BEAUTIFULLY OBSCURE WORDS
  • Beautifully Obscure Words
    • Tracing the Etymology of a Word
    • Typing the Typeface of Writing Types
    • WORD LIST: Feelings and Emotions >
      • FEATURE: Our Capacity for Love
    • FEATURED WORD LIST COLLECTIONS
    • BEAUTIFUL WORD LISTS
    • WORD LIST: Translating Your World >
      • Index of Untranslatable Words (Alphabetical)
  • WORD LIST: Rolling Log of Beautiful Words
  • WORD LIST: The Languages From Around the World
    • FEATURE: Words of the World >
      • DEFINING LOVE with a French Romance >
        • Fantastic Flair of Everyday French - Nature
  • IT’S ABOUT TIME! Website Housekeeping
    • FULL SITE INDEX - SITEMAP - All the Beautiful Words
    • A SERIES OF BEAUTIFUL WORDS - My Vocabulary Books and Blogs >
      • Download - The Logophile Lexicon - Words About Words
  • WORD LIST: People, Places and Things
    • To Sleep Perchance to Dream
  • WRITING SYSTEMS
Picture

​SITE NAVIGATION
​
Website - About Site | What’s New? | Feedback | Help
Contact - Email | Twitter | Credit & References
View My Writing Portfolio at www.bykairos.com
  • ​Home Page​​​
  • Full Sitemap - Alphabetical Index of Word Lists
  • ​Index of Topic Sitemaps
​MAIN DIRECTORY TREE
  • Beautiful Word Lists Home - view by topic
  • Featured Word List Collections
  • Download Ultimate Word Guides
  • Word and Literary Reference Corner - language and writing reference resources
MAIN WORD LISTS BY TOPIC
​ ​Beauty of Language & Words - Sitemap | Featured
  • ​​Rolling Web Log of Random Beautiful Words
  • The Rare, Weird, Unusual, and Obscure - Sitemap
  • Bringing Back the Rare, Archaic, & Obsolete
  • The Darker Side of the Moon
​The Universe and the World We Live In
  • From Around The World​ - Sitemap | Featured
  • Translating Your Untranslatable World
  • Saucy Song of Slang - Sitemap
People, Places and Things​ - Featured
  • ​Pondering the Profound
  • Feelings and Crazy Emotions
  • Capacity for Love and Affection - Sitemap
Igniting the Flame of Creative Flow
  • ​Swinging From the Tree of Knowledge
  • Talk is Cheap in Tech Town
​
VOCABULARY BOOKS TO VIEW OR DOWNLOAD
A Series of Beautiful Words - Books, Blogs and Beautiful Words.
Download my vocabulary books or view the content online
​DOWNLOAD BOOKS | VIEW BOOKS ONLINE

MY WORD POSTS - Posting under @kairosoflife
  • ​#BeautifulWords | Pinterest Boards ​

​SEARCH WORDS BELOW or use ADVANCED SEARCH to search this site and content of my vocabulary books
FULL INDEX SITEMAP | INDEX OF TOPIC SITEMAPS
site search by freefind advanced
Picture
Picture
Category Home

ALL SITEMAPS

There are a few sitemaps that help guide you through large collections or collections of related word lists that cross categories.
​

FULL SITE INDEX
WORDS, LINGUISTICS AND WRITING

LANGUAGES AND WORDS OF THE WORLD
THE WORDS OF LOVE AND ROMANCE
THE WEIRD, UNUSUAL WORDS OF OBSCURITY

SLANG, CURSES & INSULTS

Where Do the Words Come From?

learn how I find words and
why I choose them
​

Where do I find all these words? I search the Internet dictionaries, thesauri, word lists, and vocabulary resources but most of my words are found through other logophiles like myself. We are a huge community of word lovers who share our vast collections to discover new words, inspire definition discussion, trace etymology and try to resurrect the archaic words which have been lost over the centuries, I have been a logophile since I learned to read. I received my first dictionary at age 4 and still have it today!

I choose the word of the day based on several factors.
  • Some I find just beautiful, haunting, or attractive. Like the word “ethereal” which is something extremely delicate, light, and not of this world.
  • Some are meaningful to me but most are meaningful to my readers. I read your tweets on Twitter and like to find words that would appeal to you based on your content. Maybe you have experienced ”monochopsis.” It is the subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place. We have all felt this.
  • ​Some are terms that describe someone, something or somewhere. For example, a “logophile” is a person who loves words. A “deipnosophist”is a person who is the best conversationalist at the table.
  • Others are so quirky and fun - these may be new words (what are known as neologisms) and may or may not be in the dictionary. Some may never end up in the dictionary due (words have to be accepted) but they are still used by people. For example, an “askhole” is: someone who asks too many stupid or obnoxious questions.
  • Many words are obscure, rare, obsolete or archaic and I like these the most because you probably have never heard them before. Like for instance, a lanspresado. This is someone who always shows up for a meal or an event without any money to pay for himself! It’s a an obsolete word for moocher from the 17th century.
  • Some are great because they describe feelings or situations that we all experience but didn’t know that there was an actual word for it! For example we all have the urge to curse - that’s called “coprolalia.”
  • And I post untranslatable words. These are words from foreign languages that do not translate into English. We don’t have an equivalent word. For example, ”sobremesa” is the moment after eating when the food is gone but the conversation is still flowing at the table.
  • Finally I post words from around the world. I especially like Greek and Latin words and of course French, Spanish and Italian words. The Japanese and Tagalog languages have beautiful words as well. Like ”kilig” from the Philippines - it refers to the thrilling feeling of butterflies in your stomach when you are attracted to someone.

Picture
This site is a part of
A SERIES OF BEAUTIFUL WORDS BY KAI
The Collection Includes:
Defining the Brain: Website | Downloads (science)
A Beautiful Word: Website | Downloads (rare/obscure)
The Logophile Lexicon: Website | Book (literary)
Defining New Ideas: Website | Book (creativity)


Author Homepage: Bookshelf by Kairos
​Words posted by @kairosoflife on Twitter under the hashtag #beautifulwords and on my vocabulary bulletin boards on Pinterest - Submit Feedback

Original content ​© 2020 Copyright, Kairos.

Picture
A BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED OBSCURE WORD
a site for logophiles and writers & word lovers part of A SERIES OF BEAUTIFUL WORDS
Collection of Vocabulary Books & Blogs
​

Series Homepage | View Sites | Download Books
​Words are also posted on twitter under the hashtags #beautifulwords and on pinterest

Home | Word Lists | Featured Lists

​Never underestimate the strength and power of a beautiful vocabulary

​
Original content ​© 2021 Copyright, Kairos
www.wordsofobscurity.com
Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Beautifully Obscure Words
    • Tracing the Etymology of a Word
    • Typing the Typeface of Writing Types
    • WORD LIST: Feelings and Emotions >
      • FEATURE: Our Capacity for Love
    • FEATURED WORD LIST COLLECTIONS
    • BEAUTIFUL WORD LISTS
    • WORD LIST: Translating Your World >
      • Index of Untranslatable Words (Alphabetical)
  • WORD LIST: Rolling Log of Beautiful Words
  • WORD LIST: The Languages From Around the World
    • FEATURE: Words of the World >
      • DEFINING LOVE with a French Romance >
        • Fantastic Flair of Everyday French - Nature
  • IT’S ABOUT TIME! Website Housekeeping
    • FULL SITE INDEX - SITEMAP - All the Beautiful Words
    • A SERIES OF BEAUTIFUL WORDS - My Vocabulary Books and Blogs >
      • Download - The Logophile Lexicon - Words About Words
  • WORD LIST: People, Places and Things
    • To Sleep Perchance to Dream
  • WRITING SYSTEMS