camplev.
/ˈkamp(ə)l/ Obsolete exc. dialect.
intransitive. To enter on a wordy conflict; to answer in anger; to wrangle, scold, or quarrel.
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the mind > language > malediction > [verb (intransitive)] > abuse, scold, or wrangle
chidec1175
to say or speak (a, no, etc.) villainy1303
scold1377
revilea1460
raila1470
fare1603
extirp1605
camp1606
callet1620
oblatrate1623
cample1628
objurgate1642
reprobate1698
slang1828
vituperate1856
to shoot one's mouth off1864
society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > quarrel [verb (intransitive)] > in noisy or angry manner
flitec900
chidec1000
strivec1290
scold1377
wrangle1377
jangle1382
brawlc1440
bickera1450
to have words1490
altercate1530
jar1550
brangle1553
brabble1568
yed1570
fraple?a1598
barrat1600
warble1600
camp1606
to word it1612
caterwaul1621
cample1628
pickeer1651
spar1698
fratch1714
rafflea1796
row1797
barney1850
dudgeon1859
frabble1885
scrap1895
1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) iii. iii. iv. ii. 572 If they be incensed, angry, chide a little, their wiues must not campell againe, but take it in good part.
1640 G. Abbot Whole Bk. Iob Paraphr. xxxvi. 224/2 Not to cample, but humbly to yeeld obedience.
1691 J. Ray N. Country Words Callet, to cample or scold.
1709 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 280 In the North of England when a man complains they say he camples.
1811 R. Willan List Words W. Riding Yorks. (E.D.S.) Cample, to answer pertly and frowardly when rebuked by superiors.
Derivatives
ˈcample n.
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1867 E. Waugh Tattlin Matty ii. 23 in J. H. Nodal & G. Milnar Gloss. Lancashire Dial. (1875) Yo know aw've no neighbours to have a bit ov a cample to.
ˈcampling n. and adj.
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the mind > language > malediction > [noun] > action of using abuse
ribaldyc1300
chiding1340
ribaldrya1400
revile1439
revilingc1475
vituperation1481
vituper1484
tongue-sore1542
oblatration?1552
thundering1564
wording1564
revilement1590
slabbery1596
invective1602
campling1660
bitching1706
slangwhanging1809
name-calling1819
slanging1856
rough tonguing1916
society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > noisy or angry quarrel
flitingc1200
chidec1325
bicker1330
janglingc1330
chiding1340
wrangling1377
brawling1393
altercationc1405
words1410
brabblementa1563
wording1564
brabblery1567
bickering1573
jarring1574
bickerment1586
frapling1600
brangling1611
jangle1641
campling1660
frabble1685
collieshangie1737
flickering1776
wranglea1797
brabbling1858
bassa-bassa1956
the mind > language > malediction > [adjective] > abusive
chidingc1175
invective1430
villainous1470
reproachful1531
reviling1534
oblatranta1538
vituperatory1586
vituperous1588
maledicent1599
vituperious1604
abuseful1612
virulent1631
camping1642
Thersitical1650
wording1682
vituperative1727
vituperatious1797
slangwhanging1809
sharp-tongued1837
vituperant1864
campling1881
Thersitean1908
society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [adjective] > noisy or angry
wrangling1576
camping1642
wording1682
altercative1702
rowy1870
campling1881
1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness iv. xi. 126 His campling and cavilling with the Gymnosophists.
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) (at cited word) Shay wur a very camplin' woman.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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