Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #7098 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

scornfullscornful

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 506 times in 300 works
Consistency: 94.2% (506 of 537)
Reach if approved: ~564 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: scornful
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 537 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (506 changes in 300 works, 94.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 506)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the inheritance, shall at length be found bastards, and thrust out of doores (like scornfullscornful Ismael) to their eternall shame and confusion? Now such are all they who receive …
With rule
… the inheritance, shall at length be found bastards, and thrust out of doores (like scornfullscornful Ismael) to their eternall shame and confusion? Now such are all they who receive …
Phineas Fletcher · Joy in Tribulation · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſay) of farre meaner quality are much eſteemed. That I feare me is a ſcornfullscornful flout. If you aime at the Defence of the Apology of the Church of …
With rule
… ſay) of farre meaner quality are much eſteemed. That I feare me is a ſcornfullscornful flout. If you aime at the Defence of the Apology of the Church of …
William Hinde · The Office and Use of the Moral Law · p. 125 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to him, thou ſhouldeſt nothing but nodde and becke, which was the proude and ſcornfullscornful geſture, which Nazianzen obſerued in Iulian, nutus, renutus, abſque ſermone? Now we knowe iudignum …
With rule
… to him, thou ſhouldeſt nothing but nodde and becke, which was the proude and ſcornfullscornful geſture, which Nazianzen obſerued in Iulian, nutus, renutus, abſque ſermone? Now we knowe iudignum …
Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 160 · Open in the reader
Printed
… assembly of the scornfullscornful, and their societie, as the Chaldee version explaineth it. The scornfullscornful] Proud rhetoricall mockers, Losels. The word importeth pride, as, the Lord scorneth the scorners …
With rule
… assembly of the scornfullscornful, and their societie, as the Chaldee version explaineth it. The scornfullscornful] Proud rhetoricall mockers, Losels. The word importeth pride, as, the Lord scorneth the scorners …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
Againſt men, the tongue is to be reſtrained from rai…ings, reuilings ſcornfullscornful and reprochfull ſpeeches, not calling any m…n in anger ſo much as foole …
With rule
Againſt men, the tongue is to be reſtrained from rai…ings, reuilings ſcornfullscornful and reprochfull ſpeeches, not calling any m…n in anger ſo much as foole …
Thomas Stoughton · The Christians Sacrifice Better than all the Legal Sacrifices of Jews · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Man. This I haue thought good to profeſſe, becauſe the Replyer, by a ſcornfullscornful obſeruation of pure Church, would caſt vppon all ſuch as deſire a further reformation …
With rule
… and Man. This I haue thought good to profeſſe, becauſe the Replyer, by a ſcornfullscornful obſeruation of pure Church, would caſt vppon all ſuch as deſire a further reformation …
Walter Travers · Defense of the Ecclesiastical Discipline · p. 73 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he be on his Ale-bench, and sit downe in the seat of the scornfullscornful, he will, as Augustus Caesar once, tax the whole world, pratling of Priest and …
With rule
… he be on his Ale-bench, and sit downe in the seat of the scornfullscornful, he will, as Augustus Caesar once, tax the whole world, pratling of Priest and …
John Boys · The Autumn Part from the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity · p. 152 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are wee hid. A goodly refuge, and a couering sutable, and best beseeming the scornfullscornful sluggard. And what other refuge, or couering haue all the sluggards of our time …
With rule
… are wee hid. A goodly refuge, and a couering sutable, and best beseeming the scornfullscornful sluggard. And what other refuge, or couering haue all the sluggards of our time …
William Burton · The Rousing of the Sluggard · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (31)

22 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 18 are listed here. 9 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exercises Upon the First Psalm in Prose and Verse A15636

Printed
… vain dignities of the world, neuer reposed himselfe, in the imperious seat of the ScornfullScornful, whith the disdainfull Pharisies. He it is, whose delight is in fulfilling the Will …
With rule
… vain dignities of the world, neuer reposed himselfe, in the imperious seat of the ScornfullScornful, whith the disdainfull Pharisies. He it is, whose delight is in fulfilling the Will …
George Wither · Exercises Upon the First Psalm in Prose and Verse · p. 119 · Open in the reader

Reply to a Book A19884

Printed
… wits, and ſcornfullscornful ſpirits goe together; ſo Salomon joyneth them, in a Proverbe, ſaying, ScornfullScornful men bring a citty into a ſnare. And as there is not reſpect of …
With rule
… wits, and ſcornfullscornful ſpirits goe together; ſo Salomon joyneth them, in a Proverbe, ſaying, ScornfullScornful men bring a citty into a ſnare. And as there is not reſpect of …
John Davenport · Reply to a Book · p. 4 · Open in the reader

The Bibles Abstract and Epitome A27502

Printed
ScornfullScornful Men.
With rule
ScornfullScornful Men.
Richard Bernard · The Bibles Abstract and Epitome · p. 60 · Open in the reader

The Kingdom of God Among Men A34538

Printed
… the Saints now in Glory. I urge this the rather because they are by ScornfullScornful men numbred among Fanaticks.
With rule
… the Saints now in Glory. I urge this the rather because they are by ScornfullScornful men numbred among Fanaticks.
John Corbet · The Kingdom of God Among Men · p. 152 · Open in the reader

Inquiry for a Suitable Return for Continued Life In and After Time of Plague A36329

Printed
ScornfullScornful.
With rule
ScornfullScornful.
Thomas Doolittle · Inquiry for a Suitable Return for Continued Life In and After Time of Plague · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
3. Then they are ScornfullScornful, will be ſcorners of reproofs, and ſcorners of the way of holineſs, and then …
With rule
3. Then they are ScornfullScornful, will be ſcorners of reproofs, and ſcorners of the way of holineſs, and then …
Thomas Doolittle · Inquiry for a Suitable Return for Continued Life In and After Time of Plague · p. 14 · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

Printed
V. 8. ScornfullScornful men bring a citie into a snare] Ambitious persons, which scorn all but themselves …
With rule
V. 8. ScornfullScornful men bring a citie into a snare] Ambitious persons, which scorn all but themselves …
John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

Annotations Upon the Books of Poetry A46807

Printed
Verſ. 8. ScornfullScornful men, &c.] See the Notes chap. 1.22. and 8.8. and Pſal. 1.1: bring a city into a …
With rule
Verſ. 8. ScornfullScornful men, &c.] See the Notes chap. 1.22. and 8.8. and Pſal. 1.1: bring a city into a …
Arthur Jackson · Annotations Upon the Books of Poetry · p. 913 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this may be read alſo, as it is in the margin of our Bibles, ScornfullScornful men ſet a city on fire; to wit, by kindling diſſentions, or raiſing tumults …
With rule
… this may be read alſo, as it is in the margin of our Bibles, ScornfullScornful men ſet a city on fire; to wit, by kindling diſſentions, or raiſing tumults …
Arthur Jackson · Annotations Upon the Books of Poetry · p. 913 · Open in the reader

George Fox Digged Out of His Burrows A66448

Printed
… so weak and silly, so Anti-Christian and Blasphemous, and yet so Imperious and ScornfullScornful, so Cursing and Censorious, [2] Damning and Reprobating all that bow not down to their …
With rule
… so weak and silly, so Anti-Christian and Blasphemous, and yet so Imperious and ScornfullScornful, so Cursing and Censorious, [2] Damning and Reprobating all that bow not down to their …
Roger Williams · George Fox Digged Out of His Burrows · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
ScornfullScornful]
With rule
ScornfullScornful]
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 560 · Open in the reader

Davids Music A72996

Printed
Walk in the Counſell of the Vngodly. Stand Way Sinners. Sit Seate ScornfullScornful, verſ. 1.
With rule
Walk in the Counſell of the Vngodly. Stand Way Sinners. Sit Seate ScornfullScornful, verſ. 1.
Richard Bernard · Davids Music · p. 5 · Open in the reader

The Good Man a Public Good A78423

Printed
… the great difficulty of the worke you are ingaged in, by reaſon of thoſe ScornfullScornful men, who have brought the City into a ſnare, or rather ſet the Kingdome …
With rule
… the great difficulty of the worke you are ingaged in, by reaſon of thoſe ScornfullScornful men, who have brought the City into a ſnare, or rather ſet the Kingdome …
Daniel Cawdry · The Good Man a Public Good · Open in the reader
Printed
… two parties in the Text, are not ſo much oppoſed one againſt another, viz. ScornfullScornful men, and Wiſe men, as they are in the preſent experience of theſe times …
With rule
… two parties in the Text, are not ſo much oppoſed one againſt another, viz. ScornfullScornful men, and Wiſe men, as they are in the preſent experience of theſe times …
Daniel Cawdry · The Good Man a Public Good · Open in the reader
Printed
… were, created a generation of Wiſe men, in a way of oppoſition to thoſe ScornfullScornful men, to breake thoſe ſnares, and quench thoſe fires which they have kindled. Wherein …
With rule
… were, created a generation of Wiſe men, in a way of oppoſition to thoſe ScornfullScornful men, to breake thoſe ſnares, and quench thoſe fires which they have kindled. Wherein …
Daniel Cawdry · The Good Man a Public Good · Open in the reader
Printed
… fire in Scripture, Pſal. 11. Pſal. 42. laſt) ſet all on a flame. The ſumme is, ScornfullScornful men are miſchievous inſtruments, both ſtirring up ſeditions and contentions amongſt the people, and …
With rule
… fire in Scripture, Pſal. 11. Pſal. 42. laſt) ſet all on a flame. The ſumme is, ScornfullScornful men are miſchievous inſtruments, both ſtirring up ſeditions and contentions amongſt the people, and …
Daniel Cawdry · The Good Man a Public Good · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… have they been deſerted (I wiſh that were all, yea maligned, ſcoffed at by ScornfullScornful men, hated, oppoſed) even by them that choſe, and imployed them. If men go …
With rule
… have they been deſerted (I wiſh that were all, yea maligned, ſcoffed at by ScornfullScornful men, hated, oppoſed) even by them that choſe, and imployed them. If men go …
Daniel Cawdry · The Good Man a Public Good · p. 34 · Open in the reader

The Power of Godliness B17454

Printed
… doth not serve to bring unto us corporall health. Irreverent speeches against men are; 1. ScornfullScornful nick-names cast upon the Ministers of the Gospel, as the Children that mocked …
With rule
… doth not serve to bring unto us corporall health. Irreverent speeches against men are; 1. ScornfullScornful nick-names cast upon the Ministers of the Gospel, as the Children that mocked …
John Ball · The Power of Godliness · p. 323 · Open in the reader