DIRECTORY OF BEAUTIFUL WORDS
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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
OBSCURITY OF THE NORM
obscure words for the ordinary & normal
THE GREAT RESURRECTION
bringing the best obsolete words back
DIRECTORY OF WORDS
SOME WEIRD WORDS
PEOPLE | PHYSIOLOGY | THINGS | NATURE
- A Word for a Word - Literary Words
- A Bumbling Confusion - Chaos Words
- Weird and Wacky Words - Strange Words
- X Marks the Spot - Letter X Words
PEOPLE | PHYSIOLOGY | THINGS | NATURE
A WORD FOR A WORD
Weird Literary Words
ATTIC SALT - refined, incisive wit
BARDOLATRY - humorous excessive admiration of Shakespeare (‘the Bard of Avon’)
BILLET-DOUX - French a love letter (literally ‘sweet note’)
CHAD - a piece of waste paper produced by punching a hole
COLPORTEUR - a person who peddles books, newspapers, or other writings, especially bibles and religious tracts
CONCINNITY - elegance or neatness of literary or artistic style
COPROLALIA - the involuntary repetitive use of obscene language
DISPRAISE - censure or criticize
EUCATASTROPHE - a happy ending to a story
FUTHARK - the Scandinavian runic alphabet
GARLAND - a literary anthology
INDITE - to write or compose
IZZARD - the letter Z
LOGOMACHY - an argument about words
LUCULENT - (of speech or writing) clearly expressed
MALLAM - a scribe in Nigeria and other parts of Africa
POESY - poetry
PORTOLAN - a book containing sailing directions with hand-drawn charts and descriptions of harbours and coasts
POSY - a short motto or line of verse inscribed inside a ring
PROTHALAMIUM - a song or poem celebrating a wedding
ROUNDELAY -a short, simple song with a refrain
RUBRICATE - to add elaborate capital letters (typically red ones) or other decorations to a manuscript
BARDOLATRY - humorous excessive admiration of Shakespeare (‘the Bard of Avon’)
BILLET-DOUX - French a love letter (literally ‘sweet note’)
CHAD - a piece of waste paper produced by punching a hole
COLPORTEUR - a person who peddles books, newspapers, or other writings, especially bibles and religious tracts
CONCINNITY - elegance or neatness of literary or artistic style
COPROLALIA - the involuntary repetitive use of obscene language
DISPRAISE - censure or criticize
EUCATASTROPHE - a happy ending to a story
FUTHARK - the Scandinavian runic alphabet
GARLAND - a literary anthology
INDITE - to write or compose
IZZARD - the letter Z
LOGOMACHY - an argument about words
LUCULENT - (of speech or writing) clearly expressed
MALLAM - a scribe in Nigeria and other parts of Africa
POESY - poetry
PORTOLAN - a book containing sailing directions with hand-drawn charts and descriptions of harbours and coasts
POSY - a short motto or line of verse inscribed inside a ring
PROTHALAMIUM - a song or poem celebrating a wedding
ROUNDELAY -a short, simple song with a refrain
RUBRICATE - to add elaborate capital letters (typically red ones) or other decorations to a manuscript
The Old, Rare & Unusual
OBSCURE | WEIRD | OBSOLETE
Obscurity WordMap
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A SERIES OF BEAUTIFUL WORDS
Collection of Vocabulary Books, Sites and Resources
Series Homepage | View Sites | Download Books
Words are also posted on twitter under the hashtags #beautifulwords and #wordoftheday and shared visually on pinterest bulletin boards
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Content by Kairos ~ @kairosoflife
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