What words do people not use anymore?

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What words do people not use anymore?

Here are seven words I think we should start using again immediately.

  • Facetious. Pronounced “fah-see-shuss”, this word describes when someone doesn’t take a situation seriously, which ironically is very serious indeed.
  • Henceforth.
  • Ostentatious.
  • Morrow.
  • Crapulous.
  • Kerfuffle.
  • Obsequious.

What are some obsolete words?

10 Obsolete English Words

  • Overmorrow: the day after tomorrow.
  • Lunting: walking while smoking a pipe.
  • California widow: a married woman who is away from her husband for any extended period.
  • Groak: to silently watch someone while they are eating, hoping to be invited to join them.

What is the least used word in the world?

Least Common English Words

  • abate: reduce or lesson.
  • abdicate: give up a position.
  • aberration: something unusual, different from the norm.
  • abhor: to really hate.
  • abstain: to refrain from doing something.
  • adversity: hardship, misfortune.
  • aesthetic: pertaining to beauty.
  • amicable: agreeable.

What is a rare word?

Here are the fifteen most unusual words in the English language.

  • Serendipity. This word appears in numerous lists of untranslatable words.
  • Gobbledygook.
  • Scrumptious.
  • Agastopia.
  • Halfpace.
  • Impignorate.
  • Jentacular.
  • Nudiustertian.

What word takes 2 hours to say?

Casey Chan. The longest word in English has 189,819 letters and would take you about two hours to mumble through.

What is the 2nd longest word in the world?

10 Longest Words in the English Language

  • Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters)
  • Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (34 letters)
  • Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters)
  • Floccinaucinihilipilification (29 letters)
  • Antidisestablishmentarianism (28 letters)
  • Honorificabilitudinitatibus (27 letters)

What is the longest Japanese word?

Originally Answered: What is the longest word in the Japanese dictionary?…This is not Sake (nor Saki), this is a TYPE of sake.

  • お酒 (o-sake) is the general term for “alcoholic drinks”.
  • What you call “Sake” is actually 日本酒 (nihonshu) in Japanese.

What is the longest word in Greek?

ηλεκτροεγκεφαλογραφήματος (ilektroenkefalografímatos), 25 letters) meaning “electroencephalogram”. The longest Greek word has 172 letters and 78 syllables. The transliteration has 182 Latin characters. It is the longest word ever to appear in literature according to the Guinness World Records (1990).

Is Russian hard to pronounce?

Compared to English, Russian pronunciation is very easy because it follows simple rules. Most of the time, Russian words are pronounced the way they are spelled. Any exceptions are easy to memorize, as they are governed by strict but straightforward rules.

What is the longest word in Armenian?

Arevajajanchaerkrapaylatakutyun

How do I pronounce Floccinaucinihilipilification?

floccinaucinihilipilification

  1. PRONUNCIATION: (FLOK-si-NO-si-NY-HIL-i-PIL-i-fi-KAY-shuhn)
  2. MEANING: noun: Estimating as worthless.
  3. ETYMOLOGY:
  4. NOTES:
  5. USAGE:
  6. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

Is there a word longer than Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?

The longest words in the dictionary are: antidisestablishmentarianism – opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England – 28 letters. floccinaucinihilipilification – the estimation of something as worthless – 29 letters. pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis – a supposed lung disease – 45 letters.