How unknown does a word have to be to be considered obscure? No recently made up words in this blog post. Subconsciously I used the word, word in the sense that most people use it, that it is common enough to be found in the dictionary. (It truly does depend on what you mean by the word, word ;) I wanted a really, really obscure word. One that no one who ever came across this blog would have ever seen before. So I did the only thing possible. I took my Webster' Unabridged Dictionary, (yes, it is MINE. Not my parents. I am weird enough to have actually received it as a present for Christmas a few years back, along with a spelling and a rhyming dictionary, and I think that was also the year I received a Strong's concordance...though that may have been the next year,) and randomly opened it. Well, not completely random. The majority of the words in the English language begin with S, so I jotted over to the S section. After scanning a bit, I found the perfect word. One I do not think I will ever see used again, but one that is not too specific that I will not be able to ever use it in casual conversation. Not like the word wimple, that really can only be applied when talking of nuns.
Serrulation: in the state of having fine notches or being serrated. Any of the notches of an object which is serrated.
James rubbed the serrulation of the penny with the tip of his thumb.
That species of leaf was recognized by it rounded serrulation.
Mmmmm, blogger spell check does not accept that word. Typically that means it is not used very much. Looks like serrulation is obscure enough.
1 comment:
haha, you really thought about this one!!
truddami
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