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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 THINGS
PEOPLE | PHYSIOLOGY | WORDS | NATURE
- 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
PEOPLE | PHYSIOLOGY | WORDS | NATURE
FREEZE A MOMENT IN TIME
Weird Time Words
BETIMES - in good time; early
CADUCITY - the infirmity of old age; senility
CLEPSYDRA - an early clock using the flow of water
COCKCROW - dawn
CHILIAD - a thousand things or a thousand years
HODIERNAL - of today
DECIDUOUS - lasting only a short while
ELD - old age
ERE - before (in time)
ESTATE - a particular state, period, or condition in life
EVANESCENT - quickly fading
EVITERNITY - eternal existence or everlasting duration
GLOAMING - dusk
HEREUPON - after or as a result of this
HIE - go quickly
MOON - a month
MORROW - the following day
NIGH - near
SUMMER - a year of a person's age
TARRY - delay leaving
THENCEFORTH - from that time, place, or point onward
TWELVEMONTH - a year
WHILOM - formerly
YORE - of former ties or long ago
CADUCITY - the infirmity of old age; senility
CLEPSYDRA - an early clock using the flow of water
COCKCROW - dawn
CHILIAD - a thousand things or a thousand years
HODIERNAL - of today
DECIDUOUS - lasting only a short while
ELD - old age
ERE - before (in time)
ESTATE - a particular state, period, or condition in life
EVANESCENT - quickly fading
EVITERNITY - eternal existence or everlasting duration
GLOAMING - dusk
HEREUPON - after or as a result of this
HIE - go quickly
MOON - a month
MORROW - the following day
NIGH - near
SUMMER - a year of a person's age
TARRY - delay leaving
THENCEFORTH - from that time, place, or point onward
TWELVEMONTH - a year
WHILOM - formerly
YORE - of former ties or long ago
See Also: A HISTORY OF TIME
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
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Words are also posted on twitter under the hashtags #beautifulwords and #wordoftheday and shared visually on pinterest bulletin boards
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