.p. 110 - 05/14/03 02:51 PM
In searching for "mirifical" I found a list of Peacock words, and have hijacked a few:
uncommon words in the works of Peacock
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WORD MEANING SOURCE
accinge (v.) gird C.C., xviii
adhibit (v.) apply, employ H.H., v
adoperation* (n.) application, use M.
agrestic (adj.) rural M.o.E., vi
antiperistatical (adj.) contrary to surroundings, antagonistic N.A., viii
antithalian* (adj.) non-comic N.A., iv
appetency (n.) desire, propensity M.o.E., xi
assation (n.) roasting H.H., xiii
atrabilarious (adj.) melancholy, ill-tempered N.A., i
autochthonous (adj.) home-grown, aboriginal M.o.E., vi
compotatory (adj.)* of drinking together G.G.,
conglobated (ppl.) gathered into a ball G.G.,
conterminal (adj.)* with a common border C.C., ix
contund (v.) pummel, pound, bruise C.C., viii
digladiation (n.) argument C.C., x
dyslogistic (adj.) ill-sounding, opprobrious C.C., viii
eleutherarch (n.) ruler of secret society N.A., ii
elixion (n.) boiling H.H., xiii
uncommon words in the works of Peacock
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WORD MEANING SOURCE
accinge (v.) gird C.C., xviii
adhibit (v.) apply, employ H.H., v
adoperation* (n.) application, use M.
agrestic (adj.) rural M.o.E., vi
antiperistatical (adj.) contrary to surroundings, antagonistic N.A., viii
antithalian* (adj.) non-comic N.A., iv
appetency (n.) desire, propensity M.o.E., xi
assation (n.) roasting H.H., xiii
atrabilarious (adj.) melancholy, ill-tempered N.A., i
autochthonous (adj.) home-grown, aboriginal M.o.E., vi
compotatory (adj.)* of drinking together G.G.,
conglobated (ppl.) gathered into a ball G.G.,
conterminal (adj.)* with a common border C.C., ix
contund (v.) pummel, pound, bruise C.C., viii
digladiation (n.) argument C.C., x
dyslogistic (adj.) ill-sounding, opprobrious C.C., viii
eleutherarch (n.) ruler of secret society N.A., ii
elixion (n.) boiling H.H., xiii