Regency Lexicon: fudge
Oh fudge. Now, we know you as an alternative curse word or a delicious chocolatey treat. But back in the Regency era, a fudge would Continue
Oh fudge. Now, we know you as an alternative curse word or a delicious chocolatey treat. But back in the Regency era, a fudge would Continue
When a gentleman said he bet a monkey, what did he mean? 500 pounds, of course. A gentleman close to the River Tick might have Continue
Regencies describing adulterous females are wont to use the word cuckold. Where does the term come from? mid-13c., kukewald, from O.Fr. cucuault, from cocu (see Continue
mawk·ish (môksh) adj. 1. Excessively and objectionably sentimental. 2. Sickening or insipid in taste. Sense of “sickly sentimental” is first recorded 1702. [From Middle English mawke, Continue