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### **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.”*

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### **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).

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Tolknor at 14:43, 25 May 2025