'Pa Joe's Place' Reviews

4 October 2018 - LOST WORDS




LOST WORDS

G'day folks,

Welcome to some more lost words, and some sample sentences in which they are used.



igniparous
adj
1684 -1684
bringing forth fire
The heroes were scorched by the dragon's igniparous emanation. 

impigrity
n
1623 -1721
quickness; speed
The impigrity of the contract's signing led to vexing legal wranglings. 

improcerous
adj
1656 -1658
low; short
The coffee table was much too improcerous to be of any real use. 

incabinate
v
1672 -1672
to enclose in a cabin; to confine
The solution to her writer's block was to incabinate herself at her country villa. 

ingeniculation
n
1623 -1658
bending of the knee
His ingeniculation was in vain, and she turned away in disgust, never to return. 

ingordigious
adj
1637 -1734
greedy; avaricious
Your ingordigious ways are cruel and heartless; charity is the path to joy. 

inocciduous
adj
1656 -1658
of a star, never setting
Polaris was his inocciduous guide as he trekked across the Great Plains. 

inobligality
n
1663 -1663
quality of not being obligatory
Granting the inobligality of bringing a gift to the party, it is still polite to do so. 

interfation
n
1656 -1658
act of interrupting another while speaking
His boorish interfations were ill-received at the academic lecture. 

inveteratist
n
1715 -1715
opponent of reform; one who inveterately holds to tradition
The golf course's manager, being an inveteratist, continued to refuse women entry. 

ipsographic
adj
1817 -1817
self-recording
He used the CD burner primarily for ipsographic purposes. 

irredivivous
adj
1656 -1656
unable to be revived
Despite Dr. House's best effort, the patient remained irredivivous. 

isangelous
adj
1768 -1774
equal to the angels
I've had just about enough of her isangelous and self-righteous diatribes. 

jecorary
adj
1684 -1684
of or relating to the liver
The alcoholic's refusal to seek treatment caused him no end of jecorary trouble. 

jobler
n
1662 -1662
one who does small jobs
We've found a great jobler who takes care of our repairs quickly and cheaply. 

jumperism
n
1800 -1876
principles of a jumping Methodist sect
While snake-handling is ridiculous, it is no worse than jumperism or the stylites. 

jungible
adj
1656 -1656
that may be joined
The trailers are jungible by means of a complex hitching system. 

jussulent
adj
1656 -1658
full of broth or soup
The bubbling of the jussulent cauldron and the crackling of the campfire soothed her. 

kalotypography
n
1834 -1834
beautiful printing
Medieval manuscripts are attractive, but modern kalotypography surely surpasses them. 



 Clancy's comment: Mm ... One can understand why they have slipped through the cracks.

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