casualadj.n.
/ˈkaʒ(j)uːəl//ˈkazjuːəl/ A. adj.† 4. Liable to happen; incidental to. Obsolete.† 5. † b. Liable to. Obsolete.Cf. modern French use of casuel for fragile, censured by Littré.† 7. Casuistic. Obsolete. rare.
1. † b. Non-essential; = accidental adj. 2. Obsolete.† c. Used, like accidental, of untoward events.
a. Subject to, depending on, or produced by chance; accidental, fortuituous.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adjective]
byc1050
casualc1374
fortuitc1374
fortunelc1374
fortunousc1374
causelessc1386
adventurousc1405
accidental1502
fortunable1509
happya1522
chanceable1549
occasional1569
accidentary1581
emergent1593
streave1598
contingent1604
happening1621
incidental1644
lucky1648
sporadical1654
temerarious1660
spontaneous1664
incidentarya1670
chance1676
antrin?1725
fortuitous1806
sporadic1821
windfall1845
chanced1853
blind1873
happenchance1905
happenstance1905
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 391 It is but casuel plesaunce.
c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) 40 By a casuel happe or by chaunce I was ny dreynt.
1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes iv. f. 132 Of conditions..Some be casuall, such as are not in the power of that man to whome they are imposed, but either in the power of some other thing, or person, so that the euent thereof is to vs vncertaine.
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. i. §15. 20 That which seemeth most casuall and subiect to Fortune, is yet disposed by the ordinance of God.
1670 J. Dryden Tyrannick Love iii. i. 21 Him who thought A casual world was from wild Atoms wrought.
1672 Covent Gard. Drollery 231* His words like casual Atoms made a thought.
1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels II. 497 How casual soever things..may appear, yet there is One who ruleth over all.
1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music vi. 113 The Improvement..was not casual, but the Result of a natural Progression.
1879 J. Lubbock Sci. Lect. ii. 52 Are these differences merely casual and accidental, or have they a meaning and a purpose?
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the world > existence and causation > existence > extrinsicality or externality > [adjective] > non-essential
accidental1387
casual1398
incident1523
accidentary?1549
accessarya1555
chanceablea1557
accessory1563
circumstant1583
advenient1594
adventive1605
adventitial1607
circumstantial1608
contingent1628
adventious1633
incidental1644
accessional1646
contingential1647
non-essential1647
extra-essential1667
attachable1798
dividuous1816
inessential1832
peripheral1902
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [adjective] > of or assigning an attribute > of or relating to accidents
accidentala1398
casual1398
accidentary?1549
contingent1628
contingential1647
non-essential1843
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iv. iv. 84 Some pro~prytees..ben secundary and casuall.
1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. v. 94 It is a principle of the Platonists, That every created thing hath a threefold being; Casual, Formal, Participated.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adjective] > of untoward events
casual1577
c1386 [implied in: G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale 281 Casuelly the schippes bothom rent. (at casually adv. 1b)].
1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 191/2 in Chron. I In Ethelbertes tyme the Citie of Canterburie was burned by casuall fyre.
1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health ccxiii. 194 Naturall death, which fewe attaine vnto, but are preuented by death casuall.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 566 Where casual fire Had wasted woods. View more context for this quotation
1758 S. Johnson Idler 6 May 33 Who, by a casual hurt..lye pining in want and anguish.
d. Golf. casual water n. see quot. 1899.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > golf course > [noun] > hazards
hazard1744
blind hazard1816
bunker1824
sand-bunker1824
sand1842
break-club1857
water hazard1889
trap1890
casual water1899
pot bunker1899
sand-trap1922
1899 Rules of Golf, St. Andrews 3 ‘Casual water’ shall mean any temporary accumulation of water (whether caused by rainfall or otherwise) which is not one of the ordinary and recognised hazards of the course.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXIX. 27/1 Standing as far behind the hazard or casual water as he may please.
1957 Encycl. Brit. X. 506 a/1 Paths, bare patches of ground and temporary accumulations of water (called casual water) are not hazards.
2. Occurring or coming at uncertain times; not to be calculated on, uncertain, unsettled.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adjective] > random or haphazard
uncertain1303
casualc1460
haphazard1576
roving1577
hazardous1585
chanceful1594
firmless1605
random1655
temerarious1660
aleatory1693
contingent1703
unlawed1789
by the way1846
chancy1860
fluky1880
hitty-missy1885
perchance1891
happenchance1905
happenstance1905
willy-nilly1933
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [adjective] > unpredictable
contingentc1400
casualc1460
whimsical1654
precarious1687
ambiguous1759
incalculable1796
uncalculable1848
chancy1860
impredicable1864
fluky1880
aleatoric1921
contingency1931
iffy1937
c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1714) 47 The Kyngs Extraordynary chargys ar so casuel, that no Man may knowe them in certeynte.
c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 80 We call no sicknes by that name, but such as be casual and come and goe.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 5 Both the known, and casual Revenue.
1788 J. Priestley Lect. Hist. iv. xxi. 231 The accounts of the royal revenue, whether certain or casual.
1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) III. 437 An escheat is a casual profit, quod accidit domino ex eventu et ex insperato.
1876 G. Grote Fragm. Ethical Subj. v. 174 Not for a casual period but for a complete lifetime.
3. Occurring or brought about without design or premeditation; coming up or presenting itself ‘as it chances’.
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the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adjective] > unplanned
suddena1300
unpremeditate1551
extemporal1570
unpurposed1570
unmeditated1576
extemporate1590
unpremeditated1597
unplotted1598
extemporary1610
extemporanean1621
extempory1623
impremeditate1647
unthought1648
unresolved1649
extemporate1651
incogitate1652
unprojected1653
indeliberate1655
extemporaneous1656
indeliberated1656
autoschediastical1662
casual1667
offhanda1668
undiscourseda1670
extemporany1673
unplanned1775
impromptu1789
on (also upon) the spur of the moment (or occasion, etc.)1801
autoschediastic1809
impromptuary1827
improvised1833
extemporized1856
spontaneous1856
unconsidered1876
undevised1894
lashed-up1920
ad-libbed1933
willy-nilly1933
off the cuff1948
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 223 What wonder if..object new Casual discourse draw on. View more context for this quotation
a1674 Earl of Clarendon Hist. Rebellion (1703) II. viii. 452 The Commissioners..entertaining themselves..in general and casual discourses.
1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 289 They talk'd of casual things.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 97 Anaxagoras..would seem to have had more than a casual glimpse of truth.
1863 J. H. Burton Book-hunter (ed. 2) 17 A mere casual spectator.
1864 D. G. Mitchell Seven Stories 70 I made some casual remark about the weather.
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. xii. 263 I'll mix with 'em in a casual way.
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the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [adjective] > liable to happen
probable?a1425
likely1437
casualc1440
incident1488
incidental to1616
liable1619
c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) 275 Of such men it is to dred, for casuall vengeaunce.
c1565 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1728) 46 It is but casual to a man to fall in an offence.
1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church 284 When they dissent, which in all persons is casuall.
1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God i. viii. 16 Tell me whether any thing be casuall vnto the good, that tendeth not to their good.
1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 244 There is nothing that can be casuall, there is no sucesse good or bad, but is contingent to man, sometimes or other.
a. Subject to chance or accident; frail, uncertain, precarious. Obsolete.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [adjective]
unsicker?c1225
uncertaina1382
unsadc1384
untristya1387
untrustya1387
unsurec1412
falliblec1425
slipperc1430
ficklea1450
frivol1488
slidder?a1500
casuala1535
slippery1548
slippy1548
failable1561
doubtful1562
lubricious1584
slope1587
queasy1589
unconfirmedc1592
nice1598
catching1603
loose1603
precary1606
ambiguous1612
treacherous1612
unsafe1615
unsureda1616
precarious1626
lubric1631
dubious1635
lubricous1646
unestablished1646
unfixed1654
unsecure?a1685
unreliable1810
unproven1836
untrustworthy1846
shady1848
wobbly1877
Kaffir1899
independable1921
dodgy1961
temperamental1962
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger > vulnerable
openeOE
subjectc1384
pregnablec1475
opportunea1500
casuala1535
wide open?1544
obnoxious1572
assailable1589
liable1593
abnoxious1611
woundable1611
obnoxious1612
speeding1612
infectible1634
sufferable1651
attackable1656
vulnerable1678
prejudicial1682
threatenable1841
doable1849
infectable1860
a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. vi. sig. O.iii Landes seme not so casuall as money is or plate.
1568 Abp. M. Parker Let. 11 June in Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 325 I carry about me such a casual body.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. iv. 89 Your brace of vnprizeable Estimations, the one is but fraile, and the other Casuall . View more context for this quotation
1620 G. Markham Farewell to Husb. (1625) 127 Of all Graine it [sc. Oats] is least casuall.
1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 200 In case..the weather prove casual.
1728 J. Swift Short View State Ireland 11 A Trade casual corrupted and at Mercy.
1729 B. Franklin Modest Enq. 29 If the Security is casual.
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a1556 Ld. Vaux in R. Edwards Paradyse Daynty Deuises (1576) sig. Kiiiiv The bodie..to a million of mishapps, is casuall euery hower.
6.
a. Of persons or their actions: Not to be depended on, uncertain, unmethodical, haphazard, ‘happy-go-lucky’. colloquial or slang.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > unmethodical
unmethodical1570
amethodical1664
desultory1740
methodless1849
puttering1855
casual1883
a1625 J. Fletcher Rule a Wife (1640) iii. 30 Sanc. Wilt thou lend mee any? Cac. Not a farthing Captaine, Captaines are casuall things.
1883 Durham Univ. Jrnl. 24 Mar. A ‘casual’ man is one whose manner of life is altogether the sport of chance.
1886 W. Hooper Sketches Acad. Life 10 He takes his meals in a casual sort of way, without any attempt at regulation.
b. Showing (real or assumed) unconcern or lack of interest.
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the mind > emotion > indifference > [adjective]
carelessOE
negligentc1390
recklessc1425
neutral1494
indifferent?1520
undifferentc1540
uncareful1560
unmindful1560
unaddicted1583
unmindful1585
perfunctory1602
disinteressed1603
come day, go day (God send Sunday)1616
disinteresteda1631
Laodicean1633
vacanta1639
unconcerned1645
easy1649
mawkish1679
indifferinga1694
concernless1706
unminding1714
nonchalanta1734
coolrife1768
uninterested1772
uncaring1786
tooth-picking1814
pococurante1815
pococurantish1821
insouciant1829
non-committal1829
don't-care1830
promiscuous1837
don't-carish1838
unpartial1840
noncurantist1882
noncuranta1913
casual1916
Gallionic1920
disengaged1958
1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 105 ‘Don't feel particularly hungry,’ answered Toffee, with an attempt to appear as off-handed and casual and at ease as his questioner.
1924 R. Macaulay Orphan Island xvii. 230 She was casual and indifferent, but Rosamond..stood up and said ‘Yes’.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > [adjective]
fallacious?1473
sophistical1483
Jesuitish1602
sophistic1605
Jesuitical1613
Jesuitic1640
casuistical1648
specious1651
casuistic1660
casual1672
fine-drawn1681
scholastic1700
scholasticated1772
verbalistic1879
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > moral philosophy > [adjective] > relating to casuistry
casuistical1648
casuistic1660
casual1672
1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 114 The Casual Divinity of the Jesuites.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Osiander..has published a system of casual theology, containing the solution of dubious questions, and cases of conscience.
8. Confused with causal adj. and n. Obsolete.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > [adjective] > causing
efficient1398
engendering?1552
casual1578
procuring1581
procurative1633
causal1642
effectful1669
causant1677
causing1829
ingenerative1877
the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [adjective] > expressing cause or causation
casual1578
causativea1623
causala1638
1578 T. Tymme tr. J. Calvin Comm. Genesis 314 We must put in the casuall [read: causal] word Fear not Abram: bycause I am thy buckler.
1668 J. Howe Blessedness of Righteous Disc. (1825) 28 It is not at all casual of this blessedness, but is that which the..Lawgiver thought meet..to make requisite thereto.
9.
a. In such phrases as casual labourer, one who does casual or occasional jobs, but has no fixed employment; also casual hand; casual labour: see quot. 1923; casual poor, those occasionally in a state of poverty; those not receiving regular or systematic relief, esp. those not permanently inmates of workhouses, etc., but admitted for occasional relief (cf. B. 3b); casual ward, a ward reserved for such occasional relief.
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the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > poor person > poor person in receipt of relief > in an institution > occasionally
casual poor1593
casual1865
ins and outs1884
in-and-out class1897
in and out family1904
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > casual or temporary worker > collectively
casual labour1851
migratory labour1868
togt1901
migrant labour1913
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > casual or temporary worker > labouring or unskilled
casual labourer1851
roustabout1862
casualty man1887
strapper1888
togt boy1898
rouseabout1899
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > public lodging-places > [noun] > for homeless people
house of refuge1726
night sheltera1819
night refuge1840
tramp-house1850
straw yard1851
casual ward1861
casual1865
shelter1890
reception centre1896
tramp-cell1905
tramp-ward1906
Sally Ann1927
Sally1931
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 85 a If wee cannot keepe and cherrish the casuall poore amongst vs.
1849 Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 104 163 For the support of the Irish casual poor.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 220/2 This mixture of constant and casual hands is..a necessary consequence of all trades which depend upon the seasons... Those who have paid attention to the subject of dock labour and the subject of casual labour in general.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 336/1 Greenwich may be looked upon as the first stage or halt for casual labourers, on their way to London.
1861 H. Mayhew London Labour III. 372/1 He considered a casual ward necessary in every union.
1876 J. R. Green Stray Stud. Eng. & Italy 17 The bulk of its population consisted of casual labourers.
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Oct. 1/2 The casual wards in the central parts of the metropolis.
1889 C. Booth Labour & Life People I. 42 In East London the largest field for casual labour is at the Docks.
1905 Daily Chron. 25 July 5/4 He would not admit that the policy of the guardians had increased the casual labour system.
1908 H. W. Caslon Letterpress Printing 64 Casual labour is, and must be, a disturbing element in the costing of work.
1923 J. D. Hackett Labor Terms in Managem. Engin. May Casual Labor. ‘Unskilled help, employed and discharged at frequent intervals, and dependent upon the varying demand of the labor market from day to day, without any prospect of continuous employment.’ (What's What in Labour Movement, Waldo R. Brown, p. 59.)
b. Of a soldier detached from his unit (so casual camp, company, etc., composed of such men). U.S.
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1927 Pocket Oxf. Dict. (Amer. ed.)
10. Law. casual ejector, the defendant in the fictitious action formerly allowed for the purpose of determining a title to land.The casual ejector, a fictitious person, was stated to have ejected the plaintiff from the land, which (as was stated) he held on lease of the person actually claiming the land. The action involved the proving of the lessor's right to grant the lease, and so incidentally determined his title to the land.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > party in litigation > [noun] > defendant > in specific type of action
conusor1528
cognizor1531
recoveree1531
conusant1741
casual ejector1768
1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 202 The lessee is entitled to his action of ejectment against the tenant, or this casual ejector, whichever it was that ousted him.
11. Of clothes: suitable for informal wear. (Cf. B. 4.)
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > for specific people > other
motley1566
uniform1807
groomish1843
hooped1898
come-to-Jesus1908
semi-sports1929
casual1939
scrub1954
1939 M. B. Picken Lang. Fashion 23/3 Casual, designed for easy, informal wear; of sports or semi-sports type; as, a casual coat.
1952 Evening News 5 Jan. (advt.) 560 Prs. casual shoes.
1958 Times 20 Jan. 11/1 It is sport and casual clothes that visitors come especially to see.
B. n.† 1. A casual event, a chance. (Chiefly in plural)
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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [noun] > chance or fortuitous event
adventure?c1225
hapc1275
chancea1300
fortunea1375
accidenta1398
casualtya1513
to-fall1562
withfall1562
casual1566
casuality1574
stour1583
upcasta1616
contingency1620
haphazard1651
contingence1660
unaccountable1789
happen-so1816
happenchance1847
happenstance1857
1566 T. Drant in tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Ciiij To sterte vp in astrologie The casuals of men.
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 162 Providence is in the ordering of casuals, as well as fatals.
2. A casual revenue or income; see sense A. 2 above.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun] > personal income or acquired wealth > casually or incidentally acquired
feec1405
obventionc1425
availc1449
perquisitive?c1450
vailc1450
vantagea1470
perquisite1567
fee-bucka1643
casual1825
perk1869
side benefit1873
1825 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Wks. (1859) I. 103 The tithes and casuals of the Clergy.
3.
a. A casual workman; a casual visitor, etc. colloquial.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > casual or temporary worker
temporary1846
casual1851
occasional1867
migrant labourer1899
floater1909
guest worker1927
temp1932
gig worker2009
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 218/1 The ‘casuals’ being mostly paid by the day.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 220/2 Of the scavagers proper there are..two distinct orders of workmen, ‘the regulars and casuals’ to adopt the trade terms.
1878 Hallberger's Ill. Mag. 32 The family, tradespeople, visitors and casuals [not to mention run-away knocks].
1880 R. D. Blackmore Erema li Not a farthing did his lordship ever pay..to support his casual [bastard].
1887 19th Cent. Oct. 488 The true casual is seldom employed.
1889 C. Booth Labour & Life People I. 202 The work of the casuals was a dead loss to the contractor.
1930 L. G. D. Acland Early Canterbury Runs v. 94 He did not of course pay the casuals very big wages.
b. A casual pauper; a casual ward. See sense A. 9a above. colloquial.
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the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > poor person > poor person in receipt of relief > in an institution > occasionally
casual poor1593
casual1865
ins and outs1884
in-and-out class1897
in and out family1904
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > public lodging-places > [noun] > for homeless people
house of refuge1726
night sheltera1819
night refuge1840
tramp-house1850
straw yard1851
casual ward1861
casual1865
shelter1890
reception centre1896
tramp-cell1905
tramp-ward1906
Sally Ann1927
Sally1931
1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Oct. 11 The guardians of Marylebone had to admit 800 or 900 casuals a week into their workhouse.
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. viii. 69 They won't let you be more than a Casual there... You're not in a state to be let come upon strange parishes 'ceptin as a Casual.
1866 J. Greenwood in Pall Mall Gaz. Feb. A night in a workhouse, by an amateur casual.
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Oct. 1/2 The accommodation in casuals and workhouses.
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Oct. 1/2 This ward..holds ninety—about the usual number for a London casual.
c. Botany and Zoology. A plant, animal, etc., found away from its normal area or habitat; an alien, casual immigrant.
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the world > life > biology > balance of nature > distribution > [noun] > alien or immigrant plant or animal
exotic1682
colonist1847
casual1899
the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [noun] > non-native or migrant
stranger1578
exotic1682
alien1847
colonizer1856
migrant1874
immigrant1880
adventive1883
pioneer1911
neophyte1916
wool alien1919
casual1926
1899 Westm. Gaz. 24 Aug. 3/1 The wanton slaughter of our rarer-winged ‘casuals’ is positively exasperating.
1926 A. G. Tansley & T. F. Chipp Aims & Methods Study Vegetation ii. 11 A species which is a mere alien intruder into the association..may be called a casual.
1959 A. R. Clapham et al. Excursion Flora Brit. Isles 550 Casual, an introduced plant which has not become established though it occurs in places where it is not cultivated.
1959 E. F. Linssen Beetles Brit. Isles I. 12 ‘Casuals’, i.e. casual immigrants, accidental introductions, etc.
4. Military. Cf. casualty n. 2b.
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1853 J. H. Stocqueler Mil. Encycl. 53 Casuals, or Casualties, a term..signifying men that are dead (since first enlisted), or have been discharged, or have deserted.
5. Esp. in plural. Casual clothes (cf. A. 11); spec., a style of shoe with a low heel and shallow vamp.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific purpose > informal wear
undress1767
casual1941
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > informal or casual shoe
moccasin1885
moc1913
Top-sider1937
loafer1939
casual1941
stroller1948
Weejuns1957
Wallabee1968
1941 Amer. Speech 16 96 They are all right for casuals or spectator wear, but I'd get that formal.
1958 Woman's Jrnl. Mar. 3 (advt.) Classic casual in pebbleweave.
1958 Observer 20 Apr. 11/4 Into the series of fashion shows will go..casuals from Italy and France.
1959 Vogue June 71 Lastly, casuals..not all necessarily flat but on rounded, cotton-reel and thimble heels.
Compounds
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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb]
feringc1000
feringlya1300
by casec1300
chancefully1303
lotc1325
peradventurec1325
of chance1330
happilya1375
in hapa1375
upon hapsa1375
casuallyc1384
perchancec1387
chancely1389
by fortune1390
haplyc1390
by (also of) adventurea1393
percasea1393
adventurelyc1400
percase1402
accidently?a1425
adventurously1440
by (good, lucky, etc.) hap?a1450
accidentally1528
chanceably1559
bechance1569
chance1595
casual-wise1601
accidental1622
occasionally1622
fortuitouslya1652
contingently1668
by chance1669
chanceable1709
per-hazard1788
chance-wise1844
1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 115 If any happen casuall-wise to dye.
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Of a sexual relationship or (an instance of) sexual activity: conducted by individuals who are not regular or established sexual partners. Also used to designate a person's partner in such activity.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual relationship > [adjective] > types of
syndyasmian1877
casual1971
zipless1973
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual partner > [adjective] > casual
casual1971
c1856 Paul Pry in C. Pearl Girl with Swansdown Seat (1955) vi. 256 French letters..prevent the spread of venereal contagion in casual intercourse between the sexes.]
1971 Newsweek 21 June 99/1 The way some..see it, the increasing number of American couples now participating in some form of group sex are actually attempting a radical redefinition of marriage that would make sex as casual and unemotional as a handshake or eating a steak.
1973 R. Keyes We, the Lonely People v. 99 The rise of swinging and casual sex generally.
1976 Economist 24 Apr. 50/3 It is..reported that [sc. in Cambodia] the rice ration in some areas has increased, and marriage is now permitted again—although casual sexual relationships still bring the death penalty.
1981 Washington Post 20 Jan. b11/2 The sexual relationship between casual lovers, or husband and wife, seems to me usually to be a fusion..of opposite poles.
1983 Family July 27/4 Many homosexuals get involved in gay clubs more to find friends than to get casual sex.
1985 Los Angeles Times 11 Apr. i. 3/1 Men who father children as a result of casual relationships.
1992 L. Tuttle Lost Futures 4 Even when everybody did it, casual sex had never been her scene.
Draft additions 1997
In the U.K., a (male) youth who belongs to a peer group favouring a casual style of dress and conventional appearance, often characterized as aggressively nationalistic and frequently associated with football-related violence.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > [noun] > action or behaviour of gangs of hooligans > member of gang of hooligans
whitecap1607
shrove-prentice1638
Mohock?1711
sweater1712
highbinder1806
hoodlum1871
hooligan1898
hood1930
skolly1934
tear-away1938
gunsel1942
Teddy boy1954
hell's angel1956
angel1965
bikie1967
skinhead1969
bovver boy1970
boot-boy1977
casual1980
1980 Daily Mirror 10 Apr. 13/4 A Casual, 17-year-old printer, Jeff McNamara, lives in a skinhead stronghold in East London. Yet he dresses defiantly in smart slacks.
1985 Guardian 22 May 1/6 Muranyi and his army—called the Cambridge Casuals because of their Pringle sweaters and Nike training shoes—spent two months planning the attack. Chelsea fans were lured to an obscure pub..and then set upon by a gang of 30.
1986 Final Rep. Home Office Comm. Inquiry Crowd Safety & Control at Sports Grounds (Cmnd. 9710) v. 57 One of the significant developments in Scottish football has been the emergence of the so-called ‘Casuals’... They attach themselves to a club and adopt its name. They are bent on fighting the opposition fans in order to enhance their own prestige.
1988 Arena Autumn–Winter 29/3 I fail to see why people who see football aggro as infantile and pathetic should be regarded as ignorant and uneducated. Surely it is you soccer casuals who are uneducated, behaving like animals as you do.
1992 D. McLean Bucket of Tongues 34 I'm a bit out of touch myself these days to be honest. When I was on the casual scene we were all into Fila sports gear and side shades and that.
1992 D. McLean Bucket of Tongues 36 Football's a game, fighting's more than that. Football's something you just do, or just watch, but a casual, that's something you are.
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