If you’re confused as to how to answer any – or all – of these questions, never fear! We’ve created this confusion, and we’re here to clear it up with this alphabetical list of 26 weird English words and their meanings.
Do you have a favorite weird word in English or any other language? Drop us the word and definition in the comments section below!
agastopia
n. – admiration of a particular part of someone’s bodybibble
v. – to drink often; to eat and/or drink noisilycabotage
n. – coastal navigation; the exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its bordersNOT: v. – to sabotage with cabbage and/or Vermont Cabot Cheese
doodle sack
n. – old English word for bagpipeerinaceous
adj. – of, pertaining to, or resembling a hedgehogAlthough she won’t know what it means, never, ever tell your date Erin that she is “looking quite erinaceous this evening.”
firman
n. – in Turkey and some other Oriental countries, a decree or mandate issued by the sovereigngabelle
n. – a tax on salthalfpace
n. – a platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flightimpignorate
v. – to pawn or mortgage somethingNOT: v. – to impregnate a pig
jentacular
adj. – pertaining to breakfastkakorrhaphiophobia
n. – fear of failureThis is the last word that someone with kakorrhaphiophobia would want to encounter in a spelling bee.
lamprophony
n. – loudness and clarity of enunciationmacrosmatic
adj. – having a good sense of smellnudiustertian
n. – the day before yesterdayNOT: n. – a martian nudist
oxter
n. – outdated word meaning “armpit”NOT: n. – a creature that is half ox, half otter
pauciloquent
adj. – uttering few words; brief in speechIf you had to figure out how to use this word in context, you probably wouldn’t say much either.
quire
n. – two dozen sheets of paperratoon
n. – small shoot growing from the root of a plantNOT: n. – the offspring of interbreeding rats and raccoons
salopettes
n. – high-waisted skiing pants with shoulder strapstittynope
n. – a small quantity of something left overUndoubtedly the biggest eyebrow-raiser on this list!
ulotrichous
adj. – having wooly or crispy hairFirst time you’ve heard this word? It’s probably a good indication that you don’t have wooly or crispy hair. Or that you do, and nobody uses this word anymore.
valetudinarian
n. – a sickly or weak person, especially one who is constantly and morbidly concerned with his or her healthThink – “the valedictorian of hypochondriacs”
winklepicker
n. – style of shoe or boot in the 1950s with a sharp and long pointed toeA close second to “tittynope” in the eyebrow-raiser category
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