Everyone knows that the English Language constantly evolves, that with every passing year, new words come in and out of fashion. We are constantly aware of all the new words, the "YOLO"s and the "lit"s, but we don't often pay attention to the words that slowly drift out of the English language.
Here are some of the most beautiful forgotten words the English language once had to offer...
1. Flitterwochen
A word likely taken from German, simply meaning the "Fluttering Weeks", or a honeymoon!
2. Mumspimus
That one incorrect opinion that you can't get someone to shake...no matter how many times you try!
3. Pluviophile
Someone who takes comfort in rainy days.
4. Widdershins
Clock-wise! Once you've said this once, how can you go back?
5. Librocubularist
Someone who reads in bed--which is, in my opinion, the best place to read anyway!
6. Snollyguster
A politician guided by personal advantage rather than by peoples opinions or morals...I can think of a few of these...
7. Welkin
The upper sky, or the vault of heaven.
8. Chork
That funny squishy noise that your shoes make when they are full of water and you have to keep walking around in them!
9. Uglyography
Bad handwriting.
10. Feague
This word literally means putting a live eel up a horse's butt. Apparently, horses (or maybe their owners?) enjoy this, because the actual use of the word means to lift someone's spirits!
11. Pilgarlik
A description for a a bald person's head (which apparently looks liked pealed garlic...)
12. Egrote
Taking a sick day when you are not actually sick, or to feign sickness.
13. Uhtceare
To lie awake before dawn due to worry.
14. Voyage to the Spice Islands
And finally, actually more of a phrase, this 18th century slang term for going to the bathroom.
The English language changes so often, but we should never forget the roots of the language, even as we accept new words! So, try and sneak one in this week! See all the funny looks you get while trying to explain what you mean by feague...
