† harageousadj.
Obsolete.
Stern, cruel, violent.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [adjective]
outragea1325
violentc1384
boistousa1387
outrageousc1390
outraiousc1390
harageous?a1400
hetera1400
methelessc1400
ruffian1528
termagant1546
sore1565
ruffianly1570
boisterous1581
violousa1626
tory-rory1678
plug-ugly1857
radge1857
amok1868
tough1884
roughhouse1896
butch1939
shit-kicking1953
hard-ass1967
tasty1974
?a1400 Morte Arth. 1645 They hye to þe holte, thes harageous knyghttez.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 1834 The hethene harageous kynge appone the hethe lyggez.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 227/1 Haraiows, or sterne..austerus, rigidus.
14.. Medulla, MS. Cant. in Promptorium Parvulorum 227 (note) Immanis, haraious, grete, cruelle or dredefulle.
Derivatives
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [adverb]
heterlya1225
sturdilyc1374
outraiouslya1400
harageouslyc1450
ruffianly1561
ruffian-like1580
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [adverb]
heterlya1225
cruellya1340
despitouslyc1374
cruentlyc1380
harageouslyc1450
despitefully1487
despiteouslya1500
beastly?1518
butcherly?1560
savagely1563
bitterly1611
despitely1619
savagiously1625
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 76 Whan þou hast dysdeyn of symple folk,..& hareiously takyst on wyth hem.
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