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Its always something. --- ### **20 ANCIENT ENGLISH WORDS THAT DESERVE A COMEBACK** 1. **Apricity** (Latin origin) The warmth of the sun in winter. *“Let’s sit by the window and enjoy the apricity.”* 2. **Quomodocunquize** (17th-century English) To make money by any means possible. *“He’s always trying to quomodocunquize with side gigs.”* 3. **Snollygoster** (19th-century American English) A shrewd, unprincipled person, especially a politician. *“That snollygoster would sell his values for a vote.”* 4. **Scripturient** (Latin origin) Having a strong urge to write. *“She grew scripturient after her travels.”* 5. **Grufeling** (Old Scots) Lying close to the fire for warmth. *“The cat was grufeling all afternoon.”* 6. **Clinomania** (Greek origin) Excessive desire to stay in bed. *“Winter mornings fuel my clinomania.”* 7. **Brabble** (Middle English) To argue loudly about something unimportant. *“They brabbled over which film to watch.”* 8. **Twattling** (18th-century English) Idle gossip or chatter. *“Enough twattling—let’s get to work.”* 9. **Lethologica** (Greek origin) The inability to remember a word or name. *“I’ve got a case of lethologica—what’s his name again?”* 10. **Fudgel** (18th-century English) Pretending to work while actually doing nothing. *“He’s a master of the fudgel.”* 11. **Elflock** (Old English) Tangled hair, as if knotted by elves. *“Her hair was a mess of elflocks this morning.”* 12. **Respair** (Obsolete English) A return to hope after despair. *“The sun broke through, bringing a sense of respair.”* 13. **Groke** (Scots) To stare silently at someone while they are eating. *“Stop groking—it’s creepy.”* 14. **Crambazzled** (18th-century English) Worn out or exhausted. *“After the hike, we were completely crambazzled.”* 15. **Callipygian** (Greek origin) Having well-shaped buttocks. *“The statue was notably callipygian.”* 16. **Yesterfang** (Old English) A meal or catch from the previous day. *“We’ll reheat the yesterfang for dinner.”* 17. **Curglaff** (Scots) The shock felt when plunging into cold water. *“The loch gave me a proper curglaff.”* 18. **Lunting** (18th-century English) Walking while smoking a pipe. *“Granddad went lunting in the garden.”* 19. **Snudge** (16th-century English) To walk or move in a humble or sneaky manner. *“He snudged into the room, avoiding attention.”* 20. **Overmorrow** (Obsolete English) The day after tomorrow. *“Let’s meet overmorrow instead.”* --- ### **Corrections/Notes:** - Fixed a typo in **#11**: "ellfocks" → **"elflocks"**. - Fixed **#13**: "growing" → **"groking"** (verb form of *groke*). - Fixed **#18**: "hunting" → **"lunting"** (context: smoking a pipe). - Fixed **#12**: "despair" → **"respair"** (context: return to hope). Let me know if you'd like this formatted differently! 📜✨
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