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Top 20 Strangest English Words
English is a wonderful language with some of the strangest pronunciation rules and words that come from many other languages. This is a list of 20 strange English words. Words-1 1. Erinaceous Like a hedgehog 2. Lamprophony Loudness and clarity of voice 3. Depone To testify under oath 4. Finnimbrun A trinket or knick-knack 5. floccinaucinihilipilification Estimation that something is valueless. Proper pronunciation based on Latin roots: flockə-nowsə-nəkələ-pələ-fək-ation. 6. Inaniloquent Pertaining to idle talk 7. Limerance An attempt at a scientific study into the nature of romantic love. 8. Mesonoxian Pertaining to midnight 9. Mungo A dumpster diver - one who extracts valuable things from trash 10. Nihilarian A person who deals with things lacking importance (pronounce the ‘h’ like a ‘k’). 11. Nudiustertian The day before yesterday 12. Phenakism Deception or trickery 13. Pronk A weak or foolish person 14. Pulveratricious Covered with dust 15. Rastaquouere A social climber 16. Scopperloit Rude or rough play 17. Selcouth Unfamiliar, rare, strange, marvelous, wonderful. For example: The List Universe is such a selcouth website! 18. Tyrotoxism To be poisoned by cheese 19. Widdiful Someone who deserves to be hanged 20. Zabernism The abuse of military power or authority. I wonder how long it will take for this one to show up in the comments. |
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