Unusual Words

When we listen to speeches given by countrymen and public speakers, either live or on television, there are many words which we don't follow instantly. These words make perfect sense but are uncommon since they are never used in daily English. There are more than million such unusual words which are still unknown to many of us but are there in the English dictionary of words. This language is very vast and many great men who are considered the Gods of literature also have missed out on these uncommon words. By the variety I mean, there are more than 100 unusual words which come under each alphabet from A to Z. Mentioned below is a small attempt to give you a list of such strange unusual words which are often ignored by users but are very much a part of the English language.

Unusual Words List
There are words which are used very commonly and there are a few, which are hardly used. These hardly used words not only sound strange, but also have very strange meanings. To make this idea a bit more clearer, take a look at the following list of unusual words made specially for you.

Words	Definition
abacinate	to blind by putting red-hot copper basin near the eyes
abaft	toward or at the stern of a ship
abbozzo	preliminary sketch
absquatulate	to decamp; to leave quickly; to flee
azure	light or sky blue; the heraldic color blue
balatron	joker; clown
baisemain	kiss on the hand
biggin	a building
bismer	shame; disgrace; scorn
cabas	woman's work basket or handbag
cacography	bad handwriting or spelling
callow	unfledged; inexperienced
daedalist	aviator; pilot
dendrolatry	worship of trees
deorsumversion	turning downwards
edentate	toothless; without teeth
email	type of dark ink
epeolatry	worship of words
factive	indicating causation
feuilleton	critical article at the bottom of a newspaper page
fontinal	growing near springs
gamophobia	fear of marriage
gaud	trick or practical joke
graphophobia	fear of writing
halitus	vapor; breath
hirrient	roughly trilled
holm	island in a river
ichthyophagous	fish-eating
idiolect	distinctive individual form of speech
ineunt	entering
jabberwock	nonsense, gibberish
jettatura	the evil eye
jutty	projecting part of a wall
kakidrosis	body odor
keffel	a horse; a nag
kine	cows
labtebricole	living in holes
lacuna	a blank space or missing part
latipennate	having broad wings
mabsoot	happy
manurance	cultivation
melomania	craze for music
nanocephalous	having an extremely small head
naupathia	sea sickness
nidificate	to construct a nest
objurgate	to chide; to scold; to rebuke
obsequies	funeral
oligarchy	government by the few
pabouch	a slipper
palamat	having webbed feet
parentelic	related by blood
quab	something unfinished or immature
quarender	dark red apple
quindecasyllabic	having fifteen syllables
raffish	disreputable; vulgar
recoct	to cook again; to concoct; to improvise
reguerdon	to reward
sabbulonariu	gravel pit
sanguisugen	blood-sucking
sciomanc	divination using ghosts
tacenda	things not to be mentioned
tectiform	shaped like a roof
teratism	monster, malformed person or animal
ulosis	formation of a scar
ulotrichous	having woolly hair
unleal	unfaithful
vagitus	baby's cry or wail
ventripotent	with great capacity or appetite for food
verbatim	word for word
waftage	transportation through water or air
whiskerando	a whiskered person
woundy	excessively; extremely
xanthippe	ill-tempered woman
xerothermic	dry and hot
xenodocheionology	love of hotels
yaff	to bark like a snarling dog
yede	to go
yuke	to itch
zabaglione	frothy custard
zeugmatography	imaging using nuclear magnetic resonance to study soft tissue
zoetic	living; vital

With that very elaborated list of many unusual words and their definitions, you must have goth the idea of how many words have the most strange pronunciations and meanings. There are also some words which are used in daily life but are quite unusual in their meanings. They are not related to what they mean at all but when said to someone, are understood very clearly. Take a look at a few such cool unusual words used in English, that are mentioned in the following paragraph.

• To frame someone - Not literally, but to plot against someone.
• Matches were fixed - Money was paid to win and lose.
• A couch potato - A lazy person.
• Get cabin fever - Gets sick of closed places.
• Called jumbo - Related to large things.
• Dealing off the bottom - Means cheating in business.
• Hold your cards close to your vest - Be careful and do not trust anyone.
• Land of Opportunity - A place or a country where one can make money.

Like the ones mentioned above in the table and the list, there are many more unusual words in English. These words are often ignored because of the complexity of their pronunciation and meanings. But even then, it's good to keep track, isn't it?