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1. 1. 1. **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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1. 1. 1. **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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