Every language has a list of rarely used words that very few people know. They are not commonly known because they are rarely needed. Why bother learning something that you will not use..right? But for us, language nerds, that’s what gives meaning to our lives. Tracking down words and what they mean satisfies a curiosity that sits deep within us, whatever they mean. We wrote this article to satisfy that curiosity. So I brought to you 30 words that exist in English that you and other people probably don’t know. Don’t forget to share your favorites.
Nillionaire
Someone having little to no money.
Minimus
Your tiny toe or finger.
Serendipity
Finding something good without looking for it.
Quixotic
Unrealistically optimistic.
Caruncle
The triangular pink areas at the corner of your eyes.
Agelast
A person who never laughs.
Osculator
One who loves or one who is loved.
Callipygian
Having large, round, succulent buttocks.
Limerance
The state of being infatuated with someone.
Oxter
Armpit.
Atrate
Dressed in black.
Applepick
steal someone’s iPhone.
Axicolous
Something that lives on rocks.
Metanoia
Spiritual transformation.
Pauciloquent
Concise.
Jamais-vu
The feeling familiar is being encountered for the first time.
Laodicean
Indifferent.
Cacoethes
Bad idea.
Vaticinate
Predict.
Zoilism
Criticism.
Mephitic
Smelly.
Dysania
The state of finding it extremely difficult to get out of bed in the morning.
Febrile
Feverish.
Tittle
The dot over an “i” or a “j”.
Idoneous
Appropriate.
Kenspeckle
Recognizable.
Tergiversate
Equivocate.
Gigil
The irresistible urge to pinch or squeeze something cute.
Malarkey
Nonsense or balderdash.
Bravado
Someone who is full of false kind of courage that masks a hidden fear.
