Archaic Words

bawdy (adj) baw-dee Dealing with sexual matters in a comical way; humorously indecent. Noun: Humorously indecent…

Skulduggery (noun) skul-dug-uhr-ee Underhand, unscrupulous, or dishonest behaviour or activities. An Americanism and probably a variant…

Effable (adj) ef-ab-uhl Able to be described in words. A rarely used word its antonym and used…

Mimsy (adj) mim-zee Rather feeble and prim or affected: Underwhelming, and ineffectual. Coined by Lewis Carroll in…

Divaricate (verb) die-var-ik-ate Stretch or spread apart; diverge widely. Usually used in botany or biology to…