H.L. Mencken (1880–1956). The American Language. 1921.
List of Words and Phrases 8
| edged, 100 |
| editor, 145, 227 |
| editorial, n., 114, 125 |
| editorial-paragraph, 125 |
| ee, suf., 187 |
| eel-grass, 56 |
| effuse, 88 |
| eg, 245 |
| egad, 154 |
| egg, 217 |
| egg-plant, 56, 126 |
| ei, p., 112 |
| either, 112 |
| el, 189 |
| eldorado, 101 |
| electrocute, 186, 191 |
| electrolier, 186, 195 |
| elevata, 421 |
| elevated, 189, 411, 421 |
| elevated railway, 189 |
| elevateur, 401 |
| elevator, 15, 61, 114, 159, 171, 421 |
| elevator-boy, 114 |
| élite, 249 |
| elk, 345, 352 |
| ellum, 318 |
| elocute, 185 |
| embalming surgeon, 114 |
| emerald, 132 |
| emfasis, 246 |
| emote, 185 |
| emperor, 227 |
| emperour, 228 |
| employd, 245 |
| employé, 144, 200, 250, 233 |
| employee, 251, 233 |
| employment-bureau, 53 |
| emporiums, 252 |
| enceinte, 150 |
| enclose, 223, 237 |
| enclosure, 225 |
| encumbrance, 237 |
| encyclopædia, 223 |
| encyclopedia, 223 |
| endeavor, 221 |
| endeavour, 221, 227 |
| endive, 119 |
| endorse, 92, 223, 237 |
| endorsement, 225 |
| end-seat-hog, 190 |
| enejau, 404 |
| engine-driver, 115 |
| engineer, v., 32, 92, 162 |
| engineer, n., 97 |
| English, 132, 334 |
| engulf, 238 |
| engulph, 238 |
| enlisted-man, 114 |
| ennihau, 398 |
| enquire, 223, 237, 240 |
| enquiry, 237 |
| ensure, 241 |
| ent, suf., 186 |
| enter a claim, vp., 93 |
| enteric, 116 |
| enthuse, 92, 175, 185 |
| entrust, 241 |
| enuf, 246 |
| envelop, n., 222; envelop, v., 222 |
| eolian, 225 |
| eon, 223 |
| eosophagus, 223 |
| epaulet, 222 |
| epaulette, 222 |
| Episcopalian, 131 |
| epoc, 245 |
| equipped, 241 |
| er, suf., 186, 187 |
| errata, 217 |
| error, 129, 227 |
| eruptiveness, 42 |
| ese, 203 |
| esophagus, 223, 247, 233 |
| espechi, 404 |
| Esq., 141 |
| estate-agent, 125 |
| esteque, 404 |
| esthetic, 223, 245 |
| estival, 223 |
| et, 263, 273, 277 |
| eternal, 153, 228 |
| ether, 237 |
| etiology, 223 |
| ette, suf., 187 |
| étude, 320, 215 |
| eu, p., 330 |
| euchre, n., 414; euchre, v., 160 |
| European plan, 134 |
| evensong, 170 |
| eventuate, 59 |
| everything, 318 |
| evincive, 61 |
| example, 111 |
| excede, 245 |
| excess, 209 |
| exchange, n., 144 |
| excursionist, 114, 162 |
| excurt, 92 |
| excuse me, 319 |
| executive-session, 98 |
| ex-ex-seventh, 120 |
| exfluncticate, 96 |
| expect, 39, 81 |
| exposé, n., 200, 250, 251 |
| express, v., 97 |
| express-car, 97 |
| expressman, 97 |
| express-office, 97 |
| ex-seventh, 120 |
| exterior, 227, 228 |
| extraordinary, 208, 210 |
| eye-opener, 100 |
| face-cloth, 116 |
| face the music, vp., 60 |
| factor, 114 |
| fad, 184 |
| fade away, vp., 384 |
| fagot, 222 |
| faggot, 222, 240 |
| fait, 410 |
| faith-healing, 163 |
| fake, 384 |
| faker, 406 |
| fall, n., 10, 15, 41, 67, 159; fall, v., 273, 283 |
| fall down, v., 175 |
| fallen, 273, 283 |
| fallen woman, 150 |
| fall for it, vp., 366 |
| fallopian, 233 |
| falloppian, 233 |
| falls, 182 |
| falò, 411 |
| fan, n., 128 |
| fancy, 214 |
| fanlight, 116 |
| fan-tan, 108 |
| fantom, 246 |
| far, 111 |
| farina, 218 |
| farmerette, 187 |
| fast, 110 |
| fast-freight, 97 |
| father, 70, 111, 214 |
| Father of Waters, 100 |
| faucet, 116 |
| favor, 221, 233 |
| favorite-son, 98 |
| favour, 221, 227 |
| favourable, 225 |
| favourite, 225, 227 |
| favorite-son, 98 |
| fayaman, 404 |
| feather, 230, 232 |
| feature, v., 15, 163, 175 |
| featurette, 187 |
| feaze, 92 |
| fed, 273, 277 |
| feed, v., 273 |
| feel, n., 273 |
| feel, v., 281 |
| feel good, vp., 136 |
| feeled, 281 |
| fell, 57 |
| fell, v., 273, 283 |
| fella, 318, 407 |
| fellow, 133, 411 |
| fellowship, v., 36, 39, 68 |
| felt, n., 273 |
| felt, v., 281 |
| female, 149, 150 |
| fen, 57 |
| fence, 234 |
| fences, 98 |
| fens, 412 |
| ferns, 114 |
| fertile, 218 |
| fervor, 221 |
| fervour, 221, 227 |
| fest, suf., 198 |
| fetch, 273 |
| fetched, 273 |
| fête, 200 |
| fether, 232 |
| fiancée, 249, 251 |
| fiat, 196 |
| fiber, 246, 222 |
| fibre, 222 |
| fiddled, 100 |
| fiend, suf., 194 |
| fight, v., 273 |
| figure, 219 |
| filibuster, 98 |
| filing-cabinet, 114 |
| fill, v., 134 |
| fillet, 116, 118 |
| fill the bill, vp., 93 |
| fillum, 318 |
| filthy, 307 |
| finale, 88 |
| find, v., 273 |
| fine, v., 273, 317 |
| finger, 100 |
| finish up, vp., 193 |
| fire, v., 97 |
| fire-brigade, 114, 121 |
| fire-bug, 95 |
| fire-department, 114, 121 |
| fire-eater, 10, 95, 365 |
| fire-laddy, 122 |
| fireman, 404 |
| fire-water, 16, 52 |
| first-floor, 117 |
| first-form, 120 |
| first-standard, 120 |
| first-storey, 117 |
| first-year-man, 121 |
| fish-dealer, 114 |
| fishmonger, 114 |
| fish-plate, 97 |
| fisic, 246 |
| fit, v., 273 |
| fitten, 273 |