Some Examples Of Rare English Words With Meanings
RARE ENGLISH WORDS – Here are some examples of rere English words you might or might not heard of and the meaning of each.
If there are foreign words that do not have an actual translation in the English language, then there are words right in the English language that we may have or have not heard of but they do exist.
Here are some of these English words, according to Fluentu:
- Kerfuffle
- Emerged from the 1800s. This means “to make a fuss or a bother”. This is used whenever during in an argument between two people with different points of view.
- Hullaballoo
- This means the loud noises and shouting people make when they are angry. This is a word that sounds like exactly what it means.
- Cacophony
- Another noise-related word, it is a mixture of horrible and unpleasant sounds like birds screeching, alarm bells ringing.
- Ragamuffin
- An English word in the Middle Ages, this means a person wearing dirty and ragged clothes.
- Whippersnapper
- Usually means a lazy person with no ambitions or a youth living in the streets doing crimes in the 17th century. Now, it means a youth who is cheeky and confident
- GobbledygookÂ
- From the sound that turkeys made, it means words that are nonsensical or meaningless.
- Gibberish
- Another word that means nonsensical or meaningless word. This word is way older than gobbledygook.
- Poppycock
- Derived from the Dutch term pappekak, which translates to soft and poop. This is the predecessor to another familiar used cuss word, both of which means that what they say is untrue.