This site is in danger of going away; please consider the Donate link above...

Green Sickness (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Green Sickness

The disease of maids occasioned by celibacy.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

Green Gown * Greenhead

Nearby

Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes

Buy a modern reprint of this book from Amazon CA; US;

About

Francis Grose was independently wealthy, having inherited money from his father, a jeweller. Finding himself overspending, he published a number of books; his Provincial Glossary seems to have been the starting-point for the Vulgar Tongue reproduced here.

To Grease
Greasy Chin
Great Intimate
Great Joseph
Greedy Guts
Greek
Green
Green-1
Green Bag
Green Gown
Green Sickness
Greenhead
Greenhorn
Greenwich Barbers
Greenwich Goose
Gregorian Tree
Grey Beard
Grey Mare
Grey Parson
Grig
Grim