I Am Definitely A GYNOTIKOLOBOMASSOPHILE… My Two Youngest Children Are HEBEPHRENIC… I Am A Big Fan Of LIBBERWORT… My Wife Constantly Accuses Me Of MEUPAREUNIA… And I Am Sometimes Guilty Of ONIOCHALASIA.
23 Obscure and Obsolete Words
The average adult recognizes 30,000 to 50,000 words, but only uses 10,000 to 15,000. However, there are actually about 1 million words in the English language, some of which – although obscure, forgotten, or rarely used – are worth reviving.
- BOANTHROPY – A type of insanity in which a man thinks he is an ox.
- CHANTEPLEURE – To sing and weep at the same time.
- DIBBLE – To drink like a duck, lifting up the head after each sip.
- EOSOPHOBIA – Fear of dawn.
- EUGERIA – Normal and happy old age.
- EUNEIROPHRENIA – Peace of mind after a pleasant dream.
- EYESERVICE – Work done only when the boss is watching.
- FELLOWFEEL – To crawl into the skin of another person so as to share his feelings, to empathise with.
- GROAK – To watch people silently while they are eating, hoping they will ask you to join them.
- GYNOTIKOLOBOMASSOPHILE – One who likes to nibble on a woman’s earlobes.
- HEBEPHRENIC – A condition of adolescent silliness.
- IATROGENIC – Illness or disease caused by doctors or by prescribed treatment.
- LAPLING – Someone who enjoys resting in women’s laps.
- LIBBERWORT – Food or drink that makes one idle and stupid, food of no nutritional value, `junk food’.
- MEUPAREUNIA – A sexual act gratifying to only one participant.
- NEANIMORPHIC – Looking younger than one’s years.
- ONIOCHALASIA – Buying as a means of mental relaxation.
- PARNEL – A priest’s mistress.
- PERISTEROPHOBIA – Fear of pigeons.
- PILGARLIC – A bald head that looks like a peeled garlic.
- PREANTEPENULTIMATE – Fourth from last.
- RESISTENTIALISM – Seemingly spiteful behaviour manifested by inanimate objects.
- SUPPEDANEUM – A foot support for crucifix victims.