This week’s obscure English word – well, in this case, a term – is argute. It means shrewd. Your challenge: write a sentence or two in the comments using this word. Copyright © Matthew Wright 2020
This week’s obscure English word is pogonotrophy. It means growing a beard. No really. Your challenge: write a sentence or two in the comments using this word. Copyright © Matthew Wright 2020
You get a bonus dose of obscure words this week! I wrote an article over on the Navy General Board website about some obscure naval words that were hijacked into English. Most of them, needless to say, were pinched from old French. And most, as you’ll see, are far older than you’d think. Here’s the … More Six obscure words this week
This week’s obscure English word is epeolatry. It means (wait for it) really liking – and worshipping – words. Your challenge: write a sentence or two in the comments using this word. Copyright © Matthew Wright 2020
This week’s obscure English word is doryphore. It’s a neologism that apparently originated in the 1950s, and means a pedantic and persistent critic. As a writer, I discover I am being stalked by such people with distressing frequency. Your challenge: write a sentence or two in the comments using this word. Copyright © Matthew Wright … More The obscure word of the week is doryphore
This week’s obscure English word is axinomancy. It’s the term used for the act of divining something by examining the movements of an axe set on a post. In days gone by it was used as a device for determining guilt; if the axe moved when a name was read out, the person was guilty. … More The obscure word of the week is axinomancy
This week’s obscure English word – well, in this case, a term – is ultracrepidarian. It’s a term applied to somebody having opinions on something that’s actually beyond what they know. Your challenge: write a sentence or two in the comments using this word. Copyright © Matthew Wright 2020
