There are numerous lost words concerning the body, its functions and medical terminology, so I split them into three parts. Thank you to Steven at http://phrontistery.info/clw4.html Aporrhoea 1646 -1880 a bodily emanation; an...
Today's words from http://phrontistery.info/clw.html concern games and hobbies. Rather enlightening as to the types of games allowed in times gone by and others that have endured! Ascoliasm 1706 -1753 boys' game of beating each other with gloves or...
Today's words relate to modes of transport. Airgonaut 1784 -1784 one who journeys through the air Balloonists, skydivers and other airgonauts are all a little mad, if you ask me. Montivagant 1656 -1658 wandering over hills and mountains The...
Alabandical 1656 -1775 barbarous; stupefied from drink His behaviour after the party was positively alabandical. Aretaloger 1623 -1656 braggart; one who boasts about his own accomplishments While he seemed nice at first, he turned out to be a...
In celebration of Valentine's Day, I thought love words were apt for today's post. Thanks again to http://phrontistery.info/clw.html - for such a wonderful source of language. amorevolous 1670 -1670 affectionate; loving - Our father, though...
I hope you are enjoying these 'lost' words. They give us a glimpse at the language of times past. I thank Stephen for allowing me to share them - http://phrontistery.info/clw.html Canitude 1656 -1742 greyness; hoariness; whiteness The first...
bromography 1860 -1860 a treatise on food. It's not enough to write a bromography - today's celebrity chefs need to be on TV! homerkin 1662 -1663 old liquid measure for beer. "I'm so thirsty I could drink a homerkin of beer,"...
Again my thanks to Stephen for allowing me to share his wonderful glossary of lost words. If you are curious why not go and check it out! http://phrontistery.info/clwdef.html Today we have many words that mean writer. They are categorized by the genre or type of...