† cacozealousadj.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
‘Ill-affected, or badly imitating’. Phillips 1676. (Ed. 1696 has ‘or viciously devout’.)Not in Bailey.
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Cacozelous, il-minded or affectioned, one that imitates badly.
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adj.1656- to have one's fingers burnt
- to have one's fingers crossed
- to have one's fingers in the till
- to have one's fingers on the pulse
- to have one's fling
- to have one's foot on native heath
- to have one's foot on one's native heath
- to have one's forth
- to have one's garret unfurnished
- to have one's guts about one's ears
- to have one's hand in
- to have one's hand in the till
- to have one's hand on another halfpenny
- to have one's hand on one's halfpenny
- to have one's hands free
- to have one's hands full
- to have one's hat chalked
- to have one's head in the clouds
- to have one's head screwed on right
- to have one's head screwed on the right way
- to come to good pass
- to come to grapnel
- to come to grasp
- to come to grief
- to come to gripes