Here are a few English words which aren't used often but have great meanings IMO
Absquatulate.
To up and leave someone all of a sudden.
Blatherskite
someone who doesn't shut up talking nonsense
Doryphore
some one who constantly criticises others in an annoying pedantic fashion
Erubescent
Flushed /reddened like ... She had erubescent cheeks.
Noctambulist
Another word for a person who sleepwalks
i'll save this for my reference. thanks for the info. :grin:
do the right thing even when nobody is watching
I remember learning about "ludicrous" as it sounded to me funny, like someone wrote ridiculous in a wrong way...
Thanks for those really interesting words!
Here are few "hard ones" for me / from me:
- flabbergasted -> astounded
- feral -> wild, savage
- haughty -> proud / arrogant or disdainful
Wow. New words. Thank you for sharing.
Great post! :)
Jade.Xuereb wrote:Here are a few English words which aren't used often but have great meanings IMO
Absquatulate.
To up and leave someone all of a sudden.
Blatherskite
someone who doesn't shut up talking nonsense
Doryphore
some one who constantly criticises others in an annoying pedantic fashion
Erubescent
Flushed /reddened like ... She had erubescent cheeks.
Noctambulist
Another word for a person who sleepwalks
I think it would be good to mention that learners shouldn't learn these - if you use them you won't be understood!
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Depends on the circles your in Leo but yes they are literary rather than conversational ... Maybe it is a US /UK thing ? I have used 4 of these at some point. Other favourite words of mine are soporific (sleep inducing) fecund ( fertile ) irksome ( annoying) and languid( in a slow relaxed manner)
wow! I'm going to add this on my new list of words. Are these words widely used until now? Or if I am going to use this then I think no one will ever understand me at all, let say in a usual conversation not unless I am talking to a Linguist.
These words are not widely used but they're quite impressive. :)janahfacal.. wrote:wow! I'm going to add this on my new list of words. Are these words widely used until now? Or if I am going to use this then I think no one will ever understand me at all, let say in a usual conversation not unless I am talking to a Linguist.:sweat_smile:
Some of those words are hilarious, both sounding and meaning!
I agree! LolJames.B wrote:Some of those words are hilarious, both sounding and meaning!
Guys, I stumbled upon this, check it out!
https://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/weird-strange-english-words/
I knew 3, but ragamuffin definitely meant something different for me :)
It's great to know about these unusual words that we should learn. Thanks for sharing!
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Bartosz.Jablonski wrote:Guys, I stumbled upon this, check it out!
https://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/weird-strange-english-words/
I knew 3, but ragamuffin definitely meant something different for me :)
Ummmmm... I've used all of these in conversation in the last week alone. What does that say about me?! Maybe I'm a blatherskite!!! 
A lot of them seem to me like they'd be relatively common to hear an English person say!
Bartosz.Jablonski wrote:Guys, I stumbled upon this, check it out!
https://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/weird-strange-english-words/
I knew 3, but ragamuffin definitely meant something different for me :)
I use most of these haha must be to do with how we are brought up I would say my family spoke proper English / older English but not quite old English ...but I heard these often enough they are quite normal to me we also use scallywag which fits this list describing a cheekily behaved child endearingly
There's this lecturer in my University days, who took it upon himself to always come to class with a new bogus word everyday. That's where I learned to use the word 'flabbergasted' :grin:
Kevwe A.
Jade.Xuereb wrote:Here are a few English words which aren't used often but have great meanings IMO
Absquatulate.
To up and leave someone all of a sudden.
Blatherskite
someone who doesn't shut up talking nonsense
Doryphore
some one who constantly criticises others in an annoying pedantic fashion
Erubescent
Flushed /reddened like ... She had erubescent cheeks.
Noctambulist
Another word for a person who sleepwalks
Absquatulate: Isn't that the complicated version of "ghosting"?
I really like Blatherskite. I am going to start introducing it to my circle of friends. 
Can we say that a non-native person who uses these words has reached a C3 level? :D
