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17 more bizarre and absurd words

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bafflegab
confusing or generally unintelligible jargon.
cucking stool
a former instrument of punishment in which an offender was strapped, to be mocked and pelted or ducked in water.
eyot
a small island, especially in a river.
galligaskins
leggings, usually of leather.
hugger-mugger
disorder or confusion.
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jiggery-pokery
trickery; fraud.
lustrum
n
a period of five years.
mundungus
bad-smelling tobacco.
pecksniffian
hypocritically affecting high moral principles.
smaragdine
a
emerald-green in color.
surrebutter
a plaintiff's reply to a defendant.
therianthropic
a
being partly bestial and partly human in form.
xoanon
n
a simple, carved image, especially one in which the original block of stone or wood is readily apparent.
ecdysiast
a stripper.
quinquagenarian
n
a person who is 50 years old or whose age is between 50 and 60.
titubation
a disturbance of body equilibrium in standing or walking, resulting in an uncertain gait and trembling.
donnybrook
a contentious dispute; brawl.

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