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In this thread i'll post English words that no one here has heard of or will ever use.

hadeharia
n. constant use of the word “hell”

wittol
n. a man who knows of and tolerates his wife’s infidelity

mumpsimus
n. a view stubbornly held even when shown to be wrong

snobographer
n. one who describes or writes about snobs

uglyography
n. bad handwriting; poor spelling

opiniaster
n. one who obstinately holds to an opinion

afterwit
n. knowledge gained too late to do any good

jentacular
adj. pertaining to breakfast

speustic
adj. baked in haste

omphaloskepsis
n. navel-gazing

growlery
n. a retreat for times of ill humor

ultracrepidate
v. to criticize beyond sphere of one’s knowledge

epalpebrate
adj. lacking eyebrows

jussulent
full of broth or soup

orgiophant
n. one who presides over orgies

snirtle
v. to attempt to suppress one’s laughter

weequashing
n. the spearing of fish or eels by torchlight from canoes

aegrotat
n. a note excusing a student’s sickness

oporopolist
n. a fruit seller

mariturient
adj. eager to marry

dodrantal
adj. of nine inches in length

drollic
adj. of or pertaining to puppet shows

mulomedic
adj. relating to the medical care of mules



I'll periodically update this thread. I've hundreds of them to share.
 
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sinapistic
adj. consisting of mustard


spatchcock
v. to insert into a text too hurriedly


isangelous
equal to the angels


seeksorrow
n. one who contrives to give himself vexation


quercivorous
adj. feeding on oak trees


siagonology
n. the study of jawbones


ichthyarchy
n. the domain or rule of fishes


vicambulate
v. to walk about in the streets


sagittipotent
adj. having great ability in archery


supellectile
adj. of the nature of furniture


stiricide
n. the falling of icicles from a house


quinquiplicate
v. to multiply by five


illeist
n. one who refers to oneself in the third person


ruricolous
adj. living in the country or in fields


tecnolatry
n. worship or idolization of children


tomomania
n. irrational predilection for performing surgery


petrichor
n. pleasant smell accompanying the first rain after a dry spell


cynoclept
n. one who steals dogs


querimonious
adj. full of complaints


salsipotent
adj. ruling the salt seas


sophomania
n. delusion that one is incredibly intelligent


latrocinate
v. to engage in highway robbery


hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
n. fear of long words


astrologaster
n. a foolish or petty astrologer


deipnosophy
n. learned dinner conversation


antichthon
n. hypothetical second Earth on the opposite side of the sun


epopoean
adj. befitting an epic poet


ecdemomania
n. abnormal compulsion for wandering


aboulomania
n. pathological indecisiveness


obnubilate
v. to cloud or obscure


callipygous
adj. having beautiful buttocks


hipparchy
n. rule or control of horses


batology
n. the study of brambles


beblubbered
adj. disfigured by weeping


goluptious
adj. delicious; voluptuous


genethliac
adj. relating to a birthday or to the casting of horoscopes


flimp
v. to rob (someone) while a partner hustles


Ralph
n. the imp of mischief in a printing house


pinguitude
n. fatness


paneity
n. the state of being bread


obumbrate
v. to overshadow


leiotrichy
n. straight-hairedness
 
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Now back to the words.


squabash
v. to crush, smash, defeat


spoffish
adj. fussy, officious


rutilant
adj. shining; glowing ruddily


roscid
adj. dewy


quisby
n. an idler


xanthocomic
adj. yellow-haired


quacksalver
n. one who falsely pretends to knowledge of medicine


borborygmus
n. rumbling noise in the intestines


cuniculous
adj. full of rabbits


estival
adj. of, like or pertaining to summer


hieromachy
a fight or quarrel between priests


griffade
sudden seizure with the claws


whiskerine
n. beard-growing contest


ucalegon
n. a neighbor whose house is on fire


jerque
v. to search for smuggled goods


immerd
v. to cover with excrement


ombibulous
adj. drinking everything


obsolagnium
n. waning sexual desire due to age


epicaricacy
n. taking pleasure in others’ misfortune


cacozelia
n. the use of rare or foreign words to appear learned


tegestologist
n. a collector of beer mats


discalced
adj. without shoes


boanthropy
n. the delusion that one is an ox


vivisepulture
n. burial alive


lethonomia
n. a propensity for forgetting names


groak
v. to stare at a person longingly while he is eating


acapnotic
n. a nonsmoker


deasil
adj. clockwise


abscotchalater
n. one hiding from the police


floccify
v. to consider worthless


infandous
adj. too horrible to mention


preantepenultimate
adj. fourth from last


breedbate
n. one who seeks an argument


dactylconomy
n. the art of counting on one’s fingers


acersecomic
n. a person whose hair has never been cut


gynotikolobomassophilia
n. a proclivity for nibbling on women’s earlobes


elozable
adj. amenable to flattery


gargalesis
n. forceful tickling


cacoepy
n. incorrect pronunciation


dasypygal
adj. having hairy buttocks


cacographic
adj. badly written or spelled


librocubicularist
n. one who reads in bed


abligurition
n. excessive spending on food and drink


misodoctakleidist
n. one who hates practicing the piano


eyeservice
n. work done only while the boss is looking


agelast
n. one who never laughs


nelipot
one who is walking barefoot


gambrinous
adj. full of beer


knipperdollin
n. a fanatical idiot


empleomaniac
n. one who is overly eager to hold public office


unasinous
adj. equally stupid


scombroid
adj. resembling a mackerel


ambisinister
adj. clumsy with both hands; having “two left hands”


unnun
v. to strip a nun of her position or character


dispope
v. to depose from popedom


iatronudia
n. a woman’s pretending to be ill in order to disrobe in front of a doctor


anaxiphilia
n. the act of falling in love with the wrong person
 
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you deleted my last post. you guys are killing this thread.:o:o_O:what::undecided::cuckoo::wave:
 
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antivitruvian
adj. taking pleasure in destroying architectural monuments


agrexophrenia
n. inability to perform sexually due to fear of being overheard


slockster
n. one who entices away another’s servants


swedge
v. to leave without paying one’s bill


windbroach
n. an inferior fiddler


nihilarian
n. a person with a meaningless job


potvaliant
adj. inclined to fight when drunk


dysania
n. difficulty getting out of bed in the morning


xanthodont
n. having yellow teeth


apodyopsis
n. the act of imagining a person naked


shunpike
n. a side road taken to avoid turnpike tolls or traffic


martext
n. a blundering preacher


imparlibidinous
adj. pertaining to an unequal state of desire between two people


inkle
v. to attend a party to which one has not been invited


saulie
n. a hired mourner at a funeral


dyscallignia
n. the dislike of beautiful women


whelve
v. to cover with an inverted bowl


egrote
v. to feign sickness in order to avoid work


jehu
n. a reckless driver


misologist
n. one with a hatred of mental activity


kakopygian
adj. having ugly buttocks


bathycolpian
adj. having deep cleavage


mageira
n. a woman’s sublimation of sexual desire through cooking


bemute
v. to drop dung on from above


parnel
n. the mistress of a priest


amatorculist
n. a pitiful or insignificant lover


darg
n. a day’s work


zenzizenzizenzic
n. a number raised to the eighth power


mislive
v. to lead a wicked life


curglaff
n. the shock felt on plunging into cold water


cingulomania
n. a desire to hold another in one’s arms


basorexia
n. a craving to kiss


vernalagnia
adj. heightened sexual desire in the springtime


adoxography
n. fine writing on a trivial subject


fysigunkus
n. one who lacks curiosity


gamomania
n. an urge to make extravagant wedding proposals


engastration
n. the act of stuffing one bird into another


phobophobia
n. fear of phobias


eccedentesiast
n. one who fakes a smile


psaphonic
n. planning one’s rise to wealth and fame


exsibilation
n. the action of hissing off the stage


opsimath
n. one who studies late in life


decumbiture
n. the act of going to bed when sick


leighster
n. a female liar


agerasia
n. youthful appearance in an old person


neanimorphism
n. the quality of looking younger than one’s age


xenodochial
adj. friendly to strangers


pharology
n. the study of lighthouses


allorgasmia
n. the need during sex to fantasize about a more desirable partner


murcous
adj. lacking a thumb


karoshi
n. death from overwork


mouton enragé
n. a normally peaceful person who has become suddenly enraged or violent

Literally, “angry sheep.”



remontado
n. one who has left civilization and returned to the wilderness


plenilune
n. the full moon


lexiphanic
adj. using pretentious words


vaccimulgence
n. the milking of cows


nosocomial
adj. (of an infection) acquired in a hospital


iatrogenic
adj. (of a medical disorder) caused by a doctor


mammothrept
n. a spoiled child


decemnovenarianize
v. to act like a person of the 19th century


spaneria
n. a scarcity of men


spanogyny
n. a scarcity of women


emacity
n. the urge to spend money


oniomania
n. an uncontrollable desire to buy things


maritorious
adj. fond of one’s husband


lucubrate
v. to study at night


lethologica
n. the inability to remember a word


pogonotrophy
n. the growing of a beard


basial
adj. pertaining to kissing


gammerstang
n. a tall, awkward person, usually a woman


spoffle
v. to make oneself very busy over a matter of very little consequence


gongoozler
n. an idler who stares at activity on a canal


jeofail
n. a lawyer’s mistake


dentiloquy
n. speech through gritted teeth


onymous
adj. not anonymous


muliebrity
n. the state of being a woman


exungulate
v. to pare the nails


onychophagy
n. nail-biting


temulence
n. drunkenness


bablatrice
n. a female babbler


clerisy
n. learned persons as a class; intelligentsia


circumforaneous
adj. wandering from house to house


suggillate
v. to beat black and blue


recumbentibus
n. a knockdown blow


humicubation
n. the act of lying on the ground


gruntle
v. to put in a good humor


xenium
n. a gift given to a guest


barbermonger
n. a vain man
 
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