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Strange English words
These are actual words in the English language, though many of them are now archaic.
achar (n.) - kind of pickle
adit (n.) an entrance into a mine
agelast (n.) someone who never laughs
agroof (n.) - flat on one's face (Scottish)
amurcous (adj.) smelly
ananym (n.) - a pseudonym devised by spelling one's name backward
artuate (v.) - to tear limb from limb
bibble (v.) - to drink or eat noisily
blinkard (n.) someone with bad eyes, or is dull or stupid
caterwaul (n.or v.) a screeching like cats
clamjamfry (n.) a mob of people (Scottish)
clodpolish (adj.) awkward
danio (n.) brightly colored Asian fish
duckspeak (n.) - talking without thinking, just speaking rotely, as meaningful as simply quacking.
eesome (adj.) - pleasing to the eye
eldritch (adj.) - weird, eerie, ghastly
fleer (v.) - to laugh lecherously or derisively
footle (v.) - to waste time, talk nonsense
fribble (adj.) - of little value or importance; trifling; paltry
fubsy (adj.) - short and stout
gapeseed (n.) - anything that causes people to stare
gammer (n.) an old woman
gamp (n.) a large umbrella (which might make it a damp gamp. Did Dr. Seuss know this?)
garboil (n.) confusion
groak (v.) - to watch people eating, hoping they'll ask you to join them
habnab (adj.) - at random; hit or miss
huckabuck (n.) fabric good for making towels
killick (n.) a small anchor
kobold (n.) a German gnome that lives underground
labefy (v.) - to weaken
mome (n.) - a crashing bore
nelipot (n.) - someone going barefoot
nimshy (n.) - a foolish person
patzer (n.) - a weak chess player
rampike (n.) a standing dead or broken tree
sneckdraw (n.) - a sly person
soodle - to walk or stroll leisurely
wamble to stagger
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