Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 23 hours agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-squaremessage-square184fedilinkarrow-up1242arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1240arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 23 hours agomessage-square184fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNostraDavid@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-23 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-squareCorroded@leminal.spaceOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoThat list is going to send me down a rabbit hole looking for the etymology of words
minus-squareNostraDavid@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 hours agoOh, I also really like Mammonism: “the greedy pursuit of riches”, from the Biblical “Mammon”.
I’ve got six of them:
That list is going to send me down a rabbit hole looking for the etymology of words
Oh, I also really like Mammonism: “the greedy pursuit of riches”, from the Biblical “Mammon”.
I’m a master in Cacography!