7 January 2019 - LOST ENGLISH WORDS

LOST ENGLISH WORDS

G'day folks,

Time to post some words that have gone by the wayside.

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.
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.
canitude	n	1656 -1742
greyness; hoariness; whiteness
The first snowfall of the year gave the field a pleasant canitude.
caprizant	adj	1730 -1736
of the pulse, uneven or irregular
While he hadn't had a full-blown heart attack, his pulse was very caprizant.
casitive	adj	1652 -1652
having grammatical cases
The casitive nature of Finnish and Hungarian makes them difficult to learn.
castaldy	n	1623 -1800
stewardship
His castaldy over the manor was dependent on his good relations with the lord's sons.
cecograph	n	1851 -1874
writing device for the blind
The development of computers has made the cecograph entirely obsolete.
celeberrimous	adj	1768 -1768
very or most highly celebrated
Her celeberrimous accomplishments were lauded by her colleagues.
celeripedean	adj	1623 -1656
swift-footed
The most celeripedean of the Greek deities was Hermes.
cestuan	adj	1711 -1711
of or pertaining to a boxer's gloves or cesti
No cestuan improvements can negate the damage of such blows to the head.

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10 December 2018 - LOST ENGLISH WORDS

LOST 

ENGLISH

 WORDS

G'day folks,

Welcome to another collection of words that have gone missing.

acrasial	adj	1851 -1851
ill-regulated; ill-tempered
The acrasial judge was known for her rants against younger lawyers.
addecimate	v	1612 -1755
to tithe
They addecimated regularly but were not otherwise known for their charity.
adimpleate	v	1657 -1657
to fill up
The new technique adimpleates the cans with milk through injection.
adnascentia	npl	1706 -1731
root-like branches that sprout into the earth from a plant's stem
Every winter, the adnascentia would shift around, destroying the lawn's even texture.
aeipathy	n	1847 -1853
continued passion; an unyielding disease
Her aeipathy for stamp collecting bordered at times on the pathological.
affictitious	adj	1656 -1656
feigned; counterfeit
The forger was caught despite his masterfully-crafted affictitious signatures.
affuage	n	1753 -1847
right to cut wood in a forest for family fire
The family's right of affuage ensured they would have enough wood for winter.
agonarch	n	1656 -1656
judge of a contest or activity
Our competition will require six agonarchs to ensure fairness.
agonyclite	n	1710 -1710
member of a heretical sect that stood rather than kneeled while praying
Agonyclites must have had hardy feet to endure their services.
airgonaut	n	1784 -1784
one who journeys through the air
Balloonists, skydivers and other airgonauts are all a little mad, if you ask me.
alabandical	adj	1656 -1775
barbarous; stupefied from drink
His behaviour after the party was positively alabandical.
albedineity	n	1652 -1652
whiteness
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