Thread by @WeirdMedieval

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