Ah, the right tool for the job. Nothing like it.
This word is, of course, attested in OED. I rather love one of the examples:
1854 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. Brit. India (ed. 3) 370 Ceylon is egg-shaped.
“egg, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/59878. Accessed 13 September 2017.
This is one of the few times that hyphenating words to create a new one distracts me. Were there truly so many questions about eggs that Bilbo’s language had a word for that? Or is it a clue to the nature of the language itself – able to adapt to new concepts by agglutinating when appropriate?
This word does not appear in OED. Wouldn’t that have been surprising?
Oho! This is a Scottish word and has earned the “British” tag!
The word occurs in the northern (not in the midland) version of the Cursor Mundi. It has recently been often used in general literature, but is still regarded as properly Scotch.
“eerie | eery, adj.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2015. Web. 27 July 2015.
Attested on OED. Also, please note, OED is now offering MLA 8 citations.
“easy, adj., adv., and n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/59126. Accessed 13 September 2017.
This word does not appear in OED, so it’s a Tolkien original – or used by only a few including him.
This compound word is not found in OED.
This compound word is not found in OED.
words that you were saying 