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Regency Words: Addle plot

By Anne | November 18, 2025 - 7:37 am |November 30, 2025 Regency Words
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Addleplot – spoil sport, someone who disrupts or interferes with someone else’s enjoyment or plans. The term is said to date from around the 1690s. Continue →

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Regency Words: Lady

By Anne | May 6, 2025 - 7:00 am |May 26, 2025 Regency Words
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The Bee, fire-side companion, & evening tales. (1823). United Kingdom: (n.p.). The online etymology dictionary confirms the bready-origins of the word lady, and clarifies that the f dropped Continue →

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Regency Words: Some Common Expressions

By Anne | January 26, 2025 - 8:50 am |February 12, 2025 Regency Words
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A Regency Reader requested more common expressions or idioms.  While we feature some in Regency Cant, we will building out an additional tab to feature Continue →

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Regency Words: Poltroon

By Anne | November 26, 2024 - 7:33 am |December 8, 2024 Regency Words
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Poltroon means: An ignoble or total coward; a dastard; a mean-spirited wretch. Its usage dates from the 1520s, likely taken from the French poultron (rascal, coward) or Italian poltrone (coward). According to Continue →

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    If you love Outlander, you’ll love this romance

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    Is the price of peace ever too high?

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