"nudiusterian" and "egge"
Joel S. Berson
Berson at ATT.NET
Sat Jan 12 17:49:07 UTC 2013
In The Simple Cobler of Aggavvamm, Nathaniel Ward wrote "but when I
heare a nugiperous Gentledame inquire what dresse the Queen is in
this week : what the nudiusterian fashion of the Court; with egge to
be in it in all haste, whatever it be; I look at her as the very
gizzard of a trifle [and so forth]." (4th ed., 1647, p. 26.)
Is there a consensus on what Ward meant by "nudiusterian"? I'd like
it to be something like "newest, most recent".
And I suppose "egge" is "eager".
Joel
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