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DIRECTORY OF OBSCURITY
​The Old, Rare & Unusual
​OBSCURE | WEIRD | OBSOLETE
Obscurity WordMap

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SPECIAL FEATURES

• Obscurity of the Norm
• Resurrection the Obsolete

​WORDS FROM OTHER CATEGORIES

• Obscure Words from Language Category
• Nonsense ~ Gibberish ~ Grandiloquent ~ Oddities ~ Whimsical ~ Quirky ~ Bizarre ~ Sensory ~ Boring ~ Hyphenated​

​ARTICLES FROM THE REFERENCE CORNER Learn about weird and wacky words

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WEIRD AND WACKY

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OBSCURITY OF THE NORM
obscure words for the ordinary & normal
THE GREAT RESURRECTION
bringing the best obsolete words back

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DIRECTORY OF WORDS

​SOME WEIRD THINGS

• Jack of all Trades - Job Words
• A Box of Strange Things - Object Words
• Craving a Tasty Treat - Edible Words
• Freeze a Moment in Time - Time Words
• The Wheel of Fortune - Currency Words

​ OTHER CATEGORIES
PEOPLE​ | PHYSIOLOGY | WORDS | NATURE

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JACK OF ALL TRADES
​Weird Work Words

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APOTHECARY - a person who prepared and sold medicine

BASEBORN - of low birth or social standing

BARD - a poet

BIBLIOPOLE - a dealer in books

CHAPMAN - a peddler

CORDWAINER - a shoemaker

COTTIER - a rural labourer living in a cottage

HORSE-COPER - a person who deals in horses

HUSBANDMAN - a farmer

LEECH - a doctor or healer

MELODIST - a singer

MUMMER - an actor in the theatre

PEELER - a police officer

PIEPOWDER - a traveller or an itinerant merchant or trader

SCHOOLMAN - a teacher

SCULLION - a menial servant

TAPSTER - a person who serves at a bar

TENTER - a person in charge of something, especially factory machinery

TURNKEY - a jailer

UNCLE - a pawnbroker

USHER - an assistant teacher

WOOL-STAPLER - a dealer in wool

WRIGHT - a maker or builder

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The Old, Rare & Unusual
OBSCURE | WEIRD | OBSOLETE
Obscurity WordMap

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