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PEDE - PERP

PEDESTAL - nouns
• BASIS † a pedestal ...1601
 
PEDESTRIAN - nouns  (also see WALK)
• SCRAMBLE, THE the chaotic movement of pedestrians as soon as traffic lights permit ...1984 Aust. sl.
pedestrian - person 
• HOOF-PADDER a pedestrian ...L18 sl.
• PASSENGER a passer-by, a passing pedestrian, a wayfarer ...1729 Sc.
• PERIPATECIAN † one given to walking or travelling about; a pedestrian ...1598
 
PEDIGREE - adjectives
• FAR-FETCHED † of a pedigree: traced from a remote origin ...1647
pedigree - nouns 
• BEAD-ROLL † a list or string of names; a catalogue; a long line, a pedigree; a long series ...1529 obs. or arch.
• BEAD-ROW † a list or string of names; a catalogue; a long line, a pedigree; a long series ...1576
 
PEEKABOO - nouns
• PEEP-EYE the game of peekaboo ...1887 Amer. dial.
• TEET-BO † a game at peep-bo (peekaboo) ...a1600 Sc.
• TEETIE-BO a game at peep-bo (peekaboo) ...1773 Sc.
• TIT-BORE † the childish game of 'bo-peep' ...a1600 Sc.
peekaboo - verbs 
• PEEP-EYE to play peekaboo ...1986 Amer. dial.
 
PEEL - verbs
• BRICKLE to flake or peel because of brittleness ...1936 Amer. dial.
• FLYPE to peel or strip off something, esp. skin ...Sc. ​
• HARL(E) to scrape or rake together; to peel, to come off in pieces ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIEVE to scrape, to peel ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRIVE to scrape; to peel; to make a hard sound by scratching metal ...Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TO-SHELL † to peel entirely, to make bare of skin ...1377
 
PEEP - nouns
• KEEK a peep ...1773 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SHUFTI a look, a peep ...20C Brit. sl.
• SHUFTY a look, a peep ...20C Brit. sl.
• TEET a stolen glance; a peep ...1819 Sc.
• TOOT a peep or glance ...1865 Eng. dial.
peep - person 
• KEEKER a peeper, a gazer ...Bk1902 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TOOTER † one who gazes; a watchman; a peeper ...1382
peep - verbs
• KEEK † to peep; to look privily, as through a narrow aperture, or round a corner ...c1440 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• KEEK-BO to peep, to spy ...1821 Sc.
• PAKE to poke about; to potter about; to peep at ...1893 Eng. dial.
• SQUINNY to squint, to look askance; to peer with partly closed eyes, to peep ...1605
• TEET to peep; to peep or pry in a sly, clandestine manner ...1785 Sc.
• TOOT † to peep, to peer, to look out; to gaze ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
PEEPHOLE - nouns
• KEEK-HOLE a peephole though which prying persons look ...1825 Sc.
• SCOUK a place through which one looks furtively; a peephole, etc. ...1949 Sc.
• TOOTING-HOLE † a peephole ...a1548
• TOTE-HOLE † a hole for spying; a peep-hole ...1561-6
• VIZZIE-HOLE a peep-hole ...1850 Sc.
• VIZZYING-HOLE a peep-hole; a spy-hole in a door from which one could see who was seeking admittance ...1825 Sc.
 
PEEPING - adjectives
• PEEPY given to peeping ...1898 colloq.
• TOOTING † peeping, prying, spying ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
peeping - nouns 
• TOOTING † spying, peeping, looking ...1553 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
PEEPING TOM - person
• BEAVER-SHOOTER a man obsessed with looking at female genitals; a peeping tom ...1967 Amer. sl. 
• KEEK a peeping Tom; a voyeur ...20C US sl. ​
• KEEKER one who watches or pries; a surreptitious observer of others; a peeping Tom ...1892 Sc.
• MACO, MAKO a peeping Tom ...20C W. Indies sl.
 
PEEP-SHOW - nouns
• KEEK-SHOW a peep-show ...1920 Sc.
• PENNY KEEK a peep-show ...1830 Sc.
• RAREE-FINE SHOW †* a show contained or carried about in a box; a peep-show ...1736
• RAREE-SHOW a show contained or carried about in a box; a peep-show ...a1704
• RARY-SHOW † a show contained or carried about in a box; a peep-show ...a1704
 
PEER - person
• MAKE an equal, a peer ...1714 Sc.
peer - verbs
• GAAN to stare; to gaze vacantly or with open mouth; to peer, to look intently; to stare insolently ...1866 Sc.
• GAWN to stare; to gaze vacantly or with open mouth; to peer, to look intently; to stare insolently ...1866 Sc.
• KAIN to look, to peer; to look shyly or askance; to squint ...1847 Eng. dial.
• LURK † to peer furtively or slyly ...c1440
• MEG to peer about ...1878 Eng. dial.
• SCRIME to see an object dimly or from afar; to peer ...1889 Sc.
• SCRINK to wrinkle, to screw up; to peer with screwed-up, half-closed eyes ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SKRIME to see an object dimly or from afar; to peer ...1889 Sc.
• SKRINK to wrinkle, to screw up; to peer with screwed-up, half-closed eyes ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SQUINNY to squint, to look askance; to peer with partly closed eyes, to peep ...1605
• SQUIZ to look at or glance; to peer ...1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
• TOOT † to peep, to peer, to look out; to gaze ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
PEERING - adjectives
• SQUINNY squinting, looking askance, peering ...a1825
 
PEERLESS - adjectives
• MAKELESS † without an equal; matchless, peerless ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PARAGONLESS * matchless, peerless ...1590
• SANS-PEER † without equal, peerless ...a1400
 
PEEVED, PEEVISH - adjectives
• AVER peevish, fretful ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AWVISH queer, peevish ...Bk1850 Eng. dial.
• CAINGY irritable, cross, peevish, ill-tempered ...1778 Eng. dial.
• CAINJING peevish, ill-natured ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CANKING gossiping, chattering; whining, peevish ...1790 Eng. dial.
• CANKY cross, peevish ...1850 Eng. dial.
• CAPERNOITED crabbed, irritable, peevish; snappish; ill-natured, fractious ...1719 Sc.
• CAPERNOITY crabbed, irritable, peevish; slightly affected in the head by drinking, muddle-headed, wrong-headed ...1769 Sc.
• CROSS AS TWO STICKS, AS very peevish or annoyed ...c1830 colloq.
• EAR-SORE † irritable, ill-tempered, morose, peevish, quarrelsome; apt to take offense ...1594 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ETTEN cantankerous, crusty, peevish ...1911 Sc.
• EXCEPTIOUS prone to making objections; ​cavilling, peevish, captious, complaining ...1602
​• FASHIOUS fractious, peevish, fretting, esp. of children; fussy, fastidious ...1736 Sc.
• FASHOUS fractious, peevish, fretting, esp. of children; fussy, fastidious ...1736 Sc.
• FRAB cross, ill-tempered, fractious, peevish ...19C Eng. dial.
• FRABBY cross, ill-tempered, fractious, peevish ...19C Eng. dial.
• FRAMPOLD † ill-tempered, cross, disagreeable, peevish, fretful, fractious, quarrelsome ...1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FRATCHETY peevish, irritable, ill-tempered, cross, quarrelsome ...19C Eng. dial.
• FRITCHETY fretful, peevish, fidgety ...19C Eng. dial.
• FROPPISH † froward, fretful, peevish ...1659
• GNATTERIE peevish, crabbed, cantankerous, irascible, given to sharp caustic talk ...1825 Sc.
• GROUTY sulky, cross, surly, peevish, sullen, ill-tempered, ill-natured, crabbed, grumpy, irritable ...1836 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• GRUMPISH surly, peevish ...20C colloq.
• GUMMAGY, GUMMIDGEY of a snarling, scolding disposition; peevish ...1889 sl.
• HACKLED peevish, cross-grained, angry ...Bk1905 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• ILL vicious, bad-tempered, cross, angry, peevish, fretful, morose, unpleasant ...1857 Amer. dial.
• ILL-THRIVEN adj. peevish, ill-disposed ...1843
• ILL-TWINED bad-tempered, peevish ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
• MARDY spoiled, petted, over-indulged; pettish, peevish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MARRED * spoiled, petted, over-indulged; pettish, peevish ...1790 rare exc. Eng. dial.
• MAUNGY spoiled, petted, pampered; cross, peevish, ill-tempered; complaining ...1865 Eng. dial.
• MAWDY of a child: cross, peevish ...1882 Eng. dial.
• MAWKY whimsical, capricious, changeable; peevish, discontented; proud, conceited ...1854 Eng. dial.
• MELANCHOLY peevish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NAFFING chattering; peevish; haggling over a bargain ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NARKED peeved, irritated, annoyed ...1888 sl.
• NATTERED peevish, complaining ...1853 Eng. dial.
• NATTERIE peevish, crabbed, cantankerous, irascible, given to sharp caustic talk ...1825 Sc.
• NAZY peevish, ill-tempered, irritable; low-spirited ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NAZZY peevish, ill-tempered, irritable, cross; low-spirited ...1878 Eng. dial.
• NEPPERED cross, peevish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NETTLESOME ill-humoured, peevish, quarrelsome, exasperating ...1895 Eng. dial.
• NETTLIE ill-humoured, peevish, quarrelsome, exasperating ...1825 Sc.
• NITTERIE peevish, crabbed, cantankerous, irascible, given to sharp caustic talk ...1825 Sc.
• NITTERY peevish, crabbed, cantankerous, irascible, given to sharp caustic talk ...1825 Sc.
• OFF THE HOOK ill-tempered, peevish, in a state ...M17 sl.
• OFF THE HOOKS ill-tempered, peevish, in a state ...1612 sl.
• OOLING of a person: fretful, peevish, downcast ...1928 Sc.
• PEAKING pining; peevish ...1871 Eng. dial.  
• PENSY † of children: fretful, peevish, fractious, complaining ...a1812 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PROTERVE †* forward, wayward, stubborn; peevish, petulant; proud, arrogant, impudent ...1382
• QUERKING given to peevish complaining; grumbling, querulous ...1746 Eng. dial.
• QUERKY given to peevish complaining; grumbling, querulous ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIRKING given to peevish complaining; grumbling, querulous ...1746 Eng. dial.
• RAMISED dazed, as from lack of sleep or from being suddenly awakened; stupefied, listless in a peevish, fretful way; esp. of a child ...a1838 Sc.
• RAMISHED dazed, as from lack of sleep or from being suddenly awakened; stupefied, listless in a peevish, fretful way; esp. of a child ...a1838 Sc.
• REEDEN peevish, irritable, angry ...1781 Eng. dial.
• REEDENT peevish, irritable, angry ...1781 Eng. dial.
• SANNOCKING fretful, peevish, whining ...1893 Eng. dial.
• SANSHACH precise, pettish, peevish ...1882 Eng. dial.
• SPLENITIVE †* splenetic; irritable, morose, peevish, ill-humoured, quick-tempered, testy ...1633
• TADIOUS peevish, fretful, fractious, irritable, difficult to please; fidgety, restless ...1892 Eng. dial.
• TAGEOUS peevish, fretful, fractious, irritable, difficult to please; fidgety, restless ...1892 Eng. dial.
• TAIRDIE peevish, ill-humoured, sulky, sarcastic ...1825 Sc.
• TANKERSOME † fractious, fretful, cross, ill-humoured, ill-natured, peevish; unreasonably quarrelsome ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TARDIE peevish, ill-humoured, sulky, sarcastic ...1825 Sc.
• TARLOCH weak, peevish, grumbling ...1811 Sc.
• TATCHY touchy, irritable, peevish, fretful, cross ...1746 Eng. dial.
• TATTER scolding, cross, peevish, ill-tempered, grumblingly discontented ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATTERY cross, peevish, ill-natured, ill-tempered ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEATY peevish, fretful, fractious, cross; used esp. of children ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TECHY touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered, peevish, easily offended, sensitive ...1815 Amer. dial.
• TEDDIOUS peevish, fretful, fractious, irritable, difficult to please; fidgety, restless ...1892 Eng. dial.
• TEDIOUS peevish, fretful, fractious, irritable, difficult to please; fidgety, restless ...1892 Eng. dial.
• TEECHY tetchy, peevish, irritable, short-tempered; easily offended or angered ...1691 Eng. dial.
• TEEDY peevish, fretful, fractious, cross; used esp. of children ...1790 Sc.
• TEETHY ill-tempered, peevish, cross; crabbed; pugnacious ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEETY peevish, fretful, fractious, cross; used esp. of children ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TESTIF † aggressive, contentious, short-tempered, peevish, tetchy  ...1526
• TETCHIOUS tetchy, touchy, apt to take offense; irritable, irascible, peevish; testy, easily angered, ill-tempered ...1913 Amer. dial.
• TETCHY touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered, peevish, easily offended ...1592
• TETTY † easily offended; irritable, peevish; captious, testy, cross-tempered; bad-tempered ...1621 obs. exc. Sc.
• THRAWART perverse, stubborn, ill-tempered, peevish; unwilling, reluctant ...1796 Sc.
• THRAW-GABBIT peevish ...1882 Sc.
• THRAWN-GABBIT peevish, ill-tempered, quarrelsome; contradictory ...1897 Sc.
• TIFFISH * ready to take offense; pettish, peevish ...1855 colloq.
• TITCHY tetchy, peevish, irritable, short-tempered; easily offended or angered ...1691 Eng. dial.
• TOOTHY ill-natured, peevish ...1691 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TOUCHOUS tetchy, touchy, apt to take offense; irritable, irascible, peevish; testy, easily angered, ill-tempered ...1880 Amer. dial.
• UP-HEAD arrogant, despotic; ill-tempered, peevish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UP-HEADED ill-tempered, peevish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VEAKING fretful, peevish; blaming, carping ...1746 Eng. dial.
• VINNED peevish, querulous, bad-tempered; affected ...1834 Eng. dial.
• VINNIED peevish, querulous, bad-tempered; affected ...1834 Eng. dial.
• WHINY-PINY complaining, fretful, peevish, querulous ...1854 Eng. dial.
• WRAW † peevish, crabbed, perverse ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WRAWFUL † peevish, crabbed, ill-tempered; perverse, contrarious ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WREEDEN peevish, irritable, angry ...1781 Eng. dial.
• WRIDDEN peevish, irritable, angry ...1781 Eng. dial.
• YAUPING ill-natured, peevish ...1825 Eng. dial.
peeved, peevish - nouns  (includes PEEVISHNESS)
• CANKUM a prank, a whim, a fit of peevishness ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HARMING fretfulness, peevishness; grumbling ...Bk1902 Sc.
• MULLIGRUBS depression of spirits; a fit of the blues; peevishness, sullenness; the sulks; ill temper ...1599
• OORIECOORIE † a drowsy dull condition of body or sprits, a being sulky or out-of-sorts, a peevish, fretful mood; generally in plural ...1893 Sc.
• PEEVE peevishness ...c1930 colloq. ​
• URIKURI † a drowsy dull condition of body or spirits, a being sulky or out-of-sorts, a peevish, fretful mood; generally in plural ...1893 S.
• VINNIDNESS fitfulness, peevishness ...1842 Eng. dial.
peeved, peevish - person
• ANGASHORE, ANGISHORE a peevish person ...1866 Irish sl.
• ATTERCOP † a peevish, ill-natured person; one of a malignant disposition ...c1505 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• AZZALD a peevish, wayward, mischievous child ...1891 Eng. dial.
• AZZARD a peevish, wayward, mischievous child ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BISHOP a peevish, cantankerous, or ill-natured boy ...1825 Sc.
• CAINGEL a cross, peevish person ...1684 Eng. dial.
• CAINJER a cross, peevish person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• GENNY-GIBS a fretful, grumbling person; a murmuring, discontented, peevish person ...Bk1877 Eng. dial.
• GIRN-AGAIN † a peevish, ill-humoured person; a child who is habitually whimpering or fretting ...1706 Sc.
• GIRNER a peevish, complaining person ...1924 Sc.
• GIRNIE a fretful, peevish, bad-tempered person; a child who is habitually whimpering or fretting ...1825 Sc.
• GIRNIE-GIB, GIRNY-GIB a peevish, bad-tempered person, esp. of a youngster ...1872 Sc.
• GIRNIE-GIBBIE, GIRNY-GIBBIE a fretful, peevish, bad-tempered person; a child who is habitually whimpering or fretting ...1890 Sc.
• GIRNIGO a fretful, peevish, grumbling, bad-tempered person; a child who is habitually whimpering or fretting ...1825 Sc.
• GIRNIGO-GASH a fretful, peevish, bad-tempered person; a child who is habitually whimpering or fretting; a petulant child ...1825 Sc.
• GIRNIGO-GIBBIE a fretful, peevish, bad-tempered person; a child who is habitually whimpering or fretting ...1788 Sc.
• GIRNY-GO-GABBY a fretful, peevish, bad-tempered person; a child who is habitually whimpering or fretting ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GIRNY-GOWL a contemptuous term for a peevish person ...1928 Sc.
• GIRNY-GUB a peevish, bad-tempered person, esp. of a youngster ...1954 Sc.
• GRUMBLE-BELLY a peevish, discontented person; a confirmed grumbler ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• GUMMIDGE a peevish, pessimistic person; the complaints of such a person ...1873
• IRP a peevish, complaining person ...1958 Sc.
• MOROSO †* a morose, peevish, or surly person ...1592
• MOTHER'S FOUT a petted, spoiled, peevish child ...1825 Sc.
• NATTER-CROP a peevish person; an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• NAZARD a peevish, wayward, mischievous child ...1896 Eng. dial.
• NAZART, NAZZART a peevish, wayward, mischievous child ...1896 Eng. dial.
• NAZZET a peevish, wayward, mischievous child ...1896 Eng. dial.
• NIPSCART a peevish, crabbed, ill-tempered person ...1825 Sc. 
• OOLET a disgruntled, peevish, dismal person or child ...1908 Sc.
• PAEWAE a peevish weakling; a querulous, affected person, esp. a woman ...1927 Sc.
• SOURPUSS a peevish person ...1937 sl., orig. US
• SQUAWP a dirty or peevish child ...B1900
• TAISTREL a rascal; a scoundrel; a good-for-nothing; a worthless or disorderly person; a peevish character; a contemptible person; a term of great contempt ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
• TARRAN † a peevish, ill-humoured person ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TEASTRIL a vicious, ill-conditioned person; a crabbed, peevish fellow ...Bk1869 Eng. dial.
• TORN FACE a sulky, peevish face; a person with a sulky, peevish face ...1968 Sc.
• URF a crabbed or peevish person of a diminutive size ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WIRR a crabbed, cantankerous, peevish, diminutive person ...1825 Sc.
• YAFF a puny, peevish, insignificant person ...1887 Sc.
• YAP a cross, peevish person; a troublesome, crying child ...Bk1905 N. Ireland & Eng. dial.
• YELP a peevish, complaining person ...1916 Sc.
peeved, peevish - verbs
• CANKER to fret, to become peevish; to put into a bad temper, to sour ...1873 Sc.
• GET UP ON THE WRONG SIDE to rise peevish or bad-tempered ...19C colloq.
• GET UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED to rise peevish or bad-tempered ...19C colloq.
• HARM to fret, to grumble; to be peevish or ill-tempered ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HAVE PISSED ON A NETTLE to be peevish or out of temper ...Bk1902 sl.
• IMPEEVISH †* to render peevish ...1664
• NARG to keep grumbling and finding fault; to be peevish; to argue snappishly; to nag, to taunt ...1824 Sc.
• NARR to be discontented or peevish; to fret ...1825 Sc.
• NATTER to grumble; to fret; to scold; to speak in a querulous or peevish manner ...1829 Eng. dial.
• QUERKETY given to peevish complaining; grumbling, querulous ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YABBER to speak in a peevish, scolding way; to nark; to be querulous ...1825 Sc.
• YABBLE to speak in a peevish, scolding way; to nark; to be querulous ...1825 Sc.
• YATTER to speak in a constant peevish, querulous manner; to nag, to chide, to carp, to scold, to fret, to grumble; to harp on about something ...1811 Sc.
 
PEEVISHLY - adverbs
• CANKEREDLY spitefully, malignantly; peevishly ...1535
• CANKERLY † spitefully, malignantly, peevishly ...1580
 
PELICAN - nouns
• ICELANDIC AIR FORCE flocks of pelicans (around Gimli, Manitoba) ...1987 Can. sl.
• ONOCROTAL † the pelican ...1382
 
PELLET - nouns
• HAIL small shot, pellets ...1697 Sc.
 
PELT - verbs
• BALL to throw at, to pelt ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BATTER to pelt with stones ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BETHWACK to pelt, to thrash, to cudgel soundly ...1555
• BICKER to attack with repeated strokes, to pelt with stones; to strike repeatedly ...1827 Sc.
• CAIL to throw, to pelt; to throw weakly ...1781 Eng. dial.
• PATCH to pelt with eggs ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• POP to strike with a missile, to pelt ...1894 Sc.
• SCAGE to throw stones, to pelt; to strike with a stick ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SCALE to throw at, to pelt; to throw stones at ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCOUT to throw dirt or stones at; to pelt ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKAIL to throw at, to pelt; to throw stones at ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TO-BONE †* to beat severely, to thrash, to thump; to pelt ...a1250
• TO-BUNE †* to beat severely, to thrash, to thump; to pelt ...a1250
 
PELTING - nouns
• BALLING a pelting ...Bk1898 Sc.
• COOL WASH, COUL WASH a pelting with stones ...2003 Dominica sl.
 
PEN - adjectives
• SCRIGGY of a pen: scratching, spluttering ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
pen - nouns 
• FEATHER † a pen ...c1000 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• NAWPY a new pen ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEB 1. the point or nib of a pen or pencil ...1599
2. a pen ...c1696 colloq.
• SCART a stroke of a pen; a scrap of writing ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SKEWER a pen ...L19 sl.
pen - verbs 
• LANCE † to make a dash or stroke with a pen ...1588
 
PEN (enclose) - verbs
• PAR(R) † to enclose, to confine; to shut up in an enclosure; to pen ...c1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
PENALTY - nouns
• BOOK, THE the maximum penalty ...1908 sl., orig. US
penalty - verbs 
• DO THE BOOK to suffer the maximum penalty ...1927 sl.
• GET THE BOOK to suffer the maximum penalty ...1927 sl.
• PAY THE KAIN to pay the penalty, to suffer the consequences ...1736 Sc.
• PAY THE MAIL to get one's deserts, to suffer for the wrongs one has done, to pay the penalty ...1807 Sc.
• THROW THE BOOK AT to impose the maximum penalty on ...1932 sl. ​
 
PENANCE - nouns
• DEEDBOTE † amends-deed, penance, repentance ...c1000
• SIN-BOOT † repentance, penance ...c1175
 
PENCIL - nouns
• EVERSHARP any mechanical pencil ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NEB the point or nib of a pen or pencil ...1599
• PENNY PENCIL a cheap, eraserless lead pencil ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PUCE PENCIL an indelible pencil ...1953 Irish sl.
 
​PENDANT - nouns
• BOBANTILTER a pendant ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DANGLER an earring; a watch fob; a pendant; any article of jewellery which swings free at one end ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• HANGER † a pendant ...1488
• LAB † a pendulous ornament; a projecting drooping part of an object ...1814 Sc.
• TANKLING a dangling thing; a pendant ...1874 Eng. dial. ​
• TASH a clasp; a buckle, ribbon, or fastening for clothes; a pendant ...1772 Sc.
• TATCH a clasp; a buckle, ribbon, or fastening for clothes; a pendant ...1772 Sc.
 
PENDULUM - nouns
• BALANCE †* a pendulum ...1647
 
PENETRATE - verbs
• DEEP † to go deep, to penetrate ...a1225
• RIDDLE to pierce, to penetrate; to mangle ...1892 Eng. dial.
 
PENGUIN - nouns
• ARSE-FOOT a penguin ...16C nautical colloq.
• JOHNNY a gentoo penguin ...M19 ​
 
PENINSULA - nouns
• BYLAND † a peninsula ...1577
• HALF-ISLAND † a peninsula ...1600 obs. or arch.
• HALF-ISLE † a peninsula ...1618 obs. or arch.
• KAME a small peninsula, in the form of a narrow, low isthmus, leading from a cliff to the shore ...1905 Sc.
• NEAR-ISLE † a peninsula ...1625
 
PENIS - see GENITALS on separate page
 
PENITENTIARY - see PRISON
 
PENMAN - person
• SCRAWMER a scribbler; a bad penman ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
 
PENNANT - nouns
• FANE † a flag, banner, pennant ...a1000
 
​PENNILESS - adjectives
• AFTER EIGHT MINT penniless ...1990s Brit. rhyming sl. for 'skint'
• AGAINST THE CURB without money ...1995 US sl.
• ASS OUT broke, penniless ...Bk2006 US sl.
• AT LOW WATER short of funds ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BANG-UP impoverished, penniless ...M19 US sl.
• BEACHED without funds ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BEAT broke, penniless ...1950s Amer. sl.
• BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL broke, penniless ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BEHIND THE SINK depleted of funds ...1974 US sl.
• BORACIC having no money ...1959 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'skint' (Boracic lint)
• BROKE having no money ...1716 sl.
• BROKEN penniless, out of funds, impoverished, poor ...M17 sl.
• BROKE TO THE WORLD ruined financially, bankrupt; penniless ...1918
• BURSTED cleaned out, broke ...1873 US colloq.
• BUSHED poor, without money ...1812 sl.
• BUST having no money ...1913 sl.
• BUSTED penniless, broke ...1836 US sl.
• BUSTED UP penniless, broke ...c1862 US sl.
• BUST-OUT penniless, busted ...1976 sl.
• CLEANED OUT broke, penniless, with no money ...Bk2006 US sl.
• COAL AND COKE penniless ...1937 UK rhyming sl. for 'broke'
• COALS AND COKE penniless ...1937 UK rhyming sl. for 'broke'
• CRACKED † penniless; ruined ...1860
• DEAD penniless ...1960s US Black sl.
• DEAD-ASS BROKE utterly broke ...1971 Amer. sl.
• DEAD BROKE ruined, bankrupt, penniless; destitute ...1842 Amer. colloq.
• DOWN IN THE DIKE out of funds ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOWN ON ONE'S UPPERS having no money ...1895 sl.
• DOWN ON THE KNUCKLE virtually penniless ...M19 sl.
• DOWN ON THE KNUCKLEBONE virtually penniless ...M19 sl.
• DOWN TO CASES down to one's last pennies ...1940s US criminals' sl.
• EMPTY penniless, broke ...1940s US sl.
• FAIR SKINT very short of money, or even entirely 'broke' ...20C
• FLAT having no money; flat broke ...1833 US sl.
• FLAT ON ONE'S ASS broke; penniless; financially destroyed ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FLY-BLOWN penniless ...1850s Aust. sl.
• FULL OF MONEY AS A TOAD IS OF FEATHERS, AS penniless, poor, impoverished ...B1900
• GUTTED impoverished; penniless; temporarily without cash ...c1820 sl.
• HARDPAN without money or means ...1928 Amer. dial.
• HARD UP having no money ...1821 sl.
• LOG without money; Low on Green ...1997 US sl.
• MELTED OUT without money, and hence, desperate ...1930s US Black sl.
• MOTHERLESS adj. completely broke; motherless broke ...1916 Aust. sl.
• MOTHERLESS BROKE penniless, completely broke, bankrupt, destitute ...1898 Aust. sl.
• NARE-A-FACE-BUT-HIS-OWN not a penny in his pocket ...c1696 sl.
• NOT A BRASS RAZOO nothing at all, esp. of money; absolutely penniless ...1930s Aust. & NZ sl.
• NOT A FEATHER TO FLY WITH ruined, penniless ...1860 sl.
• NOT A RAG penniless ...L16
• NOT A RAG LEFT penniless ...L16
• NOT A SIXPENCE TO SCRATCH ONE'S ARSE WITH absolutely impoverished, penniless ...M19 sl.
• NOT A SOU not a penny, nothing at all ...M18
• NOT HAVE A BEAN penniless, without funds ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• NOT HAVE A CRACKER penniless ...c1920 Aust. sl.
• NOT HAVE AN OAT penniless ...L19 sl.
• NOT HAVE TWO BOB TO RUB TOGETHER without money ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• ON ONE'S ASS in acute (financial) hardship; with nothing; ruined; broke ...1917
• ON ONE'S EAR broke; bankrupt ...20C US sl.
• ON ONE'S FEET broke, penniless; down and out ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ON ONE'S UPPERS having no money ...1895 sl.
• ON THE BACK OF YOUR ARSE penniless ...1961 Aust. sl.
• ON THE NAIL broke, destitute ...1914 Amer. sl.
• ON THE RORY poor, penniless ...M19 sl.
• ON THE TAP broke and borrowing money ...Brit. sl.
• ON YOUR BACK penniless ...1937 UK sl.
• PEBBLE-BEACHED utterly penniless; very poor, destitute; in want of money ...1886 sl.
• RAGGED without money ...1990 US sl.
• RAPLESS penniless ...L19 sl.
• RICH AS A NEW-SHORN SHEEP 'fleeced'. penniless ...1510
• SKINNED having no money ...1935 sl.
• SKINNED OUT having no money ...1935 sl.
• SKINT having no money ...1925 Brit. sl.
• SKINT AS A KIPPER'S BACKBONE having no money ...1956 UK sl.
• SKINTO having little or no money; penniless ...1988 Glasgow sl.
• SPENT UP having no more money ...1996 UK sl.
• STONE-BROKE having no money ...1886 sl.
• STONEY, STONY having no money ...1886 sl.
• STONY-BROKE having no money ...1886 sl.
• STRANDED penniless; friendless ...1897 colloq.
• STRAPPED penniless, bankrupt ...1857 sl.
• STUCK-UP penniless ...L19 sl.
• STUMPED UP without funds; broke ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• TAPIOCA absolutely penniless ...1930s US sl.
• UNFINANCIAL insolvent, out of money, without money ...1919 Amer. dial.
• UPTIGHT having no money ...1967 sl.
• UP TO THE STUMP adj. impoverished, out of money ...M19 US sl.
• WIPED OUT having no money ...1977 sl.
• WITHOUT A MINTIE without funds ...1930s Aust. sl.
• WITHOUT A RAG penniless ...L16
penniless - nouns
• HARDPAN a financial low point; a situation in which one is without money or means ...1870 Amer. dial.
• NOT A SAUSAGE no money; nothing at all; a derisory amount  ...1938 UK sl.
• NUPPENCE no money ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• SKINNER, A no money ...1943 NZ sl.
• SKINTITIS the condition of having no money ...Brit. jocular
penniless - person 
• BARE POLES a man at the end of his resources ...Bk1922
• GENTLEMAN OF THREE OUTS one without money, manners, and wit; variation: one out of pocket, out of elbows, and out of credit ...1785 sl.
• LAME DUCK one not able to pay his way or meet debts; one who is dead broke ...1875 US sl.
• SANS DENER † a penniless person ...1469
• SCHLEPPER, SHLEPPER a penniless person; a poor person regarded as a parasite ...1949 sl., chiefly US
• STOOMER, STUMER, STUMOR a penniless person ...1898 Aust. sl.
penniless - verbs
• BE ON ONE'S BACK-SEAM to be out of luck, penniless ...B1890 Eng. tailors' sl.
• HAVE NEVER A FACE BUT ONE'S OWN to be penniless ...L17
• NOT HAVE AN OAT to be penniless ...c1870 sl.
• NOT TO HAVE A CRACKER to be penniless ...c1920 Aust. sl.
• SKATE to be without money ...1996 Trinidad and Tobago
penniless - phrases
• NEVER-A-FACE-BUT-HIS-OWN not a penny in his pocket ...c1696 sl.
 
PENNSYLVANIA - nouns
• ARCH-STONE STATE the "Keystone State', Pennsylvania ...1840 US
• BIG PRETZEL, THE Philadelphia ...Amer. sl.
• CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE the city of Philadelphia ...1799 US 
• ILLADELPHIA Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ...2000s US Black sl.
• PENNSY Pennsylvania; the Pennsylvania rail route ...1920s sl.
• PHIL Philadelphia ...Amer. sl.
• PHILLY Philadelphia ...Amer. sl.
• QUAKERTOWN Philadelphia ...Amer. sl.
• SLEEPY TOWN Philadelphia ...Amer. sl.
Pennsylvania - person 
• COAL CRACKER a resident of the anthracite coal region of northeastern Pennsylvania ...1997 US sl.
• LOGGERHEAD a Pennsylvanian ...1888 US sl.
• MOYA MENSINGS a band of Philadelphia rowdies; at another time the were called shifflers ...Bk1889 US
• NEPPY a person from northeast Philadelphia ...1996 US sl.
• YINZER one who lives in or near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, esp. one who has characteristic local dialect features ...1994 Amer. dial.
• YUNZER one who lives in or near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, esp. one who has characteristic local dialect features ...1994 Amer. dial.
 
PENNY - nouns (also see halfpenny, sixpence, threepence, etc.)
• ABERGAVENNY a penny ...19C Brit. rhyming sl.
• BOSTON DOLLAR a penny ...1902 Amer. West. jocular
• BROWN a copper coin; a penny ...1812 Brit. sl.
• BROWN ABE a penny ...1944 Amer. sl.
• BROWNIE a penny ...1928 Amer. dial.
• CAMDEN TOWN a penny ...1920 rhyming sl. for 'brown'
• CASTLE-RAG fourpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• CINQUA SOLDI fivepence ... Bk1903 sl.
• COPPER a coin (originally) made of copper, such as a penny or US cent ...1788 sl.
• COVENT-GARDEN a farthing (1/4d) ... Bk1903 sl.
• CURRANTS-AND-PLUMS threepence ... Bk1903 sl.
• D a penny (pre-decimalisation 1971) ... c1870 UK colloq.
• DACE twopence ... Bk1903 sl.
• DACHA-ONE 11 pence ...M19 sl.
• DACHA-SALTEE tenpence ...1850 sl.
• DADDLER a small coin, orig. a silver threepenny piece; later a silver fivepenny piece ...20C Brit. sl.
• DEBBLISH a penny ...Bk1892 S. Afr. sl.
• DEE a penny ...c1870 colloq.
• DEUCE twopence ... Bk1903 sl.
• DIBBLISH penny (1d) ... Bk1903 sl.
• DUCE twopence ... Bk1903 sl.
• EVIF YENNEPS fivepence ...M19 back-slang
• EWIF YENEPS fivepence ...M19 back-slang
• EWIF YENNEPS fivepence ...M19 back-slang
• FADGE a farthing (1/4d) ... Bk1903 sl.
• FARDEN a farthing (1/4d) ... Bk1903 sl.
• FIDDLER a farthing (1/4d) ... Bk1903 sl.
• FLAG fourpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• GENNITRAF a farthing (1/4d) ... Bk1903 sl.
• GEORGE penny (1d) ... Bk1903 sl.
• GRIG a farthing (1/4d) ... Bk1903 sl.
• GROAT fourpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• HARPER penny (1d) ... Bk1903 sl.
• HARRINGTON a farthing (1/4d) ... Bk1903 sl.
• ILL-FORTUNE tenpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• JACK a double-headed penny ...20C Aust. sl.
• JACK BENNY a penny ...1930s rhyming sl.
• JIG a farthing (1/4d) ... Bk1903 sl.
• JOE fourpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• JOEY † 1. a fourpenny piece ...M19 sl.
† 2. a threepenny bit ...M20 obs. exc. hist.
• JUMPER tenpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• KID'S-EYE fivepence ... Bk1903 sl.
• MAG a penny, a cent ...E19 sl.
• NEVELE YANNEPS elevenpence ...Bk1902 back-slang
• NEVIS-YANNEPS sevenpence ...Bk1902 back-slang
• NOBBA SALTEE ninepence ...M19 sl.
• OAT a penny; a halfpenny; the smallest amount of money ...L19 sl.
• PICTURE OF ILL-LUCK ninepence ... Bk1903 sl.
• POLLARD penny (1d) ... Bk1903 sl.
• POST halfpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• QUARTEREEN a farthing (1/4d) ... Bk1903 sl.
• RAP halfpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• RED a cent, a penny ...M19 US sl.
• ROAF-YANNEPS fourpence ...Bk1903 back-slang
• SALTEE a penny ...1859 sl.
• SALTER a penny ...1859 UK sl.
• SALTY a penny ...1859 UK sl.
• SAULTY a penny ...1859 UK sl.
• SCROPE a farthing (1/4d) ... Bk1903 sl.
• SOLDI a penny ...1999 UK sl.
• WIN penny (1d) ... Bk1903 sl.
• WING a pre-decimalization penny ...L19 Aust. & Irish sl.
• YENNEP penny (1d) ... Bk1903 back sl.
 
PENSIVE - adjectives
• MEDITABUND †* absorbed in meditation; pensive, thoughtful ...1681
• PENSATIVE † full of thought; pensive, anxious ...1574
• PENSIFUL † thoughtful, meditative, pensive; anxious, brooding; melancholy, sorrowful ...a1450 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PENSY † quiet, thoughtful, pensive ...a1400-50 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
PENTAGON - nouns
• QUINQUANGLE †* a pentagon ...1668
 
PENURIOUS - adjectives
• HARD close-fisted, grasping, penurious, miserly; covetous ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAVING † desirous of having or possessing; greedy, covetous, grasping; acquisitive; miserly, penurious ...1591 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• INHOLDING frugal, penurious, parsimonious ...1897 Sc.
• KATIN' AND SAVIN' of penurious habits, saving ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• SCUDDY scant, too small; not having a sufficiency, penurious ...B1900 Sc.
penurious - person
• CHEAP-SCREW a stingy, miserly person; a penurious person; a skinflint; one who makes a sharp bargain ...1899 Amer. dial.
• NANNY PINCH-POT a penurious person; a covetous, miserable wretch ...1893 Eng. dial.
• NEVER-SWEAT a penurious person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SCRAPE-PENNY † one who gathers and hoards money in trifling sums; an avaricious or penurious person; a miserly, stingy person; a niggard ...1584
• SCRAPPER a miser; a penurious, niggardly person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCREW a stingy, miserly person; a penurious person; a skinflint; one who makes a sharp bargain ...1899 Amer. dial.
penurious - verbs 
• HAVE THE HARD DROP IN ONE to be miserly or penurious ...1848 Ireland
 
PENURIOUSNESS - nouns
• HAINING thrift, economy, penuriousness ...1871 Sc.
 
PENURY - nouns
• ORCOST †* want of means, penury, indigence, poverty ...a1225
 
PEONY - nouns
• CABBAGE ROSE a peony ...1968 Amer. dial.
• DECORATION DAY PLANT a peony ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MEMORIAL DAY FLOWER a peony ...1969 Amer. dial.
• NAN-PIE the common peony, Paeonia officinalis ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PIANO PLANT the peony ...1919 Amer. dial.
• PIANO ROSE the peony ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
PEOPLE - adjectives
• LEDELY †* belonging to the people or nation, national ...c1205
• LEDISH † pert. to the people; national ...c1205
people - nouns
• ALL LEDE † all the people, all the world, everybody ...a1300
• BIKE a gathering, an assembly of people ...1785 Sc.
• CATTLE people ...1673 sl.
• CHECKERBOARD a crew or group of people containing both Black and White people ...1926 Amer. dial.
• CIRCUS a group of people acting or performing together in some activity ...1958 sl.
• GENARCHASHIP † headship of a family or people ...1650
• KAIVY a great number of living creatures, esp. of human beings ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LAYOUT a company of people; an organization, an 'outfit'; a crowd; a gang or team ...1867 Amer. dial.
• LEDE † a people, nation, race; also, persons collectively, people ...971
• MAD HEADS lots of people ...2000s US Black sl.
• MANKIN † the human race; mankind; a race of men, a people; human nature ...971
• MANNISH † people; a class of persons ...971
• MANY, THE the great body of people; the multitude ...1526
• MONKEY PILE a pile of people on top of one another ...1984 Amer. dial.
• NEPSHA AND KIAH a random selection of people from the populace ...1965 Barbados
• ODDS, BODS, AND SODS people at random ...1950s Aust. sl.
• ONES people ...1885 Eng. dial.
• QUINT †* a set of five persons ...1678
• SKULK † a number, company, or gathering of person or animals given to skulking, as a 'skulk of foxes', a 'skulk of heretics' ...c1450
• SUM † a number, company, or body of people; a host, a band ...a1300
• TWO MEN AND A DOG very few people; a poor attendance ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
people - person
• FRICK AND FRACK a pair of individuals ...1973 US Black sl.
• PLEBICOLIST * one who flatters or courts the favour of the common people; a friend of the people ...1656
 
PEP, PEPPY - adjectives
• HEPPY-PEPPY full of pep ...Bk1942 US sl.
• RED-HOT lively, peppy, pleasing ...1927 Amer. sl.
pep, peppy - nouns
• BOUNCE pep, energy ...Bk2006 US sl.
• GO-GET-'EM pep, energy ...1966 Amer. dial.
• ZING energy, vigour, vitality, pep, vim ...1918 sl., orig, US
 
PEPPER - nouns
• LIGHTHOUSE a salt- or pepper-castor (shaker) ...L19 Royal Navy sl.
• RED DEVIL a hot pepper ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SAND AND SPECKS salt and pepper ...Amer. World War I sl.
• SNEEZE pepper ...1981 US sl.
 
PERCEIVE - adjectives
• BRIGHT easy to perceive or understand; clear, evident ....a1200
• CAPABLE † able to perceive or comprehend ...1561
perceive - verbs 
• COGNIZE to take note of, to notice, to observe; to know or perceive, to recognize ...1821
• OFGET †* to perceive, to discern ...c1205
• OFKEN †* to recognize, to perceive ...c1275
• OFSEE † to see, to perceive by sight; to catch sight of, to observe ...c1000
• READ to understand, to perceive, to comprehend fully; to estimate truly ...1867 Eng. dial.
• TAKE UP † to apprehend with the senses, to perceive ...1607
• TUMBLE TO THE RACKET to understand; to perceive; to comprehend; to get accustomed to a thing ...1883 Eng. dial.
• UNDERFIND † to perceive, to understand ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• VENT † of animals, hounds, etc.: to become aware of, to detect or perceive, by means of the sense of smell ...1576
 
PERCEIVED - adjectives
• KNOWLEDGEABLE † capable of being perceived or recognized; recognizable; distinctive ...1518
• PALPABLE easily perceived; open to recognition; plain, evident, apparent, obvious, manifest ...1545
 
PERCEIVING - adjectives
• OMNIPERCIPIENT perceiving all things ...1664
• PERCEIVANT †* perceiving, observant, observing, understanding ...c1400
perceiving - nouns 
• OMNIPERCIPIENCE a perceiving all things ...1664
• OMNIPERCIPIENCY † a perceiving all things ...1664
 
PERCEPTIBLE - adjectives
• PALPABLE readily perceived by some one of the other senses, as the sight, hearing, etc.; perceptible; plainly observable, noticeable ...c1430
 
PERCEPTION - adjectives
• IMPERCEIVERANT † not perceiving; void of perception, undiscerning ...1611
• IMPERCIPIENT not perceiving; lacking perception ...1813
• UNCOGNISANT lacking perception ...1860
perception - nouns 
• ADVERSION †* attention, perception ...1647
• IMPERCIPIENCE lack of perception ...1891
• PERCEIT †* perception, understanding, comprehension ...1399
• TAKING † mental apprehension or perception ...1398
 
PERCEPTIVE - adjectives
• KENSPECKLE † perceptive, intelligent, knowledgeable ...1827 Sc.
• SHARP-WITTED perceptive, intelligent
 
PERCH - verbs
• CRONK to perch, to sit ...19C Eng. dial.
 
PERDITION - nouns
• LEESING † losing, loss; also, destruction, perdition ...1362
perdition - verbs 
• LEESE † to destroy; to bring to ruin or perdition; to spoil ...a1325
 
PEREMPTORY - adjectives
• FAST-ASS peremptory ...1930s US sl.
• REPITERRY peremptory, brusque, high-handed ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
 
PERFECT, PERFECTION  - adjectives
• ALL DAT first-rate, perfect ...1991 Amer. rap music usage
• ALL O' DAT first-rate, perfect ...1991 Amer. rap music usage
• ALL THAT first-rate, perfect ...1991 Amer. rap music usage
• APPLE-PIE excellent; perfect; neat, tidy ...1960 Amer. dial.
• DAP Dead-Ass Perfect ...2000 US golfers' sl.
• DAPPER admirable, excellent; perfect...1960s US Black sl.
• DEAD * perfect; genuine; veritable; unmistakable; absolute ...1819 Amer. sl.
• DEF perfect, excellent, first-rate ...1970s sl., orig. US Black usage
• FANTABULOSA excellent, perfect, wonderful ...1967 UK sl.
• FULLY perfect; the best possible ...20C teen & high school sl.
• FULLY-ON perfect; the best possible ...20C teen & high school sl.
• ICE-CREAM perfect, as desired ...2000s US sl.
• IMPERFECTIBLE incapable of being made perfect ...1869
• JAM excellent, perfect; thorough ...1832 colloq.
• JAM-UP excellent, perfect; thorough ...1841 colloq.
• OMNIPERFECT † all-perfect ...1678
• PARAGON of surpassing excellence; perfect in excellence ...1601
• PARFIT perfect ...1843 Eng. dial.
• PAT fit, proper, appropriate; ready, fluent, perfect, accurate ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAT-OFF fit, proper, appropriate; ready, fluent, perfect, accurate ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PERF perfect ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PERFECKLE perfect ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUFFICK perfect ...1904 Amer. dial.
• QUADRATE † complete, perfect ...1608
• RED-HOT excellent, perfect, magnificent ...1866 Amer. sl.
• SATURATE † complete, perfect ...1682
• SPLENDIFEROUS wonderful, perfect ...M19 sl.
• TEETOTAL perfect; complete, entire ...1884
• TO THE KNOCKER up to standard; hence, excellent, perfect ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UP TO DICK up to standard; hence, excellent, perfect ...L19 Amer. sl.
• UP TO SAMPLE up to standard; hence, excellent, perfect ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UP TO SCRATCH up to standard; hence, excellent, perfect ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UP TO THE HANDLE up to standard; hence, excellent, perfect ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UP TO THE HIGH-WATER MARK up to standard; hence, excellent, perfect ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UP TO THE KNOCKER up to standard; hence, excellent, perfect ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UP TO THE MARK up to standard; hence, excellent, perfect ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UP TO THE NOTCH up to standard; hence, excellent, perfect ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
perfect, perfection - adverbs
• TO A BURN to perfection ...1970 Amer. dial.
• TO THE BONE to perfection; to the last detail ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TO THE BROWN to perfection ...1968 Amer. dial.
perfect, perfection - nouns (includes PERFECTNESS)
• ACCOMPLEMENT † anything that completes or perfects, that adds grace or ornament to body or mind ...1587
• BEAU-IDEAL the highest conceived or conceivable type of beauty or excellence of any kind; the perfect type or model ...1820
• BEULAH LAND heaven or the Promised Land; a place of perfection or happiness; also used ironically ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BEULAH SHORE heaven or the Promised Land; a place of perfection or happiness; also used ironically ...1955 Amer. dial.
• END, THE the best; perfection, absolute excellence ...1948 US sl., chiefly jazz usage
• FINISH a state of perfection ...1897 Amer. dial.
• IDEA † a thing regarded as perfect in its kind ...1591
• LULU a perfect person or thing ...Bk1934 college sl.
• NATURE maturity; perfection ...1895 Eng. dial.
• PARFITNESS perfectness; thorough adaptation ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SOLID JABOO something perfect or ideal ...Bk1942 US sl.
• SUMMITY † the peak of perfection ...1588
• TITS, THE perfection, excellence, an ideal situation ...1950s sl.
• TOPGALLANT the peak of perfection ...1592
perfect, perfection - person 
• COCKALL †* a person regarded as the pre-eminent or perfect example of a particular type or category; the paragon ...1602 
• FAULTLESS CUBE, A a truly good man; an almost perfect man ...1853
• IDEA † a person or thing regarded as perfect in its kind; the ideal realized in an individual ...1591
• IDEAL a perfect person ...a1849
• LULU a perfect person or thing ...Bk1934 college sl.
perfect, perfection - verbs
• EDZACT to perfect, to render exact; to make precisely right, to adjust precisely ...1917 Amer. dial.
• LICK INTO SHAPE to bring to completion or perfection through discipline, hard work, etc. ...colloq.
• NAIL to do something perfectly; to master ...1989 Amer. sl.
• PERFECTIONATE * to bring to perfection; to make perfect or complete ...1570
• SUM † to bring to completion or perfection; to consummate ...c1592
perfect, perfection - phrases 
• IT'S DONE TO A BROWN it's done to perfection ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
PERFECTLY - adverbs
• CHAMPION excellently, perfectly ...L19
• CLEAN AS A LEEK, AS perfectly, completely, entirely ...1725 Sc.
• DOWN TO THE BRICKS perfectly, thoroughly, completely ...M19
• DOWN TO THE MUCK perfectly, thoroughly, completely ...M19
• DOWN TO THE NOTCH to the proper standard; precisely; to perfection, perfectly; to the limit ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LEAL † truly, exactly, accurately; perfectly, thoroughly ...c1400 obs. exc. Sc.
• MATCHLY † perfectly; well; mightily ...1691 Eng. dial.
• ON THE MONEY precisely, perfectly ...1944 colloq.
• PARFITLY perfectly; completely ...1825 Eng. dial.
• PERQUIRE † by heart, by memory; hence, perfectly, accurately, exactly ...1775 Sc.
• PUFFICKLY perfectly ...M19 colloq.
• RIGHT DOWN TO THE NOTCH to the proper standard; precisely; to perfection, perfectly; to the limit ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RIGHT ON THE MONEY precisely, perfectly ...1944 colloq.
• SINCERELY † in a pure, absolute, or perfect manner ...a1577
• SLAP exactly, perfectly ...M18 sl.
• SLAP OFF exactly, perfectly ...M18 sl.
• TO A FARE-THEE-WELL to perfection ...1940 Amer. dial.
• TO A MORAL perfectly ...M19 sl.
• TO A TEE-WHITIE precisely, perfectly, exactly, entirely ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TO A TEEWITY precisely, perfectly, exactly, entirely ...1942 Amer. dial.
• TO A TEE-Y-TEE precisely, perfectly, exactly, entirely ...1929 Amer. dial.
• TO A T-WITEY precisely, perfectly, exactly, entirely ...1941 Amer. dial.
• TO A T-WYTY precisely, perfectly, exactly, entirely ...1942 Amer. dial.
• TO THE KING'S TASTE perfectly, to perfection; exactly as would be desired ...1950 Amer. dial.
• TO THE NAIL to perfection ...c1611
• TO THE NOTCH to the proper standard; precisely; to perfection, perfectly; to the limit ...1837 Amer. dial.
• TO THE QUEEN'S TASTE perfectly, to perfection; exactly as would be desired ...1891 Amer. dial.
• UP TO THE LAST NOTCH to the proper standard; precisely; to perfection, perfectly; to the limit ...1897 Amer. dial.
• UP TO THE NINES to the highest degree, to perfection ...L18 sl.
• UP TO THE NOTCH to the proper standard; precisely; to perfection, perfectly; to the limit ...1790 Amer. dial.
 
PERFIDIOUS - adjectives
• BREAK-FAITH perfidious, treacherous ...Bk1911 Sc.
• FEDIFRAGOUS † breaking a pledge or agreement, faithless, perfidious ...1600
 
PERFORATE - verbs
• THIRL to pierce, to drill, to perforate; to vibrate or cause to vibrate; to thrill; to shudder; to tingle ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
PERFORM - verbs
• ACTUATE † to reduce to a action; to carry out in practice, to perform a command, proposition, etc. ...1596
• BLOW to perform ...1950s Amer. sl.
• DO ONE' S STUFF to perform as one is expected ...M17 sl.
• DO ONE'S OWN THING to perform an action ...1960s US sl.
• DO ONE'S THING to perform an action ...1960s US sl.
• DUCK A DATE to fail to perform as scheduled ...1981 US circus and carnival usage
• GAR †* to do, to perform; to make ...a1300
• MAKE BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW to perform a task without provision of the necessary materials or means      
• MOTOR to perform a task very well ...1983 UK sl.
• OBLIGE to perform in public, as in to 'oblige' with a song ...L19 sl.
• PULL to do; to perform, effect, esp. a trick or shady act ...1916 Amer. sl.
• WAIL in jazz: to perform excellently ...1955 US jazz sl.
 
PERFORMANCE - adjectives
• PUNKY of a public performance: poor ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
performance - nouns 
• ACT a routine, a way of behaving, a performance ...L19 sl., orig. US
• AFFAIR †* doing, action, performance ...c1500
• DAGS a feat; an achievement; a performance ...c1850 colloq.
• DOMENT a performance; a show ...M19 sl.
• ONE-NIGHTER of a musician, band or show: a single performance in one place only ...1910s US sl.
• OPERATION † action, performance, work, deed ...c1386
• TEAR-IT-DOWN a fantastic performance ...1990s W. Indies sl.
 
PERFORMER - person
• ABLE GRABLE an accomplished performer ...1946 US sl.
• FACTOR † one who makes or does anything; a doer, maker, performer, perpetrator; an author of a literary work ...1563 obs. or arch.
• HAM-FATTER a third-rate actor or variety performer ...L19 Amer. sl.
• HEADLINER the main or chief performer ...1896 US show business usage
• HITTER an impressive performer; a successful person ...Bk2004 sl.
• TALENT, THE in the entertainment industry: the actors, the performers ...1991 US sl.
 
PERFUME - nouns
• FAG WATER cologne ...1980s US sl.
• FOOFOO cologne; perfume ...1928 US sl.
• FOO-FOO WATER aftershave lotion; cologne ...Bk2006 US sl.
• MARECHAL † a scent or perfume ...1676
• MARECHELLE † a scent or perfume ...1676
• MARSHAL † a scent or perfume ...1676
• NOSE smell, odour; perfume ...1894
• ODORAMENT † anything used for its scent or perfume; an odorous substance; a perfume ...1382
• SUFFITION † a fragrant substance, perfume ...1656
• WAFF a whiff of perfume; an odour ...1819 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
perfume - verbs
• ODORIFERIZE * to render odoriferous; to scent or perfume ...1824
 
PERFUMED - adjectives
• ODORIFERANT * fragrant, perfumed, giving odour or scent ...c1550
• ODORIFERE †* odoriferous ...a1425
• ODORIFEROUS fragrant, perfumed, giving odour or scent ...c1487
• ODORIFIC odoriferous ...1685

PERHAPS - adverbs
• ABLES perhaps, possibly ...1883 Sc.
• ABLINGS in a manner that is able to be; possibly, perhaps ...1597-1605
• ABLINS possibly, perhaps ...1597-1605
• AIBLES † perhaps ...1819 Sc.
• AIBLINS perhaps ...1721 Sc.
• ANTERS perhaps ...1790 Eng. dial.
• ASHELT perhaps, probably ...1746 Eng. dial.
• AUNTERS perhaps ...1790 Eng. dial.
• AVES perhaps, maybe, but ...Bk1898 Ireland
• AVIS perhaps, maybe, but ...Bk1898 Ireland
• BEHAPPEN perhaps, possibly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELIKE likely, in all likelihood, probably, maybe; not unlikely, perhaps, possibly ...a1533
• BELIKELY † likely, in all likelihood, probably; not unlikely, perhaps, possibly ...a1552 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BELIKES perhaps, probably, maybe; surely ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BY HAP † by chance, casually; perhaps ...1388
• DAPPEN perhaps, in the event of, by the time that ...1894 Eng. dial.
• HAP perhaps, perchance ...1856 Eng. dial.
• HAPLY by chance or accident; perhaps; maybe ...1362 now arch.
• HAPPELY † perhaps ...1790 Eng. dial.
• HAPPEN perhaps, possibly, maybe ...1790 N. Eng. dial.
• HAPPENS perhaps, possibly, maybe ...1845 Eng. dial.
• HAPPILY by chance; perhaps; maybe ...1377 arch.
• HAPS † perhaps, maybe ...1589
• MAPPEN perhaps, possibly ...1848 Eng. dial.
• MAYBESO perhaps ...1919 Amer. dial.
• MAYHAP perhaps, possibly ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MAYHAPPEN perhaps, possibly ...1848 Eng. dial.
• MAYHAPS perhaps, possibly ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REDLINS perhaps, probably ...Bk1904 Sc.
• YEABLES possibly, maybe, perhaps ...1868 Sc.
• YEBLINS perhaps ...1721 Sc.
• YIBBLES possibly, maybe, perhaps ...1868 Sc.
• YIBLINS perhaps ...1721 Sc.
 
PERIL, PERILOUS - adjectives
• ADVENTUROUS † full of risk or peril; hazardous, perilous ...c1350
• DISCRIMINOUS †* hazardous, dangerous, perilous, full of jeopardy ...1666
• HAZARDFUL †* risky, hazardous, perilous ...1626
• JEOPARDIOUS † fraught with danger or risk; hazardous, risky, perilous, dangerous ...1502
• JEOPARDOUS † fraught with risk or danger; hazardous, risky, perilous, dangerous ...1451
• PARLISH perilous, dangerous; of the weather: doubtful, uncertain ...1642 Eng. dial.
• PARLOUS perilous, dangerous; of the weather: doubtful, uncertain ...1642 Eng. dial.
• PERICLITATE † exposed to peril ...1525
• PERICULOUS † dangerous, hazardous, full of peril ...1547
peril, perilous - nouns 
• APPERIL risk, peril ...1848 Ireland
• FEAR † a sudden and terrible event; peril ...a1000
• HAHT † peril, risk ...c1200
• HAUHT † peril, risk ...c1200
• HAZARDIZE † a hazardous position; a condition of peril or risk ...1590 nonce use
• JEOPARDY † a deed involving peril; a daring exploit ...a1300
• VENTURE † danger, jeopardy, hazard, or peril; the chance or risk of incurring harm or loss ...1550
peril, perilous - verbs
• BELL THE CAT to undertake a perilous part, or to be the ringleader in any movement ...1762
• PERICLITATE † to expose to peril, endanger, risk, hazard ...1623
 
PERILOUSLY - adverbs
• PARLOUSLY at great peril ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
PERISH - verbs
• COME TO THEMSELVES to perish, to die ...1899 Sc.
• GO UNDER to fail; to perish; to die ...1848 Amer. dial.
• HONISH † to bring to disgrace; to dishonour, to insult; to destroy, to ruin, to cause to perish ...a1325
​• MAR † to become deteriorated; to spoil; to perish ...c1230
• QUENCH † to come to an end, to perish, to disappear ...c1305
• TINE to be lost, ruined, or destroyed; to perish ...1300s chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TO-SWELT † to perish, to die ...c1205
• VADE † to pass away, to disappear, to vanish; to decay or perish ...1495

PERIWINKLE - person
• WINK-MAN a seller of periwinkles ...1851 Eng. dial.
• WINK-PICKER a gatherer of periwinkles ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.

PERJURE - verbs
• FALSE-SWEAR to swear falsely, to commit perjury ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• MAINSWEAR to swear falsely ...1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MANSWEAR † to swear falsely; to perjure oneself ...c1375 obs. exc. arch. & Eng. dial.
• MOUNT to swear falsely, to commit perjury, for money ...c1780 sl.
• RAP † to swear; to perjure oneself ...1733 sl.
 
PERJURED - adjectives
• MANSWORN † forsworn, perjured ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
 
PERJURER - person
• AFFIDAVIT MAN a professional witness who, with pay, will swear to anything; a hired perjurer ...L17 sl.
• IRISH EVIDENCE a perjuring witness ...L18 sl.
• MANSWEAR † a perjurer ...971
• MOUNTER * a person who gives false evidence in a court of law; a professional witness who will swear to anything ...1781 criminals' sl.
• RAPPER a professional perjurer ...L18 sl.

PERJURY - nouns
• MANATH † false oath, perjury ...a1000
• MANSWEARING † perjury ...c1440
• MANSWORN † perjury ...1456
• RAPPING † perjury ...1754
 
PERK - nouns
• D FOR DUNCE 'bunce'; perks, bonuses, inducements to act or work; money or goods earned on top of wages ...20C Brit. rhyming sl.
 
PERMANENCE - nouns
• FIXTIVITY permanence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STANDSTILLISM permanence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STAY permanence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STAY-PUTNESS n. permanence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STICKTIVITY permanence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
PERMANENT - adjectives
• LEDGER † remaining in a place; resident; permanent; stationary ...1547
• PERDURANT * lasting, continuous, permanent ...1670
• PUKKA permanent ...L18
permanent - nouns 
• DODO something fixed or permanent ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOSSIL something fixed or permanent ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STANDPATTER something fixed or permanent ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

PERMANENTLY - adverbs
• FOR ALTOGETHER † for all time to come; permanently, for good, once and for all ...1542

PERMISSIBLE - adjectives
• LAWFUL † permissible; allowable; justifiable ...1599
• LEEFUL † permissible, right, lawful; just ...c1205
• LEESOME † lawful, permissible, right ...a1400 chiefly Sc.
• SUFFERABLE † that may be allowed, permissible ...a1395
• VENIAL †* allowable, permissible; blameless ...1597
 
PERMISSIBLY - adverbs
• LEEFULLY † permissibly, lawfully ...c1340
 
PERMISSION - adverbs
• LEAVELESS † without permission ...c1250
permission - nouns 
• DARE permission ...1907 Amer. dial.
• ISLE OF WIGHT right, permission ...1950s rhyming sl.
• LIEF permission ...BK1905 Amer. dial.
• NOD, THE approval or permission ...Aust. sl.
• NOTE FROM MOTHER official permission ...1986 US naval aviator usage
• PARDON † leave, permission ...1548
• SAY-SO the power of decision, permission ...M18 sl.
• SUFFERAGE †* permission, approval ...1622
• SUFFERING † permission; tolerance ...c1460
• TOLERANCE † the act of allowing; license, permission granted by an authority ...1539
• TOLERATION † the act of allowing; permission granted by authority, license ...1517-18
permission - verbs
• TED to have leave or permission to do a thing; to be bound or under obligation ...1746 Eng. dial.
• TET to have leave or permission to do a thing; to be bound or under obligation ...1746 Eng. dial.
permission - phrases
• BY YOUR LEAVE an expression of apology for not having asked permission; the asking of permission ...1914

PERMIT - nouns
• FURLOUGH †* a permit, license, or passport ...a1658
• LET-PASS a permission to pass; a permit ...1635
• TICKET † a writing in which something is certified or authorized; a certificate or voucher; a warrant, licence, permit ...1529
permit - person 
• SANCTIONER one who sanctions; one who permits; one who promises or vows ...1846
• SUFFERER † one who permits something to be done ...a1533
permit - verbs 
• BEHOLD † to permit ...a1670
• BETEEM †* to allow or permit to do something ...1602
• GIVE LEAVE † to allow, to permit ...1500-20
• GRUTCH to give or permit with reluctance; to grant or submit to unwillingly; to begrudge ...1899 Amer. dial.
• I-THAVE † to permit, to allow ...c900
• LEVE † to grant permission to; to allow, to permit ...c897
• SIGHT to tolerate, to permit, to put up with ...1910s Aust. sl.
• THOLE to allow, to permit, to admit of; to require, to stand in need of ...1864 Sc. & Eng. dial.
permit - phrases
• PLEASE THE PIGS * if circumstances permit; if all is well ...1683 UK

PERMITTED - adjectives
• UNDEFENDED † not forbidden, permitted, allowed ...1399
 
PERNICIOUS - adjectives
• BALE † actively evil, deadly, dire, pernicious, destructive, fatal, cruel, tormenting ...a1000
• BALEFUL full of malign, deadly, or noxious influence; pernicious, destructive, noxious, injurious, mischievous, malignant ...a1000
 
PERPENDICULAR - adjectives
• PARPIN perpendicular ...Bk1905 Sc.
 
PERPETUALLY - adverbs
• EVERLASTING continually, perpetually ...1823 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• EVERLIE constantly, perpetually, frequently, continually ...1829 Sc.
• EVERLY always, constantly, perpetually, frequently, continually, continuously ...1829 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ON-END immediately, forthwith; without stop or intermission, perpetually, in succession ...1888 Eng. dial.
 
PERPLEX - verbs
• BAFFOUND to bewilder, perplex, stun ...1868 Eng. dial.
• BELBEVAR to puzzle; to perplex; to be unable to decide ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEPUZZLE * to confuse, to perplex, to bewilder ...1599
• BOFFLE to baffle, to confuse, to perplex, to worry, to annoy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BUFFALO to overpower, to overawe, or constrain by superior force or influence; to nonplus, to confuse, to perplex, to bewilder ...1904 US sl.
• BUMBAZE to amaze, confound, bewilder, perplex, bamboozle; to look aghast, confounded, stupefied ...1725 chiefly Sc.
• BUMFOOZLE to play tricks upon; to deceive; to humbug; to bewilder, to confuse, to perplex ...1880 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BUMFUZZLE to bewilder, to confuse, to perplex ...1905 Amer. dial.
• CAFFLE to perplex, to entangle a person in conversation ...1781 Eng. dial.
• CONFUBUSCATE to confuse, perplex, astonish ...1880 sl.
• DADDER to perplex, bewilder ...19C Eng. dial.
• DEAVE † to deafen, stun, or perplex one with much noise ...a1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DECOMBOBLATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DIFFICULT to put in a difficulty, to perplex, to puzzle ...1631 Sc.
• DISCOMBOBBLE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DISCOMBOBERATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1840 Amer. dial.
• DISCOMBOBOLATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1943 Amer. dial.
• DISCOMBOBRACATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1834 Amer. dial.
• DISCOMBOBULATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1916 Amer. sl.
• DISCOMBOOBELATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DISCOMBOOBERATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1943 Amer. dial.
• DISCOMBOOBLE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DISCOMBOOMERATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DISCOMBULATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DISCONBOBBERATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DISCUMBOBERATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1916 Amer. dial.
• DISTROUBLE † to trouble greatly; to hinder; to disturb; to perplex ...c1369 
• EMBLUSTRICATE † to bewilder, to confuse, to perplex ...a1693
• FASTEN to perplex, to nonplus ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FERHOODLE to confuse, to perplex ...1935 Amer. dial.
• FLAMBERGAST to amaze, astonish, bewilder, perplex; to take by surprise ...1869 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• HABBLE to confuse, to perplex, to nonplus, to embarrass, to impede, to hamper or foil in the performance of anything ...1825 Sc.
• HAISTER to perplex, to tease, to pester, to vex, to harass a person; to annoy ...1818 Sc.
• HESTER to perplex, to tease, to pester, to vex, to harass a person ...1818 Sc.
• MADDLE to perplex; to muddle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAMMER to confuse, to perplex ...1825 Eng. dial.
• MAR † to confuse, to bewilder; to perplex, to trouble; to grieve, to distress ...a1300
• MASKER † to bewilder, to confuse, to perplex ...c725 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MAZZEN to stupefy, to make dizzy; to perplex, to bewilder ...1852 Eng. dial.
• MOMMER to confuse, to perplex ...1825 Eng. dial.
• PALL to puzzle, to perplex, to nonplus, to thwart, to baffle ...1832 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAUL to puzzle, to perplex, to nonplus, to thwart, to baffle ...1832 Sc.
• POWFAG to tire; to fatigue the brain; to trouble and perplex the mind ...1864 Eng. dial.
• PUT THE STUNNERS ON to perplex, to confound, to astonish ...Bk1904 sl.
• RAFFLE to confuse, perplex ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAVEL to confuse, to render incapable of coherent thought, to perplex ...1866 Sc.
• TAFFLE to perplex, to tire, to wear out, to exhaust with fatigue ...1750 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAIGLE to confound or get the better of in an argument; to quiz; to bamboozle, to outsmart; to perplex ...1874 Sc.
• TEDDER to perplex, to tease ...1851 Eng. dial.
• TERRIFY to puzzle, to perplex ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TICKLE to puzzle, to perplex ...1865 Sc.
• WEEWAW to vacillate; to perplex, to distract ...1890 Amer. dial.
 
PERPLEXED - adjectives
• ABROAD wide of the mark; out of one's reckoning; perplexed ...1821 colloq.
• AGAINST THE WALL bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL ABROAD confused, bewildered, perplexed ,at a loss ...1770
• ALL FUSSED ABOUT bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL FUSSED UP ABOUT bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL HOT AND BOTHERED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL IN THE WIND bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BAFFOUNDED perplexed, bewildered ...1886 Eng. dial.
• BEAT bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BERAFFLED perplexed, entangled ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE without a satisfactory alternative; in difficulty; bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. colloq.
• BOGFOUNDERED perplexed, bewildered, puzzled ...1896 Eng. dial.
• BUMFOOZLED bewildered, perplexed, confused, disconcerted, mixed up ...1912 Amer. dial.
• CABOBBLED confused, puzzled, perplexed, mystified ...Bk1823 Eng. dial. & nautical sl.
​• COMFOOZLED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CONFLUMMOXED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DISCOMBOBULATED confused; perplexed ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DISCOMBOOBULATED confused; perplexed ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DRIVEN IN HEAPS perplexed with a multiplicity of work or engagements ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• DUMBFOOZLED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...1825
• DUMP † amazed, perplexed ...1622
• FAST puzzled, perplexed; hard up; at a loss, at a standstill ...1867 Eng. dial.
• FLOORED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLUMMIXED, FLUMMOXED, FLUMMUXED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOGGED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOGGY obscure or confused; bewildered; perplexed; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOING bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRAVELED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HARD PUT bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HARD PUT TO IT bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOT AND BOTHERED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ILL-OFF perplexed, at a loss; in a quandary for want of something ...1818 Sc.
• IN A BOX bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A CORNER bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A FOG bewildered; perplexed; baffled; dazed; confused  ...Bk1942 Amer. colloq.
• IN A HOBBLE in trouble, perplexed ...18C sl. 
• IN A HOLE bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A PUCKER bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A TIGHT BOX adj. bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A YACK † in a state of perplexity ...Bk1905 Sc.
• IN THE FOG bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN THE SUDS troubled; perplexed; angry ...1617 sl.
• IN THE WOODS bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• INTRINSICATE † intricate, involved, entangled, perplexed ...1560
• JAMMED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LICKED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MARRED † perplexed, distracted, bewildered, bemused ...c1350
• MAZED amazed, astonished, surprised; bewildered, astounded, perplexed ...1703 Eng. dial.
• MOYSED amazed, astonished, surprised; bewildered, astounded, perplexed ...1703 Eng. dial.
• ON ONE'S BEAM ENDS bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ON THE FENCE bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUTDONE put out, perplexed, exasperated, displeased; disappointed, overcome, beaten, humiliated, embarrassed ...1816 Amer. dial.
• PUT TO SCIENCE at one's wits' end; perplexed ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• QUEERED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUISQUIS † perplexing, doubtful, debateful, dubious ...1720 Sc.
• QUISQUOSE perplexing, doubtful, debateful, dubious ...1720 Sc.
• STALLED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STUCK bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STUMPED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUGARED astonished; perplexed ...1901 sl.
• SUNK bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TREED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TURNED AROUND bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWISTED bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UP A GUMTREE baffled, perplexed ...Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• UP A STUMP bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1904 sl.
• UP A TREE bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UP AGAINST THE WALL bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UP IN THE AIR bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHAPED † bewildered, dismayed, perplexed, puzzled ...c1374
perplexed - person
• DULCARNON † a person in a dilemma; a person perplexed ...1577
• PUZZLE-HEAD one who is perplexed or confused over things that are clear and simple to others ...1888
perplexed - verbs 
• BE IN A HANK to be in a state of perplexity or trouble ...B1900 Eng. dial.
perplexed - phrases
• I"M BUGGERED IF I KNOW! indicates one is bemused or perplexed about something ...1929

​PERPLEXING, PERPLEXITY - adjectives
• BAFFOUNDING perplexing, bewildering ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DAFFLING perplexing ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FOGGY confused; confusing; perplexing; not specific enough ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• IN SUDS † in difficulties, in embarrassment or perplexity ..c1572
• IN THE SUDS † in difficulties, in embarrassment or perplexity ..1603
• KNURRY † 'knotty', perplexing ...1615
• MADDLING perplexing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUISQUOUS perplexing, subtle; difficult to discuss, deal with, or settle; ticklish ...1721 Sc.
• RAFFLING perplexing, disturbing ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
perplexing, perplexity - nouns 
• ANOINTER something perplexing or puzzling ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• BAMBOOZLEMENT bewilderment; perplexity ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BARBULYE confusion, perplexity, quandary ...1820 Sc. arch.
• BARBULYIE perplexity, quandary ...1820 Sc.
• BEPUZZLEMENT 1. the act of perplexing ...1806
2. perplexity, bewilderment ...1885
• BOFFLEMENT a bother; a state of perplexity ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOTHERATION bewilderment; perplexity ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOTHERMENT something troublesome; perplexity; bewilderment  ...1843 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• BRANGLEMENT confusion; perplexity ...Bk1911 Sc.
• COMFOOZLEMENT bewilderment; perplexity ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRUM-A-GRACKLE a mess, a difficulty, a bother, a perplexity ...19C Eng. dial.
• DISCABOOBULATION disarray, discomposure, discomfiture; a state of upset, perplexity ...1986 Amer. dial.
• DISCOMBOBOLATION disarray, discomposure, discomfiture; a state of upset, perplexity ...1911 Amer. dial.
• DISCOMBOBULATION disarray, discomposure, discomfiture; a state of upset, perplexity ...1839 Amer. dial.
• DUMBFOOZLEMENT bewilderment; perplexity ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DUMP † a fit of abstraction or musing; a reverie; a dazed or puzzled state; perplexity, amazement; absence of mind ...1523
• FASHING the act of perplexing or teasing ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FRY bewilderment; perplexity ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HABBLE a difficulty, a state of muddle or perplexity; a quandary; a tangle ...1797 Sc.
• HAMPER confusion, entanglement; perplexity ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAMPERMENT confusion, entanglement; perplexity ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HOBBLE bewilderment; perplexity ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MAMMERING † a state of doubt, hesitation, or perplexity ...1532
• MAMMERY †* a state of doubt, hesitation, or perplexity; vacillation ...1578
• MAZE a state of amazement, bewilderment, or astonishment; perplexity, confusion, surprise ...1827 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• MAZERMENT confusion, perplexity, amazement ...1768 Sc. obs.
• NOINTER something perplexing or puzzling ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• PADDY-NODDY perplexity, embarrassment; a state of agitation, uneasiness, and trouble ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• PUCKER bewilderment; perplexity ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUANDORUM a quandary; extreme perplexity ...1894 Eng. dial.
• QUONDORUM a quandary; extreme perplexity ...1894 Eng. dial.
• STAGGERS, THE bewilderment; perplexity ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STUMP bewilderment; perplexity ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKING a state of excitement, grief, or perplexity ...1899 Eng. dial.
• TANGLE a difficulty; a state of mental confusion or perplexity ...1873 Sc.
• THRALLAGE bondage; pecuniary difficulty; perplexity ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TITUBATION faltering, suspense, perplexity, embarrassment ...1710
perplexing, perplexity - verbs
• GET THINGS IN A HANK to be in a state of perplexity or trouble ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HARL to be in a state of confusion or perplexity ...1889 Eng. dial.
• PUZZLE A PHILADELPHIA LAWYER to be very perplexing ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.