Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-squaremessage-square236fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square236fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNostraDavid@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-218 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-squareLemmyRefugee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 hours ago‘Tenebroso’ is commonly used in Spanish, at least in Spain. This whole thread is very interesting.
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 hours agoFeel like tenebrous being on a list of obscure words is tenuous, but maybe I just have esoteric interests.
minus-squareMutilationWave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 hours agoUnlike many of these I’d heard it before but didn’t know its true meaning. It fits.
minus-squareCorroded@leminal.spaceOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 hours agoThat list is going to send me down a rabbit hole looking for the etymology of words
minus-squareNostraDavid@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·18 hours agoOh, I also really like Mammonism: “the greedy pursuit of riches”, from the Biblical “Mammon”.
I’ve got six of them:
‘Tenebroso’ is commonly used in Spanish, at least in Spain. This whole thread is very interesting.
Feel like tenebrous being on a list of obscure words is tenuous, but maybe I just have esoteric interests.
Unlike many of these I’d heard it before but didn’t know its true meaning. It fits.
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”.