11 August 2021 - ENGLISH WORDS THAT HAVE DISAPPEARED

 

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.

 

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. 

 

decutient

adj

1656 -1656

shaking down; beating down

Their decutient technique for getting apples from trees annoyed the farmer. 

 

defedate

v

1669 -1669

to defile; to pollute

The toxic chemicals continue to defedate our town's water supply. 

 

desarcinate

v

1656 -1736

to unload; to unburden

She haughtily ordered her butler to desarcinate her baggage from the car. 

 

devalgate

adj

1851 -1883

bow-legged

The devalgate cowboy watched his old smell-hound crawl between his legs. 

 

dicaearchy

n

1656 -1658

just government

While we dream of living in a dicaearchy, in truth, we're governed by dicks. 

 

diffibulate

v

1656 -1656

to unbutton; to unbuckle

He found it difficult to diffibulate her blouse using only one hand. 

 

dignorate

v

1623 -1656

to mark or brand an animal

He was glad he had dignorated his horse, or else he couldn't have claimed it. 

 

diloricate

v

1623 -1656

to rip open a sewn piece of clothing

She diloricated his silk shirts so she could use them as dishrags.

 

Clancy's comment: I bet you are dying to use them in your next book, eh?

I'm ...

 



 

 

 


 

 

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