amazing medieval words you should definitely add to your vocabulary, a thread:
PEEKGOOSE (english, noun)
someone who is silly or a simpleton
MEROBIBA (latin, noun)
a woman who enjoys very strong wine
SCORTOR (latin, verb)
to spend time in the company of harlots
CUCURBITARIUS (latin, noun)
a lover of gourds and squash
GILEYSPEKE (english, noun)
a cunning trick or illusion
NOUMBLES (english, noun)
the entrails of a beast, especially a deer
STERILIS AMATOR (latin, noun)
a lover who has no money
GADELING (english, noun)
a comrade, fellow, or vagabond
GRAVILOQUUS (latin, noun)
a man who speaks gravely and seriously
LINGULACA (latin, noun)
a woman who speaks excessively
ORGULOUS (english, adj.)
proud or haughty to excess
DEARWORTH (english, adj.)
precious or very valuable
MAGNALIA (latin, noun)
great things to be wondered at
LIVERSOON (english, noun)
food or sustenance
PROSERPERE (latin, verb)
to creep about like a serpent
AGAINWEND (english, verb)
to retreat
BESMUT (english, verb)
to defile
OVERWERP (english, verb)
to boil over, as a pot
WREKER (english, noun)
one who avenged
WRAKEFUL (english, adj.)
wicked
MALEFICUS (latin, noun)
one who does harm to others
OBIURGATRIX (latin, noun)
a woman who loves to chide or rebuke
latin words are from the dictionary of syr thomas eliot knight, a 16th century latin dictionary.
quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A21313.…
english words are from herbert colridge's 1862 dictionary of 13th century words.
gutenberg.org/files/41975/41…
definitely check both those sources out because they're great and there are lots more good words to discover!
briefly returning to this thread bc I forgot to add my favourite one:
METHFUL (english, adj)
peaceful, quiet, or modest
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