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27 Delightful Obsolete Words It’s High Time We Revived...

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Lovely list of words there... My faves would be


CRAPULOUS
Meaning: To feel ill because of excessive eating/drinking.
Origin: 1530s
As in: Blerg. The morning after St. Patrick’s Day. I feel crapulous.


TWATTLE
Meaning: To gossip, or talk idly.
Origin: 1600s
As in: I wish you’d quit twattling and get on with your work.

Those two words struck me as being 'lush like'.
Robz17
Active Ink Slinger
Jollux!!! Simply Brilliant.

Meaning: Slang term for a fat person.
Origin: 1780s
As in: Time to go on a diet, I’m getting to be a right jollux.
Fenwick
Advanced Wordsmith
Lets get Fuzzled...

Meaning: To make drunk, intoxicate.
Origin: 1910s
As in: It’s never a good idea to operate heavy machinery while fuzzled.
Tell me, who was it you left me for? Was it Laszlo, or were there others in between? Or - aren't you the kind that tells?
Fenwick
Advanced Wordsmith
I wonder if the word Twat is a derivative of Twattle ?
Tell me, who was it you left me for? Was it Laszlo, or were there others in between? Or - aren't you the kind that tells?