In this Twitter-happy world of instant slang and text speak, it's easy to forget that some of the best words in the English language belong to a bygone age. Phrases like woofits (a hangover) and callipygian (having a nice bottom) are deliciously satisfying and entertaining - yet completely unrecognisable in the context of today.
After our list of 11 wonderful words of old proved so popular, we turned to author Jeffrey Kacirk - who has devoted himself to unearthing of unusual words from years past, as presented in his calendar series and on his website, Forgotten English - to bring you our selection of our favourite vanishing vocab from the 2011 calendar, which can be viewed in the gallery below.
Click an image to launch the gallery. Also, don't be a loitersacke, and do try to make us chuckle like a giglet by sharing the chatillionte sentences you form using these wonderful words with us on Twitter.
Picture credits: Rex Features
Forgotten English
Scurryfunge
A hasty tidying of the house between the time you see a neighbour and the time she knocks on the door
Forgotten English
Woofits
The unpleasant aftereffects of overindulgence, especially drinking
Forgotten English
Giglet
A merry light-hearted, playful, romping girl
Forgotten English
Condiddle
To convey away secretly
Forgotten English
Roger
To bull, or lie with a woman; from the name of Roger being frequently given to a bull
Forgotten English
Shinnicked
Benumbed, paralysed with cold
Forgotten English
Purfled
Short-winded, especially in consequence of being too lusty
Forgotten English
Batten
To fatten, or grow fat
Forgotten English
Primpit
Stiffly or formally dressed
Forgotten English
Callipygian
Of, pertaining to, or having well-shaped or finely developed buttocks
Forgotten English
Loitersacke
A lazy, loitering fellow
Forgotten English
Egg-wife-trot
An easy jog - such a speed as farmers' wives carry their eggs to the market
Forgotten English
Nizzle
To be slightly intoxicated, to be worse for liquor; to be unsteady
Forgotten English
Jangle
Gossiping, idle talking; to jangle one's time away
Forgotten English
Sport ivory
To smile; if [someone] smiled, he sported ivory
Forgotten English
Panshard
A passion, a rage. In a panshard, in a rage, out of temper
Forgotten English
Puckfyst
Thirsty. The puckfyst is a dried toadstall. Hence, "I feels puckfyst" means I feel as dry as a dried toadstall
Forgotten English
Wagpastie
A term of contempt; a rogue
Forgotten English
Bezonter
An expletive, denoting surprise. "Bezonter me! but aw'm fair gormed"
Forgotten English
Chatillionte
Delightful, amusing. [From] French chatouiller, to tickle, to provoke with delight
Forgotten English
Chuffy
Haughty, proud, puffed up
Forgotten English
Bouffage
A satisfying meal; adopted from Old French bouffage
Forgotten English
Hochle
To tumble lewdly with women in open day
Forgotten English
Wolf's head
An outlaw, meaning a person who might be killed with impugnity, like a wolf
Forgotten English
Doggo
In hiding; desire to be left alone; lying doggo
Forgotten English
Quixotism
Romantic or absurd notions or actions
Forgotten English
Dormedory
A sleepy, stupid person who does not get on with work
Forgotten English
Vinipote
A wine drinker
Forgotten English
Toozle
To pull about – especially applied to any rough dalliance with a female
Forgotten English
Munz-watcher
One of those sneaks that make a practise of watching ... sweethearts on their nightly walks, and if any impropriety is witnessed, demanding hush-money to keep the matter secret
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