..."As we there are where are we are we there haltagain. By recourse, of course, recoursing from tomtittot to teetootomtotalitarian."... (So the phrase got lost either on the (missing) typescript and proofs for transition No.23, July 1935, or on the marked transition pages for the typesetter of Storiella.) Robbert-Jan Henkes, 10 April 2001
unde (l) - where; et (l) - and; ubi (l) - when; unde et ubi (l) - whence and where.
tomtit - a common name of the Blue Titmouse (Parus cæruleus); transf. applied to a little man or boy; Tom Tit Tot - book by E. Clodd about primitive religions. I read it and caught no FW echoes. Glasheen, Adaline / Third census of Finnegans wake
tot - a very small or tiny child
teetotum* - a very little person; teetotal* - absolute, complete, perfect, entire. (More emphatic than total.)
totalitarian - of or pertaining to a system of government which tolerates only one political party, to which all other institutions are subordinated, and which usu. demands the complete subservience of the individual to the State.
cap - to pass the comprehension of; to puzzle, bring to one's wit's end
hook - to move with a sudden turn or twist (now slang or dial.); to make off.
hike - a vigorous or laborious walk; a tramp or march
pint - a measure of capacity for
liquids, equal to half a quart or 18 of a gallon; a pint of ale or beer, or other
liquor;
pint of porter place - Earwicker's public house.
shot - a supply or amount of drink (obs.)
Romish - belonging, pertaining, or adhering to Rome in respect of religion; Roman Catholic; raimeis (ramesh) (gael) - "romance": nonsense.
girlish* - of or pertaining to a girl or to girlhood; Gaedhealg (gelg) (gael) - Irish language.
teanga (t'one) (gael) - tongue, language
Herod - king of Judæa (b.c. 38 - 4)
eczema - 'an acute, or chronic, non-contagious, simple inflammation of the skin, characterized by the presence of itching papules and vesicles which discharge a serous fluid, or dry up' (Syd. Soc. Lex.). There are many kinds of eczema; a form occurring in cattle (E. epizooticum), is known as 'the foot and mouth disease'.
go for - to have for one's aim; to aim at securing; to concentrate effort on the attainment of (an object); to assail, attack; whether with physical force or violent language.
snuffler - one who snuffles or speaks through the nose; one who speaks cantingly.
canary - canary-bird. Occasionally fig. = songster
beaver - a shade of brown resembling that of the fur of a beaver; a beard; a bearded person.
itinerary - a line or course of travel, a route; a record or journal of travel; an account of a journey; a book describing a route by land or sea, or tracing the course of the roads in a region or district, with measurements of distance, accounts of places and objects of interest, and other information for travellers.
particular - pertaining or relating to a single definite thing or person, or set of things or persons, as distinguished from others; special; not general.
universal - Logic and Philos. That which is predicated or asserted of all the individuals or species of a class or genus, or of many things which are regarded as forming a class; an abstract or general concept regarded either as having an absolute, mental, or nominal existence.
whence - that from which something comes or arises; place of origin; source.
quick lunch - establishment selling lunches that can be served and eaten quickly.
menly = meanly; mainly - for the most part; in the main; MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE - London weekly, known as "M.A.P.," published 1898-1911 by Thomas Power ("Tay Pay") O'Connor, Irish politician and journalist.
peeble - obs. forms of pebble, piece ..."peebles in the Play" is an ancient ballad which Percy didn't include in his Reliques because it was too obsolete. Peebles is a place in Scotland. A note in Buffalo Workbook #10 suggests it may have to do with Sligo.
Mezzofanti - the name of Giuseppe Mezzofanti (1774-1849), an Italian cardinal who was master of more than fifty languages, used to denote a person of exceptional linguistic ability.
mall - a sheltered walk serving as a promenade; in some towns adopted as a proper name.
diagonalize* - to move in a diagonal
lavatory* - an apartment
furnished with apparatus for washing the hands and face, subsequently also including
water-closets, etc.;
Lavater, Johann Kaspar (1741-1801) - Swiss poet and physiognomist.
Tycho Brahe* - Danish astronomer whose work in developing astronomical instruments and in measuring and fixing the positions of stars paved the way for future discoveries.
crescent - a row of houses built in the form of the inner bow of a crescent moon or arc of a circle.
mercery - the wares sold by a mercer; a mercer's shop; MATER MISERICORDIAE HOSPITAL - At Eceles Street and Berkeley Road (Mulligan works there); Mercury - Roman god of merchants, thieves, money, etc., etc., identified with Hermes and Thoth. As Shaun walks the Via Dolorosa backward in III,i ii, he is always illustrating some attribute of backward-walking Mercury-Hermes-Thoth, and, therefore, the naming of the god gives no notion of how he dominates the material. In Ulysses, Mulligan is Mercury, and so is, in part, one of the models for Shaun. Mercury is a planet, a medicine against syphilis, a substance important in alchemy. Glasheen, Adaline / Third census of Finnegans wake
dripping - that drips; having liquid falling off in drops
shoulder - Of inanimate things: To form a shoulder, project as a shoulder.
Berkeley George - (1685-1753), Anglo-Irish Anglican bishop, philosopher, and scientist, best known for his Empiricist philosophy, which holds that everything save the spiritual exists only insofar as it is perceived by the senses.
retch - to throw up in vomiting
down and out - completely without resources or means of livelihood; absolutely 'done'.
quer (ger) - across
Gainsborough Thomas - (1727-1788), portrait and landscape painter, the most versatile English painter of the 18th century.
carfax - a place where four roads or streets meet. (Sometimes extended to more than four.)
Guido d'Arezzo - (990-1050), medieval music theorist whose principles served as a foundation for modern Western musical notation.
gateway* - a frame or arch in which a gate is hung; a structure built at or over a gate, for ornament or defence.
while - to pass or get through (a vacant time), esp. by some idle or trivial occupation.
whither - to move with force or impetus, to rush
before; fahr (ger) - ride.
slavish - of, belonging to, or characteristic of, a slave; befitting a slave; servile, abject.
filial - of or pertaining to a son or daughter
montan - obs. form of mountain
moll - a prostitute. gen., a girl, woman; a girl-friend or sweetheart, esp. of a criminal.
enthusiast* - one who is full of 'enthusiasm' for a cause or principle, or who enters with enthusiasm into a pursuit.
cuckle - dial. var of cockle (n.)
hoyden - a rude, or ill-bred girl (or woman); a boisterous noisy girl, a romp.
floodlight - a light providing a beam of intense illumination
exponent - he who or that which sets forth as a representative or type, as a symbol or index.
rougy* - full of, sprinkled with, rouge; resembling rouge (a fine red powder prepared from safflower, and used as a cosmetic to give an artificial colour to the cheeks or lips.)