6 February 2019 - LOST ENGLISH WORDS

LOST ENGLISH WORDS 

G'day folks,

I love finding words that have disappeared. Here are a few more.

chermadic

adj

1842 -1842

of a heavy weight used as a projectile

Wile E. Coyote continues to be crushed by his own chermadic snares.

chronanagram

n

1613 -1882

an anagram of a chronogram

Jacobites used chronanagrams to cryptically express support for their cause.

cibosity

n

1656 -1656

store of food; plenty of food supplies

The cibosities of those paranoid about Y2K are still rotting in their cellars.

circuland

n

1821 -1821

that which is to be circulated

Here we have the circuland, as opposed to our internal earnings report.

circumbilivagination

n

1611 -1693

going around in a circular motion; circumambulation

She saw many quaint seaside towns in her circumbilivagination of England.

citharize

v

1623 -1692

to play the harp

If you plan to citharize, prepare to build up calluses on your fingers.

cloakatively

adv

1674 -1674

superficially

These reforms have only cloakatively made the situation better for the poor.

coherentific

adj

1834 -1834

causing to become coherent; causing cohesion

Her speech was the coherentific factor behind the jury's consensus verdict.

colaphize

v

1450 -1656

to beat or buffet

His lawyer claimed that police had colaphized him, which confused the judge.

commendaces

npl

1611 -1658

funeral orations; prayers for the dead

At his funeral, his brother delivered a set of exquisite commendaces.

coquinate

v

1656 -1658

to behave as a cook

Martha may seem to be able to coquinate, but her actions are highly scripted.

cosmogyral

adj

1808 -1808

whirling round the universe

The great cosmogyral peregrinations of galaxies follow simple physical laws.

crassulent

adj

1656 -1656

very fat; grossly obese

While some point to Brando's crassulent state, others focus on his acting.

crebrity

n

1656 -1740

frequency; period between two occurrences

Old Faithful is a natural clock, and its invariant crebrity continues to amaze.

crocitation

n

1623 -1656

croaking; cawing

The crocitation of the gulls meant that I got no sleep last night.

cynicocratical

adj

1881 -1881

pertaining to rule by cynics

When people mistrust government, our leaders become cynicocratical.

deartuate

v

1623 -1653

to dismember

He cunningly hoped that if he deartuated the body, he could hide it in the hole.  Clancy's comment: Mm ... Is your heart racing? I'm ...