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DIRECTORY OF OBSCURITY
The Old, Rare & Unusual
OBSCURE | WEIRD | OBSOLETE
Obscurity WordMap
WORD LISTS SPECIAL FEATURES WORDS FROM OTHER CATEGORIES
- Obscure Words from Language Category
- Nonsense ~ Gibberish ~ Grandiloquent ~ Oddities ~ Whimsical ~ Quirky ~ Bizarre ~ Sensory ~ Boring ~ Hyphenated
WEIRD AND WACKY WORDS
strange and bizarre old and rare words
THE GREAT RESURRECTION
bringing the best obsolete words back
OBSCURITY OF THE NORM
The obscure words for normal and everyday things
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MACKLE - a blur
MALAPERT - a saucy attitude
MALINGER - to pretend to be sick
MARGARITACEOUS - mother of pearl
MARTINET - a disciplinarian
MAVOURNEEN - someone you call darling or dear
MEMBRANOPHONE - a drum
MIRABILIA - miracle
MESONOXIAN - midnight
MISOLOGIST - someone who hates school or learning
MISONEISM - hating change
MOIETY - a half
MOGGY - a cat
MULIEBRITY - all woman
MULLIGRUBS - a pissy mood
NABOB - a wealthy influential person
NEDOVTIPA - someone who can’t take a hint
NICTITATE - to wink
NIXIE - undeliverable mail
NOCENT - harmful
NOCEUR - staying up late
NUBILOUS - cloudy or foggy
NULLIFIDIAN - an atheist
NUMMARY - money
OBDORMITION - when your foot falls asleep
OEILLADE - a come hither look
OGDOAD - the number 8
OMPHALOS - the navel
ONIOCHALASIA - someone who is a shopaholic
OPHIDIAN - a snake
OSCITANCY - yawning, being drowsy
OTIOSE - lazy bum
OVERMORROW - the day after tomorrow
OXTER - an armpit
PARANYMPTH - your wingman
PARVENU - extravagant person with new money
PECULATE - to steal
PEDAGOGY - teaching
PEISKOS - the warm feeling from a campfire
PENDWMPIAN - to doze off
PERAMBULATOR - baby carriage
PETTIFOGGERY - a petty fight
PIFFLE - nonsense
PLANTIGRADE - walking into the sole of your foot
PLISKY - a prank
PLONK - cheap wine
PLANTIGRADE - walking into the sole of your foot
POLRUMPTIOUS - rude and disruptive
POPTY PING - microwave
PRINK - to fuss over your appearance in the mirror
PUISSANT- power
QUISLING - a traitor
QUANKED - exhausted
QUISBY - a lazy ass
RAMPIKE - a dead tree
RECTITUDE - moral fiber
REMONTANT - blooming more than once a season
RIANT - cheerful
RISIBILITY - likes to laugh
RUSTICATE - to go to the country
RUSKA - leaves turning color in fall
The Old, Rare & Unusual
OBSCURE | WEIRD | OBSOLETE
Obscurity WordMap
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A SERIES OF BEAUTIFUL WORDS
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Words are also posted on twitter under the hashtags #beautifulwords and #wordoftheday and shared visually on pinterest bulletin boards
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