List of lost words: N-R

namelings	npl	1706 -1706
persons bearing the same name
The namelings Martin Luther and Dr. King shared a concern with political reform.
nepheliad	n	1818 -1821
cloud-nymph
Like a nepheliad, the skydiver dove gracefully through the clouds.
nequient	adj	1656 -1656
not being able
While the other students understand algebra, you are still nequient in this simple art.
nerterology	n	1800 -1800
learning relating to the dead or the underworld
Her inquiries into nerterology were inspired by a youthful visit to a medieval crypt.
nidifice	n	1656 -1656
a nest
The lizard climbed into the nidifice, only to be eaten by the mother eagle.
noscible	adj	1654 -1654
knowable; well-known
It is noscible that no amount of training can make up for experience in the field.
novaturient	adj	1679 -1679
desiring changes or alterations
The novel's author rightly rejected the novaturient wishes of the screenwriters
nubivagant	adj	1656 -1656
moving throughout or among clouds
The glider flew like a nubivagant bird before emerging out of the clouds and into view.
obacerate	v	1656 -1658
to stop one's mouth
When he swore onstage, several audience members obacerated themselves.
obarmate	v	1623 -1658
to arm against
Let us obarmate ourselves for the upcoming battle against the Mongols!
obrumpent	adj	1656 -1656
breaking; bursting
The guests were startled to attention by the sound of obrumpent balloons.
obstrigillate	v	1623 -1656
to oppose; to resist
I will not obstrigillate the efforts of my opponent to besmirch my good name.
occaecation	n	1608 -1691
the act of blinding
After his occaecation, he was unable to enjoy simple pleasures such as reading.
occulcation	n	1656 -1656
act of treading on or trampling
Repeated occulcations of this field by soldiers have left it useless for agriculture.
odynometer	n	1889 -1893
instrument for measuring pain
Suspecting his patient's illness to be feigned, he pulled out his trusty odynometer.
omniregency	n	1616 -1670
universal rulership; state of complete authority
The principle of omniregency is now seriously mistrusted, and not only by radicals.
oncethmus	n	1656 -1656
braying
The oncethmus of most politicians is far worse than that given off by any beast.
operiment	n	1650 -1656
a covering
If you don't get an operiment for your classic car, it will rust away in a brief time.
oporopolist	n	1671 -1725
fruit-seller
Our opropolist's oranges often offer odd odours.
orgiophant	n	1886 -1886
one who presides over orgies
The orgiophant had dozens of hangers-on who sought to attend his parties.
ossifragant	adj	1656 -1656
bone-breaking
The ossifragant wrestler earned a reputation for brutality, so no one would fight him
ovablastic	adj	1922 -1922
making eggs burst open in the womb
The doctor rejected the ovablastic technique, finding it to violate his moral principles.
palintocy	n	1693 -1847
repayment of interest paid on a loan
I understand you can't pay me everything, but I demand a palintocy, at the very least.
palmoscopy	n	1857 -1890
observation of heartbeat or pulse as part of medical diagnosis
Even without his medical bag, he could use palmoscopy to diagnose her heart attack.
pamphagous	adj	1702 -1702
eating everything; all-consuming
To the pamphagous victor goes the Golden Wiener of Triumphal Consumption!
panchymagogue	n	1657 -1893
medicine purging all the humours from the body
What you need is a good panchymagogue to get you back on your feet!
pannuscorium	n	1858 -1860
soft leather cloth used on the tops of shoes and boots
The pannuscorium of his old shoes was covered in indelible stains.
papicolist	n	1633 -1810
one who worships the pope; a papist
Today, even papicolists grudgingly admit that papal infallibility cannot be literally true.
parepochism	n	1685 -1685
error in dating or assigning time period
The antique dealer was well known for his parepochisms, so we didn't feel too bad.
paterophobia	n	1840 -1840
fear of the early Church fathers
The Romans' paterophobia mellowed over time, until Christianity was fully accepted.
patration	n	1656 -1656
perfection or completion of something
The patration of my dissertation will be an occasion for great merriment.
pecuarious	adj	1656 -1658
serving or belonging to beasts or cattle
The children tossed the pecuarious leavings at one another, to their parents' dismay.
pedegorize	v	1665 -1665
to construct a pedigree; to derive through a pedigree
The owners of the racehorse took great efforts to pedegorize her carefully.
penarious	adj	1656 -1658
of or pertaining to victuals or provisions
The quartermaster is in charge of penarious matters, so stay out of his business!
penintime	adj	1686 -1718
second from inmost
Venus, our solar system's penintime planet, is Earth's twin in many regards.
perantique	adj	1883 -1883
very antique or ancient
She treasured the perantique mirror even though the glass was somewhat warped.
pessundate	v	1656 -1658
to cast down or ruin
The Roman Empire was pessundated by its economic woes rather than moral decline.
phalerate	adj	1656 -1702
ornamented; decorated
The phalerate umbrella-stand in the corner of the room attracted the guests' attention.
phasianic	adj	1884 -1884
of or pertaining to pheasants
Our phasianic hunting-trips have become increasingly futile in recent years.
philargyrist	n	1633 -1663
lover of money; covetous person
I am no philargyrist, but I like to live well, so charity isn't in my best interest.
phlyarologist	n	1867 -1867
one who talks nonsense
He was a petty phlyarologist who could rarely hold an intelligent conversation.
phoenigm	n	1646 -1858
reddening of the skin; reddish medical application
The phoenigm of his cheeks after the race testified both to his fatigue and his elation.
phylactology	n	1966 -1966
science of counter-espionage
Though phylactology reached its peak in the Cold War, it is arguably still important.
pication	n	1684 -1684
application of warm pitch to the skin as medical treatment
While it seems harsh, pication is effective for cleansing pores and restoring skin tone.
pigritude	n	1623 -1656
slothfulness
Despite the college student's pigritude, he continued to maintain a 'B' average.
piladex	n	1897 -1901
game where an inflated bag is hit with hand to keep aloft across a table
From piladex to hacky-sack, pastimes involving hitting objects are known to all ages.
pilimiction	n	1847 -1874
passing of hair-like bodies in the urine
His doctor was particularly concerned about his pilimiction, for obvious reasons.
plebicolar	adj	1626 -1820
courting or appealing to the common people
He profited from his plebicolar demeanour, and avoided the fate of many other nobles.
plegnic	adj	1612 -1664
acting by a blow; striking like a hammer; percussive
Her plegnic pounding of the piano-keys contrasted sharply with her tiny frame.
plenisphere	n	1912 -1912
a perfect sphere
The iridescent plenispheres in the sky told him that someone was blowing bubbles.
pocilliform	adj	1846 -1846
shaped like a little cup
The golf ball hardly budged from its pocilliform resting-spot atop the tee.
poliadic	adj	1886 -1886
of the nature of a local or tutelary god
Respect for poliadic spirits and deities continued long after the region converted.
pomarious	adj	1656 -1775
of or belonging to an orchard or fruit-garden
Newton's pomarious enlightenment concerning gravity is no more than a myth.
ponask	v	1922 -1963
to cook game by splitting it and roasting it on a spit
We ponasked the freshly-caught pheasant at our campsite.
portmantologist	n	1887 -1934
one who studies or coins portmanteau words
Rather than being a portmantologist, why not use perfectly good existing words?
prandicle	n	1656 -1658
small meal
In those years, she would take several prandicles during the course of each day.
prebition	n	1656 -1656
act of offering, showing or setting before
The prebition of his treasure-find to the king earned him great honour and esteem.
pregnatress	n	1765 -1765
female power that generates or gives birth to something
As the pregnatress of our little group, her opinion was still highly regarded.
prescited	adj	1400 -1660
foreknown or predestined for damnation; condemned
If you believe some of us are prescited from birth, there is no reason to do good works.
primifluous	adj	1657 -1657
that which flows first
The primifluous wines of the evening were excellent, unlike the plonk served later.
privign	n	1605 -1654
stepson
Though he was only her privign, she always treated him as if he were her own child.
psalloid	adj	1756 -1895
resembling a harp or stringed instrument
Her renown as a maker of psalloid instruments led to a position at the royal court.
psephograph	n	1906 -1907
machine for automatically recording votes
These newfangled computers are no more reliable than an old-fashioned psephograph.
pseudisodomous	adj	1601 -1850
style of wall construction using stones of different thickness
The use of pseudisodomous brickwork gives the room an antique feel.
ptochology	n	1891 -1891
study of beggars and unemployment
If we want to understand the roots of poverty, we must undertake work in ptochology.
pudify	v	1656 -1656
to cause to be ashamed
Your remarks do not pudify me, for you are as guilty of such offenses as I am!
pugnastics	n	1830 -1830
displays of pugilistic ability
Ali's pugnastics were much more impressive than his overly boastful showmanship.
pullarian	adj	1652 -1652
of or pertaining to chicken or fowl
Our pullarian mascot was trampled by the opposing team's offensive line.
pyroleter	n	1878 -1878
double-pump fire extinguisher that produces carbonic acid
The pyroleter was insufficient to combat the fire at the old library.
quadragintireme	n	1799 -1799
vessel with forty rows of oars
He couldn't have reached the battle even if he had been commanding a quadragintireme.
quadrimular	adj	1664 -1664
lasting for four years
The quadrimular interval between Olympiads is a long wait in terms of athletes' careers.
quaeritate	v	1657 -1657
to question; to inquire
If I might quaeritate, why are we headed in the wrong direction on the trail?
quercivorous	adj	1858 -1858
feeding on oak trees
The proliferation of quercivorous insects is a boon rather than a bane to the ecosystem.
quibbleism	n	1836 -1836
practice of quibbling
His carping and quibbleism earned him much scorn, a fact of which he was oblivious.
quotientive	adj	1871 -1871
indicating how often
She set up the schedule using a quotientive formula to ensure fairness.
radicarian	adj	1880 -1880
pertaining to the roots of words
A radicarian knowledge of Latin is of central importance for English etymology.
ramifactive	adj	1766 -1766
developing into a branch; forming a branch
Despite the infertility of the soil, the trees retained a limited ramifactive capacity.
recineration	n	1657 -1683
second reduction to ashes
The recineration of his book manuscript in the second fire drove him over the edge.
redamancy	n	1656 -1656
act of loving in return
Despite his lack of redamancy, her passion for him was unabated for several years.
rendling	n	1784 -1784
curdling or setting of cheese
Seeing the realization slowly dawn upon her was like witnessing the rendling of cheese.
resarciate	v	1656 -1657
to mend; to make amends
She wanted to resarciate their friendship before it was damaged irreparably.
rhedarious	adj	1656 -1656
of or serving as a carriage or chariot
His fancy for rhedarious transport was seen as old-fashioned by his friends.
rhodologist	n	1911 -1924
one who studies and classifies roses
Any rhodologist knows that a rose by any other name does not smell as sweet.
rimestock	n	1662 -1834
old almanac with runic writings
He bought the old rimestock at auction, but was unaware of its calendric function.
riviation	n	1676 -1676
fishing
While anglers are the sort who enjoy quiet contemplation, I find riviation to be boring.
roblet	v	1674 -1755
to lead astray
He roblets his intended victims in the old part of the city before mugging them.
rogalian	adj	1656 -1656
of or pertaining to a great fire
The books' authors were rightly incensed at their works' rogalian fate under the censors.
rogitate	v	1656 -1658
to ask frequently
"Are we there yet?", the kids rogitated, apparently unaware of their parents' frustration.
roomthily	adj	1674 -1674
spatially; with respect to space
His bachelor apartment is roomthily challenged, to say nothing of the smell.
rupography	n	1838 -1838
art of taking impressions of coins or medals in sealing wax
The police confiscated my rupography tools, thinking that I used them for forgery.
ruricolous	adj	1730 -1858
living in the country or in fields
Though the city has its attractions, I much prefer the quiet ruricolous life.

List of lost words: F-M

fabrefaction	n	1652 -1678
act of fashioning or making a work of art
The sculptor felt that fabrefaction was more important than the end result.
fallaciloquence	n	1656 -1761
deceitful speech
Your fallaciloquence, though charming, will not convince the jury to acquit.
famelicose	adj	1730 -1775
often or very hungry
The tribe's crops frequently fail, and their children are famelicose.
famigerate	v	1623 -1736
to carry news from abroad
The bloggers famigerated about the conditions in the war-torn country.
ficulnean	adj	1716 -1716
of fig-tree wood; worthless
His ficulnean arguments failed to convince his professor to raise his grade.
filicology	n	1884 -1884
study of ferns
Filicology is a discipline for which paleontological training is a great asset.
findible	adj	1656 -1790
able to be cleft or split
This pie is perfectly findible, if we can agree to some simple rules for cutting it.
flosculation	n	1651 -1651
an embellishment or ornament in speech
The speaker's lecture was rendered laughable by ridiculous flosculations.
foppotee	n	1663 -1663
simpleton
What a pitiful foppotee he was, always oblivious to our jeers!
frenigerent	adj	1656 -1681
bearing a bridle
The frenigerent filly flew fast from the fire.
fumificate	v	1721 -1792
to make or cause smoke or incense
The only problem with the new grill is its tendency to fumificate.
gardeviance	n	1459 -1706
chest for valuables; a travelling trunk
She kept her linens in that old gardeviance for over sixty years.
gardevisure	n	1610 -1840
visor of a helmet as shown on heraldic devices
Since you're so ugly, why not place a gardevisure on your coat of arms?
gaudiloquent	adj	1656 -1727
speaking joyfully or on joyful matters
Her gaudiloquent tone was thought excessively perky by the stodgy faculty.
gelicide	n	1656 -1681
a frost
Unfortunately, the flowers were killed too soon by an early gelicide.
gipseian	adj	1749 -1749
belonging or pertaining to gypsies
The gipseian rhythms made her feel as if she were in the Middle East.
gleimous	adj	1398 -1790
slimy; full of phlegm
Its gleimous tongue slipped between its teeth and ensnared the moose.
gnathonize	v	1619 -1727
to flatter
I can tell that you're just trying to gnathonize me, you sycophantic buffoon!
graocracy	n	1830 -1830
government by an old woman or women
High voter turnout among elderly women may soon lead us into a graocracy.
graviloquence	n	1656 -1656
grave speech
The bishop's funeral orations were known for their graviloquence.
gumfiate	v	1820 -1820
to cause to swell; to puff up
He just had his wisdom teeth extracted, so his cheeks are gumfiated.
gutturniform	adj	1886 -1886
shaped like a water pitcher
She was never able to mould the clay into a proper gutturniform shape.
gypsation	n	1656 -1681
action or process of plastering with gypsum
The gypsation of the room took much too long and irritated his allergies.
habroneme	adj	1886 -1886
having the appearance of fine threads
Her habroneme hair was admired by many hairstylists for its fine texture.
halatinous	adj	1886 -1886
saline; salty
The halatinous mist brought back memories of his childhood at the seashore.
hecatologue	n	1894 -1894
code consisting of 100 rules
The teen whined that her parents' list of rules was practically a hecatologue.
helctic	adj	1658 -1658
acting to drag or draw out; drawing
While leechcraft is derided, it is medicinally useful from a helctic perspective.
hemerine	adj	1854 -1886
daily; quotidian
The hemerine ritual of walking her dog kept her in good physical shape.
hercotectonic	adj	1672 -1672
of or pertaining to the construction of fortifications or walls
The fort's hercotectonic strength was insufficient to repel cannon-fire.
hirculation	n	1656 -1721
disease of vines where they grow no fruit
Despite a fantastic growing season, the vineyard was crippled by hirculation.
hirquitalliency	n	1652 -1652
strength of voice
The wrestler's hirquitalliency compensated for his lack of strength and talent.
historiaster	n	1887 -1894
petty or contemptible historian
While Foucault is widely praised today, he was no more than a historiaster.
hiulcity	n	1681 -1681
an opening or cleft
They stepped into the hiulcity in the cliff face, unaware of the danger within.
homerkin	n	1662 -1663
old liquid measure for beer
"I'm so thirsty I could drink a homerkin of beer," Simpson lamented.
hymnicide	n	1862 -1862
killing of hymns through alterations
Many accused the revisionists in the Church of committing hymnicide.
hyometer	n	1886 -1886
rain gauge
Her homemade hyometer was overwhelmed and destroyed by the deluge.
hypenemious	n	1855 -1886
full of wind; windy; of an egg, malformed
Let us protect ourselves against the hyenemious assault of the hurricane.
icasm	n	1664 -1664
figurative expression
He protested at his trial that the death threat he delivered was only an icasm.
ichorescent	adj	1684 -1684
growing or becoming ichorous
After several months, the carrots were disgustingly ichorescent.
ichthyarchy	n	1853 -1853
the domain or rule of fishes
Despite his ichthyarchy, Aquaman is really a very pitiful superhero.
ictuate	v	1822 -1822
to emphasize; to put metrical stress on
She preferred free verse over carefully-ictuated classical poetic styles.
igniparous	adj	1684 -1684
bringing forth fire
The heroes were scorched by the dragon's igniparous emanation.
impigrity	n	1623 -1721
quickness; speed
The impigrity of the contract's signing led to vexing legal wranglings.
improcerous	adj	1656 -1658
low; short
The coffee table was much too improcerous to be of any real use.
incabinate	v	1672 -1672
to enclose in a cabin; to confine
The solution to her writer's block was to incabinate herself at her country villa.
ingeniculation	n	1623 -1658
bending of the knee
His ingeniculation was in vain, and she turned away in disgust, never to return.
ingordigious	adj	1637 -1734
greedy; avaricious
Your ingordigious ways are cruel and heartless; charity is the path to joy.
inocciduous	adj	1656 -1658
of a star, never setting
Polaris was his inocciduous guide as he trekked across the Great Plains.
inobligality	n	1663 -1663
quality of not being obligatory
Granting the inobligality of bringing a gift to the party, it is still polite to do so.
interfation	n	1656 -1658
act of interrupting another while speaking
His boorish interfations were ill-received at the academic lecture.
inveteratist	n	1715 -1715
opponent of reform; one who inveterately holds to tradition
The golf course's manager, being an inveteratist, continued to refuse women entry.
ipsographic	adj	1817 -1817
self-recording
He used the CD burner primarily for ipsographic purposes.
irredivivous	adj	1656 -1656
unable to be revived
Despite Dr. House's best effort, the patient remained irredivivous.
isangelous	adj	1768 -1774
equal to the angels
I've had just about enough of her isangelous and self-righteous diatribes.
jecorary	adj	1684 -1684
of or relating to the liver
The alcoholic's refusal to seek treatment caused him no end of jecorary trouble.
jobler	n	1662 -1662
one who does small jobs
We've found a great jobler who takes care of our repairs quickly and cheaply.
jumperism	n	1800 -1876
principles of a jumping Methodist sect
While snake-handling is ridiculous, it is no worse than jumperism or the stylites.
jungible	adj	1656 -1656
that may be joined
The trailers are jungible by means of a complex hitching system.
jussulent	adj	1656 -1658
full of broth or soup
The bubbling of the jussulent cauldron and the crackling of the campfire soothed her.
kalotypography	n	1834 -1834
beautiful printing
Medieval manuscripts are attractive, but modern kalotypography surely surpasses them.
keleusmatically	adv	1885 -1885
imperatively; in an imperative mood
"Sit down!" the teacher instructed his wife keleusmatically, to her chagrin.
kexy	adj	1608 -1884
dry, brittle, withered
The rustling of the kexy leaves alerted the campers to the bear's presence.
krioboly	n	1850 -1882
sacrifice of many rams; bath in blood of rams
Contrary to rumour, pagan rituals do not involve krioboly or baby-eating.
labascate	v	1727 -1727
to begin to fall or slide
He watched with helpless horror as the baby carriage labascated down the stairs.
lagenarious	adj	1657 -1657
flagon-shaped
He brought our champagne in a lagenarious vessel, much to our embarassment.
lambition	n	1658 -1800
act of licking or lapping
The child's lambition of the ice cream was interrupted by gravity, the cruellest master.
lampistry	n	1874 -1874
art of decorating lamps
The church bazaar is always full of skilled needlework, lampistry and other crafts.
lardlet	n	1659 -1659
small piece of bacon to put into meat to enrich with fat
The secret to her pot roasts is the use of lardlets to enhance the flavour of the meat.
latibule	n	1623 -1691
hiding place
The girl emerged triumphantly from her latibule, only to find her friends had already left.
leeftail	adj	1674 -1869
in great demand; having a quick sale
The new Corvettes are a leeftail product, no doubt because of the economic boom.
legatarian	adj	1766 -1766
of or pertaining to a deputy or legate
The vice-president seems uncomfortable with his legatarian duties.
leporicide	n	1788 -1914
killer or killing of hares or rabbits
Elmer Fudd's futile attempts at leporicide were always foiled by his intended prey.
lignatile	adj	1855 -1855
living or growing on wood
She collected lignatile mushrooms on her hike, confident in her identifications.
lignicide	n	1656 -1656
woodcutter
We will not tolerate the lignicides who would despoil our old-growth forests!
lococession	n	1656 -1656
place for giving
Deposit your alms in the lococession we have provided, and you will be rewarded.
locupletative	adj	1802 -1812
tending to enrich
Your locupletative contributions have helped furnish the new stadium lavishly.
logarithmotechny	n	1724 -1775
the art of calculating logarithms
But sir, without my calculator, I will be reduced to painful logarithmotechny!
lubency	n	1623 -1669
willingness; pleasure
My lubency to help you in this matter will not be increased by your paltry bribes.
lugent	adj	1656 -1889
weeping; mourning
After hearing of the attack, her brothers were lugent at first, then enraged.
Lutherolatry	n	1859 -1883
worship of Martin Luther and his teachings
The priest was poorly received for his denunciation of Lutherolatry and paganism.
macellarious	adj	1656 -1656
pertaining to butchers or meat markets
Some practitioners of the macellarious arts are more humane to animals than vegans.
magastromancy	n	1652 -1652
magical astrology
Her reliance on magastromancy to decide the students' grades got her in trouble.
magistricide	n	1670 -1670
the killing or killer of a teacher or master
While many have considered magistricide, few are bold or wicked enough to do so.
magophony	n	1711 -1711
massacre of magi or priests
The acts of magophony that accompany religious intolerance are simply unacceptable.
maleolent	adj	1657 -1727
having an ill odour
His maleolent recipe was avoided by all but the most courageous or polite guests.
mancation	n	1727 -1727
maiming; mutilation
The general would suffer no mancation or execution of fallen enemy troops.
mariturient	adj	1765 -1765
eager to marry
He was beset with offers from several distant cousins who were desperately mariturient.
mecography	n	1603 -1890
measurement of the dimensions and weight of body parts
The condom company used mecography to obtain necessary data about its clientele.
medioxumate	adj	1723 -1723
of gods of intermediate rank between those of heaven and of hell
Medioxumate deities such as those of the Greek pantheon are rarely worshipped today.
melanochalcographer	n	1697 -1697
engraver of copper printing plates
No melanochalcographer can match a photographic print in quality of reproduction.
miliaceous	adj	1684 -1890
like millet or the millet-seed
This miliaceous gift will keep our nation from starvation, but will not appease us.
mingent	adj	1685 -1685
discharging urine
The mingent dog amused the children but not the owner of the flower garden.
misqueme	v	1395 -1658
to displease; to offend
If my actions misqueme you or your friends, you need only leave me alone.
mitescent	adj	1727 -1727
growing mild
You're becoming mitescent in your old age, and can hardly stomach conflict any more.
mochlic	n	1657 -1753
drastic purgative medicine
This mochlic remedy is worse than the disease, but at least it will be over quickly.
modernicide	n	1774 -1774
killing or killer of modern people
While the Luddites were radical traditionalists, they never engaged in modernicide.
molrowing	n	1860 -1896
caterwauling; cavorting with prostitutes
Her son is a molrowing vagabond without any social graces, much to her shame.
montivagant	adj	1656 -1658
wandering over hills and mountains
The montivagant hiker crossed the Alps with ease but was stymied by the Andes.
morsicant	adj	1891 -1891
producing the sensation of repeated biting or pricking
After sitting for several hours, I had a terrible morsicant pain in my rear end.
mowburnt	adj	1548 -1900
of crops, spoiled by becoming overheated
The heat wave last August left us with heaps of mowburnt and useless crops.
mulcible	adj	1656 -1656
able to be appeased
Despite his promises of food, the crowd was not mulcible and began to riot.
mulomedic	adj	1678 -1678
relating to the medical care of mules
The doctor's mulomedic abilities were of enormous importance to the trek's success.
murklins	adv	1568 -1674
in the dark
She stumbled murklins about the house until she found the light switch.
myriander	adj	1693 -1693
consisting of ten thousand men
Her myriander host of suitors never figured out that she was a lesbian.

List of lost words: A-E

acrasial	adj	1851 -1851
ill-regulated; ill-tempered
The acrasial judge was known for her rants against younger lawyers.
addecimate	v	1612 -1755
to tithe
They addecimated regularly but were not otherwise known for their charity.
adimpleate	v	1657 -1657
to fill up
The new technique adimpleates the cans with milk through injection.
adnascentia	npl	1706 -1731
root-like branches that sprout into the earth from a plant's stem
Every winter, the adnascentia would shift around, destroying the lawn's even texture.
aeipathy	n	1847 -1853
continued passion; an unyielding disease
Her aeipathy for stamp collecting bordered at times on the pathological.
affictitious	adj	1656 -1656
feigned; counterfeit
The forger was caught despite his masterfully-crafted affictitious signatures.
affuage	n	1753 -1847
right to cut wood in a forest for family fire
The family's right of affuage ensured they would have enough wood for winter.
agonarch	n	1656 -1656
judge of a contest or activity
Our competition will require six agonarchs to ensure fairness.
agonyclite	n	1710 -1710
member of a heretical sect that stood rather than kneeled while praying
Agonyclites must have had hardy feet to endure their services.
airgonaut	n	1784 -1784
one who journeys through the air
Balloonists, skydivers and other airgonauts are all a little mad, if you ask me.
alabandical	adj	1656 -1775
barbarous; stupefied from drink
His behaviour after the party was positively alabandical.
albedineity	n	1652 -1652
whiteness
The monotonous albedineity of the snow-covered field was blinding.
alogotrophy	n	1753 -1853
excessive nutrition of part of body resulting in deformity
Was he born with that huge head, or is it the result of alogotrophy?
amandation	n	1656 -1755
act of sending away or dismissing
His rude amandation of his guests earned him a reputation for curtness.
amarulence	n	1731 -1755
bitterness; spite
After losing her job to a less qualified man, she was full of amarulence.
amorevolous	adj	1670 -1670
affectionate; loving
Our father, though amorevolous, could be a strict taskmaster at times.
antipelargy	n	1656 -1731
reciprocal or mutual kindness; love and care of children for their parents
Having never received any antipelargy, they wrote their daughter out of the will.
apanthropinization	n	1880 -1880
withdrawal from human concerns or the human world
His life as a hermit in the woods was characterized by apanthropinization.
aporrhoea	n	1646 -1880
a bodily emanation; an effluvium
The evening's revelries were followed by an unfortunate episode of aporrhoea.
aquabib	n	1731 -1883
water-drinker
I was never much of an aquabib, and always preferred harder libations.
archigrapher	n	1656 -1656
principal or head secretary or clerk
The archigrapher efficiently designated transcription duties to her underlings.
archiloquy	n	1656- 1656
first part of a speech
We stopped paying attention during his talk due to his monotonous archiloquy.
aretaloger	n	1623 -1656
braggart; one who boasts about his own accomplishments
While he seemed nice at first, he turned out to be a loudmouthed aretaloger.
artigrapher	n	1753 -1753
writer or composer of a grammar; a grammarian
Today's prescriptivists are no better than the artigraphers of the Renaissance.
ascoliasm	n	1706 -1753
boys' game of beating each other with gloves or leather while hopping
If you think bullies are bad today, look at brutal games of the past like ascoliasm.
assectation	n	1656 -1656
act of following after something else
She stood in the on-deck circle, her assectation virtually guaranteed.
austerulous	adj	1731 -1731
somewhat or slightly harsh
The austerulous monks were rarely lenient with their pupils.
autexousious	adj	1678 -1678
exercising or possessing free will
If we are truly autexousious, then why do we so often feel powerless?
auturgy	n	1651 -1656
self-action; independent activity
The film director's legendary auturgy frustrated editors and producers alike.
avunculize	v	1662 -1662
to act as an uncle; to behave like an uncle
I often avunculize to my younger friends, which no doubt annoys them.
bajulate	v	1613 -1662
to bear a heavy burden
Their Sherpa aides were vexed by the demand that they bajulate as well as guide.
bimarian	adj	1731 -1731
pertaining to two seas
Some think that America needs to improve its bimarian naval defenses.
binoternary	adj	1817 -1817
combining binary and trinary aspects
The dots on the '6' face of a die are arranged in a binoternary fashion.
blateration	n	1656 -1864
chatter; babbling
I've had just about enough of your garrulous blateration, you clod!
bonifate	adj	1656 -1656
lucky; fortunate
The gambler was too bonifate, and attracted the casino manager's attention.
boreism	n	1833 -1839
behaviour of a boring person
The professor, while brilliant, was afflicted by boreism when lecturing.
boscaresque	adj	1734 -1734
picturesque; scenically wooded
Despite northern England's industrial pollution, parts of it remain boscaresque.
brabeum	n	1675 -1675
reward or prize
Without some brabeum, the students will have no incentive to work harder.
brephophagist	n	1731 -1875
one who eats babies
The character Fat Bastard is a disgustingly obese Scottish brephophagist.
brochity	n	1623 -1678
projecting or crooked quality of teeth
His parents later regretted that they did not correct his brochity in his youth.
bromography	n	1860 -1860
a treatise on food
It's not enough to write a bromography - today's celebrity chefs need to be on TV!
bubulcitate	v	1623 -1678
to act as a cowherd; to cry like a cowherd
When their cat went missing, they were on the street bubulcitating for weeks.
buccellation	n	1657 -1731
act of dividing into small morsels
The buccellation and apportionment of their rations was the subject of heated argument.
bumposopher	n	1834 -1886
one learned in bumps; a phrenologist
Craniology has progressed greatly since the days of bumposophers.
cacatory	adj	1684 -1753
accompanied by loose bowels
For the diners, the effects of the chicken cacciatore, alas, were cacatory.
cacozealous	adj	1656 -1696
imitating badly; poorly affected
Her cacozealous attempt at mimicking her boss bordered on being offensive.
cagastric	adj	1662 -1753
of diseases, originating under an ill star
We no longer believe in cagastric causes for illness and deformity.
cameranious	adj	1791 -1791
of or relating to a chamber
The social gathering benefited from the cozy, cameranious setting.
canitude	n	1656 -1742
greyness; hoariness; whiteness
The first snowfall of the year gave the field a pleasant canitude.
caprizant	adj	1730 -1736
of the pulse, uneven or irregular
While he hadn't had a full-blown heart attack, his pulse was very caprizant.
casitive	adj	1652 -1652
having grammatical cases
The casitive nature of Finnish and Hungarian makes them difficult to learn.
castaldy	n	1623 -1800
stewardship
His castaldy over the manor was dependent on his good relations with the lord's sons.
cecograph	n	1851 -1874
writing device for the blind
The development of computers has made the cecograph entirely obsolete.
celeberrimous	adj	1768 -1768
very or most highly celebrated
Her celeberrimous accomplishments were lauded by her colleagues.
celeripedean	adj	1623 -1656
swift-footed
The most celeripedean of the Greek deities was Hermes.
cestuan	adj	1711 -1711
of or pertaining to a boxer's gloves or cesti
No cestuan improvements can negate the damage of such blows to the head.
chermadic	adj	1842 -1842
of a heavy weight used as a projectile
Wile E. Coyote continues to be crushed by his own chermadic snares.
chronanagram	n	1613 -1882
an anagram of a chronogram
Jacobites used chronanagrams to cryptically express support for their cause.
cibosity	n	1656 -1656
store of food; plenty of food supplies
The cibosities of those paranoid about Y2K are still rotting in their cellars.
circuland	n	1821 -1821
that which is to be circulated
Here we have the circuland, as opposed to our internal earnings report.
circumbilivagination	n	1611 -1693
going around in a circular motion; circumambulation
She saw many quaint seaside towns in her circumbilivagination of England.
citharize	v	1623 -1692
to play the harp
If you plan to citharize, prepare to build up calluses on your fingers.
cloakatively	adv	1674 -1674
superficially
These reforms have only cloakatively made the situation better for the poor.
coherentific	adj	1834 -1834
causing to become coherent; causing cohesion
Her speech was the coherentific factor behind the jury's consensus verdict.
colaphize	v	1450 -1656
to beat or buffet
His lawyer claimed that police had colaphized him, which confused the judge.
commendaces	npl	1611 -1658
funeral orations; prayers for the dead
At his funeral, his brother delivered a set of exquisite commendaces.
coquinate	v	1656 -1658
to behave as a cook
Martha may seem to be able to coquinate, but her actions are highly scripted.
cosmogyral	adj	1808 -1808
whirling round the universe
The great cosmogyral peregrinations of galaxies follow simple physical laws.
crassulent	adj	1656 -1656
very fat; grossly obese
While some point to Brando's crassulent state, others focus on his acting.
crebrity	n	1656 -1740
frequency; period between two occurrences
Old Faithful is a natural clock, and its invariant crebrity continues to amaze.
crocitation	n	1623 -1656
croaking; cawing
The crocitation of the gulls meant that I got no sleep last night.
cynicocratical	adj	1881 -1881
pertaining to rule by cynics
When people mistrust government, our leaders become cynicocratical.
deartuate	v	1623 -1653
to dismember
He cunningly hoped that if he deartuated the body, he could hide it in the hole.
decutient	adj	1656 -1656
shaking down; beating down
Their decutient technique for getting apples from trees annoyed the farmer.
defedate	v	1669 -1669
to defile; to pollute
The toxic chemicals continue to defedate our town's water supply.
desarcinate	v	1656 -1736
to unload; to unburden
She haughtily ordered her butler to desarcinate her baggage from the car.
devalgate	adj	1851 -1883
bow-legged
The devalgate cowboy watched his old smell-hound crawl between his legs.
dicaearchy	n	1656 -1658
just government
While we dream of living in a dicaearchy, in truth, we're governed by dicks.
diffibulate	v	1656 -1656
to unbutton; to unbuckle
He found it difficult to diffibulate her blouse using only one hand.
dignorate	v	1623 -1656
to mark or brand an animal
He was glad he had dignorated his horse, or else he couldn't have claimed it.
diloricate	v	1623 -1656
to rip open a sewn piece of clothing
She deloricated his silk shirts so she could use them as dishrags.
dipsopathy	n	1883 -1883
medical treatment involving abstinence from liquids
The new antibiotics he was taking required him to practice strict dipsopathy.
diribitory	n	1656 -1656
place where pay is distributed to soldiers
Directly deposited salaries for soldiers obviate the need for diribitories.
divinipotent	adj	1656 -1727
having strong divinatory powers
While the TV psychic claims to be divinipotent, he's clearly a charlatan.
dodrantal	adj	1656 -1883
of nine inches in length
The male stripper's dodrantal instrument impressed the ladies greatly.
drollic	adj	1743 -1743
of or pertaining to puppet shows
Computer graphics are rapidly replacing the drollic puppet-shows of years ago.
dromograph	n	1883 -1885
instrument for measuring velocity of blood flow
The dromograph readings from his elderly patient alarmed the doctor.
ducenarious	adj	1656 -1656
pertaining to two hundred
The ducenarious diversion of the bicentennial brought the countrymen together.
ebaptization	n	1659 -1659
declaring that someone has not been properly baptized
They feared the priest's heterodoxy would lead to charges of ebaptization.
ecstasiate	v	1823 -1957
to go into an ecstasy; to cause to become ecstatic
The arrival of the boy-band ecstasiated the pre-teen throng.
ectylotic	adj	1736 -1864
removing warts or calluses
Use this ectylotic bandage on your finger and you'll be cured in a week or two.
egrote	v	1721 -1775
to feign an illness
He was a master of egroting in order to find more time to study for tests.
eicastic	adj	1669 -1669
imitative
The comedian's wit is limited to his considerable eicastic abilities.
ejurate	v	1622 -1800
to renounce; to abjure
I ejurate this entire organization and its principles, which I now see to be corrupt.
embaphium	n	1715 -1884
small vessel for measuring or serving medicine
She employed an embaphium to ensure the correct dose was given.
embolimaeal	adj	1677 -1796
intercalary; inserted into the calendar
The addition of embolimaeal days caused calendrical confusion in the past.
epalpebrate	adj	1884 -1884
lacking eyebrows
If you don't stop plucking, soon you'll be epalpabrate!
ephydriad	n	1823 -1823
water-nymph
The synchronized swimmers were like ephydriads, full of natural grace.
essomenic	adj	1771 -1771
showing things as they will be in the future
The essomenic properties of crystal balls are very much in dispute.
eternitarian	n	1746 -1746
one who believes in the eternity of the soul
Though she held to no particular faith, she remained a hopeful eternitarian.
eveniency	n	1656 -1656
coming to pass
His mother thought that the eveniency of her son's marriage was inevitable.
excutient	adj	1730 -1775
shaking off
The excutient dog showered the topless sunbathers, causing them to rise in alarm.
exipotic	adj	1823 -1884
purgative; cleansing the body of illness
While the medicine was exipotic to his body, it made a mess of his bathroom.
exlineal	adj	1716 -1716
out of the direct line of descent
Her cousins and all the other exlineal relations were cut out of the will.

Loanword

A loanword (or loan word) is a word borrowed from one language and incorporated into another. (Collins: Modern Home Dictionary)

Neologism

A neologism ( /niːˈɒlədʒɪzəm/; from the Greek νέο-, néo-, "new", and λόγος, lógos, "speech", "utterance") is a newly coined term, word or phrase, that may be in the process of entering common use, but has not yet been accepted into mainstream language. Neologisms are often directly attributable to a specific person, publication, period, or event. Neolexia (Greek: a "new word", or the act of creating a new word) is a fully equivalent term.

The Art of Lost words. The idea

An exhibition of design, typography and illustration inspired by words from Collins English Dictionary.

What happens to lost words, chucked in language’s landfill while the world sweeps on in pursuit of new phrases? Last year Collins launched the Save the Last Word campaign - an attempt to save some of the most characterful English words at risk of being dropped from the next edition of the complete Collins English Dictionary on account of their lack of use by the public. Now some of these intriguing but unloved words will be exhumed, dusted off and brought to visual life in a new exhibition of illustration and design. 

The Art of Lost Words pairs some of the UK’s best-known designers and illustrators with little-known words from the past. Words to be given creative treatment were selected for their rarity of usage and evocative qualities, and participants have been given an open brief to create an original work inspired by their choice. Included are exotic numbers such as ‘habroneme,’ ‘rubefacience,’ ‘caliginosity’ and ‘skirr’- their possible removal from the dictionary makes the works inspired by them all the more significant.

The 41 participants range from designers such as Alan Kitching and Angus Hyland to artisan bookbinders, editorial illustrators and a former artist-in-residence of the British Library. Their responses to words reflect the diversity of media in which they create, and include letterpress prints, silkscreen posters, artist books and animations.