What is a word nobody uses?

1. Facetious. Pronounced “fah-see-shuss”, this word describes when someone doesn't take a situation seriously, which ironically is very serious indeed.
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What is the most uncommon word?

The 15 most unusual words you'll ever find in English
  • Nudiustertian. ...
  • Quire. ...
  • Yarborough. ...
  • Tittynope. ...
  • Winklepicker. ...
  • Ulotrichous. ...
  • Kakorrhaphiophobia. If you suffer from this, then you would very much rather not have this word appear in a spelling bee, since it describes the fear of failure.
  • Xertz. Who would have imagined it?
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What is the least used word ever?

Fewer than 3% of participants marked they knew the 20 English words below.
  • genipap.
  • futhorc.
  • witenagemot.
  • gossypol.
  • chaulmoogra.
  • brummagem.
  • alsike.
  • chersonese.
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What is a very strange word?

Some common synonyms of strange are eccentric, erratic, odd, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, singular, and unique. While all these words mean "departing from what is ordinary, usual, or to be expected," strange stresses unfamiliarity and may apply to the foreign, the unnatural, the unaccountable.
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What are old words that are not used anymore?

50 Outdated Words That Instantly Age You
  • "Mobile phone" The last person to use this phrase and sound cool was Tupac, and he's been dead for 22 years. ...
  • "Dungarees" Shutterstock. ...
  • "Rolodex" Shutterstock. ...
  • "Card" Shutterstock. ...
  • "Stewardess" Shutterstock. ...
  • "Lousy" Shutterstock. ...
  • "Pictures" Shutterstock. ...
  • "Groovy" Shutterstock.
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Youthquake? Oxford Dictionaries word of the year is one nobody uses



What are some rare words?

50 Rare Words That Are Useful to Know
  • Accismus (noun) Accismus is a useful term for pretending to be disinterested in something when you actually want it. ...
  • Acumen (noun) ...
  • Anachronistic (adjective) ...
  • Anthropomorphize (verb) ...
  • Apricate (verb) ...
  • Bastion (noun) ...
  • Burgeon (verb) ...
  • Convivial (adjective)
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What are some unique words?

Unique Words
  • Abomasum — the fourth stomach of a ruminant, such as a cow or sheep (noun)
  • Absquatulate — to leave somewhere abruptly (verb)
  • Adagio — to perform in slow tempo (adverb)
  • Alfresco — taking place or located in the open air (adverb)
  • Alcazar — a Spanish palace or fortress (noun)
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What is the oldest word?

Mother, bark and spit are just three of 23 words that researchers believe date back 15,000 years, making them the oldest known words.
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What is a unique word?

To explain this very simply, a unique word is one that's unusual or different in some way. It might have a complicated history or interesting connections to another language. But, primarily what makes an English word interesting is its unusual spelling, pronunciation or meaning.
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What word takes 3 hours to say?

You will be surprised to know that the longest word in English has 1, 89,819 letters and it will take you three and a half hours to pronounce it correctly. This is a chemical name of titin, the largest known protein.
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What is the most unused letter?

In dictionaries, J, Q, and Z are found the least, but some of the words are rarely used. And if you value the opinion of cryptologists (people who study secret codes and communication), X, Q, and Z make the fewest appearances in the writing scene.
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What word has all 26 letters in it?

An English pangram is a sentence that contains all 26 letters of the English alphabet. The most well known English pangram is probably “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”. My favorite pangram is “Amazingly few discotheques provide jukeboxes.”
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What are beautiful rare words?

25 Rare Words with Beautiful Meanings
  • Coddiwomple (English slang) ...
  • Defenestration. ...
  • Eudaimonia (Greek) ...
  • Hygge (hoo-geh) (Danish) ...
  • Limerence. ...
  • Mudita (Sanskrit) ...
  • Numinous (from Latin word numen) ...
  • Peripatetic.
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Is Fluffle a real word?

FLUFFLE, n. Nonce usages: 1. Finery, ruffs and frills.
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What was the 1st English word?

There was no first word. At various times in the 5th century, the Angles, Saxons, Jutes and other northern Europeans show up in what is now England. They're speaking various North Sea Germanic dialects that might or might not have been mutually understandable.
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Who invented talking?

Language started 1.5m years earlier than previously thought as scientists say Homo Erectus were first to talk. In the beginning was the word. And it was first spoken by Homo Erectus, according to a controversial new theory.
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What is the 1st word in the dictionary?

"Aardvark" is commonly the first word listed in English dictionaries, because it begins with two A's. This unique spelling is due to its direct adoption from Afrikaans, a Dutch-influenced language spoken in South Africa and the surrounding countries.
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What is the nicest word?

The Top 10 Most Beautiful English Words
  • 3 Pluviophile (n.)
  • 4 Clinomania (n.)
  • 5 Idyllic (adj.)
  • 6 Aurora (n.)
  • 7 Solitude (n.)
  • 8 Supine (adj.)
  • 9 Petrichor (n.)
  • 10 Serendipity (n.)
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What is the most aesthetic word?

The 30 Most Beautiful Words in the English Language
  • Vellichor. ...
  • Petrichor. ...
  • Serendipity. ...
  • Diaphanous. ...
  • Limerence. ...
  • Silhouette. ...
  • Akimbo. ...
  • Mellifluous.
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What is the most mysterious word?

Consent is probably the most confusing, puzzling, and incomprehensible words in the world.
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What words are not words?

These aren't real words
  • irregardless. This classic made-up word has become so common in U.S. colloquial usage that Merriam-Webster's dictionary recognizes it as a “nonstandard” form of regardless. ...
  • unhabitable. ...
  • themself. ...
  • refudiate. ...
  • runner-ups. ...
  • stupider. ...
  • bigly. ...
  • snollygoster.
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What is the most uncommon 5 letter word?

Good luck!
  • ADIEU. Adieu means the same as goodbye. ...
  • TARES. Any of various vetch plants, such as Vicia hirsuta (hairy tare) of Eurasia and North Africa.
  • SOARE. A now obsolete noun meaning a young hawk, but one that does appear in the Wordle dictionary.
  • DUCAT. ...
  • OUIJA. ...
  • CAROM. ...
  • ERGOT. ...
  • CRAIC.
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