Favorite Obscure Words

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  • denfrank
    denfrank Posts: 18 Member
    kertwang
  • wildrose53
    wildrose53 Posts: 1,342 Member
    Quercetum
  • icupkn3
    icupkn3 Posts: 39
    Agraffe



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  • janegalt37
    janegalt37 Posts: 270 Member
    Gauche

    or

    Gaucheness
  • janegalt37
    janegalt37 Posts: 270 Member
    I was thinking of this last night, when I was trying to fall asleep.
    I can't think of obscure words off of the top of my head, because they wouldn't be obscure.
    I can only come across obscure words in my reading or while observing speech.
    Therefore, this is a necromancy thread. It will be revived every time one of the strange and few of us think of/see/hear an obscure word.
    Love. It.
  • Kaelakcr
    Kaelakcr Posts: 505 Member
    Transcendental
    Preternatural
    Aria
    Fugue
    Snollygoster :D
  • LeonXC
    LeonXC Posts: 68
    Laparohysterosalpingoophorectomy.

    A small incision into the abdominal wall for the removal of the uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries.
  • xMermaidx
    xMermaidx Posts: 142 Member
    Palindrome is one of my very favorites! Polyglot. Polemic.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    the "f" word...i wish it would come out of hiding. sometimes nothing else says it the same!
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    Petrichor

    is the scent of rain on dry earth, or the scent of dust after rain. The word is constructed from Greek, petros, meaning ‘stone’ + ichor, the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology. It is defined as "the distinctive scent which accompanies the first rain after a long warm dry spell".

    One of my favourite scents. I'm pleased to learn that it has a name. :flowerforyou: :smile:
    Ugh! That smell literally chokes me. I cannot stand it. I am vexed that there is a word for it. I'm terribly vexed. :angry:

    My contribution for today is "concupiscent".

    i saw a fb challenge pic today that this word reminds me of
  • xMermaidx
    xMermaidx Posts: 142 Member
    Also love conundrum. And "scantily clad", I know what it means but those two words are totally obscure to me.
  • icupkn3
    icupkn3 Posts: 39
    Would a conondrum be like the Papa John's Pizza ads on MFP home page????
  • larrodarro
    larrodarro Posts: 2,512 Member
    Penultimate. Watching F1 racing can improve your vocabulary. But we are not even through the summer break, so no where near the penultimate race for this season.

    Larro
  • icupkn3
    icupkn3 Posts: 39
    Yeap, what Larro said:drinker:
  • mygnsac
    mygnsac Posts: 13,413 Member
    Tripindicular. I was a teen when valley girl speak was in. Hated it, but every once in a while I'll throw out a tripindicular.
  • VBnotbitter
    VBnotbitter Posts: 820 Member
    efficacious
    moribund
    obtunded

    I cant think of more because I am suffering from post-prandial lassitude
  • mygnsac
    mygnsac Posts: 13,413 Member
    Discombobulate is another one. I'm usually discombobulated about one thing or another!
  • JasmineJYJ
    JasmineJYJ Posts: 44
    Luciferous and Nodus Tollens
  • TLwineguzzler
    TLwineguzzler Posts: 289 Member
    antidisestablishmentarianism
    floccinaucinihilipilification

    the last one especially reminds me of my dad :heart:
  • Kristle582
    Kristle582 Posts: 38 Member
    Paterophobia- Fear of the early church fathers.
    I have only heard one person use this word.
  • TheArchyBunker
    TheArchyBunker Posts: 1,967 Member
    Peacock
  • DenDweller
    DenDweller Posts: 1,438 Member
    I got called out for using "cogitate" in another thread. :blushing:

    "Ubiquitous" is one I like to work into conversations too.


    Edit: Added quotation marks for readability.
  • ChildrenCryinNCoffee
    ChildrenCryinNCoffee Posts: 477 Member
    "Paradox", "Enigma", and "Fluffer"

    >.<
  • ChildrenCryinNCoffee
    ChildrenCryinNCoffee Posts: 477 Member
    Oh and "Coitus" ;)
  • Joannah700
    Joannah700 Posts: 2,665 Member
    Dulcet
  • Joannah700
    Joannah700 Posts: 2,665 Member
    Discombobulate is another one. I'm usually discombobulated about one thing or another!

    I love this word! Way better than flustered.
  • kinkyslinky16
    kinkyslinky16 Posts: 1,469 Member
    Pusillanimous


    It means cowardly.
  • Chalk_Slinger
    Chalk_Slinger Posts: 1,012
    tatterdemalion
  • Joannah700
    Joannah700 Posts: 2,665 Member
    Flit
  • Go_Mizzou99
    Go_Mizzou99 Posts: 2,628 Member
    blocky lava and ropy lava

    A'a and Pahoehoe
    (pronounced Ah-uh and pahoy-hoy)
    (gotta love Hawaiian names)

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