Rare Words

Mnemonize (verb) nem-on-ize (rare) To remember or express by means of a mnemonic formula. Mid…

Unked (also unkut) (adj) (rare) un-kud Unknown, unfamiliar; strange, unusual. Chiefly English regional (Yorkshire) and…

Necial (adj) nee-see-al (rare)Funereal; sepulchral; subdued. Early 17th century; earliest use found in William Birnie…

Agomphious (adj) ag-om-fee-us (rare)Lacking teeth; toothless. Late 19th century. From scientific Latin Agomphia + -ous.…

Periwig (noun) pe-ri-wig A highly styled wig worn formerly as a fashionable headdress by both…

Gobemouche (noun) go-bu-moosh A person who believes everything he or she is told; a gullible…

Omnifutuant (adj) om-nif-u-tw-ant Practising or tolerant of both homosexual and heterosexual activity; bisexual. 1920s; earliest…