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The rhymes in this section have the ‘i’ sound of sit and whistle as their main or final vowel sound. You will find many words ending with a weak ‘i’ sound in other sections (e.g. – a – for frantic, – e – for resin, – o – for horrid).

17.1 bib, crib, dib, fib, Gibb, glib, jib, lib, nib, rib, sib, snib, squib, * ad-lib, damp squib, sparerib, * Carib, sahib, midrib, * memsahib, * women’s lib, * Sennacherib

17.2 bibs, dibs, dribs, fibs, Gibbs, Hibs, nibs, ribs, * ad-libs, spareribs, his nibs, etc.

17.3 Bic®, brick, chick, click, clique, crick, Crick, dick, Dick, flick, hic, hick, kick, lick, Mick, nick, Nick, pic, pick, prick, quick, rick, Rick, shtick, sic, sick, slick, snick, spick, stick, thick, tic, tick, trick, Vic, Wick, wick, wrick, * unpick, matric, unstick, hand-pick, nonstick, Old Vic, * airsick, gearstick, firebrick, cowlick, joystick, oil slick, * Arabic, candlestick, catholic, Catholic, agaric, Catterick, maverick, Alaric, caloric, Scarisbrick, candlewick, Reykjavik, bailiwick, clever Dick, heretic, Menshevik, Metternich, Frederick, rhetoric, turmeric, Leofric, Evo-stik®, fiddlestick, Giggleswick, limerick, Limerick, bishopric, chivalric, biopic, Broderick, Roderick, choleric, politic, Bolshevik, Dominic, Moby Dick, lunatic, Ludovic, * cadaveric, arithmetic, archbishopric, Theodoric

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick,

Jack jump over the candlestick.

NURSERY RHYME

17.4 bricks, chicks, clicks, Dick’s, fix, flicks, Hicks, kicks, Mick’s, Nick’s, mix, nix, pix, pricks, Rick’s, six, sticks, Styx, ticks, tricks, Wicks, * unpicks, unsticks, affix, commix, admix, hand-picks, transfix, M6, prefix, remix, * cervix, Beatrix, gearsticks, joysticks, oil slicks, * candlesticks, Catholics, apteryx, Asterix, eighty-six, heretics, twenty-six, MI6, thirty-six, Weetabix®, fiddlesticks, limericks, fifty-six, sixty-six, ninety-six, politics, Dominic’s, forty-six, lunatics, crucifix, * executrix, * archaeopteryx, etc.

17.5 fixed, mixed, sixte, ’twixt, * affixed, unmixed, transfixed, betwixt, etc.

17.6 clicked, flicked, kicked, licked, nicked, picked, Pict, pricked, strict, ticked, tricked, * unpicked, addict, convict, afflict, conflict, constrict, hand-picked, depict, predict, evict, inflict, restrict, * addict, panicked, Maastricht, relict, verdict, perfect, edict, mimicked, picnicked, district, frolicked, conflict, object, subject, * word-perfect, imperfect, pluperfect, * Benedict, derelict, derestrict, interdict, contradict, etc.

17.7 bitch, ditch, flitch, glitch, hitch, itch, kitsch, Mitch, niche, pitch, rich, snitch, stitch, switch, titch, twitch, which, witch, * unhitch, unstitch, bewitch, enrich, * Harwich, Magwitch, sandwich, Sandwich, Nantwich, backstitch, Redditch, Prestwich, Greenwich, hemstitch, quidditch, spinach, slipstitch, whipstitch, dip switch, Ipswich, Norwich, Bromwich, topstitch, cross stitch, ostrich, Shoreditch, Aldwych, Northwich, Woolwich, Goodrich, * tsarevitch, Middlewich, * Ivanovich, Milosevic, * Rostropovich, Shostakovich, * son-of-a-bitch

A nasty surprise in a sandwich,

A drawing-pin caught in your sock,

The limpest of shakes from a hand which

You’d thought would be firm as a rock.

JAMES FENTON

17.8 bid, chid, did, fid, grid, hid, id, kid, Kidd, lid, mid, quid, rid, Sid, skid, slid, squid, yid, * forbid, undid, amid, Madrid, El Cid, redid, outbid, * canopied, parodied, atrophied, galleried, salaried, katydid, remedied, tertium quid, liveried, pilloried, Winifred, pyramid, propertied, hominid, overbid, overdid, underbid, mutinied, * accompanied, * unaccompanied

17.9 didst, midst

17.10 biff, Cif®, cliff, Cliff, glyph, Griff, if, Jif®, jiff, kif, miff, niff, quiff, riff, Schiff, skiff, sniff, spliff, stiff, tiff, whiff, * skewwhiff, * Radcliffe, Ratcliffe, tariff, mastiff, plaintiff, bailiff, caliph, Cardiff, serif, sheriff, Pecksniff, Heathcliff, Wycliffe, midriff, pontiff, Joseph, Sutcliffe, * anaglyph, hippogriff, hieroglyph, undercliff

17.11 biffed, drift, gift, GIFT, grift, lift, miffed, niffed, rift, shift, shrift, sift, sniffed, swift, Swift, thrift, whiffed, * adrift, uplift, red shift, * airlift, chairlift, stairlift, facelift, makeshift, spendthrift, festschrift, ski lift, spindrift, shoplift, snowdrift

Time, the avenger! unto thee I lift

My hands, and eyes, and heart, and crave of thee a gift.

LORD BYRON

17.12 big, brig, cig, dig, fig, frig, gig, jig, lig, MiG, pig, prig, rig, Rigg, sprig, swig, trig, twig, Whig, wig, * unrig, rejig, * Danzig, Schleswig, earwig, shindig, bigwig, Leipzig, oil rig, Grundig, Ludwig, * periwig, whirligig, infra dig, thimblerig, WYSIWYG, * thingumajig

17.13 Biggs, Briggs, digs, figs, gigs, jigs, pigs, rigs, swigs, twigs, Whigs, wigs, * Bay of Pigs, * syrup of figs, etc.

17.14 bridge, fridge, midge, ridge, smidge, * abridge, * vassalage, anchorage, Anchorage, average, sacrilege, patronage, harbourage, Casterbridge, pasturage, parsonage, Armitage, cartilage, parentage, acreage, beverage, Beveridge, haemorrhage, Breckenridge, heritage, personage, verbiage, hermitage, leverage, Stevenage, privilege, vicarage, pilferage, pilgrimage, pilotage, lineage, orphanage, Fordingbridge, sortilege, brokerage, Coleridge, foliage, Muggeridge, coverage, sewerage, pupillage, tutelage, mucilage

He that complies against his will,

Is of his own opinion still.

SAMUEL BUTLER

17.15 bill, Bill, brill, chill, dill, drill, fill, frill, ghyll, gill, Gill, grill, grille, hill, Hill, ill, Jill, kill, krill, Lil, mill, Mill, nil, Phil, pill, quill, Rhyl, rill, shrill, sill, skill, spill, still, swill, thrill, till, trill, twill, ’twill, will, Will, * McGill, until, Seville, uphill, De Mille, brazil, Brazil, Rainhill, Redhill, Bexhill, Edgehill, deskill, refill, freewill, distil, instil, stock-still, quadrille, downhill, fulfil, goodwill, * handbill, waxbill, Shankill, Catskill, dactyl, pastille, standstill, backfill, landfill, Savile, Sackville, anvil, Granville, Nashville, Ampthill, anthill, Avril, tranquil, Hamill, Tamil, Cahill, Scargill, Cargill, playbill, waybill, cranesbill, ethyl, methyl, Melville, Grenville, treadmill, Denzil, chervil, Churchill, Persil®, Virgil, Jekyll, refill, infill, pistil, pigswill, windmill, windchill, vigil, crossbill, Tocqueville, Knoxville, Bovril®, jonquil, hornbill, sawmill, Cornhill, Orville, Torvill, Bournville, Mobil®, roadkill, Yeovil, Oakville, Tocqueville, molehill, Huntsville, Dullsville, Dunhill, dunghill, foothill, cook-chill, shoebill, spoonbill, * daffodil, Baskerville, Mandeville, Jacksonville, razorbill, Rentokil®, Pentonville, espadrille, peppermill, Selsey Bill, Benny Hill, Clearasil®, whippoorwill, Yggdrasil, minipill, windowsill, fibrefill, Fothergill, Goneril, chlorophyll, vaudeville, watermill, overspill, overkill, codicil, Somerville, Louisville, * pterodactyl, Invercargill, Merthyr Tydfil, * run-of-the-mill, over the hill, * Cruella De Vil

17.16 bilk, ilk, milk, silk, * Liebfraumilch, buttermilk

The cow is of the bovine ilk;

One end is moo, the other, milk.

OGDEN NASH

17.17 filch, milch, zilch

17.18 billed, build, chilled, drilled, filled, gild, grilled, guild, killed, milled, pilled, sild, skilled, thrilled, willed, * unskilled, unfilled, unwilled, self-willed, weak-willed, rebuild, refilled, distilled, strong-willed, fulfilled, Brunhild, * jerry-build, semiskilled, overbuild, unfulfilled, etc.

17.19 film, * clingfilm, * microfilm

17.20 kiln, Milne, * limekiln

17.21 built, gilt, guilt, hilt, jilt, kilt, lilt, milt, quilt, silt, spilt, stilt, tilt, wilt, * unbuilt, unspilt, well-built, inbuilt, * Vanderbilt, jerry-built, purpose-built, overbuilt, custom-built

17.22 filth, tilth

17.23 bills, Bill’s, drills, fills, frills, gills, hills, ills, kills, Lil’s, mills, Mills, Phil’s, pills, Pils, skills, spills, thrills, wills, Wills, Will’s, * no-frills, * pastilles, windmills, molehills, foothills, * daffodils, espadrilles, * battle of wills, Beverly Hills, etc.

His eye so dim,

So wasted each limb,

That, heedless of grammar, they all cried, ‘That’s him!’

R. H. BARHAM

17.24 brim, dim, grim, Grimm, gym, him, hymn, Jim, Kim, limb, limn, Lymm, prim, Pimm, Pym, quim, rim, scrim, shim, Sim, skim, slim, swim, Tim, trim, vim, whim, * bedim, * antonym, acronym, cherubim, seraphim, eponym, interim, synonym, hypernym, hyponym, toponym, homonym, Joachim, pseudonym, * heteronym

17.25 dimmed, skimmed, slimmed, trimmed, * undimmed, untrimmed, broad-brimmed, loose-limbed, * semi-skimmed, etc.

17.26 lymph, nymph

17.27 blimp, chimp, crimp, gimp, imp, limp, pimp, primp, scrimp, shrimp, skimp, wimp

17.28 chimps, glimpse, imps, limps, pimps, shrimps, wimps, etc.

On a sofa upholstered in panther skin

Mona did researches in original sin.

WILLIAM PLOMER

17.29 bin, Bryn, chin, din, fin, Finn, Flynn, gin, Glyn, grin, Gwyn, in, inn, jinn, kin, Lynn, min, pin, PIN, quin, Quinn, shin, sin, skin, spin, thin, tin, twin, whin, win, Wyn, yin, * unpin, akin, agin, therein, wherein, Vietminh, Berlin, herein, begin, built-in, within, King’s Lynn, Penrhyn, Pinyin, chinchin, Turin, Boleyn, * Jacobin, atropin, paladin, Saladin, Anadin®, paraffin, trampoline, Jacqueline, Madeleine, Magdalene, mandolin, Carolyn, lanolin, saccharin, mandarin, Catherine, Mazarin, ramekin, mannequin, Sanhedrin, masculine, albumen, albumin, capuchin, Capuchin, harlequin, wafer-thin, kaolin, chamberlain, Chamberlain, terrapin, next-of-kin, gelatin, keratin, zeppelin, mescalin, Gwendolen, heparin, nectarine, Benjamin, melanin, Peregrine, specimen, feminine, medicine, heroin, heroine, endocrine, Bedouin, genuine, Menuhin, eosin, litter bin, whipper-in, Ritalin®, crinoline, Michelin®, glycerine, vitamin, histamine, Mickey Finn, discipline, Silvikrin®, insulin, bitumen, Scriabin, violin, thiamine, niacin, myelin, Borodin, Rosalyn, sovereign, moccasin, origin, globulin, formalin, warfarin, porphyrin, Ho Chi Minh, Lohengrin, underpin, onionskin, muscadine, Gunga Din, rub it in, bulletin, * Led Zeppelin, adrenaline, amphetamine, unfeminine, tuberculin, through thick and thin, self-discipline, indiscipline, * nitroglycerine, antihistamine, * immunoglobulin

17.30 blink, brink, chink, clink, dink, drink, fink, Frink, gink, Inc., ink, jink, kink, link, mink, pink, plink, prink, rink, shrink, sink, skink, slink, stink, sync, think, twink, wink, zinc, * unthink, bethink, rethink, * ratfink, rethink, lip-sync, Haitink, ice rink, snowblink, cuff link, hoodwink, * Maeterlinck, skating rink, pen-and-ink, rinky-dink, tiddlywink, hyperlink, bobolink, countersink, out of sync, doublethink

They never taste who always drink;

They always talk, who never think.

MATTHEW PRIOR

17.31 blinks, chinks, clinks, drinks, jinx, Lincs, links, lynx, minx, shrinks, sinks, sphinx, stinks, thinks, winks, * methinks, rethinks, high jinks, * ratfinks, larynx, pharynx, golf links, cuff links, * tiddlywinks, forty winks, etc.

17.32 blinked, clinked, inked, kinked, linked, pinked, prinked, winked, * succinct, distinct, extinct, * precinct, instinct, hoodwinked, * index-linked, indistinct, etc.

17.33 cinch, clinch, finch, flinch, grinch, inch, lynch, Lynch, Minch, pinch, winch, * half-inch, * chaffinch, greenfinch, goldfinch, bullfinch

17.34 finned, grinned, Lind, pinned, Sind, sinned, skinned, tinned, twinned, wind, * unpinned, upwind, dark-skinned, fair-skinned, rescind, thick-skinned, thin-skinned, downwind, * trade wind, tailwind, headwind, Chetwynd, destined, whirlwind, sequined, Rifkind, crosswind, woodwind, ruined, * examined, predestined, determined, * Amerind, tamarind, disciplined, Rosalind, underpinned, wunderkind, double-chinned, * undisciplined, * undetermined

17.35 bing, bling, bring, Byng, Ching, cling, ding, fling, Inge, king, King, ling, Ming, ping, ring, sing, Singh, sling, spring, sting, string, swing, Synge, thing, ting, Ting, Tring, wing, wring, zing, * unsling, unstring, Nanking, Ram Singh, Beijing, left-wing, Peking, I Ching, bling-bling, Taiping, right-wing

A little learning is a dangerous thing;

Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

ALEXANDER POPE

17.36 brings, clings, kings, Kings, rings, sings, springs, strings, swings, things, wings, * Palm Springs, * Alice Springs, waterwings, underthings, etc.

17.37 binge, cringe, dinge, fringe, hinge, minge, singe, springe, swinge, whinge, tinge, twinge, * unhinge, impinge, syringe, infringe, * scavenge, challenge, orange, Orange, lozenge

17.38 mince, prince, quince, rinse, since, Vince, wince, * convince, evince, * province, * Port-au-Prince

They dined on mince, and slices of quince,

Which they ate with a runcible spoon.

EDWARD LEAR

17.39 bint, clint, Clint, dint, flint, Flint, glint, hint, lint, mint, print, skint, splint, sprint, squint, stint, tint, * reprint, imprint, * catmint, varmint, spearmint, enprint, reprint, skinflint, imprint, misprint, offprint, voiceprint, thumbprint, footprint, blueprint, newsprint, * aquatint, peppermint, mezzotint, fingerprint, overprint, wunderkind, * Septuagint

17.40 Clint’s, flints, glints, hints, chintz, splints, squints, tints, etc.

17.41 plinth, * absinthe, helminth, Corinth, * labyrinth, terebinth, hyacinth

17.42 bins, Binns, chins, fins, Finns, grins, Lynn’s, quins, shins, sins, skins, spins, tins, twins, * unpins, begins, * Jacobins, Jacqueline’s, Madeleine’s, mandolins, Carolyn’s, mandarins, Catherine’s, ramekins, mannequins, Capuchins, terrapins, nectarines, Benjamin’s, medicines, heroines, Bedouins, litter bins, withershins, crinolines, vitamins, violins, moccasins, origins, underpins, bulletins, * amphetamines, etc.

17.43 blip, chip, clip, dip, drip, flip, grip, gyp, hip, kip, lip, nip, pip, Pip, quip, rip, scrip, ship, sip, skip, slip, snip, strip, tip, trip, Tripp, whip, zip, * unhip, unclip, unzip, unship, transship, reship, equip, nonslip, nondrip, round trip, outstrip, * landslip, handgrip, catnip, flagship, parsnip, starship, clerkship, hardship, harelip, hairgrip, airstrip, airship, mayorship, pay slip, day trip, spaceship, felt-tip, headship, friendship, turnip, Worsnip, circlip, worship, sheep-dip, steamship, wing tip, fillip, Philip, gymslip, film strip, kinship, kingship, Ruislip, sideslip, lightship, oxlip, gossip, longship, horsewhip, warship, lordship, wardship, courtship, cowslip, township, rosehip, bunyip, gunship, judgeship, bullwhip, wood chip, julep, tulip, Q-ship, troopship, * trusteeship, * battleship, captainship, Gaza Strip, partnership, marksmanship, craftsmanship, draughtsmanship, chairmanship, paperclip, statesmanship, salesmanship, gamesmanship, ladyship, sailing ship, membership, censorship, lectureship, penmanship, fellowship, bursarship, workmanship, kirby grip, speakership, leadership, readership, dealership, chieftainship, seamanship, re-equip, fingertip, filter tip, brinkmanship, skinny-dip, pillowslip, fibre-tip, biochip, microchip, scholarship, sponsorship, consulship, comradeship, rocket ship, authorship, horsemanship, sportsmanship, swordsmanship, ownership, showmanship, mother ship, toodle-pip, tutorship, viewership, stewardship, studentship, * companionship, commandership, dictatorship, curatorship, relationship, acquaintanceship, electorship, directorship, professorship, self-censorship, apprenticeship, receivership, musicianship, discipleship, co-ownership, conductorship, instructorship, one-upmanship, * championship, managership, admiralship, magistrateship, landownership, chancellorship, cardinalship, guardianship, partisanship, emperorship, treasurership, generalship, premiership, editorship, presidentship, residentship, deputyship, Möbius strip, ministership, principalship, silicon chip, citizenship, laureateship, Freudian slip, governorship, * ambassadorship, librarianship, executorship, proprietorship, associateship, custodianship, * entrepreneurship, * interrelationship

17.44 chips, clips, Cripps, drips, hips, lips, Phipps, pips, Pip’s, quips, ships, sips, snips, strips, thrips, tips, trips, whips, zips, * unclips, unzips, ellipse, eclipse, equips, * Mendips, felt-tips, wing tips, fillips, Philips, Philip’s, gymslips, film strips, tin snips, horsewhips, warships, lordships, * amidships, athwartships, * fingertips, filter tips, Mr Chips, fish and chips, pillowslips, scholarships, rocket ships, * relationships, apprenticeships, apocalypse, etc.

17.45 chipped, clipped, crypt, dipped, dripped, flipped, gripped, nipped, ripped, script, shipped, sipped, skipped, slipped, stripped, tipped, whipped, * unclipped, conscript, unzipped, decrypt, encrypt, equipped, outstripped, close-lipped, * transcript, harelipped, prescript, Egypt, typescript, conscript, horsewhipped, cork-tipped, postscript, subscript, * manuscript, well-equipped, filtertipped, ill-equipped, nondescript, unequipped, eucalypt, superscript, etc.

17.46 bliss, Bliss, Chris, diss, Diss, hiss, kiss, kris, miss, Miss, piss, sis, Swiss, this, * abyss, amiss, near miss, dehisce, remiss, dismiss, * cannabis, avarice, ambergris, Salamis, Charteris, armistice, artifice, Artemis, emphasis, precipice, edifice, benefice, reminisce, emesis, Nemesis, genesis, Genesis, berberis, chrysalis, liquorice, clitoris, hit-and-miss, synthesis, prejudice, diocese, cockatrice, orifice, cowardice, * Annapolis, metastasis, catalysis, paralysis, analysis, dialysis, Persepolis, ephemeris, mons veneris, parenthesis, diaeresis, antithesis, psoriasis, archdiocese, Acropolis, necropolis, metropolis, hypothesis, hydrolysis, autolysis, * Minneapolis, sui generis, overemphasis, underemphasis, epididymis, photosynthesis, satyriasis, megalopolis, electrolysis, metamorphosis, * Indianapolis, psychoanalysis, microanalysis, haemodialysis, annus mirabilis, parthenogenesis, annus horribilis, elephantiasis

You must remember this,

A kiss is still a kiss.

HERMAN HUPFELD

17.47 bisque, brisk, disc, disk, fisc, frisk, risk, whisk, * asterisk, tamarisk, basilisk, obelisk, compact disc, floppy disk

17.48 crisp, lisp, wisp, * will-o’-the-wisp

17.49 cist, cyst, fist, gist, grist, hissed, hist, kissed, list, Liszt, missed, mist, pissed, schist, tryst, twist, whist, wist, wrist, * unkissed, assist, persist, subsist, consist, delist, demist, enlist, dismissed, encyst, insist, desist, resist, exist, * naturalist, nationalist, rationalist, capitalist, separatist, federalist, negativist, relativist, liberalist, minimalist, militarist, spiritualist, Oliver Twist, positivist, structuralist, monetarist, * sensationalist, materialist, imperialist, traditionalist, industrialist, * conversationalist, Congregationalist, educationalist, individualist, agriculturalist, horticulturalist, etc.

17.50 bish, Bysshe, dish, fish, Frisch, Gish, pish, squish, swish, Trish, wish, * Irish, boyish, * Cavendish, damselfish, angelfish, babyish, jellyfish, feverish, silverfish, gibberish, lickerish, liverish, spinsterish, kittenish, minidish, killifish, tomboyish, butter dish, cuttlefish, womanish, * impoverish

17.51 bit, Brit, chit, fit, flit, git, grit, hit, it, kit, knit, lit, mitt, nit, pit, Pitt, quit, Schmidt, shit, sit, skit, slit, spit, split, Split, squit, tit, twit, whit, Whit, wit, writ, zit, * unfit, alit, unlit, de Witt, acquit, commit, permit, submit, admit, unknit, transmit, refit, keep-fit, relit, resit, befit, mishit, emit, remit, legit, tight-knit, op. cit., outwit, omit, close-knit, * aquavit, candlelit, apposite, manumit, favourite, baby-sit, megabit, preterite, Messerschmitt, benefit, definite, plebiscite, deficit, requisite, Jesuit, perquisite, recommit, resubmit, readmit, retransmit, Hindemith, hypocrite, infinite, Inuit, opposite, composite, floruit, conduit, Duraglit®, counterfeit, Photofit®, Chuzzlewit, cuckoo spit, * Plantagenet, banana split, Identikit®, indefinite, prerequisite, * lickety-split, overcommit

Do not adultery commit;

Advantage rarely comes of it.

ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH

17.52 bits, blitz, Blitz, fits, Fitz, Fritz, glitz, grits, its, it’s, mitts, nits, pits, quits, Ritz, Spitz, splits, tits, wits, zits, * St Kitts, submits, admits, Berlitz, Biarritz, befits, emits, * St Moritz, megabits, benefits, Jesuits, slivovitz, hypocrites, Horowitz, opposites, Austerlitz, etc.

17.53 Frith, kith, myth, pith, smith, Smith, with, fifth, * therewith, wherewith, Penrith, herewith, forthwith, outwith, * Asquith, blacksmith, Kenneth, zenith, wordsmith, Edith, Griffith, tinsmith, Gwyneth, Highsmith, Sopwith, locksmith, songsmith, Grossmith, goldsmith, Goldsmith, gunsmith, Judith, tunesmith, * Hammersmith, Arrowsmith, eightieth, Ladysmith, Meredith, megalith, twentieth, thirtieth, Hindemith, silversmith, fiftieth, sixtieth, ninetieth, monolith, coppersmith, fortieth, * Aberystwyth, Merioneth, * seventieth

17.54 div, give, live, sieve, spiv, Viv, * forgive, relive, outlive, * palliative, decorative, meditative, vegetative, legislative, speculative, innovative, figurative, iterative, illustrative, imitative, operative, quantitative, qualitative, nominative, ulcerative, cumulative, * collaborative, imaginative, evaluative, commemorative, degenerative, investigative, deliberative, alliterative, administrative, manipulative, corroborative, inoperative, cooperative, postoperative, authoritative, denominative, vituperative, remunerative, adjudicative, communicative, * unimaginative, uncooperative, unremunerative, uncommunicative

Far and few, far and few,

Are the lands where the Jumblies live;

Their heads are green, and their hands are blue,

And they went to sea in a sieve.

EDWARD LEAR

17.55 ablative, narrative, laxative, additive, transitive, adjective, calmative, negative, sedative, tentative, relative, genitive, sensitive, ergative, purgative, secretive, fricative, privative, fixative, primitive, combative, locative, vocative, cognitive, positive, talkative, formative, normative, causative, curative, putative, lucrative, nutritive, punitive, fugitive, * comparative, declarative, preparative, reparative, intransitive, rebarbative, preventative, correlative, contemplative, imperative, competitive, repetitive, insensitive, consecutive, executive, conservative, Conservative, preservative, superlative, affirmative, alternative, interpretive, appreciative, predicative, indicative, explicative, derivative, initiative, prohibitive, definitive, infinitive, acquisitive, inquisitive, attributive, distributive, diminutive, provocative, evocative, derogative, prerogative, restorative, pejorative, demonstrative, remonstrative, appositive, postpositive, informative, connotative, denotative, consultative, commutative, disputative, accusative, intuitive, * argumentative, representative, noncompetitive, uncompetitive, hypersensitive, photosensitive, nonexecutive, interrogative, undemonstrative, * unrepresentative, ultraconservative

17.56 biz, fizz, frizz, his, is, Ms, Liz, phiz, ’tis, quiz, swizz, tizz, viz, whizz, wiz, zizz, * Cadiz, buck’s fizz, gee-whiz

18.1 Libby, Digby, Rigby, VitBe, Whitby, Philby, trilby, will be, NIMBY, Frisbee®, Thisbe, Rigsby, Grimsby, chippy, clippie, dippy, drippy, gippy, grippy, hippy, lippy, nippy, slippy, trippy, zippy, chickpea, impi, skimpy, Wimpey, Wimpy, crispy, wispy, * astilbe, Xanthippe, * Mr Whippy, Mississippi

18.2 bickie, brickie, cliquey, dicky, Dickie, hickey, icky, Mickey, Nicky, picky, quickie, Ricky, sickie, sticky, thickie, tricky, Vicky, milky, silky, Wilkie, dinky, inky, kinky, minke, pinkie, slinky, stinky, frisky, risky, whiskey, whisky, biggie, ciggy, piggy, twiggy, Twiggy, dinghy, * Helsinki, Stravinsky, Nijinsky, Miss Piggy, * doohickey, * take the mickey, Billericay

18.3 biddy, Biddy, diddy, did he, giddy, kiddy, midi, bhindi, Cindy, Hindi, indie, Indy, Lindy, Mindy, shindy, Sindy, windy, bitty, chitty, city, ditty, gritty, Intercity, kitty, Kitty, pity, pretty, shitty, titty, Whitty, witty, fifty, nifty, shifty, thrifty, guilty, silty, flinty, linty, minty, shinty, Christie, misty, twisty, sixty, * McVitie, committee, self-pity, McGinty, * chickabiddy, Rawalpindi, intercity, itty-bitty, pretty-pretty, nitty-gritty, Walter Mitty, Salt Lake City, subcommittee, fifty-fifty, pepperminty, Corpus Christi

In Dublin’s fair city,

Where the girls are so pretty.

ANONYMOUS

18.4 cliffy, iffy, jiffy, Liffey, miffy, sniffy, squiffy, stiffy, whiffy, chivy, divvy, Livy, privy, skivvy, Sylvie, pithy, filthy, prithee, smithy, withy, * tantivy

18.5 Billy, Chile, chilli, chilly, filly, frilly, gillie, hilly, Jilly, Lillee, lily, Lily, Lyly, Millie, Philly, Scilly, silly, stilly, Tilley, Tilly, will he, Willey, willy, Willy, Dibley, glibly, scribbly, nimbly, Ripley, Shipley, triply, dimply, limply, pimply, simply, crisply, prickly, quickly, sickly, thickly, tickly, crinkly, Hinckley, twinkly, wrinkly, briskly, giggly, niggly, squiggly, wiggly, wriggly, Wrigley, singly, tingly, Zwingli, fiddly, Ridley, Siddeley, tiddly, twiddly, Hindley, spindly, fitly, Whitley, strictly, swiftly, dimly, grimly, primly, Finlay, Linley, thinly, Bingley, kingly, gristly, princely, Bisley, drizzly, grisly, grizzly, Wisley, Tinsley, Kingsley, Critchley, richly, Finchley, Kiri, Pirie, bilberry, indri, wintry, * Chantilly, Caerphilly, Goonhilly, distinctly, McKinley, * hillbilly, * Piccadilly, piccalilli, willy-nilly, willy-willy, indistinctly, rockabilly, Hawker Siddeley, hara-kiri, etc.

But Shakespeare also says, ’tis very silly

‘To gild refinèd gold, or paint the lily.’

LORD BYRON

18.6 gimme, Jimmy, shimmy, Timmy, pygmy, Pygmy, filmy, blini, cine, Finney, finny, Ginny, guinea, Guinea, jinni, hinny, Linnhe, mini, Minnie, ninny, pinny, Pliny, skinny, spinney, tinny, Trinny, Vinny, whinny, Winnie, Sidney, Sydney, kidney, Britney, Pitney, Whitney, chimney, Disney, isnae, clingy, dinghy, springy, stringy, swingy, thingy, zingy, * borborygmi, pickaninny, supermini, * give me, kill me, etc.

18.7 Chrissie, Cissie, missy, prissy, sissy, Gypsy, tipsy, Dixie, nixie, pixie, tricksy, Trixie, ditzy, glitzy, Mitzi, ritzy, chintzy, wincey, busy, dizzy, fizzy, frizzy, is he, Izzy, Lizzie, tizzy, whizzy, flimsy, mimsy, whimsy, Kinsey, Lindsay, quinsy, dishy, fishy, squishy, swishy, Vichy, bitchy, itchy, pitchy, Richie, titchy, twitchy, Binchy, ridgy, squidgy, dingy, mingy, stingy, * Uffizi, De Quincey, tin lizzie, da Vinci, * kissy-kissy, itsy-bitsy, busy Lizzie, Mitsubishi, Murrumbidgee

18.8 bibber, Cibber, cribber, fibber, gibber, ribber, Wilbur, limber, Simba, timber, timbre, chipper, clipper, dipper, flipper, gripper, kipper, nipper, Pippa, ripper, shipper, skipper, slipper, snipper, stripper, tipper, tripper, whipper, zipper, crimper, shrimper, simper, whimper, crisper, whisper, * marimba, Agrippa, * winebibber, mudskipper, * women’s libber, * rib her, tip her, etc.

18.9 bicker, clicker, dicker, flicker, kicker, licker, liquor, nicker, picker, pricker, quicker, sicker, slicker, snicker, sticker, thicker, ticker, tikka, vicar, Whicker, Wicca, wicker, Sitka, milker, Rilke, Simca, blinker, clinker, drinker, Glinka, Inca, linker, minke, sinker, stinker, thinker, tinker, winker, frisker, risker, whisker, bigger, chigger, digger, figure, Frigga, jigger, ligger, nigger, rigger, rigor, rigour, snigger, swigger, trigger, vigour, finger, linger, * Treblinka, freethinker, stotinka, nondrinker, Soyinka, configure, transfigure, square-rigger, prefigure, disfigure, malinger, fishfinger, syringa, * pigsticker, billsticker, bootlicker, headshrinker, grave-digger, outrigger, forefinger, * reconfigure, alcheringa, ladyfinger, * kick her, sink her, etc.

Candy

Is dandy

But liquor

Is quicker.

OGDEN NASH

18.10 bidder, kidder, whydah, builder, gilder, guilder, Hilda, Tilda, tilde, cinder, hinder, Linda, Pindar, tinder, bitter, critter, fitter, flitter, fritter, glitter, gritter, hitter, jitter, knitter, litter, pitta, quitter, Ritter, sitter, skitter, spitter, titter, twitter, witter, scripter, dicta, lictor, Richter, victor, Victor, sphincter, drifter, grifter, lifter, snifter, swifter, filter, kilter, philtre, quilter, tilter, Pinter, printer, sinter, splinter, sprinter, tinter, winter, Bicester, blister, clyster, glister, lister, Lister, mister, Mr, sister, twister, vista, hipster, quipster, tipster, trickster, minster, spinster, * consider, St Kilda, Matilda, bewilder, Belinda, Dorinda, Lucinda, aglitter, committer, transmitter, bedsitter, Birgitta, embitter, emitter, remitter, descriptor, constrictor, predictor, CARIFTA, gefilte, midwinter, transistor, demister, enlister, resistor, * shipbuilder, coach-builder, Fassbinder, outfitter, bullshitter, weightlifter, scene-shifter, shoplifter, half-sister, stepsister, Axminster, Westminster, * reconsider, overbidder, underbidder, body-builder, baby-sitter, counterfeiter, Anaglypta®, Araminta, teleprinter, overwinter, Kidderminster, * neurotransmitter, vasoconstrictor, boa constrictor, * hid her, missed her, etc.

18.11 differ, sniffer, titfer, pilfer, giver, liver, quiver, river, shiver, sliver, silver, sylva, dither, hither, slither, thither, whither, wither, zither, * forgiver, deliver, downriver, upriver, Bat Mitzvah, Bar Mitzvah, * caregiver, lawgiver, quicksilver, * give her, with her, etc.

18.12 chiller, Cilla, driller, filler, griller, Hiller, killer, miller, Miller, pillar, Schiller, Scylla, shriller, spiller, stiller, thriller, tiller, villa, Willa, dribbler, nibbler, quibbler, scribbler, nimbler, tippler, simpler, pickler, stickler, tickler, sprinkler, twinkler, giggler, wriggler, mingler, Swingler, diddler, fiddler, tiddler, swindler, Hitler, littler, whittler, riffler, whiffler, sniveller, Himmler, Simla, whistler, Whistler, Rizla®, sizzler, mirror, sirrah, Libra, Libya, * papilla, megillah, Attila, flotilla, gorilla, guerrilla, zorilla, Camilla, mamilla, manila, Manila, vanilla, mantilla, Aquila, Anguilla, axilla, maxilla, cedilla, scintilla, distiller, instiller, Priscilla, chinchilla, Godzilla, fulfiller, Ludmilla, Drusilla, belittler, * painkiller, weedkiller, * caterpillar, manzanilla, sarsaparilla, lady-killer, Polyfilla®, potentilla, pulsatilla, aspidistra, * kill her, thrill her, etc.

18.13 dimmer, glimmer, grimmer, Rimmer, shimmer, simmer, skimmer, slimmer, Strimmer®, swimmer, trimmer, Zimmer®, sigma, stigma, Wilma, Brynner, Cinna, dinner, grinner, inner, Jinnah, pinna, Pinner, sinner, skinner, Skinner, spinner, thinner, tinner, winner, Dymphna, Kilner, Milner, Pilsner, Krishna, bringer, clinger, dinger, pinger, ringer, singer, Singer, springer, stinger, stringer, swinger, winger, wringer, * aglimmer, nonswimmer, enigma, charisma, Berliner, beginner, echidna, humdinger, * breadwinner, prizewinner, bell-ringer, Schrödinger, klipspringer, mudslinger, gunslinger, * Hare Krishna, mastersinger, Minnesinger, Meistersinger, * win her, bring her, etc.

But, by Jove, your hair is thinner, since you came to us in Pinner,

And you’re fatter now, I’m certain. What you need is country air.

JOHN BETJEMAN

18.14 kisser, pisser, fixer, mixer, sixer, bitser, spritzer, Switzer, mincer, pincer, fizzer, quizzer, scissor, Windsor, fisher, Fischer, fissure, Trisha, Wiltshire, wisher, ditcher, hitcher, pitcher, richer, stitcher, twitcher, scripture, picture, stricture, cincture, tincture, filcher, clincher, lyncher, pincher, wincher, fixture, mixture, Bridger, cringer, ginger, injure, ninja, whinger, * Clarissa, Larisa, mantissa, abscissa, Melissa, elixir, Amritsar, Patricia, Phoenicia, Letitia, militia, admixture, abridger, infringer, * well-wisher, kingfisher, * reminiscer, * Doberman pinscher, * miss her, convince her, etc.

18.15 hillock, pillock, Dimmock, Dymock, Kinnock

18.16 limbic, nitpick, Indic, syndic, critic, cryptic, diptych, glyptic, styptic, triptych, cystic, mystic, dipstick, lipstick, civic, Britvic®, mythic, Killick, niblick, skin flick, lyric, Pyrrhic, pinprick, citric, Cymric, Pickwick, gimmick, mimic, rhythmic, filmic, clinic, cynic, picnic, strychnic, Chiswick, physic, * philippic, Olympic, acidic, Glenfiddich, bromidic, Druidic, graphitic, Hamitic, granitic, arthritic, mephitic, Semitic, bronchitic, Cushitic, elliptic, ecliptic, sadistic, statistic, patristic, sophistic, ballistic, fascistic, logistic, artistic, realistic, simplistic, linguistic, stylistic, autistic, heuristic, juristic, puristic, touristic, holistic, prolific, horrific, terrific, pacific, Pacific, specific, deific, pontific, omnific, morbific, Trevithick, dactylic, acrylic, basilic, exilic, sibyllic, idyllic, Cyrillic, vampiric, satiric, satyric, empiric, bulimic, eurhythmic, rabbinic, actinic, intrinsic, extrinsic, * genotypic, ecotypic, biotypic, prototypic, Paralympic, stalactitic, saprophytic, Glagolitic, catalytic, paralytic, analytic, stalagmitic, parasitic, anthracitic, thermolytic, neophytic, haemolytic, sybaritic, lymphocytic, syphilitic, dialytic, diacritic, troglodytic, coprolitic, dolomitic, oolitic, leucocytic, masochistic, atavistic, aphoristic, agonistic, pantheistic, altruistic, voyeuristic, narcissistic, fatalistic, plagiaristic, atheistic, mechanistic, hedonistic, pessimistic, journalistic, egotistic, legalistic, egoistic, syllogistic, inartistic, jingoistic, idealistic, nihilistic, novelistic, moralistic, modernistic, optimistic, polycystic, solecistic, formalistic, pluralistic, socialistic, chauvinistic, surrealistic, unrealistic, humoristic, futuristic, humanistic, euphemistic, calorific, transpacific, beatific, hieroglyphic, scientific, soporific, honorific, nonspecific, unspecific, megalithic, Eolithic, Neolithic, Mesolithic, microlithic, monolithic, Anglophilic, carboxylic, necrophilic, haemophilic, imbecilic, panegyric, pantomimic, matronymic, patronymic, metonymic, homonymic, algorithmic, logarithmic, cataclysmic, nicotinic, * encephalitic, electrolytic, erythrocytic, apocalyptic, antagonistic, evangelistic, behaviouristic, impressionistic, expressionistic, paternalistic, neologistic, * naturalistic, nationalistic, antiballistic, cannibalistic, minimalistic, ritualistic, hypocoristic, characteristic, negativistic, relativistic, metalinguistic, opportunistic, nonscientific, unscientific, Palaeolithic, * semiparasitic, psychoanalytic, microanalytic, osteoarthritic, sadomasochistic, overoptimistic, pseudoscientific, * uncharacteristic, materialistic, imperialistic