19 March 2020 - LOST ENGLISH WORDS

 LOST ENGLISH WORDS

G'day folks,

The English language is evolving all the time. Check out these words that seem to have disappeared from use.

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.
cagastric	adj	1662 -1753
of diseases, originating under an ill star
We no longer believe in cagastric causes for illness and deformity.
cameranious	adj	1791 -1791
of or relating to a chamber
The social gathering benefited from the cozy, cameranious setting.  Clancy's comment: Is it any wonder they have fallen by the wayside? I'm ...

4 October 2018 - LOST WORDS

LOST WORDS

G'day folks,

Welcome to some more lost words, and some sample sentences in which they are used.

igniparous	adj	1684 -1684
bringing forth fire
The heroes were scorched by the dragon's igniparous emanation.
impigrity	n	1623 -1721
quickness; speed
The impigrity of the contract's signing led to vexing legal wranglings.
improcerous	adj	1656 -1658
low; short
The coffee table was much too improcerous to be of any real use.
incabinate	v	1672 -1672
to enclose in a cabin; to confine
The solution to her writer's block was to incabinate herself at her country villa.
ingeniculation	n	1623 -1658
bending of the knee
His ingeniculation was in vain, and she turned away in disgust, never to return.
ingordigious	adj	1637 -1734
greedy; avaricious
Your ingordigious ways are cruel and heartless; charity is the path to joy.
inocciduous	adj	1656 -1658
of a star, never setting
Polaris was his inocciduous guide as he trekked across the Great Plains.
inobligality	n	1663 -1663
quality of not being obligatory
Granting the inobligality of bringing a gift to the party, it is still polite to do so.
interfation	n	1656 -1658
act of interrupting another while speaking
His boorish interfations were ill-received at the academic lecture.
inveteratist	n	1715 -1715
opponent of reform; one who inveterately holds to tradition
The golf course's manager, being an inveteratist, continued to refuse women entry.
ipsographic	adj	1817 -1817
self-recording
He used the CD burner primarily for ipsographic purposes.
irredivivous	adj	1656 -1656
unable to be revived
Despite Dr. House's best effort, the patient remained irredivivous.
isangelous	adj	1768 -1774
equal to the angels
I've had just about enough of her isangelous and self-righteous diatribes.
jecorary	adj	1684 -1684
of or relating to the liver
The alcoholic's refusal to seek treatment caused him no end of jecorary trouble.
jobler	n	1662 -1662
one who does small jobs
We've found a great jobler who takes care of our repairs quickly and cheaply.
jumperism	n	1800 -1876
principles of a jumping Methodist sect
While snake-handling is ridiculous, it is no worse than jumperism or the stylites.
jungible	adj	1656 -1656
that may be joined
The trailers are jungible by means of a complex hitching system.
jussulent	adj	1656 -1658
full of broth or soup
The bubbling of the jussulent cauldron and the crackling of the campfire soothed her.
kalotypography	n	1834 -1834
beautiful printing
Medieval manuscripts are attractive, but modern kalotypography surely surpasses them.   Clancy's comment: Mm ... One can understand why they have slipped through the cracks. I'm ...