When some words hit the big time , they provide clunky related term behind . you’re able to make amends by sprinkle these little - known relative into conversation , but do n’t be surprised if you have to allow for a definition .
1. Exhaust/inhaust
Whileexhaust , from the Latin for " draw out of , " was first certify around 1540 and went on to a great life history in the English lexicon , inhaust , with the meaning " pull in into , " was attested in 1547 ( something about a " flye inhausted into a mannes throte sodenly " ) but soon became disused .
2. Omniscient/nescient
You experience aboutomniscient , which comes from the Latin for " all knowing , " but did you know there was a counterpart meaning " not knowing " ? you could now consider yourself more - scient !
3. Resuscitate/exsuscitate
Exsuscitatewas around in the 1500s , as wasresuscitate , but whereresuscitatewas for the act of impart someone back from the utter , exsuscitatewas for the less impressive act of wake up or waking someone up from sleep . It did n’t stick , and it does n’t look likely to be revive .
4. Preliminary/postliminary
Postliminaryhas a technical use in international law , where it refers to the " right of postliminy " ( stuff withdraw in warfare gets come back ) , but it ’s also been used sporadically since the early 19th century as the opposite ofpreliminary .
5. Incantation/excantation
If your incantation turns out to be a sorcerous spell that somehow fuck off you in a jam , it might be ripe to be capable to perform an excantation to get yourself out of it . Too high-risk the Holy Scripture , attested in 1580 , is now disused .
6. Incrimination/concrimination
It would n’t be fun to be the subject of an incrimination , but it might be a little more fun to be part of a concrimination with your friend , mean " a joint accusal . " The word shows up in a 1656 dictionary , but we have no grounds that anyone ever used it .
7. Inaugurate/exaugurate
Back in 1600 the wordinauguratewas used to describe a ceremonial act of consecration or initiation into office , but there was also the wordexauguratemeaning , harmonize to the OED , " To cancel the startup of ; to desecrate , make profane . "
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