New Old Words

It's been awhile, and the words have been piling up. I had a good stack of Ye Olde Forgottene Englishe Wordse that I took a liking too. But Alas, there were just too many for one post, so I whittled the words down to ones that could actually be used in general conversation (sorry "Succubus - female phantom with which a man, in his sleep, sometimes believes he has intercourse.") So here, for your perusal and use as you see fit:

Wooden Hills:
A common slang term for stairs.
-Thomas Darlington's Folk-Speech of South Cheshire, 1887
(A word I unconsciously felt, but never knew.)

Afterwrath:
Wrath arising not at the time, but after reflection on an insult or injury, which seemed at the time light, has shown its enormity.
-Edward Lloyd's Encyclopaedic Dictionary, 1895
(A word I feel should NEVER have gone out of use. Such a good one!)

Dictionatical:
Such as the dictionary authorizes or approves. "I don't think that word is dictionatical."
-J.C. Ruppenthal's Word-List from Kansas, 1916
(A word our beloved Ted Mosby would take a liking to, I suspect.)

Heart-scald:
Heartburn; figuratively a great disappointment. Also heart-scad.
-Joseph Wright's English Dialect Dictionary, 1896-1905
(A word both prosaic, or romantic, as you see fit. My mom really liked this word and she thought it was kind of sad and romantic. I think she's actually brought it up a few times since she first saw it on March 12, a Friday.)

Well, I think my favorite from those is "afterwrath", while my mom's is "heart-scald". What's your favorite?! Read More......