leveretn.
/ˈlɛv(ə)rᵻt/, U.S. /ˈlɛv(ə)rət/ 1. A young hare, strictly one in its first year.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus europaeus (hare) > young
leveret14..
monkey1889
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 592/22 Lepusculus, a leveret.
1560 T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Life (rev. ed.) sig. Hviv The mawe of a yong leuerette with the iuice of plantaine, is excedinge profitable.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 269 In ancient time if the Hunters had taken a young Leuerit, they let her go againe in the honour of Diana.
1694 J. Clayton in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 18 123 I have seen Leverets there with the white spot in the Head, which the Old ones have not.
1759 S. Johnson Idler 3 Nov. 345 [It] is the Claim..of the Vulture to the Leveret.
1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision I. xxiii. 97 More fell They shall pursue us, than the savage hound Snatches the leveret.
1835 Grimshawe Life Cowper (1865) 35/2 On his expressing a wish to divert himself by rearing a single leveret,..his neighbours supplied him with three.
a. A pet, a mistress. Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > [noun] > one who is petted or a pet
cockneyc1405
cocknel1570
cosset1596
dandling1611
leveret1617
lap-thing1744
petling1774
petkin1863
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > illicit intimacy > person > a mistress
chevesea700
wifeOE
bed-sister1297
concubine1297
leman1297
file1303
speciala1400
womanc1400
chamberer?a1425
mistress?a1439
cousin1470
doxy?1515
doll1560
pinnacea1568
nobsya1575
lier-by1583
sweetheart1589
she-friend1600
miss1606
underput1607
concupy1609
lig-by1610
factoress1611
leveret1617
night-piece1621
belly-piece1632
dolly1648
lie-bya1656
madamc1660
small girl1671
natural1674
convenient1676
lady of the lake1678
pure1688
tackle1688
sultana1703
kind girl1712
bosom-slave1728
pop1785
chère amie1792
fancy-woman1819
hetaera1820
fancy-piece1821
poplolly1821
secondary wife1847
other woman1855
fancy-girl1892
querida1902
wifelet1983
1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. (1628) 54 Theres a Leuite of the Iesuits, or a prettie leuorite rather, to sucke a Kings heart-blood in time.
1637 J. Shirley Gamester i. i Some wife will bid her husband's leverets welcome.
1640 Duke of Newcastle Country Captaine (1649) ii. i. 23 You meane, one wenche betweene us too is nothing: I know a hundred Leveretts.
b. A spiritless person. Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > quality of spiritlessness > spiritless person or people
weakling1577
leveret?1608
cold-footed1944
nelly1990
?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome iii. iii. 392 Arrogant boasters,..leuerets in dangers.
Compounds
leveret-skin n. a Japanese glaze applied to ceramic ware, supposed to resemble leveret's fur. (In recent dictionaries.)
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