† rageryn.
Obsolete.
Wantonness, gaiety, sprightliness; an instance of this.In quot. ?c1425 perhaps: a sudden movement.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > [noun]
goleshipc1000
golenessa1050
kaggerleȝcc1175
untowenshipa1250
follyc1300
wantonnessc1390
ragerya1393
nicetya1400
wantonhead1435
lightnessa1450
gole?a1500
free will?1518
nicenessa1533
looseness1576
licentiousness1586
waggishness1591
libertinage1611
libertinism1611
licence1713
fastness1859
permissiveness1946
society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] > a frolic
oliprancec1390
ragerya1393
vague1523
rex1566
friskin1570
gambol1573
reak1573
prank1576
vagary1588
whirligig1589
caper1592
prinkum-prankum1596
firk1611
frolica1635
carryings-on1663
ramp1696
romp1713
freak1724
scheme1758
rig1782
lark1811
escapade1814
gammock1819
gambade1821
enfantillage1827
game1828
shines1830
rollick1834
rusty1835
high jinksa1845
escapado1849
shenanigan1855
rum-tum1876
panta1901
gas1914
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 6258 Diane..in a ragerie..seide that sche bathe wolde.
c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 455 I was yong and ful of ragerye [v.r. gerie].
?c1425 T. Hoccleve Jonathas (Durh.) l. 221 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 223 Fro your fyngir mighte it fall, Or plukkid of been in a ragerie.
a1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary (1651) ii. ii. 25 'Tis hard to find a Damosel unwenned [sic]; They being all Coltish and full of Ragery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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