Long Forgotten Words

A good read from the dailymail : http//www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4885246/Experts-compile-list-use-English-words.html about language experts trying to bring back long forgotten words, here is their list below.

Gotta love Betrump (the second one), and ...Slug a bed ⛺ ..for real? 🤣

So which word(s) on the list do you want to raise from the dead?



Ambodexter, n - One who takes bribes from both sides

Betrump, v - To deceive, cheat; to elude

Coney-catch, v - To swindle, cheat, deceive

Hugger-mugger, n, adj, and adv - Concealment, secrecy; clandestinely

Nickum, n - A cheating or dishonest person

Quacksalver, n - A person who dishonestly claims knowledge of medicine

Rouker, n - A person who whispers or spreads rumours

Man-millinery, adj - Suggestive of male vanity or pomposity

Parget, v - To daub the face or body with powder or paint

Snout-fair, adj - fair-faced, comely, handsome

Slug-a-bed, n - One who lies long in bed through laziness

Losenger, n - A false flatterer, a lying rascal, a deceiver

Momist, n - A person who habitually finds fault; a harsh critic

Peacockize, v – to pose or strut ostentatiously

Percher, n - an ambitious or self-assertive person

Rouzy-bouzy, adj - Boisterously drunk

Ruff, v - To swagger, bluster, domineer.

Sillytonian, n - A silly or gullible person

Wlonk, adj + n - Proud, haughty; splendid

Fumish, adj - hot-tempered, irascible, passionate

Awhape, v - To amaze, stupefy with fear

Hugge, v - To shake with fear or with cold

Merry-go-sorry, n - A mixture of joy and sorrow

Stomaching, adj - given to cherish anger or resentment

Swerk, v – To become dark or gloomy

Teen, v - To vex, irritate, annoy, anger

Tremblable, adj - Causing dread or horror

Wasteheart, int - used to express grief, pity, regret

Dowsabel, n - sweetheart, 'lady-love'

Ear-rent, n - figurative cost of listening to trivial talk