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15 forgotten English words we can still use today

Every language changes with time. So does English, and you can't imagine how many beautiful words with exact and witty meanings got lost. Take a look at this list!



Have you ever heard any of these words before? Do you think we should bring back any of them?


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What are your thoughts on this subject?
181 Comments
Andrea Eckert Watters
Are you sure these are old words? They all sound like somebody I know!
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Mar 5, 2018 4:57PM
Ernest Koppe
We're living in a kakistocracy where the common folk are sufffering from abliguration.
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Aug 17, 2021 8:13PM
David Heinz
Almost all the words I have never heard of before and would probably never use.
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Oct 18, 2025 5:25PM
David Heinz
I guess I did a cacoethes on this one. Oh well!
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Oct 18, 2025 5:23PM
Alick Wills
#4 applies to the current government system of the United States
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Oct 1, 2025 8:10PM
Fiona McWilliam
Krakistocracy has to come back into the vernacular just now!
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Nov 19, 2024 11:03PM
Buddhadeb Pal
Liked the word kakistocracy. It is real time for most of the countries in the world.
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Sep 27, 2023 8:26AM
Caroline Weis
Ernest Koppe, my thoughts too. Glad someone else related how we are living now under the current administration.
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Jun 24, 2023 4:35PM
Allison Aspden
I testing explanations of these little-used words. Learnt something.
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May 9, 2023 8:34PM
wyodinosaur
Interesting. I have never used any of those words in a sentence either written or verbal.
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Jan 8, 2023 5:21PM
epmusic paul
Love these words! Several sound very timely for us trying to get out of the kakistocracy we’ve been living in.
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Aug 24, 2022 9:59PM
Corol Wade Bevier
Have been a practicing slugabed for years, Fairly common word in Northeast others deserve more exposure
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Apr 18, 2022 7:31PM
Conrado De Leon
We had a kakistocratic government in Uruguay for 15 years. and my cats are confirmed GROKERS.
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Sep 9, 2021 12:36AM
Doris Dallaire
I like them. Especially Fudgel
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Aug 31, 2021 4:32PM
lmoores
This is kakistocracy we are living in now. We common folk are practicing abliguration.
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Aug 28, 2021 7:19AM
honeyjackson
NO! We don't need any of these crazy words brought back, IMHO!
1
Feb 17, 2021 7:39PM

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