Archaic Words About "Not So Happy" States of Being:

Forworn - Not to be confused with forewarn, which means to warn someone of danger. Forworn means completely worn out, tired, exhausted. The first known use was in 1508.

Troublous - adj. a synonym to worrying, disturbing, perturbing, upseting....in a nutshell troubling. It was first used in the 15th century. Its middle english derived from the old french word "Troubleus."

 ex: We lived in such troublous times, didn't we Gregory?

Boreism - Though some people may think they made this up, it actually exists. The term boreism can be defined as the action or condition of being weary, dull or tedious due to doing or having something repetitively. It is derived from the word bore which means monotony or tediousness.

Or...put simply the state of boredom. The reason I like this word so much is because it sounds like an illness.

ex: Jeff got a job as a teacher a year ago; he now suffers from chronic boreism. lol

Dolorific - adj. Causing pain or grief. Now, the reason I liked this word is because I can tell its Spanish based. The Spanish word "Dolor" means pain. So, this is a simple mash-up of Spanish and English. Hence, I love it<3 ...Alas there are no pictures about it, nary one picture. So...I made one lol.

Kippage - (Noun) A confused and/or irritated state. Origin: the french word équipage, which means to be in a "sorry plight."

Plight - Kippage reminded me lol. This is more of a true archaic word I think, because most of us know what it means, but we dont use it much. A plight is a dangerous, difficult, unlucky, or unhappy situation.

(mean, but so funny lol)

Orey-Eyed - It basically means angry. It is how you describe someone who's anger shows in their eyes. I suppose it could be a replacement for "wild-eyed" or saying "his eyes were filled with rage." The origin is unknown, but my guess is that "Orey" might refer to ore. For instance, calling someone orey-eyed might have meant they had a hard cold glare.

(this picture is pretty common in reference to "orey-eyed." the word "Oghamist" is a bit vague. As far as I know Ogham is the early medieval Irish alphabet.After a bit more research I learned that he is one of the monsters from the game "Dark Age of Camelot." Apparently he is some sort of giant.)

Imbroglio - This sounds more like "Imbrol-yo." It's an extremely confused, complicated, or embarrassing situation. This word is really suited to Drama Plots. Also, an imbroglio may refer to a scandal of some sort. However, its specific archaic meaning is: A confused heap. Either way they relate in my opinion. Origin: mid 18th cent.: Italian, from imbrogliare ‘confuse’; related to embroil. In a nutshell it may be a confusing(imbrogliare) argument or conflict(embroil.) Another simple way to define it: A misunderstanding. 

Cagamosis - An unhappy marriage. A fancy word for a miserable situation. My sympathies to anyone who feels trapped in one of these(Note that you aren't bound and gagged; if its bad, leave!)

Bonus Word!~

Caitiff - (sounds like kay-tiff [tiff as in Tiffany]) It refers to a contemptible or cowardly person. Origin: Middle English (denoting a captive or prisoner): from Old French caitif ‘captive,’ based on Latin captivus ‘(person) taken captive’....how it came to mean "lowly coward" is unknown.

ex: Those caitiff cops are always eating doughnuts instead of chasing criminals.

(cute isn't it? lol)

Words usable in common Speech:
So today I was looking for words I could work into common dialog, even if I had to end up explaining them later. Here's a bit of what I found:

Eke - the archaic meaning is also. but it also means manage to support oneself or make a living with difficulty.

"they eked out their livelihoods from the soil"make an amount or supply of something last longer by using or consuming it frugally. "the remains of yesterday's stew could be eked out to make another meal" 

(taken from google). Gotta love when a word has more than one meaning :3

(Usually I try to find an image that uses the word properly or is funny but there's pretty much nothing on eke except the definition or the other meaning of eke. Even finding this pic was hard. That said, I'll still use it :D)

Erewhile - means in the past, a while ago, before...etc. this could be thrown into modern conversation easily. "Erewhile, there were no shower curtains here."

(might I add that I have only the faintest clue of what Keats is saying here)

Fain - its sort of like "i would love to" or "i would be delighted"....  It has to be accompanied by was, would, were..etc. "I would fain some ice cream right now."

Nary - not or never. it could be substitute for "not even a ..."
"there was nary a complaint from him."

Nowise - in no way/not at all."I am nowise shorter than her."

Quoth - said. its past tense of quethen: to say. Its only used in first or third person.
"He quoth, that she quoth, that she was hungry."

Soothly/in sooth - means truly or in truth. You may have heard the word "Soothsayer" which means fortune teller. Anyhow I can see myself saying "in sooth" alot.

BONUS WORD!: Sweven - it sounds like "sway van." It means dream or vision.

Archaic words about Food! :D

Obligurate - to spend time feasting. This one is a bit vague. It could mean "to eat often" or "to eat slow"/"waste time eating." Who knows? Personally I am a slow eater, even if I try to rush through it.

How cute >.<

(a baby sloth)

Crapulent - that stuffy feeling you get after eating alot or drinking alot. "I'm always left feeling extremely crapulent after eating out at Chinese buffets."

Petecure - cook a small amount. I'm guessing the "pete" is from the french word "petit." And maybe "cure" comes from procure (which means to attain something with great care or through great difficulty.)

epicure - cook a massive amount

I had to find a vegetarian feast all the giant chickens and ribs were creeping me out and most pics were giant sloppy looking hamburgers e.e (don't get me wrong, I love a veggie burger)

Gorge - To eat greedily. It just sounds nice~ though i doubt it looks nice, thus i didn't post a picture of someone shoving food into their face :3

Ingustable - inedible. So the next time your aunt offers to make her special macaroni and cheese for you just shake your head and say "My apologies dear aunt, but your mac&soup is dreadfully ingustable."

there were tons of pictures of moldy bread but eh....I prefer to keep it simple for this word.

Well-Corned - Hyped up on alcohol. I really like this one xD its funny! Anyhow the "corned" part refers to Corn Whiskey. "After about 4 drinks, I was very well-corned!"

I think the first mention i heard of corn whiskey was while reading "Of Mice and Men" in high-school.

interesting flashback lol

Gulchin - someone who is small in size but greedy. Gulch means to gulp, so it is probably derived from that. This sounds like me lol. (I'm 4'8" btw)

My cousin used to always call me "little mismatched leprechaun" so this image is perfect lol.

(not that I was mismatched, idk where she got it from)

Beef-Witted - made stupid by eating too much beef. As a veganish vegetarian I am biased to this one, love it lol. Will i go around calling people Beef-Witted? eh..it depends :3 (I doubt it)

Groak - I like this one alot. It seems like something we should have never stopped using, because we have all had someone do this to us. Groaking is to stare at someone's food longingly as they're eating. or just to stare at food longingly. I will definitely be putting this one to use :D

This pic was so perfect!!~

killed two birds with one stone and I wasn't even trying :3

So this time I want to list a couple of exclamations or old dusty curse words that don't even sound like curse words anymore...etc.


Blimey - It's still in use by the British but its considered archaic or at least unusual for Americans. It stems from the phrase "God Blind Me." eek...who would want to say such a thing? I'm sure people who use it don't wish to be blind. Anyhow, its just like Damn, gosh, sheesh, jeez...yeah all that stuff.

Golly - its a euphemism of "God" but isn't always funny? I like this one for sarcasm.

Oh, Dear - I think i use this one without even thinking, along with words like dearest and darling....usually I can only get by with them if its sarcastic though lol.

Woe Is Me - I use this one alot too, it basically means poor me.

Side Note: it seems alot of old exclamations are still current.

Avast! - this is so cool to me because my virus protection is Avast and i didn't even know it meant halt/stop. I can see myself using this in the future. Me likey :3

Ahoy/Oy - used to get someones attention. Its like "Hey you!"

Voila - again, old but still in use. It means something like "there it is" or "like magic" Basically stolen French. Still, I love using this one :3

Cretin - used to call someone stupid. It's derived from human being i latin "Christanus" to christian in swiss-french "christin" to "cretin." pretty surprising evolution. Its interesting because, i could have sworn I've heard my mom use this word lol. Idk who she was calling a Cretin but i remember it being funny.

Alas - when something is unfortunate, weary, or pitiful. I always thought Alas was a shorter form of "At Last" but i guess it isn't. "Alas, my funds are few." (btw alas means wings in Spanish no connection but I just thought about it.)

Dimwit - another one that is used to call someone stupid. The interesting thing is, even though this one is super old, it is used more now than it was in the past.

Ignoramus - we all probably know this one. Its an ignorant or stupid person. The word is derived from latin and originally meant "ignore" or "we do not know." What i like about this word is that everyone knows it but they will still be impressed if you use it :3 awesome~

Dolt - you can see my trend here...but can you ever have enough ways to call someone stupid? Its fun right? lol anyway this one has been used relitively consistently throughout time. its meaning is derived from the words "Dull" and/or "Dulled." "Dulled" makes the most sense. If dulled is pronounced as "dult" its easy to see the transition to "Dolt."

Forsooth! - means Indeed, it's used to express surprise or indignation. Theres alot of memes about this one :3 I'm glad to see some archaic words being dusted off and put to use. Its mostly used for humor or to express the irony of a situation.

I'm falling in love with Archaic words lately, but I don't want to post them to some random website and I don't want to save them all to some word document so I decided to blog them all :D Yay~~!
So here is for my first post:

Apricity - The feel of the sun in winter. Basically a great feeling :D

Aye - we all know this one, it basically means yes. Its being well used by people who love SpongeBob i guess.

Twattle - doesn't it sound cute? lol basically it means to chatter or talk alot.

Zounds - pretty much the same as Damn or blimey (apparently this one is nearly dead except for a band and a company that uses it. I doubt the company has the same definition in mind since its a hearing company. At first i thought it sounded cool bc it starts with a z but knowing the meaning I'm starting to feel offstandish about it. Meaning: "God's/Jesus' Wounds" e.e eek~

Cozen - it actually sounds like cousin, but it means to trick or deceive.

Jabberwocky - Nonsensical language, invented or meaningless speech. The term originates from Lewis Carroll's poem. The Jabberwock is a creature Lewis dreamed up. He also made up several other nonsensical words in the poem (its what he's known for [Alice in Wonderland])

(this includes words from the poem)

As a side note: I found this awesome archaic page using owl pictures :D Its so cute~ 

http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukelewis/27-delightful-obsolete-words-its-high-time-we-revived

I'll do a blog talking about which ones I liked later.