1890, Century	0
acersecomic	noun	from Latin acersecomes	someone whose hair has never been cut	1623, Cockeram [as "acersecomicke"] 1656, Blount [as "acersecomick"] 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
acetars (acetarr, acetaries)	noun	from Latin acetaria	salad with vinegar	1623, Cockeram [as "acetarr"] 1656, Blount [as "acetar"] 1663, Bullokar 1751, Bailey 1775, Ash 1775, Denning 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft, as "acetar")	0
acyrological	adjective	acyrology + -ical	exhibiting improper speech	1623, Cockeram [as noun] 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
adact	verb	from Latin adactus, past participle of adigo	drive by force	1851?, Imperial 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft) 1890, Century	1
adacted	adjective	from Latin adactus	driven (in) by force	1623, Cockeram 1658, Phillips 1676, Coles 1755, Johnson^[4] 1797, Walker 1810, Duane 1826, James 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
addecimate	verb	from Latin addecimo	to take as a tithe	1623, Cockeram 1658, Phillips 1676, Coles 1755, Johnson 1828, Webster 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	1
adiaphoracy (adiaphoricie)	noun	from Ancient Greek ἀδιαφορία	indifference	1623, Cockeram [as "adiaphoricie"] 1847, Craig 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
aerumnous (ærumnous)	adjective	from Latin aerumnosus, from aerumna	full of trouble	1658, Phillips 1676, Coles 1721, Bailey 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
agnœa	noun	from Antient Greek ἄγνοια	State of a patient who does not recognize individuals or other things.	1895, A Dictionary of Medical Science 1911, The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia	0
anadesm (anadesme)	noun	from Ancient Greek ἀναδέσμη	a band to tie up wounds	1658, Phillips [as "anadesme"] 1676, Coles 1742, Bailey 1846, Halliwell 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	1
anepronym	noun	blend of anacronym + eponym	a genericized trademark	(several online word lists)	0
animadversiveness	noun	animadversive + -ness	the state or quality of being animadversive; animadversion	1731, Bailey 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
anteloquy	noun	from Latin anteloquium	1. an actor's cue 2. a preface	1623, Cockeram [as "antiloquy"; actor's sense only] 1656, Blount 1676, Coles 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	2
antilœmic	noun	ἀντί- with λοιμικός	Remedy utilised in prevention and curing of plagues.	1911, The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia	0
apophoret	noun	from Latin apophoretum	a New Year's gift	1623, Cockeram [as "apopheret"] 1676, Bullokar 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
applumbature	noun	from Latin applumbatura	a joining or soldering with lead	1656, Blount 1676, Coles 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
aretaloger	noun	from Latin aretalogus	one who brags of his own virtue	1656, Blount 1676, Coles 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
argentanginy (argentageny)	noun	from Latin argentangina	being bribed to hold one's tongue	1623, Cockeram [as "argentageny"] 1656, Blount 1676, Coles 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
argumentose	adjective	from the Latin argumentōsus	Full of argument, reason, matter or proof; pithy, full of wit or skill.	1731, Bailey (An universal etymological English dictionary) 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2)	0
assertionate	noun	assertion + -ate	to assert	1623, Cockeram 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	1
assertionation	noun	assertionate + -ion	an act of asserting or avowing	1623, Cockeram 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
assestrix	noun	from Latin	a female assistant	1623, Cockeram 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
autocratship	noun	autocrat + -ship	the state of being an autocrat	1864, Webster 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	2

[edit] B

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses^[1]
basiate^[5]	verb	from Latin basiatus	to kiss	1623, Cockeram 1888, NED Volume 1	1
bellaries	noun	from Latin bellaria	banqueting dishes	1623, Cockeram 1888, NED Volume 1	0
bellitude	noun	from Latin bellitudo	beauty	1623, Cockeram 1656, Blount 1676, Coles 1846, Halliwell 1888, NED Volume 1	0
blandiloquy	noun	from Latin blandiloquium	flattering speech	1623, Cockeram 1699, Coles 1783, Bailey 1888, NED Volume 1	1
brochity	noun	from Latin brocchitas	crookedness, especially of the teeth	1623, Cockeram 1656, Blount 1658, Phillips 1676, Coles 1724, Bailey 1846, Halliwell 1888, NED Volume 1	0
bubulcitate	verb	from Latin bubulcitare, from bubulcus	1. to cry like a cowherd. 2. to play the cowherd	1623, Cockeram ["cry" sense only] 1656, Blount 1676, Coles ["play" sense only] 1678, Phillips ["play" sense only, as an "affected word"] 1888, NED Volume 1	0
buze	noun	from French buse	a pipe used to draw air into a mine	1823, Crabb 1881 ed., Worcester 1888, NED Volume 1	1

[edit] C

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses^[1]
calamist	noun	calamus + -ist	Someone who plays a reed	1623, Cockeram [as "one having his hair turned upward"] 1656, Blount 1678, Phillips 1893, NED Volume 2	1
castaldick (castaldy)	noun	from Latin castaldicum	office of a steward	1678 ed., Phillips 1721, Bailey 1893, NED Volume 2	0
celeripedean	noun	from Latin celeripes + -ean	a swift runner	1623, Cockeram 1656, Blount [as adjective] 1676, Coles [as adjective] 1893, NED Volume 2	1 dubious
cepivorous (cepevorous)	adjective	from Latin cepa + -vorous	eating onions	1864, Webster [as "cepevorous"] 1890, Century [as "cepevorous"] 1893, NED Volume 2 [labeled as "nonce word"] 1913, Webster's [as "cepevorous"] 1955, Shipley	1, 1
cespitate	verb	from Latin cespito	to stumble	1623, Cockeram 1658, Phillips 1676, Coles 1893, NED Volume 2	0
chrysostomatical (chrisostomaticall, chrysostomaticall)	adjective	chryso- + stomatic + -al	eloquent	1623, Cockeram [as "chrisostomaticall"] 1893, NED Volume 2 1955, Shipley	1
conspuated	adjective		having spots	1623, Cockeram 1893, NED Volume 2	0
consomniate	verb	from Latin consomniāre	to dream	1623, Cockeram (as "consomnat") 1893, NED Volume 2	0
corymbiate	adjective	from Latin corymbiatus	having the form of a corymb; corymbiated	1882 ed., Imperial 1890, Century 1893, NED Volume 2	1
cotigulate	verb	probable error for contegulate	to tile a house	1623, Cockeram 1893, NED Volume 2	0
crepane	noun	error for crepance	a scratch in a horse's leg	1755, Johnson 1828, Webster 2008, OED3 draft [mentioned in citations in NED]	0
cucubate	verb	from Latin cucubo	to hoot like an owl	1623, Cockeram 1656, Blount 1717 ed., Coles 1893, NED Volume 2	0
cucuriate	verb	from Latin cucurio	to crow	1623, Cockeram 1893, NED Volume 2	0

[edit] D

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses^[1]
debacchate	verb	from Latin debacchor	to rave like a bacchante	1623, Cockeram 1897, NED Volume 3 1913, Webster's Revised	0
dord	noun	contraction of "D or d"	density	1934, Webster’s New International Dictionary	0

[edit] E

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses^[1]
eblandish	verb	From Latin eblandior	To get by coaxing.	1623, Cockeram 1897, NED Volume 3	0
epicœmasis	noun	From Ancient Greek	Position or process of sleeping.	1895, A dictionary of medical science	0
esquivalience	noun	N/A	the shirking of one's official responsibilities	2001, New Oxford American Dictionary Unkown date–2005, Dictionary.com	0
etæristria	noun	From Ancient Greek	Female considered a hermaphrodite because of her large clitoris size.	1895, A dictionary of medical science	0
exumbilication	noun	ex- + umbilication	a pronounced protrusion of the navel	1676, Bailey 1707, Blount 1849, Craig 1919, American Illustrated Medical Dictionary	1

[edit] F

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses^[1]
fideicide	noun	Latin fidei + -cide	a destroyer of trust	1656, Glossographia (Blount) 1676, An English Dictionary (Coles) 1900, New English Dictionary volume 4 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0

[edit] G

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses^[1]
gausapine	noun	From Latin gausapina	A jerkin of frieze	1623, Cockeram 1900, NED Volume 4	0

[edit] H

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses^[1]
helluation (also heluation)	noun		gluttony	1656, Glossographia (Blount) 1901, New English Dictionary, Volume 5 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	1
homodoxian	noun	homodox +‎ -ian	one who has the same opinion as another	1901, New English Dictionary, Volume 5 [as subentry under homodox]	1
hypnopœus	uncountable noun	hypno- +‎ -poeus	producing sleep	1895, A Dictionary of Medical Science	0

[edit] I

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses^[1]
inorthography	uncountable noun	From in- + orthography	incorrect spelling		1
intribution	noun	From intribūtiōn-, the stem of the Latin intribūtiō.	contribution or lot-money paid for lands	1656, Blount 1901, NED Volume 5, page 436 (also in OED2)	0
irroborate	verb	From Latin ir- + roborare	to make strong	1623, Cockeram 1656, Blount 1676, Coles 1901, NED Volume 5	0

[edit] J

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses^[1]
jejunation	noun	From Latin jejunatio	fasting	1623, Cockeram 1658, Phillips 1901, NED Volume 5	1

[edit] K

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses^[1]
knapple (1)	verb	frequentative of knap	to break off with a sharp, quick noise	1755, Johnson 1890, Century 1901, NED Volume 5	0
knapple (2)	verb	frequentative of knap	to nibble	1611, Cotgrave [in gloss, as "knaple"] 1847, Halliwell 1890, Century 1901, NED Volume 5	0

[edit] L

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word
languifical	adjective		causing languor	1656, Glossographia (Blount) 1724, Universal Etymological English Dictionary (Bailey) 1908, New English Dictionary, Volume 6 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)
lœmicum	adjective	From Ancient Greek	Pertaining to the plague.	1895, A dictionary of medical science
lœmocomium	noun	From Ancient Greek	Hospital for those affected with plague.	1895, A dictionary of medical science
lœmology	noun	From Ancient Greek λοιμός with -λογία.	Doctrine of plague and pestilential diseases.	1895, A dictionary of medical science
lœmopyra	noun	From Ancient Greek λοιμός with πῦρ.	Fever of contagious character; plague.	1895, A dictionary of medical science
loimography (lœmography)	noun	From Ancient Greek λοιμός with -γραφία.	Description of a plague and pestilential diseases.	1895, A dictionary of medical science

[edit] M

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses^[1]
macellarious	adjective		pertaining to a butchers' row	1656, Glossographia (Blount) 1676, An English Dictionary (Coles) 1908, New English Dictionary, Volume 6 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
mactator^[6]	noun		murderer	1656, Glossographia (Blount) 1890, Century Dictionary 1908, New English Dictionary, Volume 6 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	1
madidate	verb		to wet	1656, Glossographia (Blount) 1676, An English Dictionary (Coles) 1908, New English Dictionary, Volume 6 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
madidity	noun		wetness	1656, Glossographia (Blount) 1908, New English Dictionary, Volume 6 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
magirist	noun		An expert cook	OED2, OED3 draft	1
mammeated	adjective		mammate	1656, Blount 1724, Bailey 1890, Century 1908, NED, Volume 6 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
manticulate	verb	From Latin manticulari	to pickpocket, or do something stealthily	1656, Blount 1676, Cole 1724, Bailey 1891, Black 1908, NED, Volume 6 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
manticulation	noun	From Latin manticulari	deceitful conveyance	1623, Cockeram 1908, NED, Volume 6 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
marcescible	adjective	From Latin marcescibilis	apt to rot	1656, Blount 1775, Walker 1890, Century 1908, NED, Volume 6 (also in OED2, OED3 draft) 1913, Webster's	1
marcidious	adjective	marcid+ -ious	rotten, withered or feeble	1656, Blount 1775, Ash 1908, NED, Volume 6 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
marginean	adjective	margin + -ean	of the margin	1656, Blount 1908, NED, Volume 6 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
mastigophorer	noun	From Ancient Greek μαστιγοφόρος	someone who deserves to be whipped	1656, Blount 1908, NED, Volume 6 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	1
matricious	noun	Latin matrix + -ious	of or pertaining to the womb	1656, Blount [as "matricious vein"] 1908, NED, Volume 6 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	1
mechation	noun	From Latin moechari + -tion	fornication	1656, Blount 1724, Bailey 1908, NED, Volume 6 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
meganology	noun	mega- + -n- + -ology	a speech of magnitude or greatness	1656, Blount [as "meganologie"] 1908, NED, Volume 6 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
mœrology	noun	From Ancient Greek: μοῖρα (moira, “fate”) in combination with -λογία	Artistic practice of professional mourning.	1911, The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia	0

[edit] N

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses^[1]
naucify	verb	From Latin nauci facere	to disesteem	1656, Blount 1908, NED Volume 6	0

[edit] O

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses^[1]
obacerate (obaceration)	verb	from Latin obacerāre (“to contradict”)	To stop someone’s mouth, before they can finish speaking.	1656, Blount 1658, Phillips ("obaceration") 1676, Coles 1909, NED Volume 7	0
obserate	verb	From Latin obseratus.	To lock up.	1911, The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia	0
oppicate (oppication)	verb	from Latin oppicāre	to cover with pitch	1623, Cockeram 1656, Blount ("oppication") 1909, NED Volume 7	0
orniscopist	noun	orniscopy + -ist	an auspex; someone who tells the future by examining the flight of birds	1755, Johnson 1775, Ash 1828, Webster 1909, NED Volume 7 (as dictionary word)	0
ossifragant	adjective	from Latin ossifragus + -ant	bone-breaking	1656, Blount 1909, NED Volume 7	0
ostentiferous	adjective	from Latin Latin ostentifer	bringing monsters or strange sights	1656, Blount 1676, Coles 1909, NED Volume 7	1

[edit] P

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word
parachronize	verb	from para- + chron- + -ize	to mistime	1670, Blount (3rd ed.) 1676, Coles 1890, Century 1909, NED Volume 7
pastoritious	adjective	from Latin pastōritīus	of or pertaining to a shepherd	1656, Blount 1909, NED Volume 7
pecuarious	adjective	from Latin pecuārius	of or pertaining to cattle	1656, Blount 1658, Phillips 1676, Coles 1909, NED Volume 7
periclitancy	noun	from Latin periclitatio	an adventuring or putting at risk	1656, Blount 1909, NED Volume 7
perreptation	noun	from Latin perreptatio	a creeping through	1656, Blount 1676, Coles 1909, NED Volume 7
phocænine	adjective	from the scientific Latin Phocaena, from the Ancient Greek φώκαινα (phōkaina, “porpoise”), from φώκη (phōkē, “seal”)	of, relating to, or resembling a porpoise	1890, Cent. Dict. 1909, NED VII; 1989, OED 2; 2006/iii, OED 3
posterganeous	adjective	from Latin posterganeus	of or pertaining to the posterior	1656, Blount 1909, NED Volume 7
postliminiage	noun	from Latin postliminium + -age	postliminy, the return of someone thought dead	1662, Blount (2nd ed.) 1909, NED Volume 7 1955, Shipley
pransorious	adjective	from Latin pransorius	of or pertaining to dinner	1656, Blount 1676, Coles 1909, NED Volume 7
pultifical	adjective	from Latin pultificus	serving to make pottage or pap	1656, Blount 1676, Coles 1909, NED Volume 7
pygmachy	noun	From Ancient Greek πυγμαχία	fighting with clubs or bats	1656, Blount 1658, Phillips 1676, Coles 1909, NED Volume 7 [defined as "boxing"]

[edit] Q

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word
quadrigarious	adjective	from Latin quadrigarius	of or pertaining to a four-horsed coach or its coachman	1656, Blount 1658, Phillips 1676, Coles 1914, NED Volume 8
quadringenarious	adjective	from Latin quadringenarius	of or containing four hundred	1656, Blount 1658, Phillips 1676, Coles 1914, NED Volume 8
querculane	adjective	from Latin querculanus	made of oak	1656, Blount 1914, NED Volume 8
quingenarious	adjective	from Latin quingenarius	of or containing five hundred	1656, Blount 1658, Phillips 1676, Coles 1914, NED Volume 8

[edit] R

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses^[1]
redamancy	noun		mutual love; the act of loving in return (despite his lack of redamancy* her passion for him was unabated for several years*)	1656, Glossographia (Blount) 1914, New English Dictionary, Volume 8 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
redamation	noun		mutual love	1656, Glossographia (Blount) 1914, New English Dictionary, Volume 8 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	1

[edit] S

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses^[1]
snilch	verb		(slang) to eye (someone or something)	1676, Coles c. 1698, Canting Crew 1919, NED, Volume 9 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
salsamentarious	adjective	Latin salsamentarius	salty	1755, Johnson	1

[edit] T

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses^[1]
transfume	verb	From Latin transfumare	to smoke through	1623, Cockeram 1656, Blount 1676, Coles 1795, Ash 1926, NED Volume 10 Part 1	1
typhlobasia	noun	Ancient Greek τυφλός (tuphlos, “blind”) + Latin bāsi- (stem of bāsiō (“I kiss”) and its derivation bāsium (“a kiss”)) + English -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns)	the act of kissing with one’s eyes closed	[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]	0

[edit] U

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses^[1]
uberate	verb	From Latin uberare	to make plentiful, or nourish	1623, Cockeram [as "Huberate"] 1656, Blount 1926, NED Volume 10 Part 1	0

[edit] V

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses^[1]
vendication	noun	vendicate+ -ion	a claiming for oneself	1658, Phillips 1928, NED Volume 10 Part 2	0
villicated	adjective	from Latin villicatus	busy with husbandry	1623, Cockeram 1928, NED Volume 10 Part 2	0

[edit] W–Z

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses^[1]
zelotypy	noun	From Latin zelotypia	jealousy	1731, Bailey (An universal etymological English dictionary)	0
zygostat	noun	From Latin zygostates	a market clerk who oversees weights	1623, Cockeram 1928, NED Volume 10	1
zygostatical	adjective	From zygostat + -ical	pertaining to a market clerk who oversees weights	1656, Blount 1928, NED Volume 10	0
zzxjoanw	noun	Began as a joke (or hoax?).	Maori: “drum”, “fife”, “conclusion”	1903, The Musical Guide (Rupert Hughes), page 307	0

[edit] Notes

↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 ^1.13 ^1.14 ^1.15 ^1.16 ^1.17 ^1.18 ^1.19 ^1.20 ^1.21 ^1.22 Limited to uses (not mentionings) that are recorded in a durably-archived medium such as print, in accordance with the English Wiktionary’s fourth criterion for inclusion.
^ ablocate: These two uses bear no resemblance to the proffered sense, or to each other.
^ acerote: The NED speculates this originated as a typo for acerose, "chaffy".
^ Some later editions of Johnson add that "the verb adact is not used."
^ basiate: basiation is well attested.
^ mactator: also a species epithet

[edit] Key to dictionaries

1611, Randle Cotgrave, A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues. Available via Greg Lindahl.
1616, John Bullokar, An English Expositor. 1719 edition available via Google Books.
1623, Henry Cockeram, The English Dictionarie, or, An Interpreter of Hard English Words. Searchable via Lexicons of Early Modern English.
1656, Thomas Blount, Glossographia. Searchable via Lexicons of Early Modern English. 1707 edition available via Google Books.
1658, Edward Phillips, The New World of English Words. 1720 edition available via Google Books.
1676, Elisha Coles, An English Dictionary. 1717 edition available via Google Books.
c. 1698, "B.E.", A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew. 1899 edition available at Archive.org.
1721, Nathan Bailey, An universal etymological English dictionary. 1724 edition available via Google Books.
1755, Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language. 1768 edition available via Google Books.
1775, John Walker, Rhyming Dictionary. Second edition (1806) available at Archive.org.
1775, John Ash, The New and Complete Dictionary of the English Language. 1795 edition available via Google Books.
1791, John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary. 1797 edition available at Archive.org.
1823, George Crabb, Universal Technological Dictionary. 1833 edition (3rd ed., single volume) available via Google Books. 1823 edition volume 1 also available.
1828, Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language. Searchable via ARTFL.
1845, William Bolles ed., An Explanatory and Phonographic Pronouncing Dictionary. Available via Google Books.
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1847, James Orchard Halliwell, Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Volume 2. Available via Google Books
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English: unattested phobias · unattested plurals · dictionary-only terms

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[1] ablocate: These two uses bear no resemblance to the proffered sense, or to each other.

[2] acerote: The NED speculates this originated as a typo for acerose, "chaffy".

[3] Some later editions of Johnson add that "the verb adact is not used."

[4] basiate: basiation is well attested.

[5] mactator: also a species epithet

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