words from the 1700s
- absorbable late 18th century
- broadcast mid 18th century
- guffaw early 18th century
- ogre 18th century
- panjandrum coined 18th century by Samuel Foote
- relevant 1700
- zombie 18th century
- organism 1701
- trapezoid 1704
- librarian 1710
- lichen 1715
- deplete 1716
- leery 1718
- trickery 1719
- bubble 1720
- funeral 1725
- oscillate 1726
- glyph 1727
- unremitting 1728
- detonate 1729
- bludgeon 1730
- accentuate 1731
- vitreous coined 1733 by Charles Fran
- incriminate 1736
- hydrogen coined 1737 by Louis-Bernard Guyton
- chimpanzee 1738
- accompaniment 1744
- glacier 1744
- vaccination coined 1749 by Edward Jenner
- vaccine coined 1749 by Edward Jenner
- catamenia 1750
- dumpy 1750
- serendipity coined 1754 by Horace Walpole
- nictate 1755
- development 1756
- aphid coined 1758 by Carolus Linnaeus
- mammal coined 1758
- mesa 1759
- lanate 1760
- campus 1770
- freelance coined 1771 by Walter Scott
- cumulus coined 1772 by Luke Howard
- poodle 1773
- fake 1775
- pedagogic 1781
- utilitarian coined 1781 by Jeremy Bentham
- belittle coined 1782 by Thomas Jefferson
- emancipation 1785
- karma 1785
- expatriate 1787
- abolitionist 1788
- percept coined 1788 by Sir William Hamilton
- libertarian 1789
- cheque 1790
- nitrogen coined 1790 by Jean-Antoine Chaptal
- panorama coined 1792 by Robert Barker
- physicist coined 1794 by William Whewell
- terrorist 1794
- ampersand 1795
- ideology coined 1796 by Antoine Destutt
- biology 1799
- sassy 1799
Dates come from each word's history on Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA).