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?

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24 February 2021 - ENGLISH WORDS THAT HAVE BEEN LOST

 

ENGLISH WORDS 

THAT HAVE BEEN LOST

 

G'day folks,

Welcome to some English words that have lost their use.

 

boreism
	n	1833 -1839
behaviour of a boring person
The professor, while brilliant, was afflicted by boreism when lecturing.
boscaresque	adj	1734 -1734
picturesque; scenically wooded
Despite northern England's industrial pollution, parts of it remain boscaresque.
brabeum	n	1675 -1675
reward or prize
Without some brabeum, the students will have no incentive to work harder.
brephophagist	n	1731 -1875
one who eats babies
The character Fat Bastard is a disgustingly obese Scottish brephophagist.
brochity	n	1623 -1678
projecting or crooked quality of teeth
His parents later regretted that they did not correct his brochity in his youth.
bromography	n	1860 -1860
a treatise on food
It's not enough to write a bromography - today's celebrity chefs need to be on TV!
bubulcitate	v	1623 -1678
to act as a cowherd; to cry like a cowherd
When their cat went missing, they were on the street bubulcitating for weeks.
buccellation	n	1657 -1731
act of dividing into small morsels
The buccellation and apportionment of their rations was the subject of heated argument.
bumposopher	n	1834 -1886
one learned in bumps; a phrenologist
Craniology has progressed greatly since the days of bumposophers.
cacatory	adj	1684 -1753
accompanied by loose bowels
For the diners, the effects of the chicken cacciatore, alas, were cacatory.
cacozealous	adj	1656 -1696
imitating badly; poorly affected
Her cacozealous attempt at mimicking her boss bordered on being offensive.     Clancy's comment: Mm ... some of these are extraordinary.

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