Appendix:English dictionary-only terms

The following is a list of putative words that have entries in two or more general English dictionaries, but that have two or fewer attested uses. Notable ghost words are also included for the sake of completeness.

Homonyms and individual senses of attested words are not included. This is due to the comparative difficulty of verifying non-attestability in such cases.

There is a key to the dictionaries referenced in the list at the bottom of the page.

Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses
abatude	adjective? noun?	from Medieval Latin abatuda (in pecunia abatuda (“clipped coins”)), late spelling of abbattūta, feminine perfect passive participle of abbattō (“to beat down”)	diminished? anything diminished?	1721, Bailey 1755, Johnson 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
ablectick (ablecticke)	adjective	from putative Latin ablectus, probable error for abiectus in Plautus	set out or adorned for sale	1623, Cockeram [as noun, "ablecticke"] 1656, Blount 1658, Phillips 1676, Coles 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	1
abligurie (abligury)	noun	from Latin abligurio	prodigal spending on food and drink	1623, Cockeram 1626, Minsheu 1847, Halliwell [as "abligury"] 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
ablocate	verb	from Latin abloco	to let out for hire	1623, Cockeram 1721, Bailey 1755, Johnson 1828, Webster 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft) 1890, Century	2 (noun), 1-2 (verb)
ablocation	noun	from Latin ablocatio	a letting out for hire	1663, Bullokar 1731, Bailey 1755, Johnson 1828, Webster 1888, NED Volume 1 1890, Century	0
abnodate	verb	from Latin abnodo	to prune a tree, removing the knots	1656, Blount 1823, Crabb 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft) 1909, Webster's New International	0
abnodation	noun	abnodate + -ion; possibly from Latin abnodatio	the pruning of a tree, removing the knots	1658, Phillips 1755, Johnson 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft) 1909, Webster's New International	0
abripe	verb	from Latin abripio	to ravish or rape	1623, Cockeram 2009, OED3 draft	0
abriped	adjective	abripe +‎ -ed	ravished	1623, Cockeram 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
abrodietical (abrodieticall)	noun/adjective	from Ancient Greek ἁβροδίαιτος (habrodíaitos)	a delicate person/delicate	1623, Cockeram [as noun] 1625, Minsheu [as "abrodieticall"] [as noun and adjective] 1656, Blount [as adjective] 1857, Wright [as "abrodieticall"] [as noun] 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft) [as adjective]	1
abvolate	verb	Formed as if from a Latin verb *abvolāre. The correct Latin word is āvolāre; see English avolate	to fly away	1623, Cockeram 1692, Coles 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
acapnotic	adjective	from a- +‎ capno- +‎ -otic	That does not smoke, non-smoking	1974, Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words, Josefa Heifetz 1888, The Encyclopædic Dictionary, Robert Hunter	1 (adj.), 3 (n.)
accorporate (adcorporate)	verb	from Latin accorporo	to unite	1623, Cockeram [as "adcorporate"] 1658, Phillips [as "adcorporate"] 1676, Coles [as "adcorporate"] 1732, Bailey [as "adcorporate"] 1755, Johnson [as "adcorporate"] 1882, Imperial 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft) 1913, Webster's Revised Unabridged	1
acerote	adjective		having the nature of brown bread	1623, Cockeram [only as "acerote bread"] 1625, Minsheu 1704, Cocker 1847, Halliwell 1880, Wright 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft) 1890, Century	0
acetars (acetarr, acetaries)	noun	from Latin acetaria	salad with vinegar	1623, Cockeram [as "acetarr"] 1656, Blount [as "acetar"] 1663, Bullokar 1751, Bailey 1775, Ash 1775, Denning 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft, as "acetar")	0
acyrological	adjective	acyrology + -ical	exhibiting improper speech	1623, Cockeram [as noun] 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	1
adact	verb	from Latin adactus, past participle of adigo	drive by force	1851?, Imperial 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft) 1890, Century	1
adacted	adjective	from Latin adactus	driven (in) by force	1623, Cockeram 1658, Phillips 1676, Coles 1755, Johnson 1797, Walker 1810, Duane 1826, James 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
adenochirapsology	noun		(medicine) The doctrine of the curative capacity of the "royal touch".	An Illustrated Dictionary of Medicine, Biology, and Allied Sciences. George M. Gould (1894).	1
addecimate	verb	from Latin addecimo	to take as a tithe	1623, Cockeram 1658, Phillips 1676, Coles 1755, Johnson 1828, Webster 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	1
adiaphoracy (adiaphoricie)	noun	from Ancient Greek ἀδιαφορία (adiaphoría)	indifference	1623, Cockeram [as "adiaphoricie"] 1847, Craig 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
adlubescence	noun	from Latin adlubescent, adlubesco (“I begin to please”)	pleasure	OED	1
aerumnous (ærumnous)	adjective	from Latin aerumnosus, from aerumna	full of trouble	1658, Phillips 1676, Coles 1721, Bailey 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
agnœa	noun	from Ancient Greek ἄγνοια (ágnoia)	State of a patient who does not recognize individuals or other things.	1895, A Dictionary of Medical Science 1911, The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia	0
aliture	noun	Compare Latin alitura	nourishment	1724, Bailey 1818, Johnson	1
alsophyte	noun	Ancient Greek ἄλσος (álsos, “grove”) + φυτόν (phutón, “plant”)	A grove plant; an alsad.	2002, CRC Dictionary of Agricultural Sciences, p. 81/1	0
amnigenous	adjective	see amnicolous	formed or generated in rivers; bred or born in or near rivers	1737, Bailey 1797, Sheriden 1807, The new encyclopædia [Perthensis]; or, Universal dictionary 1903(?), The Century Dictionary 1955, Joseph T. Shipley, Dictionary of Early English	0
anadesm (anadesme)	noun	from Ancient Greek ἀναδέσμη (anadésmē)	a band to tie up wounds	1658, Phillips [as "anadesme"] 1676, Coles 1742, Bailey 1846, Halliwell 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	1
ancophyte	noun	Ancient Greek ἄγκος (ánkos, “mountain glen”) + φυτόν (phutón, “plant”)	A plant that grows in a habitat in a canyon forest.	1992, Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology, p. 109/2	0
anepronym	noun	blend of anacronym + eponym	a genericized trademark	(several online word lists)	0
anteloquy	noun	from Latin anteloquium	1. an actor's cue 2. a preface	1623, Cockeram [as "antiloquy"; actor's sense only] 1656, Blount 1676, Coles 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	2
antilœmic	noun	Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-) + λοιμικός (loimikós)	Remedy utilised in prevention and curing of plagues.	1911, The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia	0
apophoret	noun	from Latin apophoretum	a New Year's gift	1623, Cockeram [as "apopheret"] 1676, Bullokar 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
applumbature	noun	from Latin applumbatura	a joining or soldering with lead	1656, Blount 1676, Coles 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
aretaloger	noun	from Latin aretalogus	one who brags of his own virtue	1656, Blount 1676, Coles 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
argentanginy (argentageny)	noun	from Latin argentangina	being bribed to hold one's tongue	1623, Cockeram [as "argentageny"] 1656, Blount 1676, Coles 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
argumentose	adjective	from Latin argumentōsus	Full of argument, reason, matter or proof; pithy, full of wit or skill.	1731, Bailey (An universal etymological English dictionary) 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2)	0
arietinous	adj	Latin aries (“ram”) + -inous	Shaped like a ram's head.	2011, A Dictionary of Entomology 1982, Laurence Urdang, Modifiers	1
assertionate	noun	assertion + -ate	to assert	1623, Cockeram 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	1
assertionation	noun	assertionate + -ion	an act of asserting or avowing	1623, Cockeram 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
assestrix	noun	from Latin assestrix	a female assistant	1623, Cockeram 1888, NED Volume 1 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
auriphrygia	noun		Properly, gold embroidery; ecclesiastically, an ornamental band on various vestments; an orphrey: used especially of the orphrey of a miter, which is a richly adorned band around its lower edge.	1895, The Century Dictionary 1896, Pocket Dictionary of Dry-goods 1909, The Women's Dictionary and Encyclopedia	0
aurocephalous	adjective	auro- +‎ -cephalous	(zoology) Having a gold-colored head.	1847, Craig 1895, Century Dictionary 1913, Webster	0

B

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses
basiate	verb	from Latin basiatus	to kiss	1623, Cockeram 1888, NED Volume 1	1
behovefulness	noun	behoveful +‎ -ness	(archaic, rare) The state or quality of being behoveful.	1760, Neueingerichtetes englisches Wörterbuch (in definition)	1
bellaries	noun	from Latin bellaria	banqueting dishes	1623, Cockeram 1888, NED Volume 1	0
bellitude	noun	from Latin bellitudo	beauty	1623, Cockeram 1656, Blount 1676, Coles 1846, Halliwell 1888, NED Volume 1	1
blandiloquy	noun	from Latin blandiloquium	flattering speech	1623, Cockeram 1699, Coles 1783, Bailey 1888, NED Volume 1	1
brochity	noun	from Latin brocchitas	crookedness, especially of the teeth	1623, Cockeram 1656, Blount 1658, Phillips 1676, Coles 1724, Bailey 1846, Halliwell 1888, NED Volume 1	0
bubulcitate	verb	from Latin bubulcitare, from bubulcus	1. to cry like a cowherd. 2. to play the cowherd	1623, Cockeram ["cry" sense only] 1656, Blount 1676, Coles ["play" sense only] 1678, Phillips ["play" sense only, as an "affected word"] 1888, NED Volume 1	0
buze	noun	from French buse	a pipe used to draw air into a mine	1823, Crabb 1881 ed., Worcester 1888, NED Volume 1	1

C

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses
calamist	noun	calamus + -ist	Someone who plays a reed	1623, Cockeram [as "one having his hair turned upward"] 1656, Blount 1678, Phillips 1893, NED Volume 2	1
carcelage	noun	from Latin carcelladium, carceragium, from carcer (“prison”).	prison fees	1755, Johnson 1913, Webster 1893, NED Volume 2	0
castaldick (castaldy)	noun	from Latin castaldicum	office of a steward	1678 ed., Phillips 1721, Bailey 1893, NED Volume 2	0
celeripedean	noun	from Latin celeripes + -ean	a swift runner	1623, Cockeram 1656, Blount [as adjective] 1676, Coles [as adjective] 1893, NED Volume 2	1 dubious
cepivorous (cepevorous)	adjective	from Latin cepa + -vorous	eating onions	1864, Webster [as "cepevorous"] 1890, Century [as "cepevorous"] 1893, NED Volume 2 [labeled as "nonce word"] 1913, Webster's [as "cepevorous"] 1955, Shipley	1, 1
cespitate	verb	from Latin cespito	to stumble	1623, Cockeram 1658, Phillips 1676, Coles 1893, NED Volume 2	0
chiaouse	noun		obsolete spelling of chiaus	1893, NED Volume 2	1
chrysostomatical (chrisostomaticall, chrysostomaticall)	adjective	chryso- + stomatic + -al	eloquent	1623, Cockeram [as "chrisostomaticall"] 1893, NED Volume 2 1955, Shipley	1
conspuated	adjective		having spots	1623, Cockeram 1893, NED Volume 2	0
consomniate	verb	from Latin consomniāre	to dream	1623, Cockeram (as "consomnat") 1893, NED Volume 2	0
corrosibleness	noun	corrosible + -ness	the quality or state of being corrosible	1913, Webster	1
corymbiate	adjective	from Latin corymbiatus	having the form of a corymb; corymbiated	1882 ed., Imperial 1890, Century 1893, NED Volume 2	1
cotigulate	verb	probable error for contegulate	to tile a house	1623, Cockeram 1893, NED Volume 2	0
crepane	noun	error for crepance	a scratch in a horse's leg	1755, Johnson 1828, Webster 2008, OED3 draft [mentioned in citations in NED]	0
cryal	noun	Welsh	heron	1864, Webster	1
cucubate	verb	from Latin cucubo	to hoot like an owl	1623, Cockeram 1656, Blount 1717 ed., Coles 1893, NED Volume 2	0
cucuriate	verb	from Latin cucurio	to crow	1623, Cockeram 1893, NED Volume 2	0

D

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses
dimber damber upright man	noun	dimber damber + upright man	chief of a gang of thieves or gypsies	2004, A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries 1785, Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue	0
dord	noun	accidental contraction of "D or d"	density	1934, Webster’s New International Dictionary (including later printings until 1947)	0
deftster	noun	deft + -ster	One who is deft; one who is proficient in his art or craft; a dabster.	1874, Lost Beauties of the English Language (Charles Mackay). 1897, Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia	0
desticate	verb		to cry like a rat	1637 (Cockeram)	0

E

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses
eblandish	verb	From Latin eblandior.	To get by coaxing.	1623, Cockeram 1897, NED Volume 3	0
elaqueation	noun	From Latin ēlaqueātiō.	The act of freeing or disentangling.	1760, Bailey 1800, Sheridan 1845, Knowles	0
eluxate	verb	From Latin eluxātus.	To dislocate.	1883, Ogilvie 1903, Century	0
epicœmasis	noun	From Ancient Greek [Term?].	Position or process of sleeping.	1895, A dictionary of medical science	0
euneirophrenia	noun		The peaceful state of mind after a pleasant dream	2014, ElderSpeak: A Thesaurus or Compendium of Words Related to Old Age	1
exumbilication	noun	ex- + umbilication	a pronounced protrusion of the navel	1676, Bailey 1707, Blount 1849, Craig 1919, American Illustrated Medical Dictionary	1

F

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses
fessitude	noun	Latin fessus	weariness, fatigue	1656, Glossographia (Blount) 1821-1800, Universal Etymological English Dictionary (Bailey) 1895, NED (also in OED2)	0
fideicide	noun	Latin fidei + -cide	a destroyer of trust	1656, Glossographia (Blount) 1676, An English Dictionary (Coles) 1900, New English Dictionary volume 4 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	1

G

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses
gaincope	verb	From Middle English geynecowpen.	To get over or go across the nearest way to meet.		1
gausapine	noun	From Latin gausapina.	A jerkin of frieze.	1623, Cockeram 1900, NED Volume 4	0
gravedinous	adjective	From Latin gravedinosus.	Drowsy; lethargic.	1721, Bailey	0
grumble	noun		A group of pugs.	2012, Ellery (Gallimaufry) 2013, Woop Studios (Compendium of Collective Nouns) 2016, Hamilton (Knowledge)	1?

H

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses
hæmatophyte (haem-, hem-)	noun	Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + φυτόν (phutón, “plant”)	Any plant micro-organism infesting the blood.	1920, Henderson & Henderson, p. 124/2 (dup.), Merriam & Webster Medical Dictionary ([3])	2
helluation (also heluation)	noun		gluttony	1656, Glossographia (Blount) 1901, New English Dictionary, Volume 5 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	1
heptagyn	noun	hepta- + γυνή (gunḗ, “female”)	"Any plant of the order Heptagynia" (i.e. a heptagynous plant)	1828, Webster 1901, NED	0
homodoxian	noun	homodox +‎ -ian	one who has the same opinion as another	1901, New English Dictionary, Volume 5 [as subentry under homodox]	1
hypnopœus	uncountable noun	hypno- + -poeus	producing sleep	1895, A Dictionary of Medical Science	0

I

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses
iatrapistic	adjective	From iatro- + a- + πίστις (pístis)	Having no trust in doctors	2009 Webster's New World Medical Dictionary, 3rd Ed.	0
inaniloquous	adjective	From Latin inānis + loquent, loquentem	(obsolete) Synonym of inaniloquent.	1637 (5th ed.), Cockeram 1721, Bailey 1901, New English Dictionary (OED)	1
inorthography	uncountable noun	in- +‎ orthography	incorrect spelling	1901, NED 1913, Webster	1
intribution	noun	From Latin intribūtiō.	contribution or lot-money paid for lands	1656, Blount 1901, NED Volume 5, page 436 (also in OED2)	0
invision	noun	in- + vision	blindness	1901, NED Volume 5	1
irroborate	verb	From Latin ir- + roborare	to make strong	1623, Cockeram 1656, Blount 1676, Coles 1901, NED Volume 5	0

J

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses
jejunation	noun	From Latin jejunatio	fasting	1623, Cockeram 1658, Phillips 1901, NED Volume 5	1

K

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses
knapple (1)	verb	frequentative of knap	to break off with a sharp, quick noise	1755, Johnson 1890, Century 1901, NED Volume 5	0
knapple (2)	verb	frequentative of knap	to nibble	1611, Cotgrave [in gloss, as "knaple"] 1847, Halliwell 1890, Century 1901, NED Volume 5	0

L

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses
lanciferous	adjective	lance +‎ -ferous or Latin lancifer	Bearing a lance.	1623, Cockeram 1656, Blount 1658, Phillips 1676, Coles OED	0
languifical	adjective		causing languor	1656, Glossographia (Blount) 1724, Universal Etymological English Dictionary (Bailey) 1908, New English Dictionary, Volume 6 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
latibulate	verb	latibulum + -ate	to hide oneself in a corner	1658, The English dictionarie: or, An interpreter of hard English words ... The eighth edition, revised and enlarged. (H. C. (Gent.)) [4]	1
latter-mint (lattermint)	noun	latter +‎ mint	A late-season species of mint.	1895, The Century Dictionary, Volume IV: [5] 1908, New English Dictionary, volume VI (also in OED2: [6], OED3 draft [7])	1
levament	noun	Related to levation?	"The comforts which one hath of his wife." (compare maritality) Any "lifting up, easing, comforting."	1623, Cockeram 1676, Coles	0
lintearious	adjective	From Latin linteārius + English -ous.	Of or belonging to linen.	1656, Glossographia (Blount): [8] 1908, New English Dictionary, volume VI (also in OED2: [9])	0
lœmicum	adjective	From Ancient Greek λοιμικός (loimikós).	Pertaining to the plague.	1895, A dictionary of medical science	0
lœmocomium	noun	From Ancient Greek λοιμός (loimós) + -κομείο (-komeío).	Hospital for those affected with plague.	1895, A dictionary of medical science	0
lœmology	noun	From Ancient Greek λοιμός (loimós) + -λογία (-logía).	Doctrine of plague and pestilential diseases.	1895, A dictionary of medical science	0
lœmopyra	noun	From Ancient Greek λοιμός (loimós) + πῦρ (pûr).	Fever of contagious character; plague.	1895, A dictionary of medical science	0
lochometritis	noun		metritis following pregnancy.	1896, An Illustrated Dictionary of Medicine, Biology and Allied Sciences 1914, Stedman's Medical dictionary 1999, Pocket Medical Dictionary 2002, Midline Medical Dictionary	0
loimography (lœmography)	noun	From Ancient Greek λοιμός (loimós) + -γραφία (-graphía).	Description of a plague and pestilential diseases.	1895, A dictionary of medical science	0
lool	noun		A vessel used to receive the washings of metallic ores.	1913, Webster	0

M

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses
macellarious	adjective	From Latin macellārius	pertaining to a butchers' row	1656, Glossographia (Blount) 1676, An English Dictionary (Coles) 1908, New English Dictionary, Volume 6 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	1
mactator	noun	From Latin mactātor	murderer	1656, Glossographia (Blount) 1890, Century Dictionary 1908, New English Dictionary, Volume 6 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	1
madidate	verb	From Latin madidō (“to wet”), from madidus	to wet	1656, Glossographia (Blount) 1676, An English Dictionary (Coles) 1908, New English Dictionary, Volume 6 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
madidity	noun	As above	wetness	1656, Glossographia (Blount) 1908, New English Dictionary, Volume 6 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
magirist	noun	From Ancient Greek μάγειρος (mágeiros)	An expert cook	OED2, OED3 draft	1
malamorous	adjective	mal- +‎ amorous	Of an antagonist in a work of fiction, likable despite villainous actions, usually due to attractiveness or a reasonable motivation	2018, 1000 Words You Should Use More Often	0
mammeated	adjective	From Latin mammeātus (“having large breasts”), from mamma	mammate	1656, Blount 1724, Bailey 1890, Century 1908, NED, Volume 6 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
manticulate	verb	From Latin manticulārī (“to steal, act slyly”)	to pickpocket, or do something stealthily	1656, Blount 1676, Cole 1724, Bailey 1891, Black 1908, NED, Volume 6 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
manticulation	noun	As above	deceitful conveyance	1623, Cockeram 1908, NED, Volume 6 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
marcescible	adjective	From Latin marcescibilis, from marcēscere (“to decay, wither”). The antonym immarcescible is well attested.	liable to wither or fade	1656, Blount 1775, Walker 1890, Century 1908, NED, Volume 6 (also in OED2, OED3 draft) 1913, Webster's	1
marcidious	adjective	marcid + -ious	rotten, withered or feeble	1656, Blount 1775, Ash 1908, NED, Volume 6 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
marginean	adjective	margin + -ean	of the margin	1656, Blount 1908, NED, Volume 6 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
mastigophorer	noun	From Ancient Greek μαστιγοφόρος (mastigophóros)	someone who deserves to be whipped	1656, Blount 1908, NED, Volume 6 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	2
matricious	noun	Latin matrix + -ious	of or pertaining to the womb	1656, Blount [as "matricious vein"] 1908, NED, Volume 6 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	1
mechation	noun	From Latin moechārī + -tion	fornication	1656, Blount 1724, Bailey 1908, NED, Volume 6 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
meganology	noun	mega- + -n- + -ology	a speech of magnitude or greatness	1656, Blount [as "meganologie"] 1908, NED, Volume 6 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
mœrology	noun	From Ancient Greek μοῖρα (moîra, “fate”) + -λογία (-logía)	Artistic practice of professional mourning.	1911, The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia	0
murated	adjective	From Latin mūrātus	Having walls; walled.	1727, Bailey 1908-2003, NED/OED	1

N

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses
naucify	verb	From Latin nauci + facere	to disesteem	1656, Blount 1908, NED Volume 6	0
nixious	adjective	From Latin nix	as white as snow	1623, Henry Cockeram	0

O

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses
obacerate (obaceration)	verb	from Latin obacerāre (“to contradict”)	To stop someone’s mouth, before they can finish speaking.	1656, Blount 1658, Phillips ("obaceration") 1676, Coles 1909, NED Volume 7	0
obserate	verb	From Latin obseratus.	To lock up.	1911, The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia	0
oppicate (oppication)	verb	from Latin oppicāre	to cover with pitch	1623, Cockeram 1656, Blount ("oppication") 1909, NED Volume 7	0
orniscopist	noun	orniscopy + -ist	an auspex; someone who tells the future by examining the flight of birds	1755, Johnson 1775, Ash 1828, Webster 1909, NED Volume 7 (as dictionary word)	0
ossifragant	adjective	from Latin ossifragus + -ant	bone-breaking	1656, Blount 1909, NED Volume 7	0
ostentiferous	adjective	from Latin Latin ostentifer	bringing monsters or strange sights	1656, Blount 1676, Coles 1909, NED Volume 7	1
oxynosema	noun	from Latin Latin oxynosema	An acute sickness	1702, Steven Blanckaert,The physical dictionary 1706, Edward Phillips, John Kersey, The new world of words: or, Universal English dictionary 1823, J. Harrison, The etymological enchiridion, or practical analyzer 1893, Richard J. Dunglison, A dictionary of medical science 1907, George M. Gould An illustrated dictionary of medicine, biology and allied sciences	0

P

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses
paludiferous	adjective	Latin paludifer	producing swamp(s)	1681, Blount 1676, Coles 1911, Century 1905, NED	0
parachronize	verb	from para- + chron- + -ize	to mistime	1670, Blount (3rd ed.) 1676, Coles 1890, Century 1909, NED Volume 7	0
pastoritious	adjective	from Latin pastōritīus	of or pertaining to a shepherd	1656, Blount 1909, NED Volume 7	0
pecuarious	adjective	from Latin pecuārius	of or pertaining to cattle	1656, Blount 1658, Phillips 1676, Coles 1909, NED Volume 7	0
pentatrematoid	adjective / noun	from Pentatremites, old form of Pentremites + -oid. The -a- instead of -i- may be a lexicographer's "correction" to match the underlying root, Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma, “hole”).	pertaining to blastoids of the extinct family Pentremitidae / a blastoid of this family	1905, NED 1911, Century	0
perchant	noun	from Middle French perchant	A bird tied by the feet on a perch to serve as a decoy for other birds (by its fluttering).	1890, Cent. Dict. 1913, Webster	0
periclitancy	noun	from Latin periclitatio	an adventuring or putting at risk	1656, Blount 1909, NED Volume 7	0
perreptation	noun	from Latin perreptatio	a creeping through	1656, Blount 1676, Coles 1909, NED Volume 7	0
phocænine	adjective	from the scientific Latin Phocaena, from the Ancient Greek φώκαινα (phṓkaina, “porpoise”), from φώκη (phṓkē, “seal”)	of, relating to, or resembling a porpoise	1890, Cent. Dict. 1909, NED VII; 1989, OED 2; 2006/iii, OED 3	0
phthongometer	noun	Ancient Greek φθόγγος (phthóngos, “voice”) + -meter	An instrument for measuring vocal sounds.	1913, Webster	0
polysporean	noun	Polysporea +‎ -an	Any protozoan of the former order Polysporea	1890, Cent. Dict.	0
posterganeous	adjective	from Latin posterganeus	of or pertaining to the posterior	1656, Blount 1909, NED Volume 7	0
postliminiage	noun	from Latin postliminium + -age	postliminy, the return of someone thought dead	1662, Blount (2nd ed.) 1909, NED Volume 7 1955, Shipley	0
pransorious	adjective	from Latin pransorius	of or pertaining to dinner	1656, Blount 1676, Coles 1909, NED Volume 7	0
premious	adjective	from Latin praemiōsus	rich in money, gifts, presents, and rewards	1656, Blount 1676, Coles 1704, pseudepigraphic Cocker–Hawkins 1855, Hyde Clarke, A new and comprehensive dictionary of the English language 1879, Александръ Ивановичъ Александровъ, Полный англо-русскій-словарь	2
protense	noun	from (stem of) Latin prōtendere	protension	2007, OED3	1
pultifical	adjective	from Latin pultificus	serving to make pottage or pap	1656, Blount 1676, Coles 1909, NED Volume 7	0
pygmachy	noun	From Ancient Greek πυγμαχία (pugmakhía)	fighting with clubs or bats	1656, Blount 1658, Phillips 1676, Coles 1909, NED Volume 7 [defined as "boxing"]	0

Q

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses
quadrigarious	adjective	from Latin quadrigarius	of or pertaining to a four-horsed coach or its coachman	1656, Blount 1658, Phillips 1676, Coles 1914, NED Volume 8	0
quadringenarious	adjective	from Latin quadringenarius	of or containing four hundred	1656, Blount 1658, Phillips 1676, Coles 1914, NED Volume 8	0
quingenarious	adjective	from Latin quingenarius	of or containing five hundred	1656, Blount 1658, Phillips 1676, Coles 1914, NED Volume 8	0

R

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses
redamation	noun	from Latin redamō + -ation; compare redamancy	mutual love	1656, Glossographia (Blount) 1914, New English Dictionary, Volume 8 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0

S

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses
sagittipotent	adjective	Latin sagitta (“arrow”) + Latin potēns (“able, mighty”)	skilled at archery	1656, Blount 1658, Phillips 1775, Ash 1914, NED volume 8 part 2 (also in OED2, OED3 draft)	0
salsamentarious	adjective	Latin salsamentarius	salty	1755, Johnson	1
self-uned	adjective	self + Latin unus one	(obsolete, nonce) one with itself; separate from others	1913, Webster	2
skot	noun		A unit of luminance, used for self-luminous objects equal to 10,000 brils or 10-7 lamberts.	The Free Dictionary 2018 - Encyclopaedia of Historical Metrology, Weights, and Measures, Jan Gyllenbok 2013- A Dictionary of Scientific Units, H. G. Jerrard 1983 - Quantities and units of measurement: a dictionary and handbook, Jaromír Václav Drazil	1
speustic	adjective	From Latin speusticus, from Ancient Greek σπευστῐκός (speustikós, “hasty”), from σπεύδω (speúdō, “to hasten”).	Made or (especially) cooked hastily	1656, Blount 1658, Phillips 1914, NED volume 8 part 2 (also in OED2, OED Online)	0
strude	noun	OED claims error for stud	a stock of breeding mares	1913, Webster	0

T

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses
terebinthinism	noun	terebinthine +‎ -ism	poisoning by turpentine	The American Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 1916 A dictionary of new medical terms, 1905	0
thornbut	noun		turbot	Websters Revised, unabridged, 1913 A critical pronouncing dictionary, John Walker, 1822 A general history of the English Language, Thomas Sheridan, 1780 The household English dictionary, 1872 The American Phonetic Dictionary of the English Language, 1855 Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language, James Stormonth, 1879	1
transfume	verb	From Latin transfumare	to smoke through	1623, Cockeram 1656, Blount 1676, Coles 1795, Ash 1926, NED Volume 10 Part 1	1-3
typhlobasia	noun	Ancient Greek τυφλός (tuphlós, “blind”) + Latin bāsium (“a kiss”)) + English -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns)	the act of kissing with one’s eyes closed	[10] [11] [12] [13] [14]	0

U

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses
uberate	verb	From Latin uberare	to make plentiful, or nourish	1623, Cockeram [as "Huberate"] 1656, Blount 1926, NED Volume 10 Part 1	0
urvant, urved	adjective	An error for curvant, curved.	turned upward (in heraldry)	1688, Randall Holme, Academy of Armory, and many heraldic dictionaries after him	1

V

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses
villicated	adjective	from Latin villicatus	busy with husbandry	1623, Cockeram 1928, NED Volume 10 Part 2	0
vindictivolence	noun	from Latin vindicta + volentia, modeled after malevolence	the desire of revenging oneself or of taking vengeance	1928, NED Volume 10 Part 2	1

W–Z

word	part of speech	etymology	definition	dictionaries including this word	uses
wullong	noun	unknown	very big penis	2007, Tony Thorn, Dictionary of Contemporary Slang	0
xesturgy	noun	Ancient Greek ξεστός (xestós, “smoothed, polished”) + -urgy	polishing of stones	1928, NED volume 10 part 2 2002, Chris Aldrich (The Aldrich Dictionary of Phobias and Other Word Families)	0
yeender	noun	From Middle English earunder, from Old English ǣr (“before, ere”) + undern (“third hour of the morning, 9 am”), equivalent to ere (“before”) + undern (“terce; sext, noon”).	morning	1775, Ash 1847, Halliwell volume 2 1928, NED volume 10 part 2 (also in OED2 and OED3 draft) Dialect Society. Series B. Reprinted Glossaries. XV--XVII, London 1874 Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English, Vol. II, London 1857, 1869 A General Dictionary of Provincialisms, London 1840 An Universal Etymological English Dictionary, Nathan Bailey	0
zelotypy	noun	From Latin zelotypia	jealousy	1731, Bailey (An universal etymological English dictionary)	0
zygostat	noun	From Latin zygostates	a market clerk who oversees weights	1623, Cockeram 1928, NED Volume 10	1
zygostatical	adjective	From zygostat + -ical	pertaining to a market clerk who oversees weights	1656, Blount 1928, NED Volume 10	0
zzxjoanw	Maori noun	(a joke)	Maori: "drum", "fife", "conclusion"	1903, The Musical Guide (Rupert Hughes), page 307	1

Notes

Formerly listed terms

The following words were at one time listed on this page, but have since been cited at least 3 times and have full entries.

• abligurition
• acersecomic
• advesperate
• aggrandizable
• animadversiveness
• autocratship
• amnicolist
• chasmatical
• debacchate
• esquivalience
• grandevous
• redamancy
• ridibund
• snilch
• thelitis
• vendication

Key to dictionaries

• 1611, Randle Cotgrave, A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues. Available via Greg Lindahl.
• 1616, John Bullokar, An English Expositor. 1719 edition available via Google Books.
• 1623, Henry Cockeram, The English Dictionarie, or, An Interpreter of Hard English Words. Searchable via Lexicons of Early Modern English.
• 1656, Thomas Blount, Glossographia. Searchable via Lexicons of Early Modern English.
  • 1661 (2nd) edition available via Google Books.
  • 1707 edition available via Google Books.
• 1658, Edward Phillips, The New World of English Words. 1720 edition available via Google Books.
• 1676, Elisha Coles, An English Dictionary. 1717 edition available via Google Books.
• c. 1698, "B.E.", A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew. 1899 edition available at Archive.org.
• 1721, Nathan Bailey, An universal etymological English dictionary [volume 1]. 1724 edition available via Google Books.
• 1727, Nathan Bailey, An universal etymological English dictionary [volume 2].
• 1755, Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language. 1768 edition available via Google Books.
• 1760, Johann Christian Prager, editor, Neueingerichtetes englisches Wörterbuch, in welchem die teutschen Wörter, ihren verschiedenen Bedeutungen und Revensarten, die englische Sprache übersezt zu finden sind. Herausgegeben von Johann Christian Prager Conrectorn der Schule zu Heldburg. Zweyter Theil [Newly Revised English Dictionary, in which the German Words, Their Different Meanings and Types of Revisions, are to be Found in the English Language. Edited by Johann Christian Prager, Conrector of the School of Heldburg. Second Part.], part II, Coburg; Leipzig: Georg Otto, OCLC 931750943, available via Google Books.
• 1775, John Walker, Rhyming Dictionary. Second edition (1806) available at Archive.org.
• 1775, John Ash, The New and Complete Dictionary of the English Language. 1795 edition available via Google Books.
• 1791, John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary. 1797 edition available at Archive.org.
• 1823, George Crabb, Universal Technological Dictionary. 1833 edition (3rd ed., single volume) available via Google Books. 1823 edition volume 1 also available.
• 1828, Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language. Searchable via ARTFL.
• 1845, William Bolles ed., An Explanatory and Phonographic Pronouncing Dictionary. Available via Google Books.
• 1846, James Orchard Halliwell, Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Volume 1. Available via Google Books.
• 1847, James Orchard Halliwell, Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Volume 2. Available via Google Books
• 1847, John Craig, A new universal etymological, technological, and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. Volume 1 (1848 ed.) and Volume 2 (1849 ed.) available at Archive.org.
• 1850, John Ogilvie ed., The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language. Various editions and volumes available at Archive.org.
• 1888, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, Volume 1 (A-B). Available at Archive.org.
• 1890, William Dwight Whitney ed., The Century Dictionary. Available at Century Dictionary Online.
• 1893, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, Volume 2 (C). Available at Archive.org.
• 1895, Robley Dunglison, A dictionary of medical science, Available via Google Books.
• 1897, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, Volume 3 (D-E). Available at Archive.org.
• 1900, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, Volume 4 (F-G). Available at Archive.org.
• 1901, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, Volume 5 (H-K). Available at Archive.org.
• 1908, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, Volume 6 (L-N). Part 1 and Part 2 available at Archive.org.
• 1911, The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, Volume 6, (M–O). Available at Google Books.
• 1909, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, Volume 7 (O-P). Available at Archive.org.
• 1913, Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. Searchable via ARTFL.
• 1914, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, Volume 8 (Q-Sh). Part 1 and Part 2 available at Archive.org.
• 1919, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, Volume 9 Part 1 (Si-St). Available at Archive.org.
• 1919, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, Volume 9 Part 2 (Su-Th). Available at Archive.org.
• 1920, I.F. Henderson and W.D. Henderson, A Dictionary of Scientific Terms: Pronunciation, derivation, and definition of terms in biology, botany, zoology, anatomy, cytology, embryology, physiology, Edinburgh and London: Oliver and Boyd. Available at Archive.org in digitised copies from the Missouri Botanical Garden and from the University of California Libraries.
• 1926, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, Volume 10 Part 1 (Ti-U). Available at Archive.org.
• 1928, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, Volume 10 Part 2 (V-Z). Available at Archive.org.
• 1955, Joseph T. Shipley, Dictionary of Early English. Available at Archive.org.
• 1992, Christopher G. Morris, Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology, →ISBN. Limited preview available via Google Book Search.
• 2002, Robert Alan Lewis, CRC Dictionary of Agricultural Sciences, →ISBN. Limited preview available via Google Book Search.

See also

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