LOST WORDS
G'day folks,
Welcome to some words that seem to have gone forever.
miliaceous
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adj
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1684
-1890
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like
millet or the millet-seed
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This
miliaceous gift will keep our nation from starvation, but will not appease
us.
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mingent
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adj
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1685
-1685
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discharging
urine
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The
mingent dog amused the children but not the owner of the flower garden.
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misqueme
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v
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1395
-1658
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to
displease; to offend
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If my
actions misqueme you or your friends, you need only leave me alone.
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mitescent
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adj
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1727
-1727
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growing
mild
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You're
becoming mitescent in your old age, and can hardly stomach conflict any more.
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mochlic
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n
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1657
-1753
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drastic
purgative medicine
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This
mochlic remedy is worse than the disease, but at least it will be over
quickly.
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modernicide
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n
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1774
-1774
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killing
or killer of modern people
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While
the Luddites were radical traditionalists, they never engaged in modernicide.
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molrowing
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n
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1860
-1896
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caterwauling;
cavorting with prostitutes
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Her son
is a molrowing vagabond without any social graces, much to her shame.
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montivagant
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adj
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1656
-1658
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wandering
over hills and mountains
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The
montivagant hiker crossed the Alps with ease but was stymied by the Andes.
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morsicant
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adj
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1891
-1891
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producing
the sensation of repeated biting or pricking
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After
sitting for several hours, I had a terrible morsicant pain in my rear end.
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mowburnt
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adj
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1548
-1900
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of
crops, spoiled by becoming overheated
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The
heat wave last August left us with heaps of mowburnt and useless crops.
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mulcible
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adj
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1656
-1656
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able to
be appeased
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Despite
his promises of food, the crowd was not mulcible and began to riot.
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mulomedic
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adj
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1678
-1678
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relating
to the medical care of mules
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The
doctor's mulomedic abilities were of enormous importance to the trek's
success.
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murklins
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in the
dark
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She
stumbled murklins about the house until she found the light switch.
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myriander
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adj
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1693
-1693
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consisting
of ten thousand men
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Her
myriander host of suitors never figured out that she was a lesbian.
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Clancy's comment: I've never heard of most of these, but I have seen a few mingent dogs in my time.
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