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DIRECTORY OF OBSCURITY
​The Old, Rare & Unusual
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Obscurity WordMap

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

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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 PEOPLE

• The Word of the People - People Words
• A Woman’s Touch - Female Words
• Scowl of a Scoundrel - Trickster Words​
• A Call for Action - Action Words

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THE WORD OF THE PEOPLE
​Weird People Words

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​Old and Weird Stereotypes
For Men | For Women

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BASEBORN - person of low birth or social standing

BURGESS - a full citizen of a town or borough

COMPEER - a companion or close associate

COTTIER - a rural labourer living in a cottage

CROOKBACK - a person with a hunchback

DANDIPRAT - a young or insignificant person

DORYPHORE - a pedantic and annoyingly persistent critic

CADET - a younger son or daughter

FAINEANT - an idle or ineffective person

FRONDEUR - a political rebel

FROWARD - person difficult to deal with; contrary

GUDGEON - a credulous person

LEMAN - a lover or sweetheart

LURDAN - an idle or incompetent person

MAGE - a magician or learned person

MOONCALF - a foolish person

NITHING - a contemptible or despicable person

PAYNIM - a pagan

SCIOLIST - a person who pretends to be knowledgeable

SLUGABED - a lazy person who stays in bed late

WAITS - street singers of Christmas carols

WHITED SEPULCHRE - a hypocrite

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

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