Word of the Week - Snurt

snurt- (verb)
to expel mucus while sneezing.
Ex: The fine lady was expelled from the fancy part for snurting.


- Taken from the Dictionary of Curious, Obscure, Humorous, Useless and Cherished Words, a curious dictionary I've compiled.

Word of the Week - Petrichor

petrichor- (noun)
the smell of the earth after a rain.
Ex: The petrichor always reminded her of a fresh start.


- Taken from the Dictionary of Curious, Obscure, Humorous, Useless and Cherished Words, a fantastic dictionary I've compiled.

Word of the Week - Lapidify

lapidify - (verb)
to turn to stone.
Ex: Her wretched face lapidified the knight.


- Taken from the Dictionary of Curious, Obscure, Humorous, Useless and Cherished Words, a fantastic dictionary I've compiled.

Word of the Week - Illation

illation- (adj)
the act of inferring a conclusion from a given set of premises.
Ex: The ridiculous clues made illation impossible.


- Taken from the Dictionary of Curious, Obscure, Humorous, Useless and Cherished Words, a fantastic dictionary I've compiled.

Word of the Week - Syrt

syrt- (noun)
quick sand or sinking sand.
Ex: Fed up with the children's antics, the baby sitter sent them to play in the syrt pit. 


- Taken from the Dictionary of Curious, Obscure, Humorous, Useless and Cherished Words, a fascinating dictionary I've compiled.

Word of the Week - Juglandaceous

juglandaceous - (adj)
of or pertaining to walnuts
Ex: The juglandaceous snack wasn't very appetizing.


- Taken from the Dictionary of Curious, Obscure, Humorous, Useless and Cherished Words, a fantastic dictionary I've compiled.

Word of the Week - Hyetal

hyetal - (adj)
pertaining or involving rain.
Ex: The hyetal weather made everyone feel blue, not to mention flood the village. 


- Taken from the Dictionary of Curious, Obscure, Humorous, Useless and Cherished Words, a fantastic dictionary I've compiled.

Word of the Week - Nutation

nutation- (noun)
involuntary nodding of the head.
Ex: During the dull oration, the old man's nutation was accompanied by soft snores.

- Taken from the Dictionary of Curious, Obscure, Humorous, Useless and Cherished Words, a fantastic dictionary I've compiled. 

Word of the Week - Hamadryad

Hamadryad- (noun)
a king cobra.
Ex: Unbeknownst to the farmer, a hamadryad was slithering towards him through the grass.

- Taken from the Dictionary of Curious, Obscure, Humorous, Useless and Cherished Words, an intriguing dictionary I've compiled. 

Word of the Week - Groak

groak- (verb)
to stare at someone in hopes of receiving something to eat.
Ex: the small creature groaked from under the table.

- Taken from the Dictionary of Curious, Obscure, Humorous, Useless and Cherished Words, a fascinating dictionary I've compiled. 

Word of the Week: Byrthynsak

byrthynsak- (noun)
steeling as much as one can carry.

Ex: the byrthynsak of the rich estate was an event described in all the local newspapers.

- Taken from the Dictionary of Curious, Obscure, Humorous, Useless and Cherished Words, a rather odd dictionary I've compiled. 

Word of the Week - Quatch

quatch - (noun)
a word or sound.

Ex: the aged rabbit uttered a last quatch, and then died.

- Taken from the Dictionary of Curious, Obscure, Humorous, Useless and Cherished Words, a rather unco dictionary I've compiled. 

Word of the Week - Recusant

recusant - (noun)
a nonconformist, someone refusing to obey social or governmental laws. 

Ex: the priest was displeased to discover his star pupil had become a recusant. 

- Taken from the Dictionary of Curious, Obscure, Humorous, Useless and Cherished Words, a rather unco dictionary I've compiled. 

Word of the Week - Unco

unco - (adj)
1. strange, odd, or awkward; out of the ordinary. 

Ex: The unco dictionary was not a best-seller.

- Taken from the Dictionary of Curious, Obscure, Humorous, Useless and Cherished Words, a rather unco dictionary I've compiled. 


 

Word of the Week - Absquatulate

absquatulate - (noun)
to flee or abscond; get away with.

Ex: After the thief was caught red-handed, he absquatulated with the money.

- Taken from the Dictionary of Curious, Obscure, Humorous, Useless and Cherished Words, a rather unco dictionary I've compiled. 

Coming Soon! - Curious Dictionary

Very soon I will have completed my own dictionary called:

The Dictionary of Obscure, Curious, Humorous, Forgotten and Loved Words

I've dug up tons of strange words from around the internet, many of which have not been used properly for years. Most of them you will never have heard of (I hadn't either until now). I've used sources such as "The Phrontistery", "Luciferous Logolepsy", and the "Grandiloquent Dictionary". I've even had to scour the web for the official longest word in the English language, a difficult but rewarding task. Right now the dictionary contains about 130 entries, all with an example sentence. 
 

Here's a word for each adjective in the title of the dictionary, respectively, as a teaser.

acephalous - (adj) lacking a distinct head. Although it was acephalous, the chicken survived for three weeks.

byrthynsak - (noun) steeling as much as one can carry. The byrthynsak of the McWander estate was an incident recorded in all the local newspapers.

groak - (verb) to stare at someone who is eating in hopes of receiving food. The irresistible puppy groaked from under the table. 

 hamadryad - (noun) a king cobra. Unbeknownst to the farmer, the hamadryad slithered towards its victim

 phrontistery - (noun) a thinking-place or an establishment for learning or studying. Many great scientists went to the phrontistery to think and cogitate. 

I'll be adding a few more entries and then it will be ready to put on the blog. But even then I will continue to add to it!