See also:

• BULLY (of uncertain origin, but possibly connected with a Teutonic word seen in many compounds, as the Low Ger. bullerjaan, meaning " noisy "; the word has also, with less probability, been derived from the Dutch beel, and Ger. Buhle, a lover)

BULLY (of uncertain origin, but possibly connected with a See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic word seen in many compounds, as the See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low Ger. bullerjaan, meaning " noisy "; the word has also, with less See also:

• PROBABILITY (Lat. probabilis, probable or credible)

probability, been derived from the Dutch beel, and Ger. See also:

• BUHLE, JOHANN GOTTLIEB (1763-1821)

Buhle, a See also:

• LOVER, SAMUEL (1797-1868)

lover)  , originally a See also:

• FINE

fine, swaggering See also:

• FELLOW

fellow, as in " See also:

• BULLY (of uncertain origin, but possibly connected with a Teutonic word seen in many compounds, as the Low Ger. bullerjaan, meaning " noisy "; the word has also, with less probability, been derived from the Dutch beel, and Ger. Buhle, a lover)

Bully Bottom" in A Midsummer See also:

• NIGHT

Night's See also:

• DREAM (from a root dreug, connected with Germ. trugen, to deceive)

Dream, later an overbearing See also:

• RUFFIAN (Fr. ruffian, It. ruffiano)

ruffian, especially a See also:

• COWARD

coward who abuses his strength by See also:

• ILL

ill-treating the weak; more technically a souteneur, a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man who lives on the earnings of a prostitute . The See also:

• TERM

term in its See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early use of " fine " or "splendid" survives in See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• SLANG

slang .