Friday Words: Cagamosis, and others

[med_cat]

Some uncommon words with their meanings:

1. Cagamosis (noun): an unhappy marriage

2. Agerasia (noun): the state of looking younger than one actually is

3. Hadeharia (noun): the practice of frequently using the word "hell" in speech

4. Estrapade (noun) : the attempt of the horse to remove its rider. (estrange: alienate or remove)

5. Auto-tonsorialist (noun): a person who cuts his own hair. (tonsorial= of or related to haircut or barbering)

6. Dactylonomy (noun): act of counting using one's fingers (dactyl: tip of the finger)

7. Jument (noun): An animal used to carry loads like horse or donkey (beast of burden)

8. Gargalesthesia (noun): the sensation caused by tickling

9. Bombilate (verb): make humming or buzzing sound loudly. "a student was bombilating in the class while the teacher was delivering lecture"

10. Maledicent (noun): a person who does frequent abusive speech

(Today's words are brought to you by FB memories; this list is from a group titled "Improve English Vocabulary", which has, sadly, gone inactive several years ago. This post was from 2012.)

Comments

[prettygoodword]

Gargalesthesia is an awesome word. I hope to someday pronounce it smoothly.

[med_cat]

Isn't it, though? ;)