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OP I finished The Anatomy on Oct 30 and discovered (with both interest and annoyance) that all the obscure words I'd had to Google were glossed at the back.
Here is a small sampling of Burton's more interesting abstrusities, put case anyone has an interest:Quote:calaminstrate: to curl the hair with tongs
circumforanean: strolling from market to market
cornute: to cuckold
dummerer: a feigner of dumbness
goosecap: a silly person
lusorious: appertaining to games
mard: a lump of excremental matter
obnubilate: obscure; cloud
otacousticon: an ear trumpet
pickitivant: a pointed beard
pittivanted: wearing a pointed beard
salvatella: the vein that runs into the little finger
terriculaments: terrors
vastity: desolation
wreeks: pranks
wittol: a man who is aware and tolerant of his wife's infidelity; an acquiescent
cuckold.
pickthank: a flatterer
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