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DIRECTORY OF OBSCURITY
​The Old, Rare & Unusual
OBSCURE | WEIRD | OBSOLETE
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​Death March for an Obsolete Word
Classifying Words by Usage - New to Obsolete
​Ye Olde Fossils Keep On Kicking
​Tracing the Etymology of a Word

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​CADUCITY - the infirmity of old age; senility

CALLIPYGIAN - used in the 1640s it means to have beautifully shaped buttocks.

COCKALORUM - a braggart, a person with an overly high opinion of himself.

CRAPULOUS - describes that feeling you get when you realize you’ve eaten and/or drank yourself sick.

CURMURING - loud rumbling of your stomach

FANDANGLE - a useless or purely ornamental thing

FIZGIG - a silly or flirtatious young woman

GRIMALKIN - a cat

GROAK - to silently watch someone while they are eating, hoping to be invited to join them

GROG-BLOSSOM - the rosy red hue of an alcoholic’s nose.

HODDYPEAK - a fool, simpleton, noodle, blockhead.

HORNSWOGGLE - to scam or con.

HOUPPELANDE - refers to a cloak worn during the Middle Ages

HUGGER-MUGGER - to act in a secretive manner

JARGOGLE - to confuse or jumble

JIRBLE - to pour out liquid with an unsteady hand

QUAGSWAGGING - the action of shaking to and fro.

QUOCKERWODGER - from the 1850s, refers to a wooden puppet that was controlled by strings.

RAPSCALLION - a sneaky or mischievous person

SANGUINOLENCY - addiction to bloodshed.

SCAPEGRACE - a mischievous person; a rascal

SLUBERDEGULLION - slacker; couch potato

SLUGABED - a lazy person who stays in bed late

SNOUTFAIR - an attractive woman. Comes from the 1500s.

ZENZIZENZIZENZIC - means to the power of eight. In the 16th century, when people explained it to one another, they’d say - “It doth represent the square of squares quite squarely.”

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Obscurity WordMap

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