A COLLECTION OF
LOST ENGLISH WORDS
G'day folks,
Welcome to some English words that have slipped through the cracks and disappeared.
canitude
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n
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1656
-1742
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greyness;
hoariness; whiteness
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The
first snowfall of the year gave the field a pleasant canitude.
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caprizant
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adj
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1730
-1736
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of the
pulse, uneven or irregular
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While
he hadn't had a full-blown heart attack, his pulse was very caprizant.
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casitive
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adj
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1652
-1652
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having
grammatical cases
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The
casitive nature of Finnish and Hungarian makes them difficult to learn.
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castaldy
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n
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1623
-1800
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stewardship
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His
castaldy over the manor was dependent on his good relations with the lord's
sons.
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cecograph
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n
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1851
-1874
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writing
device for the blind
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The
development of computers has made the cecograph entirely obsolete.
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celeberrimous
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adj
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1768
-1768
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very or
most highly celebrated
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Her
celeberrimous accomplishments were lauded by her colleagues.
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celeripedean
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adj
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1623
-1656
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swift-footed
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The
most celeripedean of the Greek deities was Hermes.
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cestuan
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adj
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1711
-1711
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of or
pertaining to a boxer's gloves or cesti
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No
cestuan improvements can negate the damage of such blows to the head.
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chermadic
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adj
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1842
-1842
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of a
heavy weight used as a projectile
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Wile E.
Coyote continues to be crushed by his own chermadic snares.
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chronanagram
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n
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1613
-1882
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an
anagram of a chronogram
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Jacobites
used chronanagrams to cryptically express support for their cause.
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cibosity
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n
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1656
-1656
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store
of food; plenty of food supplies
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The
cibosities of those paranoid about Y2K are still rotting in their cellars.
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circuland
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n
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1821
-1821
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that
which is to be circulated
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Here we
have the circuland, as opposed to our internal earnings report.
Clancy's comment: Mm ... any wonder they have fallen by the wayside?
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