Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue – Day 202

The Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue was first published at the end of the eighteenth century, and given that the current health crisis is giving too much time to read books, I thought I’d pick a daily word from it until I got bored….

Marplot

This is quite a pithy definition from Grose, simply meaning “a spoil sport”. The word is literal, simply meaning someone who mars a plot, or who interferes in the arrangements of others. Something I must admit is quite annoying, but I digress…

The word was used much more commonly in the nineteenth century, but it’s rather faded away over the last few decades. This is another word I think I might try and use more though.