In this thread post obscure words

[x65943]

Post obscure words that you would think mean something completely different

I will start

Rimcræft

1. mathematics

From Old English "rime" meaning number and "cræft" meaning skill or art

Replaced by the Greek derived term mathematics we know today

Derived terms, rhyme, rime

As to what it sounds like it means, let's just say what two consenting adults do in their free time is none of our business

 

[hippy dave]

"Pulchritudinous" is such an ugly word. It sounds like it would definitely involve oozing, probably of a particularly unpleasant substance - perhaps something lumpy.

It means "beautiful"

 

[AncientBoi]

"Pulchritudinous" is such an ugly word. It sounds like it would definitely involve oozing, probably of a particularly unpleasant substance - perhaps something lumpy.

It means "beautiful"

Eeeewwwww Beautiful Lumpy Stuff ! YuK

 

[Alexander1970]

Topfenstrudel

 

[AmandaRose]

recherche

It's meaning is rare or obscure.

So yes I posted an obscure word meaning obscure

 

[SAIYAN48]

Overmorrow: day after tomorrow
Ereyesterday: day before yesterday
Both exist in other languages, not used much in English.

 

[CoolMe]

Cybersquatting : is the practice of registering well-known names as Internet domain names, in the hope of reselling them at a profit.
Cryptozoology : is the search for and study of animals whose existence is unproven, such as the Loch Ness monster and the yeti.

 

[Veho]

Callipygian.

 

[CoolMe]

Callipygian.

Wonder why that isn't being used nowadays..

 

[Dark_Phoras]

Codswallop : a foolish and untruthful idea
Flibbertigibbet : person that behaves in a quaint and peculiar manner and tends to have their head in the clouds
Will-o'-the-wisp : light emmitted from chemicals released in bodily decay in a natural setting

 

[aoikurayami]

sonder​

n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk

 

[SG854]

Preboard

To get on before you get on

 

[AmandaRose]

Floccinaucinihilipilification

It's meaning is something that is rare, worthless or obscure.

So yes for the second time in this thread I have posted an obscure word meaning obscure

 

[Veho]

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

Fear of long words.

 

[AmandaRose]

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

Fear of long words.

Ah clever how they came up with a long word to describe a fear of long words. That's really gonna help people who suffer from it

 

[Noctosphere]

Ah clever how they came up with a long word to describe a fear of long words. That's really gonna help people who suffer from it

Patient : am i crazy doctor?
Doctor : not at all, you only suffer of hippopotomonstro...
Patient : AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH HEEEEEELP!
Doctor : ...or maybe just a bit

 

[impeeza]

Onix

 

[aoikurayami]

Vicissitudes

(How has Fast6191 not found this thread already anyways ?)

recherche

It's meaning is rare or obscure.

So yes I posted an obscure word meaning obscure

Reading nowadays "articles" I instantly believe you !

Onix

 

[sammikins_th3_kitt3n]

Ereyesterday
It means the day before yesterday