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lambdacism

      fettle n • [By lambdacism..]

      frittle n • [By lambdacism from fritter]

      halum-scalum adj • [Prob by lambdacism from harum-scarum]

      nicker n1, v • by lambdacism nickle (MAP and Map Section)

      whicker n1, v • by lambdacism, whickle (MAP)

Lapp

      pulka n • [Lapp pulkke, Finnish pulkka]

Latin; Latinization; Latinized; pseudo-Latin; quasi-Latin

      absquatulate v • [Fanciful pseudo-Lat formation]

      aggie forti(e)s n • [aqua fortis strong water, the Lat name for nitric acid]

      bunkum adj • [..-um perh a pseudo-Latin element as in crinkum-crankum]

      coram n1 • [..infl by Lat coram before..]

      corporosity n • [Quasi-Lat as if from *corporositas corpulence < Lat corpus body]

      diacumbelicum n • [Fanciful pseudo-Lat formation]

      diasticutis n • [Pseudo-Latin formation prob based on ass buttocks]

      discombobulate v • [A pseudo-Lat concoction..dis-..+ -com.. with + bob..for bobbery confusion +erate/-ulate..]

      discomgollifusticated ppl adj • [Pseudo-Lat humorous formation]

      discumgalligumfricated ppl adj • [Pseudo-Lat humorous formation]

      ell n1 • [..suggesting Lat ala wing..]

      exflunct v • [A humorously extravagant quasi-Latin elaboration of flunk to fail]

      ferricadouzer n • [Perh..Lat ferri- iron + ca- intensifier (at ker-) + douser a heavy blow (at OED douse v.1)]

      flashy adj2 • [..prob ult from Lat flaccus flabby (cf OED flash a.2 2)]

      gastakutus n • [Pseudo-Lat..]

      goonus n • [Facetious Latinizations of gooney 1]

      highbarkalorum n • [..simulating medical Latin]

      hightantrabogus n • [Pseudo Latin..]

      live water n • [Cf Lat aqua vitae water of life]

      maniportia n • [Var of Lat mania a potu] (MAP)

      peony n1 1 (pronc) • [..std sp and pronc..re-fashioned on the basis of Lat paeōnia.] (MAP)

      peony n1 2 (pronc) • [Prob survival of..proncs..in imitation of the Lat..] (MAP)

      re- pref • Used in place of var other prefixes of Latin origin

      senna n1 • The Latinized form was earlier sena

      sugar diabetes n • [Lat diabetes mellitus sweet diabetes]

      victual n • [OED2 1303 ➝; < O Fr vitail(l)e < late Lat victualia...]

      wolfbean n • [Calque of Ger..< Lat lupinus appar < Lat lupinus wolfish]

Lithuanian

      kugeli n • [Lithuanian kugeli potato dish..]

loan; loanword

      appola n • [..occas considered an Indian loan..]

      broadus n • [..prob from Port barata bargain, a loanword into Afr pidgins or creoles..]

loan translation See calque

Long Island See New York, Long Island

Louisiana

      alisier n • chiefly LA

      angels’ hair n • LA, TX

      arminette n • eLA

      armoire n • chiefly LA, MS (MAP)

      arpent n • chiefly LA and other French settlement areas

      banquette n • sLA, occas eTX

      bar n3 • Sth, esp sLA and other Fr settlement areas

      barbe espagnole n • chiefly LA

      battle n2 • sLA, TX

      batture n • Lower Missip Valley, esp sLA

      bayou n B1 • chiefly LA (MAP)

      bec-a-lance n • LA

      bec-croche n • esp LA

      bec-scie n • Gulf States, esp LA

      beignet n • sLA

      blackland n • chiefly TX, OK, AR, LA (MAP)

      bogue n 1 • esp LA

      bois d’arc n • chiefly TX, LA, OK, AR, TN, KY (MAP)

      boogerlee n • chiefly LA

      boucherie n • LA

      boucherie v • LA

      boudin n 2 • chiefly LA

      bourré n • LA

      brulé n • LA

      bull nettle n 1 • chiefly N Cent, Cent, TX, LA (MAP)

      bull redfish n • esp LA

      butcher calf n • chiefly TX, OK, LA (MAP)

      cabine n • LA

      Cajun n1 1 • LA

      canal n • [.. in LA, Fr canal]

      caouane n • chiefly LA

      cap-cap n • LA

      Catahoula hog dog n • chiefly AR, LA, TX

      catalpa n A (pronc) • esp LA

      cedar robe n • esp LA, MS

      cha-cha-cha intj • LA, TX

      chaland n • seLA

      channel mullet n • LA

      chaoui n • LA

      charbon n • chiefly LA

      chaunchy adj, adv • sLA

      chenier n • chiefly LA

      cherook n • chiefly LA

      Chinaball n • chiefly LA

      chock n1 • chiefly LA

      chock-a-la-taw n • LA

      chouette n • LA

      choupique n • LA

      coast n 1a • esp LA

      coco grass n • chiefly Sth, esp LA, MS

      coffee milk n • LA

      congo snake n 2 • LA

      coonass n • chiefly LA, seTX (MAP)

      cotch n • LA

      cottonfish n • LA

      cou collier n • LA

      couillon n • seLA

      coulee n 1a • scattered, but esp LA

      coulee n 1b • esp LA

      coupe n • LA

      court bouillon n • esp LA

      cowbelly n • chiefly LA

      cowcumber n • scattered, but esp W Midl, LA (MAP)

      crabburger n • LA

      crawfish bisque n • LA

      crawfish boil n • LA

      cream cheese n 1 • esp LA (MAP)

      creole adj • chiefly LA

      creole pony n • LA, TX

      cuite n • LA

      cypress trout n • chiefly LA

      daube n • LA

      dirty rice n • sLA

      dodo, go v phr • esp LA

      dormeur n • esp LA

      dos gris n • chiefly LA

      drip v B2 • scattered, but esp LA

      escalin n • LA

      esquif n • LA

      étouffée n • chiefly LA

      fais-dodo n • sLA

      Fat Tuesday n • esp sLA

      fâché adj • LA

      filé n • LA

      floating prairie n • LA

      flottant n • sLA

      free man of color n • chiefly LA

      gaspergou n 1 • LA, TX (MAP)

      get down v phr 1b • esp LA

      goose grass n 1d • esp LA

      gou n • LA

      goujon n • Missip Valley, esp LA

      gourde n • sLA

      graine à voler n • LA

      grasset n • LA

      graton n • sLA

      green pop n • LA

      grenouille n • LA

      griffe n • esp LA

      grillade n • Fr settlement areas, esp LA

      gris-gris n • chiefly LA

      gris-gris v • chiefly LA

      gros-bec n • chiefly LA

      guigui n • LA

      gumbo n 2 • chiefly Gulf States, esp LA, but becoming widely recognized elsewhere (MAP)

      gumbo filé n • chiefly LA

      hardhead n 2e • LA, TX

      hog cane n • LA

      hog dog n • esp LA

      hoodoo n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, esp LA, MS (MAP)

      hot hot adj phr • esp LA

      Indian fire n 3 • Gulf States, esp LA

      insurance oil n • esp LA

      Isleño n • LA

      islet n 2 • LA, esp New Orleans

      jack n1 2 • esp LA

      jambalaya n 1 • chiefly Gulf States, esp LA; becoming more widely recognized (MAP)

      johnny crook n 2 • LA

      Johnson grass n 2 • chiefly LA

      jumper n 8 • esp LA

      kingbird n 2 • esp LA

      kitty exclam • esp LA

      kyoodle n • scattered, but esp LA

      Lafitte skiff n • cs,seLA

      lagniappe n • chiefly Gulf States, esp LA (MAP and Map Section)

      lamp eel n 1 • esp LA

      latanier n • LA

      learn v (pronc) • chiefly NYC, sLA

      lemonfish n • esp LA

      Lent wind n • LA

      leopard dog n • esp LA, TX

      levee n1 1a • chiefly Missip Valley, esp LA

      locker n 2 • chiefly LA (MAP)

      long gravy n • esp LA

      lost bread n • LA

      loup-garou n • chiefly ME, LA

      lugger n1 • now chiefly sLA

      mais conj • LA

      make v1 C18a • chiefly LA

      make v1 C18b • chiefly Gulf States, esp LA

      mamou n • LA

      maque chou(x) n • LA

      marais n • chiefly LA, eTX

      Mardi Gras n 1 • chiefly LA (esp New Orleans), but widely recognized elsewhere

      maringouin n • chiefly LA

      marionette n • esp LA, AL

      *median (strip) n 1a • widespread exc Pacific, Rocky Mts, LA, MS (MAP)

      mémère n • Fr settlement areas, esp sLA

      Mexican French duck n • LA

      Mexican mallard n • esp LA

      minnie n3 • chiefly LA

      minou n • esp LA

      mirliton n • LA

      morel n1 • [..but in Louisiana perh an independent borrowing from Fr morille]

      mudbug n • chiefly LA

      muffuletta n • esp c,sLA

      nenaine n • LA

      neutral ground n • chiefly LA, sMS (MAP)

      nigger pole n • LA

      outarde n • LA

      oyster loaf n • chiefly LA

      paille-en-queue n • LA

      paille fine n 1 • LA

      pain perdu n • chiefly LA

      papabotte n • LA

      pape n • LA

      parrain n • sLA

      pass n 3 • LA

      pass v 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp LA

      pass v 3 • chiefly sLA

      passé n 2 • LA

      passez exclam • sLA

      peel v1 1 • scattered, but esp LA, TX

      pee-pee exclam • esp PA, Mid Atl; also LA, TX

      perch n1 B3 • esp TX, LA, AR, OK

      picayune n • esp LA

      pieu n • LA, eTX

      pigeon de mer n • LA

      pigeonnier n • LA

      pique bois n • LA

      pirogue n • chiefly Missip Valley; now esp MS, LA (MAP)

      pissenlit n • esp LA

      plongeur n • LA

      poisson bleu n 2 • LA

      police jury n • LA

      pope n1 1 • esp LA

      pope’s cap n • LA

      poule d’eau n 1 • chiefly LA (MAP)

      prairie chicken n 3 • FL, LA

      prairie hen n 3 • LA

      praline n (pronc) • LA |ˌplɑˈrin|

      praline n B • formerly esp LA, TX, but now widely recognized (MAP)

      pump n1 • MS, LA

      quartee n • chiefly LA

      racacha n • LA

      rainbird n 1b • chiefly LA

      red bone n 1 • now chiefly LA, TX (MAP)

      red caille n • LA

      red-hot n 2 • LA

      red pop n • LA

      rice rail n • LA

      river shrimp n • LA, MS, AL

      robin snipe n 4 • LA

      roder v • LA

      rusty lizard n • AL, AR, GA, LA, TX

      sabine n • LA

      sacalait n 1 • chiefly LA

      sac-a-plomb n • LA

      salt meat n • Lower Missip Valley, esp LA (MAP)

      sarcelle n • LA

      save v B2 • c,sLA

      scaffold n B3 • chiefly Gulf States, esp LA

      screwman n • Gulf States, esp LA

      sea bob n • esp LA

      share hand n • esp LA, MS

      sharpshooter n 2 • esp LA, TX

      shell road n • chiefly C and S Atl, LA, seTX (MAP)

      shit-digger n • LA

      shivaree n A • scattered, but esp LA

      shivaree n B2 • chiefly Lower Missip Valley, esp LA (MAP)

      shoo-shoo n • chiefly LA

      shrimp moth n • LA

      skillethead n • esp LA

      soup bunch n • chiefly Sth, esp LA, MS

      speck-back (tick) n • AL, AR, LA, TX

      stage plank n • chiefly Gulf States, esp LA

      stinging scorpion n • chiefly OK, TX, LA (MAP)

      sugar house n 2 • chiefly LA

      summer French duck n • LA

      swamp bug n • LA

      swee-sweet n • sLA

      take up v phr 8 • chiefly Sth, esp LA (MAP)

      tasso n • chiefly sLA

      telltale n 2 • LA

      three-cornered grass n • LA

      tievine n 1 • scattered, but esp TX, LA, MS (MAP)

      tignon n • LA

      ting-a-ling n • esp LA

      trainasse n • LA

      trembling prairie n • sLA

      veillée n • LA

      veiller v • LA

      vent carême n • LA

      vire-vire n • LA

      wanga n • chiefly LA

      washateria n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, West, esp TX, LA

      wawaron n • LA

      white perch n 5 • chiefly Gulf States, esp LA (MAP)

      wildcat grass n • sLA

      wild cowpea n • esp LA

      wire grass n 2k • LA

      wop salad n • chiefly LA

      Yankee weed n • chiefly TX, LA

      yellow caille n • LA

      zin-zin n • LA

      zydeco n • orig sLA, eTX, now widely known

Louisiana French See French, Louisiana

Louisiana, New Orleans

      cala n1 • New Orleans LA

      camelback n 2 • chiefly New Orleans LA

      islet n 2 • LA, esp New Orleans

      king cake n • esp New Orleans LA

      krewe n • New Orleans LA

      Mardi Gras n 1 • chiefly LA (esp New Orleans), but widely recognized elsewhere

      oven n 3 • New Orleans LA

      pistolet n • New Orleans LA

      poor boy n 1 • orig New Orleans LA; now widespread exc NEast, Mid Atl; esp freq Gulf States, TN, TX (MAP)

      rabais shop n • New Orleans LA

      second line n • New Orleans LA

      spasm band n • esp New Orleans LA

      van van oil n • orig New Orleans LA

      voodoo n • orig esp New Orleans LA; now scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)

      voodoo v • orig esp New Orleans LA; now esp Sth

      yat n2 • New Orleans LA

Lower Mississippi Valley See Mississippi Valley, Lower