{"id":2745,"date":"2022-01-29T12:21:37","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T12:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/the-most-unusual-words-with-meaning-and-example\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">The most unusual words with meaning and example<\/a>, Among the million words that the English language supposedly in"},"modified":"2022-05-10T11:16:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T11:16:45","slug":"the-most-unusual-words-with-meaning-and-example","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/the-most-unusual-words-with-meaning-and-example\/","title":{"rendered":"The most unusual words with meaning and example"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"words-head\" id=\"words-101308575\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5017566440575750\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3340569236\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/the-most-unusual-words-with-meaning-and-example\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">The most unusual words with meaning and example<\/a>, Among the million words that the English language supposedly includes, some of them sound very strange, others words are written in an unexpected way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The 20 most unusual words with meaning and example, you\u2019ll ever find in English<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">AGASTOPIA<\/span><\/strong>: Admiration of a particular part of someone\u2019s body.<br><br>PS, stop staring at my legs! Your agastopia is creeping me out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">JENTACULAR<\/span><\/strong>: Of or pertaining to a breakfast taken early in the morning, or immediately on getting up.<br><br>I took a post-jentacular walk to settle my stomach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">CONDUCT<\/span><\/strong>: Personal behavior<br><br>My administration will continue to insist upon professional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/index.php\/dictionary\/CONDUCT\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"conduct (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rank-math-link\">conduct<\/a> from all our employees, regardless of their position in state government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4. <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">CONVINCE<\/span><\/strong>: To move by argument<br><br>So I\u2019m willing to work with any leader that comes close to that, who will sit down and listen to me and be open to being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/index.php\/dictionary\/CONVINCE\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"convinced (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rank-math-link\">convinced<\/a> that that is where we are right now with the issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5. <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">SERENDIPITY<\/span><\/strong>: good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries<br><br>The arts develop because of aptitude, talent, genius, hard work and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/index.php\/dictionary\/SERENDIPITY\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"serendipity (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rank-math-link\">serendipity<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6. <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">ULOTRICHOUS<\/span><\/strong>: having woolly or crisp hair.<br><br>The whole family is has a ulotrichous streak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>7. <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">TITTYNOPE<\/span><\/strong>: A small quantity of anything left over, whether a few beans on a dinner plate or the dregs at the bottom of a cup.<br><br>Sometimes I wonder if we could put our tittynopes to better use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8. <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">QUIRE<\/span><\/strong>: tablet of paper<br><br>I have suggested that it may have been used as a night <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/index.php\/dictionary\/QUIRE\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rank-math-link\">quire<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>9. <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">GOBBLEDYGOOK<\/span><\/strong>: incomprehensible or pompous jargon of specialists<br><br>I believe that many of my ex-colleagues deliberately use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/index.php\/dictionary\/GOBBLEDYGOOK\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"gobbledygookand (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rank-math-link\">gobbledygookand<\/a> small print to confuse the public!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10. <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">IMPIGNORATE<\/span><\/strong>: pledge, pawn, mortgage.<br><br>The proprietor of a moveable subject may lawfully impignorate it for a future as well as for a present debt.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n                <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" data-ad-slot=\"3406615517\" data-ad-format=\"link\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n                <script>\n                     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n                <\/script>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>11. <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">KAKORRHAPHIOPHOBIA<\/span><\/strong>: fear of failure or defeat.<br><br>She suffered an extreme case of Kakorrhaphiophobia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>12. <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">LEVEL<\/span><\/strong>: smooth, balanced<br><br>On another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/dictionary\/LEVEL\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"level (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rank-math-link\">level<\/a>, I\u2019m pleased by the many people who have worked for me and who will take these references and put their blend into it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>13. <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">SCRUMPTIOUS<\/span><\/strong>: delicious<br><br>That was the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/dictionary\/SCRUMPTIOUS\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rank-math-link\">scrumptious<\/a> lunch Ive had in a month of Sundays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>14. <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">XERTZ<\/span><\/strong>: to gulp something down quickly and\/or in a greedy fashion<br><br>As soon as I finished the half marathon I needed to xertz a bottle of water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>15. <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">INSPIRE<\/span><\/strong>: encourage, stimulate<br><br>The new research shows that 51% of brands used tech-powered collaboration tactics to keep in-house teams motivated and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/dictionary\/INSPIRE\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"inspired (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rank-math-link\">inspired<\/a> during the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>16. <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">NUDIUSTERTIAN<\/span><\/strong>: of or relating to the day before yesterday<br><br>I&#8217;d ordered the key on-line for \u00a348 that nudiustertian morning and was not expecting it to arrive until the following week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>17. <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">SCARCE<\/span><\/strong>: insufficient, infrequent<br><br>The Jews were the subjects of a foreign race and money was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/dictionary\/SCARCE\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rank-math-link\">scarce<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>18. <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">WINKLEPICKER<\/span><\/strong>: a shoe with a long pointed toe<br><br>The singers Winklepicker boots often feature a Cuban heel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>19. <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">YARBOROUGH<\/span><\/strong>: a hand with no card above a nine.<br><br>There are good yarboroughs and bad yarboroughs, based on the strength of the spots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>20. <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">HALFPACE<\/span><\/strong>: a raised floor or dais or a platform or footpace at the top of steps<br><br>Inside the rectangular tower, the halfpace, Renaissance-style, stone stairway climbs six floors.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<script 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