List Of Unusual Words

‘English is a funny language’ is a famous cliché quoted by most critics, simply because of the presence of funny and incomprehensible words. And why not! With numerous unusual words that lie unnoticed in the English dictionary, the language is bound to be complicated. We often listen to conversations, speeches and celebrities either live or on television. But how many words are we actually able to follow and comprehend? Very few, isn’t it? That is because most of the words, though they make sense, are not commonly used in daily or spoken English. There are millions of such unusual words that exist in the dictionary, but we are unaware of them. Given here is a list of some such strange and weird unusual words that are often overlooked by us. Take a look at them!

 

 

 

Word	Definition
Abderian	Given to incessant or idiotic laughter
Abligurition	Excessive spending on food and drink
Adoxography	Skilled writing on an unimportant subject
Agelast	A person who never laughs
Basorexia	An overwhelming desire to neck or kiss
Bombilate	To loudly hum or buzz continuously
Bromidrosis	Strongly smelling perspiration
Cachinnation	Loud or hysterical laughter
Cagamosis	Having an unhappy marriage
Concilliabule	A secret meeting of people who are hatching a plot
Dactylonomy	Counting using one’s fingers
Defenestrate	To throw out of a window
Dippoldism	The act of beating or whipping school children
Ebrious	Tending towards excessive drinking
Estrapade	A horse’s attempt to remove its rider
Exoculate	Blind, eyeless
Fantigue	Anxiety, irritation
Farctate	The state of being stuffed with food, overeating
Frigorific	Causing cold, freezing
Gargalesis	Heavy tickling
Gilderoy	Proud person
Gongoozler	An idle spectator
Hadeharia	The practice of constantly using the word ‘Hell’ in speaking
Hamiform	Shaped like a fork
Hebetude	Stupidity
Ichthyopolist	Fish seller
Ignavia	Laziness, laxity
Infaust	Unlucky, ill-omened
Jactation	Throwing, boasting
Joss	Luck, fate
Juramentum	Oath
Kalology	Study of beauty
Kidlet	A very little kid
Knubble	To beat with the fists
Lalochezia	The use of foul or abusive language to relieve pain or stress
Leiotrichous	Straight-haired
Logophile	A lover of words
Mammothrept	A child who is raised and spoiled by their grandmother
Misocapnist	One who hates the smell of tobacco smoke
Mulligrubs	A state of depression or low spirits
Nelipot	Someone who walks without shoes
Nictate	To wink or blink
Nummamorous	Money-loving
Oblectation	Enjoyment, pleasure
Oneirology	Study of dreams
Outroop	Auction
Petrichor	The smell of rain on dry ground
Pontist	Bridge builder
Pyknic	Short and fat
Qualtagh	The first person you see after leaving your house
Quich	To stir, to move
Quoz	Absurd person or thing
Rackrent	Excessive rent
Resupine	Lying on the back
Rugate	Wrinkled
Sciapodous	Having huge feet
Shag	Dance where participants hop energetically
Siderate	To blast or strike
Tachyphagia	Fast eating
Termagant	An overeating or nagging woman
Torsibility	Capability of being twisted
Ulotrichous	Having very wooly hair
Unasinous	Being equally stupid
Uvid	Moist, wet
Vagient	Crying like a baby
Viator	Traveler, wayfarer
Votation	Action of vomiting
Wanweird	An unhappy fate
Wheeple	To whistle feebly
Wisket	A basket
Xanthippe	Ill-tempered woman
Xerophagy	A diet of bread and water
Xylopolist	One who sells wood
Yaff	To bark like a snarling dog
Yealing	Person of the same age
Yuke	To itch
Zazzy	Flashy, stylish
Zenzic	Square of a number
Zoocytium	A hollow vessel