The variant skū- forms the noun skūmaz “scum” (because it covers the water), which becomes scum in English. In Germanic the variant skeu- forms the base of the noun skeujam “cloud cover, cloud,” becoming skȳ “cloud” in Old Norse, which is the immediate source of English sky (a 13th-century borrowing). The unrecorded Latin adjective scūrus comes from the Proto-Indo-European root (s)keu-, (s)kū- (with variants) “to cover, envelop” ( scūrus therefore means “covered over”). Alternatively, the verb may derive from Middle French obscurer “to make or become dark” or from Latin obscūrāre “to cover, obscure, overshadow, conceal,” a verb derived from obscūrus. The verb obscure may simply derive from the English adjective by functional shift (a change in the grammatical function of a word). The adjective obscure comes from Anglo-French and Middle French oscur, obscur “without light, dark (in color), hard to understand,” from Latin obscūrus “dim, dark, dingy, faint,” an adjective made up of the prefix ob- “toward, against” and the adjective scūrus, which does not occur in Latin. There is actually a list of the original Wordle solutions posted online (warning: clicking the link will spoil future Wordle solutions), and players who really want to understand the inner workings of the game can compare the list against the Times’ altered list by following instructions here from PCMag.Īs some have noted, those who are still playing the original version of Wordle hosted at the .uk/wordle URL may be out of step with other players, The Verge notes.The adjective obscure first appears in English about 1425 (if not earlier) the verb appears around the same time. Tintinnabulation - a ringing or tinkling sound 5.
"We are updating the word list over time to remove obscure words to keep the puzzle accessible to more people, as well as insensitive or offensive words," Cohen added in the emailed statement. 25 Beautifully Obscure Words To Add To Your Vocabulary Big, gorgeous, unknown words with beautiful meanings Emma Beaudoin Saint Mary's College - Indiana Pexels 1. So, A person who uses long, unusual, sometimes obscure words in speech or writing is known. It is also unlikely to be understood by some portion of the people with whom you use it, and so cannot be said to aid in communication. It is two syllables longer than book thief. Biblioklept is, in at least some sense of the word, fairly useless. The main change the New York Times has made was removing certain words. A 14-year-old boy has won an annual spelling competition after successfully spelling the word 'psammophile'. Sesquipedalian words are very long and obscure having many syllables. The biblioklept holds her bounty tightly. Some Trivia: A number of words in English come from someone's name, and in most cases the name they come from is a real one. That same word list makes up Wordle’s solution set, and the list is actually built into the Javascript of the website itself, according to The Verge, which reported that the game’s new owners haven’t added any new solutions yet. Definition: a defamatory falsehood published for political effect Degree of Usefulness: About 500 roorbacks were posted to Facebook in the time it took you to read this sentence. The game’s original creator, Josh Wardle, previously told the New York Times that he had his partner - for whom the game was originally created - narrow down the 12,000 or so possibilities to around 2,500 words that she was familiar with. These are hard, random words pulled from the dictionary, meant for advanced spellers/vocabulary learners. This one simply had to make the number one spot. A vocabulary list featuring Obscure words. Wanderlust (noun): the feeling of longing for far-off places you’ve never even been to. Internet sleuths have pointed out how Wordle’s solutions don’t include every single five-letter word in the English language. Unusual Travel Words with Beautiful Meanings Wanderlust.
(Photo illustration by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) After academics picked out 30 words that have been ‘lost’ from the English language, self-confessed ‘word geek’ Paul Anthony Jones reveals obscure.
FILE - Wordle game displayed on a phone screen and The New York Times logo displayed in the background are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland, on Feb.
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