35 Fossil Words

35 Fossil Words 35 Fossil Words 35 Fossil Words By Mark Nichol Probably the most fascinating words in the English language are what etymologists call fossil words, so named in light of the fact that they are antiquities from another period and endure just in secluded use. Here is a rundown of a portion of our language’s fossil words with definitions and the colloquial expressions in which they show up: 1. Ado: trouble over immaterial subtleties (â€Å"without further ado† or, all the more infrequently, â€Å"much ado about nothing†) 2. Amok (or amuck): in an uncontrolled way (â€Å"run amok†) 3. Bandy: hit, pass, or hurl around, or examine delicately or utilize off-handedly (â€Å"bandy about†); bowed (â€Å"bandy-legged†) 4. Bated: controlled or deducted (â€Å"wait with bated breath†) 5. Secure: amble for ground surface or for fixing or fortifying a joint or an adaptable article, for example, a sail (â€Å"board and batten†); to give or affix secures, or to attach (â€Å"batten down the hatches†) 6. Beck: summons (â€Å"at (one’s) beck and call†) 7. Former events: what has passed or is before (â€Å"let past events be bygones†) 8. Gizzard: stomach or yield (â€Å"sticks in (one’s) craw†) 9. Deserts: greatness or worth, or what is merited or justified (â€Å"just deserts†) 10. Dint: power or force (â€Å"by (sheer) dint of†) 11. Dudgeon: anger (â€Å"high dudgeon†) 12. Squeeze: achieve or get with trouble (â€Å"eke out†) 13. Fettle: condition of wellbeing or wellness (â€Å"in fine fettle†) 14. Fro: away or back (â€Å"to and fro†) 15. Robust: sound or extremely solid (â€Å"hale and hearty†) 16. Here: close or nearby, or to this spot (â€Å"hither and yon†) 17. Prehistoric: before memory or custom (â€Å"time immemorial†) 18. Jetsam: what is thrown over the edge from a boat (â€Å"flotsam and jetsam†) recognized from debris, a word indicating what coasts from the destruction of a boat (that term is utilized somewhere else than in the expression â€Å"flotsam and jetsam† as isn't recorded independently here) 19. Ken: scope of information, discernment, or comprehension, or view or scope of vision (â€Å"beyond (one’s) ken†) 20. Kith: companions, neighbors, or family members (â€Å"kith and kin†) 21. Loggerhead: nitwit (â€Å"at loggerheads,† importance blocked, or slowed down, by obstinacy); likewise, a sort of turtle 22. Determination: quality, or life or quality of, disposition (â€Å"test (one’s) mettle†) 23. Neap: a powerless tide (â€Å"neap tide†) 24. Offing: the not so distant future (â€Å"in the offing†); likewise, the profound sea as observed from the shore 25. Petard: a compartment of explosives for penetrating or breaking a boundary (â€Å"hoist by (one’s) petard†) 26. Kit n kaboodle: everything that is relevant (â€Å"the entire shebang†) 27. Confession: admission (â€Å"short shrift,† with the possibility that a censured individual is given brief period to admit sins) 28. Skill: trick, smoothness (â€Å"sleight of hand†) 29. There: increasingly remote, or to that place (â€Å"hither and thither†) 30. Turpitude: evil (â€Å"moral turpitude†) 31. Ulterior: past what is straightforwardly communicated (â€Å"ulterior motive†); likewise, more remote, or progressively far off, or what is on the more distant side 32. Vim: power (â€Å"vim and vigor†) 33. Unleash: achieve or cause (â€Å"wreak havoc†) 34. Created: made, ornamented, or molded, or energized (â€Å"wrought iron†) 35. Yesteryear: the far past (â€Å"days of yore†) Need to improve your English in a short time a day? Get a membership and begin accepting our composing tips and activities every day! Continue learning! Peruse the Vocabulary classification, check our mainstream posts, or pick a related post below:50 Idioms About Legs, Feet, and Toes15 Types of DocumentsConversational Email