words from the 1500s
- careen late 16th century
- click 1500
- contractor 16th century
- emerge late 16th century
- employer late 16th century
- flare mid 16th century
- gibberish mid 16th century
- insulate 16th century
- italic 1500
- jerkin 1500
- recognize 16th century
- speckle coined late 16th century
- spicy 16th century
- state 16th century
- surd mid 16th century
- sylph coined 16th century
- yaw mid 16th century
- brevity 1509
- wraith 1513
- dispatch 1517
- accelerate 1520
- windpipe 1520
- abstention 1521
- mandate 1521
- dilemma 1523
- fanatic 1525
- parrot 1525
- procreate 1525
- abrogate 1526
- evacuate 1526
- abeyance 1528
- acceptance 1528
- abolition 1529
- abusive 1530
- attenuate 1530
- corroborate 1530
- dunce 1530
- fumigate 1530
- quietus 1530
- scud 1530
- society 1530
- syncopation 1530
- acceleration 1531
- articulate 1531
- abdicate 1532
- metamorphosis 1533
- ruminate 1533
- cumulate 1534
- exasperate 1534
- immolate 1534
- macerate 1534
- abrogation 1535
- propagate 1535
- recant 1535
- illegitimate 1536
- refutation 1536
- saturate 1538
- colonel 1540
- impregnate 1540
- lotus 1540
- quirk 1540
- rupee coined 1540 by Sher Shah Suri
- abdomen 1541
- erosion 1541
- abstract 1542
- meliorate 1542
- repudiate 1543
- evaporate 1545
- extant 1545
- traditional 1545
- congratulate 1548
- innovate 1548
- perspicacious 1548
- scimitar 1548
- flibbertigibbet 1549
- accomplice 1550
- dapple 1550
- despicable 1550
- entrench 1550
- abdication 1552
- absurd 1557
- rhythm coined 1557
- suspensive 1557
- delineate 1559
- meditate 1560
- bastion 1562
- chemist 1562
- meteorology 1563
- compartment 1564
- levity coined 1564
- vogue 1565
- freak 1567
- obviate 1567
- cogitate 1570
- guy coined 1570 by Guy Fawkes
- sentinel 1570
- daybook 1571
- heraldry 1572
- magazine 1580
- mango 1580
- mosquito 1580
- dictate 1581
- abrupt 1583
- disparate 1586
- emulate 1586
- navigate 1588
- accused 1590
- contemplate 1590
- jovial 1590
- nonesuch 1590
- criminate 1591
- aberration 1594
- swagger 1595
- blatant coined 1596 by Edmund Spenser
- absorption 1597
- upholstery 1597
- precipice 1598
- commemorate 1599
- excavate 1599
- ligate 1599
Dates come from each word's history on Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA).