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DIRECTORY OF OBSCURITY
The Old, Rare & Unusual
OBSCURE | WEIRD | OBSOLETE
Obscurity WordMap
WORD LISTS SPECIAL FEATURES WORDS FROM OTHER CATEGORIES ARTICLES FROM THE REFERENCE CENTER:
WEIRD AND WACKY WORDS
strange and bizarre old and rare words
OBSCURITY OF THE NORM
obscure words for the ordinary & normal
THE GREAT RESURRECTION
bringing the best obsolete words back
LEARN ABOUT OBSCURE WORDS
The Word Reference Corner
People Will Always Slap Labels on Each Other
AEOLIST - someone who is a pompous bore who pretends to have inspiration.
AFTERCLAPPER - someone who is clapping after everyone else stops.
AGELAST - a person who never laughs.
AGOG - someone who is highly excited by curiosity, eagerness or anticipation.
ANCHORITE - someone who has retired into seclusion for religious reasons.
BATTOLOGIST - someone who repeats the same thing needlessly
BAWBAG - someone who is stupid.
BEAMISH - Someone who is bright and cheery.
BLAGUER - someone who talks pretentiously.
BLESILOQUENT - someone who speaks with a lisp or a stammer.
BLOVIATE - someone who speaks in a pompous or overbearing way.
BOGGLISH - someone who is uncertain, doubtful or a wee bit skittish about something.
BOUQUINIST - someone who deals in second-hand books.
CABOTIN - a quack Doctor
CALLIPYGIAN - someone with a perfect behind.
CEREOLOGIST - someone who specializes in investigating crop circles.
CHADBAND - someone who is hypocritical.
CHURLISH - someone who is rude, boorish and vulgar.
COULROPHOBE - someone afraid of clowns.
COUTHY - a warm and friendly person (Scottish term).
CUMBER-GROUND - someone who just takes up space.
DEIPNOSOPHIST - master at the art of fine dining. Or, a good conservationist at meals.
DEUTEROGAMIST - someone who marries for a second time.
DIGLOT - bilingual person.
DOOLALLY - someone who is insane, irrational or crazy
ECCEDENTESIAST - someone who fakes a smile.
ERINACEOUS - someone with prickly or bristly manners.
EPIROT - someone who lives inland and not on the coastal shores.
FAGIN - someone who trains others in crime, esp. children.
FAINEANT - someone who is a do-nothing, loafer; or, someone who is idle.
FAITOUR - a cheat, an imposter.
FAROUCHE - someone with a fierce and wild cranky temperament.
FLAMFOO - a woman who wears gaudy outfits but thinks she is fashionable
FRANION - a habitual pleasure seeker
FUNAMBULIST - a tightrope walker. Figuratively it means someone who thinks quick on his feet.
FUSTILUG - an ill-natured and foul person
GABERLUNZIE - a harmless hobo or wandering beggar.
GALOOT - an awkward and eccentric person.
GAMMERSTANG - a tall, awkward woman.
GILLY-GAUPUS - awkward person, foolish or silly person.
GONGOOZLER - an idle person or rubbernecker.
GRADGRIND - someone who is interested in only the cold, hard facts.
HODDYPEAK - someone who embraces the lack of sophistication.
HONEYFUGGLER - someone who deceives with sweet talk.
ILLECEBROUS - someone who is pretty, attractive , alluring.
IMPERTURBABLE - someone who is calm and steady.
IMPISH - someone mischievous or inclined to do naughty things.
INANILOQUENT - someone prone to foolish talk.
INCOMPT - someone with grace and eloquence.
INSOUCIANT - someone who is free from anxiety or concern.
PARANYMPH - someone who advocates for another in matters of love.
PEACOCKER - someone who is acting flashy and flamboyant in order to attract someone.
PERSNICKETY - someone who is excessively precise with attention to detail. Fussy.
PHILOPHOBE - someone afraid of falling in love.
PHLYAROLOGIST - someone who talks gibberish or nonsense.
POLYHISTOR - well-educated person; widely learned.
PRONK - weak or foolish person.
QUAINTRELLE - well-dressed woman.
QUISQUOUS - difficult man to deal with.
RHYPAROGRAPHER - artist whose subject matter is sorrowful or unpleasant topics.
SCARAMOUCHE - cowardly buffoon.
SCOFFLAW - someone who contemptuously breaks the law, especially a law that's difficult to enforce.
SISYPHEAN - someone who is difficult to the point of futility.
SLACKUMTRANCE - slovenly dirty woman.
SNOLLYGOSTER - dishonest politician, especially shrewd or calculating.
SYBARITE - person who is devoted to the life of luxury and sensual pleasure.
SYCOPHANT - informer. Could also mean a slanderer.
TOMMYROT - someone full of utter nonsense or foolishness.
TROGLODYTE - person who is primitive and brutal
VULGARIAN - a vulgar person, especially one with good breeding and should know better
WASTREL - wasteful person
WAZZOCK - a bumbling idiot. Also called a numpty.
WHIFFLER - someone who frequently changes their opinions or viewpoints.
WINDBAGGER - someone who talks at length about nothing.
WINSOME - someone who is attractive and appealing.
YONDERLY - someone who is distant, vacant or absentminded
XANTHIPPE - an ill-tempered woman.
AFTERCLAPPER - someone who is clapping after everyone else stops.
AGELAST - a person who never laughs.
AGOG - someone who is highly excited by curiosity, eagerness or anticipation.
ANCHORITE - someone who has retired into seclusion for religious reasons.
BATTOLOGIST - someone who repeats the same thing needlessly
BAWBAG - someone who is stupid.
BEAMISH - Someone who is bright and cheery.
BLAGUER - someone who talks pretentiously.
BLESILOQUENT - someone who speaks with a lisp or a stammer.
BLOVIATE - someone who speaks in a pompous or overbearing way.
BOGGLISH - someone who is uncertain, doubtful or a wee bit skittish about something.
BOUQUINIST - someone who deals in second-hand books.
CABOTIN - a quack Doctor
CALLIPYGIAN - someone with a perfect behind.
CEREOLOGIST - someone who specializes in investigating crop circles.
CHADBAND - someone who is hypocritical.
CHURLISH - someone who is rude, boorish and vulgar.
COULROPHOBE - someone afraid of clowns.
COUTHY - a warm and friendly person (Scottish term).
CUMBER-GROUND - someone who just takes up space.
DEIPNOSOPHIST - master at the art of fine dining. Or, a good conservationist at meals.
DEUTEROGAMIST - someone who marries for a second time.
DIGLOT - bilingual person.
DOOLALLY - someone who is insane, irrational or crazy
ECCEDENTESIAST - someone who fakes a smile.
ERINACEOUS - someone with prickly or bristly manners.
EPIROT - someone who lives inland and not on the coastal shores.
FAGIN - someone who trains others in crime, esp. children.
FAINEANT - someone who is a do-nothing, loafer; or, someone who is idle.
FAITOUR - a cheat, an imposter.
FAROUCHE - someone with a fierce and wild cranky temperament.
FLAMFOO - a woman who wears gaudy outfits but thinks she is fashionable
FRANION - a habitual pleasure seeker
FUNAMBULIST - a tightrope walker. Figuratively it means someone who thinks quick on his feet.
FUSTILUG - an ill-natured and foul person
GABERLUNZIE - a harmless hobo or wandering beggar.
GALOOT - an awkward and eccentric person.
GAMMERSTANG - a tall, awkward woman.
GILLY-GAUPUS - awkward person, foolish or silly person.
GONGOOZLER - an idle person or rubbernecker.
GRADGRIND - someone who is interested in only the cold, hard facts.
HODDYPEAK - someone who embraces the lack of sophistication.
HONEYFUGGLER - someone who deceives with sweet talk.
ILLECEBROUS - someone who is pretty, attractive , alluring.
IMPERTURBABLE - someone who is calm and steady.
IMPISH - someone mischievous or inclined to do naughty things.
INANILOQUENT - someone prone to foolish talk.
INCOMPT - someone with grace and eloquence.
INSOUCIANT - someone who is free from anxiety or concern.
PARANYMPH - someone who advocates for another in matters of love.
PEACOCKER - someone who is acting flashy and flamboyant in order to attract someone.
PERSNICKETY - someone who is excessively precise with attention to detail. Fussy.
PHILOPHOBE - someone afraid of falling in love.
PHLYAROLOGIST - someone who talks gibberish or nonsense.
POLYHISTOR - well-educated person; widely learned.
PRONK - weak or foolish person.
QUAINTRELLE - well-dressed woman.
QUISQUOUS - difficult man to deal with.
RHYPAROGRAPHER - artist whose subject matter is sorrowful or unpleasant topics.
SCARAMOUCHE - cowardly buffoon.
SCOFFLAW - someone who contemptuously breaks the law, especially a law that's difficult to enforce.
SISYPHEAN - someone who is difficult to the point of futility.
SLACKUMTRANCE - slovenly dirty woman.
SNOLLYGOSTER - dishonest politician, especially shrewd or calculating.
SYBARITE - person who is devoted to the life of luxury and sensual pleasure.
SYCOPHANT - informer. Could also mean a slanderer.
TOMMYROT - someone full of utter nonsense or foolishness.
TROGLODYTE - person who is primitive and brutal
VULGARIAN - a vulgar person, especially one with good breeding and should know better
WASTREL - wasteful person
WAZZOCK - a bumbling idiot. Also called a numpty.
WHIFFLER - someone who frequently changes their opinions or viewpoints.
WINDBAGGER - someone who talks at length about nothing.
WINSOME - someone who is attractive and appealing.
YONDERLY - someone who is distant, vacant or absentminded
XANTHIPPE - an ill-tempered woman.
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