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Delate (verb) dee-layt (archaic) Report (an offence or crime) Late 15th century from Latin delat-…

Pricket (noun) prik-et A male fallow deer in its second year, having straight, unbranched horns.…

Obelus (noun) o-bel-ai A symbol (†) used as a reference mark in printed matter, or…

Ovoid (adj) o-voyd (of a solid or a three-dimensional surface) more or less egg-shaped. Late…

Disparate (adj) dis-pa-ret Essentially different in kind; not able to be compared. Late Middle English…

Antwacky (adj) an-twa-kee Old-fashioned; out of date. 1970s Liverpudlian dialect; apparently a humorous alteration of…

Inveterate (adj) in-vet-er-ayt Having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely…

Frenetic (adj) fren-et-ik Fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way. Late Middle…