Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-squaremessage-square186fedilinkarrow-up1247arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1244arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square186fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNostraDavid@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·edit-26 hours agoI’ve got six of them: Tittynope: “A small amount left over; a modicum.” Cacography: “bad handwriting or spelling.” Epeolatry: “the worship of words.” Kakistocracy: “a state or society governed by its least suitable or competent citizens.” Oikophilia: “love of home” Tenebrous: “dark; shadowy or obscure”
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 minutes agoFeel like tenebrous being on a list of obscure words is tenuous, but maybe I just have esoteric interests.
minus-squareCorroded@leminal.spaceOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 hours agoThat list is going to send me down a rabbit hole looking for the etymology of words
minus-squareNostraDavid@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·6 hours agoOh, I also really like Mammonism: “the greedy pursuit of riches”, from the Biblical “Mammon”.
I’ve got six of them:
Feel like tenebrous being on a list of obscure words is tenuous, but maybe I just have esoteric interests.
That list is going to send me down a rabbit hole looking for the etymology of words
I’m a master in Cacography!
Oh, I also really like Mammonism: “the greedy pursuit of riches”, from the Biblical “Mammon”.