30 Examples of Weird Words

Rare words

The strange words are those that are used infrequently. In general, they are terms that have become obsolete, that are difficult to pronounce or that derived from the deformation of other words.

For example: acme (period of greatest intensity during illness), ambedo (melancholic trance in which the person concentrates on the heat produced by touching their hands, the wind or the raindrops), kenopsia (sad atmosphere that occurs when seeing a place that was once full of people empty).

Examples of rare words

1. Agibílibus. Ability or ingenuity to achieve a proposed goal. Ability to handle difficulties with a hint of mischief.
2. Petricor. Name given to the smell that rain emanates when it falls and moistens dry soils.
3. Almendruco. Fruit of the almond tree, that is, the almond, when it still has the green covering that covers it and its grain has not fully set.
4. Mellifluous. Containing honey or any of its characteristics. This adjective is also used to refer to people who are excessively kind or affectionate.
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5. Ataraxia. State of mind characterized by the lack of fears and desires, in which tranquility predominates. This psychic disposition is the one proposed by the Stoics, Epicureans, and Skeptics.
6. Bonhomie. Character and affable, simple, honest, kind behavior. Sometimes even naive.
7. Flush. Reddish color that clouds acquire when they are illuminated by the sun's rays. This term is also used to refer to the reddish color that things acquire, for example, a person's cheeks.
8. Everlasting. That has no end; that will last forever. That lacks a beginning and an end.
9. Nefelibata. Person who lives in the clouds, who is very dreamy and distracted.
10. Jipiar. Cry producing breathless moans and emitting sobs. It is also a way of singing by emitting groans.
11. Perihelion. Point on the orbit of a celestial body closest to the Sun.
12. Paila. Large, shallow round metal or ceramic skillet for grilling, boiling or frying.
13. Lit up. That it is devoid of blemishes and blemishes, that it is pure.
14. Zaperoco. Triggering a fight, riot, or fight between two or more people.
15. Barbian. Who is easygoing, dashing, brave.
16. Cagaprisas. Person who acts very fast, who is very impatient.
17. Isagoge. Preamble or introduction to a literary work.
18. It is a term that is practically in disuse. It refers to the taste perceived by the sense of taste. Metaphorically, it was used to refer to a joke, joke or occurrence.
19. Jeer. Making a joke, tease or mockery of someone.
20. Limerence. Mental disorder that has certain traits in common with falling in love, but that at the same time generates a series of negative problems and symptoms, such as depression.
21. Useless object. Who has little understanding; silly, useless, unsaleable.
22. Abuhado. Something or someone swollen, suffering from inflammation.
23. Ineffable. Something that is so incredible that it cannot be expressed in words.
24. Luminescence. Property of a body to emit light after absorbing energy from other radiation, without this implying an increase in its temperature.
25. Alexithymia. Inability of a person to identify his own emotions. Impossibility of matching actions with emotions.
26. Selenophilia. Excessive attraction for everything that has to do with the moon and its effects. In Greek, selene means "moon" and philia, "love".
27. Perdulario. Who is shown or dresses very disheveled, untidy, unkempt.
28. Valiant. That possesses or demonstrates energy, courage, decision.
29. Skylights. Very "greedy" person; who eats a lot.
30. Serendipity. Unexpected and lucky find that occurs when you are looking for something different from what you found.

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