31 January 2021 - ENGLISH WORDS THAT HAVE FALLEN OFF THE RADAR

 

ENGLISH WORDS THAT 

HAVE FALLEN OFF THE RADAR

G'day folks,

Welcome to some more of those rare words that have disappeared from use.




 airgonaut

n

1784 -1784

one who journeys through the air

Balloonists, skydivers and other airgonauts are all a little mad, if you ask me. 

 

alabandical

adj

1656 -1775

barbarous; stupefied from drink

His behaviour after the party was positively alabandical. 

 

albedineity

n

1652 -1652

whiteness

The monotonous albedineity of the snow-covered field was blinding. 

 

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. 

 


Clancy's comment: Mm ... I'm speechless. The last word would be very applicable to most politicians. Just sayin' ...

 I'm ...

 










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