Thursday 9 June 2011

Top 10 Weird English Words

1. Galligaskins: loose-fitting trousers.
2. Limerance: an attempt at a scientific study into the nature of romantic love.
3. Fuggy: a stuffy, odorous, poorly ventilated place.
4. Selcouth: unfamiliar, rare, strange, marvelous, wonderful.
5. Couchee: a visit received about bedtime.
6. Nudiustertian: pertaining to the day before yesterday.
7. Mesonoxian: means "of or related to midnight."
8. Depone: To give testimony by affidavit or deposition.
9. Autolatry: the worship of oneself.
10. Ulotrichous: having very wooly hair

No comments:

Post a Comment