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16401 Etymology dictionary, p. Jobation (n.).2
"a long, tedious scolding," 1680s, a jocular formation from Job, the patriarch, with a Latinate noun ending, "in allusion to the rebukes he received from his 'comforters'" [Century Dictionary]. A verb jobe is attested from 1660s.
16402 Etymology dictionary, p. kickback (n.).2
… oneself comfortable, prepare to relax" is from 1975.
16403 Etymology dictionary, p. large (adj.).3
… circumstances, "comfortable, easy" from 1738, and in more recent use Farmer and Henley ("Slang and Its Analogues") have it as "impressively, to excess" from 1852.
16404 Etymology dictionary, p. liparo-.2
… "rich, comfortable; costly, splendid," from lipos "fat" (from PIE root *leip- "to stick, adhere," also used to form words for "fat").
16405 Etymology dictionary, p. lip-service (n.).2
… ); lip-comfort (1630s).
16406 Etymology dictionary, p. lounge (n.).2
… as "comfortable drawing room" (suitable for lounging); from lounge (v.). Earlier senses, now out of use, were "pastime" (1788), "place for gathering" (1775). Lounge lizard …
16407 Etymology dictionary, p. luxury (n.).3
… or comfortable beyond life's necessities" is from 1780. Used as an adjective from 1916.
16408 Etymology dictionary, p. margin (n.).3
… . Meaning "comfort allowance, cushion, scope, range, provision for enlarged or extended action" is by 1851; margin of error is attested by 1889. Stock market sense …
16409 Etymology dictionary, p. match (n.2).2
… gimah "comfort, ease," Middle High German gemach "comfortable, quiet," German gemach "easy, leisurely"), from PIE root *mag- "to knead, fashion, fit."
16410 Etymology dictionary, p. Mesopotamia.3
… inexplicable comfort to the hearer," based on the story of the old woman who told her pastor that she "found great support in that comfortable word Mesopotamia …
16411 Etymology dictionary, p. Nehemiah.2
masc. proper name, Jewish leader under Persian king Artaxerxes, from Hebrew Nehemyah, literally "the Lord comforts."
16412 Etymology dictionary, p. nestle (v.).2
… (oneself) comfortably, snuggle" is recorded by 1540s. In Middle English also "take shelter as if in a nest." Related: Nestled; nestling .
16413 Etymology dictionary, p. paraclete (n.).2
… "to comfort, to console," from para (see para- (1)) + kalein "to call" (from PIE root *kele- (2) "to shout").
16414 Etymology dictionary, p. parlor (n.).3
… of comfort" (as in parlor socialist ) is by 1900.
16415 Etymology dictionary, p. pinguid (adj.).2
… , heavy; comfortable," from stem of pinguere, from PIE *pei- "fat, sap, juice" (see fat (adj.)). Related: Pinguidinous .
16416 Etymology dictionary, p. privation (n.).2
… life's comforts or of some necessity" is attested from 1790.
16417 Etymology dictionary, p. proprietary (n.).2
… personal comforts," from noun uses of Old French proprietaire and Medieval Latin proprietarius "of a property owner" (see proprietary (adj.)). From 1630s in reference …
16418 Etymology dictionary, p. pyro-.2
… and comfort" [Liddell & Scott], from PIE root *paewr- "fire." Pyriphlegethon, literally "fire-blazing," was one of the rivers of Hell.
16419 Etymology dictionary, p. rambunctious (adj.).2
… the comfort of others," earlier rumbunctious, 1824, probably altered (by influence of ram ) from rumbustious. Compare rantankerous "contentious" (Bartlett), a …
16420 Etymology dictionary, p. re-.7
… .) "to comfort, console; encourage;" recourse (n.) "a process, way, course." Recover in Middle English also could mean "obtain, win" (happiness, a kingdom, etc.) with no notion …