Words you love, but which you never actually use yourself

[karlhenning]

Verily

[Verena]

doofus -> never heard about this until I read the related thread on 'words that you hate'. It's funny because if one changes the pronunciation, it will be immediately understood in my native language, German, as meaning 'stupid person' (German doof = stupid), which I guess is its meaning in English

[DavidW]

I went too fast, didn't see that never use yourself bit.

Saunter

[Todd]

Preternatural.

[springrite]

Thee

[Air]

Touché!

[mc ukrneal]

Verily

A Court Jester word!

[MN Dave]

Antidisestablishmentarianism

[knight66]

Odd that disestablishmentarianism is relatively obscure. I suppose the 'anti' word is only well known becaues it used to be the longest word in English.

Mike

[karlhenning]

Antidisestablishmentarianism

A root, two prefixes, and a cascade of four suffixes.

[springrite]

Antidisestablishmentarianisticity

[knight66]

I think you may be the only person to have used it: ever.

Mike

[listener]

vouchsafe

[Josquin des Prez]

I like the woody words:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T70-HTlKRXo

[Brian]

abstemious
gorgonzola

[WI Dan]

countenance
tarry
carbuncle
knave
august
prithee
opalesce

I dunno why.

[SonicMan46]

Preternatural.

Todd - weird - my wife (Susan, a.k.a. Harpo) was reading some book (can't recall @ the moment) and the author kept using the word above - she asked me the meaning?  I wasn't sure but said something like 'unnatural' or 'supernatural' - but for myself, I've never used the word - for those interested, definition HERE - 

[karlhenning]

defenestrate

[Ten thumbs]

Contemn

This is such a useful word, so why do we never use it?

[karlhenning]

Contemn

This is such a useful word, so why do we never use it?

It's a beauty.