pornialadj.
Misreading of primal adj.
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oldeOE
olden daysa1400
for-oldc1400
ancient1475
(as) old as Adama1599
antiquary1599
high1601
primal1604
hoary1609
grandeval1650
Noachal1661
patriarchal1806
(as) old as the hills1819
world-old1837
eld1854
age-old1860
far-back1869
Noachian1874
pornial1883
1883 American 6 41/2 To the ‘pornial fire’ of the Elizabethan period had succeeded an age of patient research and cool criticism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adj.1883- honest broker
- honest indian
- honest injun
- honest john
- honest soul
- honest to god
- honest to goodness
- honest-fashioned
- honest-hearted
- honest-like
- honest-looking
- honest-minded
- honest-natured
- honestate
- honestation
- honester
- honestest
- honestete
- honestfashioned
- honesthearted
- honesties
- honestify
- honestlier
- honestliest
- honestlike