I recently came across a really cool compendium of old and/or obscure English words that I wanted to share:
http://phrontistery.info/clw1.html
A sampling from the site:
alabandical | adj | 1656 -1775 |
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barbarous; stupefied from drink | ||
His behaviour after the party was positively alabandical. |
alogotrophy | n | 1753 -1853 |
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excessive nutrition of part of body resulting in deformity | ||
Was he born with that huge head, or is it the result of alogotrophy? |
brochity | n | 1623 -1678 |
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projecting or crooked quality of teeth | ||
His parents later regretted that they did not correct his brochity in his youth. |
Unfortunately neither IPA/pronunciations nor etymology is included for the words, but if you're curious and able to access the Oxford English Dictionary Online, perhaps it also contains some of these wonderful terms.
Enjoy!
- Hannah
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