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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8 February 2021 - ENGLISH WORDS THAT HAVE DISAPPEARED

 

ENGLISH WORDS 

THAT HAVE DISAPPEARED

G'day folks,

Here are some weird and wonderful English words that have disappeared from use.

aretaloger	n	1623 -1656
braggart; one who boasts about his own accomplishments
While he seemed nice at first, he turned out to be a loudmouthed aretaloger.
artigrapher	n	1753 -1753
writer or composer of a grammar; a grammarian
Today's prescriptivists are no better than the artigraphers of the Renaissance.
ascoliasm	n	1706 -1753
boys' game of beating each other with gloves or leather while hopping
If you think bullies are bad today, look at brutal games of the past like ascoliasm.
assectation	n	1656 -1656
act of following after something else
She stood in the on-deck circle, her assectation virtually guaranteed.
austerulous	adj	1731 -1731
somewhat or slightly harsh
The austerulous monks were rarely lenient with their pupils.
autexousious	adj	1678 -1678
exercising or possessing free will
If we are truly autexousious, then why do we so often feel powerless?
auturgy	n	1651 -1656
self-action; independent activity
The film director's legendary auturgy frustrated editors and producers alike.
avunculize	v	1662 -1662
to act as an uncle; to behave like an uncle
I often avunculize to my younger friends, which no doubt annoys them.
bajulate	v	1613 -1662
to bear a heavy burden
Their Sherpa aides were vexed by the demand that they bajulate as well as guide.
bimarian	adj	1731 -1731
pertaining to two seas
Some think that America needs to improve its bimarian naval defenses.
binoternary	adj	1817 -1817
combining binary and trinary aspects
The dots on the '6' face of a die are arranged in a binoternary fashion.
blateration	n	1656 -1864
chatter; babbling
I've had just about enough of your garrulous blateration, you clod!
bonifate	adj	1656 -1656
lucky; fortunate
The gambler was too bonifate, and attracted the casino manager's attention.

 

Clancy's comment: Mm ... what a shame, eh? Our former prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, had a great way of whipping these types of words into a conversation.

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