New (archaic) Words 6

virago

domineering, violent, or bad-tempered woman. 2. (archaic) a woman of masculine strength or spirit; a female warrior.

targe

formidably aggressive older woman.

old trout

an annoying or bad-tempered old person, especially a woman.

battleaxe

a formidably aggressive older woman.

apophasis

a rhetorical device where a speaker pretends to avoid saying something, but actually highlights it by claiming not to mention it.

plenipotentiary

a person, especially a diplomat, invested with the full power of independent action on behalf of their government, typically in a foreign country.

psithurism

the sound of the wind through trees or rustling leaves.

kimit/kimet

Foolish, stupid; mentally confused or disordered; perverse, obstinate, intractable; awry.

susurration

whispering, murmuring, or rustling.

psychopomp

a guide of souls to the place of the dead, especially as represented in mythology, religion, or literature.

prestidigitator

a person who performs magic or conjuring tricks with the hands; a sleight-of-hand artist.

nemophilist

a person who loves or is fond of woods or forests and their scenery; a haunter of the woods.

melliferous

(of a plant) yielding or producing honey.

preterhuman

beyond what is human; superhuman.

timeous

done or occurring at a favorable or useful time; timely.

shillelagh

a wooden walking stick and club or cudgel, typically made from a knotty blackthorn stick with a large knob at the top.

scullery

a small kitchen or room at the back of a house used for washing dishes and other dirty household work.

anchorite

a religious recluse who withdraws from secular society to lead a prayer-oriented, ascetic life.

bungstarter

a mallet used for loosening or removing the bung of a cask.

flatcrowned

describing a hat with a flat crown.

hornspread

the distance between the outermost tips of the horns of a horned animal.

deadcart

a cart used for transporting dead bodies, especially during times of plague.

carbolic

a disinfectant or antiseptic made from phenol, used especially in carbolic soap.

dramshop

a bar or tavern where alcoholic drinks are sold.

ropy

(of a substance) viscous or sticky; (informal) of poor quality or in bad condition.

crabwise

sideways, especially in an awkward or cautious manner.

jake

(slang) an excellent or satisfactory person or thing.

jakes

(archaic) a lavatory, especially an outdoor one.

flatwise

with the flat side facing down or in a flat position.

guyrope

a rope or cable used to steady or guide something, especially a tent or mast.

crateboard

a board used in the construction or reinforcement of crates.

slicker

a long, loose-fitting waterproof coat.

fredonia

a fictional or poetic name for the United States; also a town name in various U.S. states.

skelter

a hurried or disorderly movement or retreat.

newsawn

recently cut or sawn, especially referring to timber.

scrub pine

a type of pine tree that grows in poor soil and is often stunted.

coastwise

along or following the coastline; coastal.

pesthouse

a hospital or house for people suffering from infectious diseases.

boatswain

a ship's officer in charge of equipment and the crew.

flatboat

a flat-bottomed boat used for transporting goods on rivers.

bottomland

low-lying land adjacent to a river, often fertile and subject to flooding.

husbandman

a person who cultivates the land; a farmer.

washpot

a pot used for washing or holding wash water.

leonids

a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Tempel-Tuttle.

hewer

a person who cuts wood, stone, or coal.

perihelion

the point in the orbit of a planet, asteroid, or comet at which it is closest to the sun.

acrasial

ill-regulated; ill-tempered

addecimate

to tithe

adimpleate

to fill up or to make complete

adnascentia

root-like branches that sprout into the earth from a plant's stem

aeipathy

continued passion; an unyielding disease

affictitious

feigned; counterfeit

affuage

right to cut wood in a forest for family fire

agonarch

judge of a contest or activity

agonyclite

member of a heretical sect that stood rather than kneeled while praying

airgonaut

one who journeys through the air

alabandical

barbarous; stupefied from drink

albedineity

whiteness

alogotrophy

excessive nutrition of part of body resulting in deformity

amandation

act of sending away or dismissing

amarulence

bitterness; spite

amorevolous

affectionate; loving

antipelargy

reciprocal or mutual kindness; love and care of children for their parents

apanthropinization

withdrawal from human concerns or the human world

aporrhoea

a bodily emanation; an effluvium

aquabib

18th-century nickname for someone who prefers drinking water over alcohol; nickname for a teetotaler

archigrapher

principal or head secretary or clerk

archiloquy

first part of a speech

aretaloger

braggart; one who boasts about his own accomplishments

artigrapher

writer or composer of a grammar; a grammarian

ascoliasm

boys' game of beating each other with gloves or leather while hopping

assectation

act of following after something else

austerulous

somewhat or slightly harsh

autexousious

exercising or possessing free will

auturgy

self-action; independent activity

avunculize

to act as an uncle; to behave like an uncle

bajulate

to bear a heavy burden

bimarian

pertaining to two seas

binoternary

combining binary and trinary aspects

blateration

chatter; babbling

bonifate

lucky; fortunate

boreism

behaviour of a boring person

boscaresque

picturesque; scenically wooded

brabeum

reward or prize

brephophagist

one who eats babies

brochity

projecting or crooked quality of teeth

bromography

a treatise on food

bubulcitate

to act as a cowherd; to cry like a cowherd

buccellation

act of dividing into small morsels

bumposopher

one learned in bumps; a phrenologist

cacatory

accompanied by loose bowels

cacozealous

imitating badly; poorly affected

cagastric

of diseases, originating under an ill star

cameranious

of or relating to a chamber

canitude

greyness; hoariness; whiteness

caprizant

of the pulse, uneven or irregular

casitive

having grammatical cases

castaldy

stewardship

cecograph

writing device for the blind

celeberrimous

very or most highly celebrated