26 December 2018 - LOST ENGLISH WORDS


LOST 
ENGLISH 
WORDS

G'day folks,

Welcome to another list of English words that have fallen by the wayside.



 alogotrophy
n
1753 -1853
excessive nutrition of part of body resulting in deformity
Was he born with that huge head, or is it the result of alogotrophy? 

amandation
n
1656 -1755
act of sending away or dismissing
His rude amandation of his guests earned him a reputation for curtness. 

amarulence
n
1731 -1755
bitterness; spite
After losing her job to a less qualified man, she was full of amarulence. 

amorevolous
adj
1670 -1670
affectionate; loving
Our father, though amorevolous, could be a strict taskmaster at times. 

antipelargy
n
1656 -1731
reciprocal or mutual kindness; love and care of children for their parents
Having never received any antipelargy, they wrote their daughter out of the will. 

apanthropinization
n
1880 -1880
withdrawal from human concerns or the human world
His life as a hermit in the woods was characterized by apanthropinization. 

aporrhoea
n
1646 -1880
a bodily emanation; an effluvium
The evening's revelries were followed by an unfortunate episode of aporrhoea. 

aquabib
n
1731 -1883
water-drinker
I was never much of an aquabib, and always preferred harder libations. 

archigrapher
n
1656 -1656
principal or head secretary or clerk
The archigrapher efficiently designated transcription duties to her underlings. 

archiloquy
n
1656- 1656
first part of a speech
We stopped paying attention during his talk due to his monotonous archiloquy. 

aretaloger
n
1623 -1656
braggart; one who boasts about his own accomplishments
While he seemed nice at first, he turned out to be a loudmouthed aretaloger. 

artigrapher
n
1753 -1753
writer or composer of a grammar; a grammarian
Today's prescriptivists are no better than the artigraphers of the Renaissance. 

ascoliasm
n
1706 -1753
boys' game of beating each other with gloves or leather while hopping
If you think bullies are bad today, look at brutal games of the past like ascoliasm. 

assectation
n
1656 -1656
act of following after something else
She stood in the on-deck circle, her assectation virtually guaranteed. 

austerulous
adj
1731 -1731
somewhat or slightly harsh
The austerulous monks were rarely lenient with their pupils. 

autexousious
adj
1678 -1678
exercising or possessing free will
If we are truly autexousious, then why do we so often feel powerless? 

auturgy
n
1651 -1656
self-action; independent activity
The film director's legendary auturgy frustrated editors and producers alike. 

avunculize
v
1662 -1662
to act as an uncle; to behave like an uncle
I often avunculize to my younger friends, which no doubt annoys them. 

bajulate
v
1613 -1662
to bear a heavy burden
Their Sherpa aides were vexed by the demand that they bajulate as well as guide. 

bimarian
adj
1731 -1731
pertaining to two seas
Some think that America needs to improve its bimarian naval defenses. 

binoternary
adj
1817 -1817
combining binary and trinary aspects
The dots on the '6' face of a die are arranged in a binoternary fashion. 

blateration
n
1656 -1864
chatter; babbling
I've had just about enough of your garrulous blateration, you clod! 

bonifate
adj
1656 -1656
lucky; fortunate
The gambler was too bonifate, and attracted the casino manager's attention. 

Clancy's comment: I guess it's not worth using these in a conversation because most people would think you were speaking a foreign language ... Or, something worse.

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