Rare Words

Objurgate (verb) ob-juh-gayt Severely rebuke, scold. Early 17th century: from Latin objurgat- ‘chided, rebuked’, from…

Plaud (verb) (rare) pl-awd To applaud; to praise. Late 16th century; earliest use found in…

Oenophile (noun) een-oh-file A connoisseur of wines. 1930s: from Greek oinos ‘wine’ + -phile. (more…)

Desuetude (noun) des-wit-yude A state of disuse. Early 17th century (in the sense ‘cessation’): from…

Antidisestablishmentarianism(noun) an-tee-dis-est-ab-lis-ment-aer-ee-an-izm Opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England. Antidisestablishmentarianism is very occasionally…