ENGLISH WORDS THAT
HAVE DISAPPEARED
G'day folks,
The English language is forever changing, but here are a few words that seem to have slipped from use.
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crocitation |
n |
1623 -1656 |
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croaking; cawing |
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The crocitation of the gulls meant that I got no sleep last night.
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cynicocratical |
adj |
1881 -1881 |
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pertaining to rule by cynics |
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When people mistrust government, our leaders become cynicocratical.
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deartuate |
v |
1623 -1653 |
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to dismember |
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He cunningly hoped that if he deartuated the body, he could hide it in the hole.
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decutient |
adj |
1656 -1656 |
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shaking down; beating down |
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Their decutient technique for getting apples from trees annoyed the farmer.
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defedate |
v |
1669 -1669 |
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to defile; to pollute |
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The toxic chemicals continue to defedate our town's water supply.
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desarcinate |
v |
1656 -1736 |
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to unload; to unburden |
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She haughtily ordered her butler to desarcinate her baggage from the car.
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devalgate |
adj |
1851 -1883 |
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bow-legged |
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The devalgate cowboy watched his old smell-hound crawl between his legs.
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dicaearchy |
n |
1656 -1658 |
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just government |
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While we dream of living in a dicaearchy, in truth, we're governed by dicks.
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diffibulate |
v |
1656 -1656 |
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to unbutton; to unbuckle |
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He found it difficult to diffibulate her blouse using only one hand.
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dignorate |
v |
1623 -1656 |
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to mark or brand an animal |
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He was glad he had dignorated his horse, or else he couldn't have claimed it.
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diloricate |
v |
1623 -1656 |
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to rip open a sewn piece of clothing |
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She diloricated his silk shirts so she could use them as dishrags. |
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Clancy's comment: I bet you are dying to use them in your next book, eh?
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