LOST ENGLISH WORDS
G'day folks,
I love finding words that have disappeared. Here are a few more.
chermadic
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adj
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1842
-1842
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of a
heavy weight used as a projectile
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Wile E.
Coyote continues to be crushed by his own chermadic snares.
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chronanagram
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n
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1613
-1882
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an
anagram of a chronogram
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Jacobites
used chronanagrams to cryptically express support for their cause.
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cibosity
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n
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1656
-1656
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store
of food; plenty of food supplies
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The
cibosities of those paranoid about Y2K are still rotting in their cellars.
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circuland
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n
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1821
-1821
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that
which is to be circulated
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Here we
have the circuland, as opposed to our internal earnings report.
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circumbilivagination
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n
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1611
-1693
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going
around in a circular motion; circumambulation
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She saw
many quaint seaside towns in her circumbilivagination of England.
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citharize
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v
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1623
-1692
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to play
the harp
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If you
plan to citharize, prepare to build up calluses on your fingers.
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cloakatively
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adv
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1674
-1674
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superficially
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These
reforms have only cloakatively made the situation better for the poor.
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coherentific
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adj
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1834
-1834
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causing
to become coherent; causing cohesion
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Her
speech was the coherentific factor behind the jury's consensus verdict.
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colaphize
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v
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1450
-1656
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to beat
or buffet
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His
lawyer claimed that police had colaphized him, which confused the judge.
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commendaces
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npl
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1611
-1658
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funeral
orations; prayers for the dead
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At his
funeral, his brother delivered a set of exquisite commendaces.
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coquinate
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v
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1656
-1658
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to
behave as a cook
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Martha
may seem to be able to coquinate, but her actions are highly scripted.
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cosmogyral
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adj
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1808
-1808
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whirling
round the universe
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The
great cosmogyral peregrinations of galaxies follow simple physical laws.
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crassulent
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adj
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1656
-1656
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very
fat; grossly obese
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While
some point to Brando's crassulent state, others focus on his acting.
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crebrity
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n
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1656
-1740
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frequency;
period between two occurrences
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Old
Faithful is a natural clock, and its invariant crebrity continues to amaze.
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crocitation
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n
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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
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adj
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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
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v
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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.
Clancy's comment: Mm ... Is your heart racing?
I'm ...
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