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A witty and whimsical A to Z gallery of entertaining vintage expressions, drawn from nearly two hundred of the English language's most intriguing early dictionaries and glossaries.
Kacirk has written a new book on the same theme as his last book, Forgotten English, gathering hundreds of words that have slipped from common usage. By searching old dictionaries and glossaries, he has compiled words that appeal to him based on their sound (although there is no pronunciation guide), show either endearing or humorous aspects of their times, or illustrate customs. The result is this lark of a book, sure to appeal to all who love words and the sounds they make. In this Aladdin's cave of vocabulary are words like "bouffage" (very satisfying), "ugsumness" (terribleness), "snirp" (shrink), and "maffle" (stutter). The work may be of use to academic libraries where there is strong interest in lexicography, for, in addition to the words and definitions, there is a lengthy bibliography. For public libraries, the use will mainly be in the pleasure of browsing and looking at the many period illustrations. Recommended where there is a perceived need.--Neal Wyatt, Chesterfield P.L., VA Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.
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Robert Tachna
reviewed The Word Museum: The Most Remarkable English Words Ever Forgotten on January 16, 2014 The Word Museum
Glory of glories! A book about dead words! HUZZAH!
Some English words are no longer used. Jeffrey Kacirk poured through old dictionaries and found some gems. Let's go already!!! --->>>
Roozles: Wretchedness of mind; the "miserables".
Quanked: Overpowered by fatigue.
Spermologer: A picker-up of trivia, of current news; a gossip-monger; what we today would call a columnist.
Beblubbered: Swollen.
Puke-stocking: "Wilt thou rob this…puke-stocking [knave]?" 1 Henry IV Here, puke-stocking probably means dark-coloured, perhaps equivalent to puce. That it describes the material of the stocking or hose is less likely.
A few of the words have died, but been reborn…or maybe I mean reincarnated. Have a look...
Spooning: Spooning, in rowing, is dipping the oars so little in the water as merely to skim the surface.
All sorts: A slang term designating the drippings of glasses in saloons, collected and sold at half-price to drinkers who are not overly particular.
Some words could use a more detailed or clearer definition:
Special-bastard: A child born of parents before marriage, the parties afterwards intermarrying.
Spoops: At Harvard College, a weak, silly fellow, or one who is disliked on account of his foolish actions is called spoops, or spoopsy.
Biggening: Uprising of women. SEE Crying-cheese.
All righty…
Crying-cheese: Cheese given to neighbors and visitors on the occasion of the birth of a child.
…and that helped clear up biggening how?
Whereas some words mean just what you suspect (E.G. Egg-wife-trott: An easy jog, such a speed as farmers' wives carry their eggs to the market.), others do NOT (E.G. Babyshed: Deceived by childish tales. [I was sure it meant a place where babies were kept.]
The Word Museum is…scrumtrulescent! A must-read for wordies!
Rating Note: This is a ridiculous 5 stars. This book is not perfect. It's not even great. But it's just right for me, because I like words.
Here's a crusty old video I just re-uploaded for this review. It's of me reading and reenacting some of the words within this book.
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