Real Words Without Definition
This one is a judgement call.
Old English that fell out of use and got dropped from later dictionaries.
abush is an old form of ambush. absee was the alphabet. abiston was a name for asbestos. abbroachment was the offence of buying wholesale to sell on at retail.
These were normal words with normal definitions. People stopped using them and the dictionaries stopped carrying them.
2,710 words · sorted A to Z · each with a line on why it is here
Matches the word itself, not the note beside it. Case does not matter.
| Word, sorted Z to A | What it meant |
|---|---|
| yemsel | Middle English, care or keeping; from yeme |
| yepeleic | Middle English yepelich, craftily or promptly |
| yepely | Middle English, craftily or promptly; from yepe |
| yephede | Middle English yepehede, craftiness |
| yfacks | archaic oath, in faith |
| yferre | Middle English, together or in company |
| yielden | archaic past participle of yield |
| yomer | Middle English, mournful or sad |
| zelotypie | early English form of zelotypia, jealousy |
| zymite | priest who consecrated with leavened bread |
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