I have always been one to learn new words – a logophile, if you would. Well, I have found myself faced with a list of obscure terms which I have not heard before. So obscure, in fact, that these terms face being delisted from the Collins dictionary.
Here are some of my favorites from the list:
- Compossible Possible in coexistence with something else
- Embrangle To confuse or entangle
- Fatidical Prophetic
- Fubsy Short and stout; squat
- Malison A curse
- Muliebrity The condition of being a woman
- Niddering Cowardly
- Nitid Bright; glistening
- Vaticinate To foretell; prophesy
- Vilipend To treat or regard with contempt
To vote for which words you’d like to save, hit the link. For me, “fubsy” should definitely make the cut.
How you can help to save some cherished words from oblivion – Times Online
