A list of 19 words by sarra.
- antimacassarwas added by sarra and appears on 65 lists
- dundrearieswas added by sarra and appears on 12 lists
- perfervidwas added by sarra and appears on 58 lists
- salutatorianwas added by sarra and appears on 5 lists
- procrusteanwas added by sarra and appears on 72 lists
- euhemerismwas added by sarra and appears on 28 lists
- eschatologywas added by sarra and appears on 121 lists
- prestidigitatorwas added by sarra and appears on 19 lists
- dipsomaniawas added by sarra and appears on 41 lists
- pyromaniawas added by sarra and appears on 23 lists
- bric-a-bracwas added by sarra and appears on 47 lists
- calisthenicswas added by sarra and appears on 31 lists
- antidisestablishmentarianismwas added by sarra and appears on 148 lists
- penologywas added by sarra and appears on 10 lists
- stridulationwas added by sarra and appears on 20 lists
- arboretumwas added by sarra and appears on 40 lists
- ampersandwas added by sarra and appears on 122 lists
- phalansterywas added by sarra and appears on 13 lists
- absquatulatewas added by sarra and appears on 151 lists
Prolagus commented on the list invented-by-bored-victorians
Ha!
June 24, 2008
dontcry commented on the list invented-by-bored-victorians
My house...
June 24, 2008
dontcry commented on the list invented-by-bored-victorians
You know the decorating mantra of the Victorian era, don't ya? "Too much is not enough."
June 24, 2008
dontcry commented on the list invented-by-bored-victorians
Gingerbread -- NOT the kind you eat.
June 24, 2008
dontcry commented on the list invented-by-bored-victorians
Ferns
June 24, 2008
dontcry commented on the list invented-by-bored-victorians
BIG porches!
June 24, 2008
dontcry commented on the list invented-by-bored-victorians
Mourning, as an art form.
June 24, 2008
john commented on the list invented-by-bored-victorians
Oh, I love this list. Antimacassars.
June 24, 2008
dontcry commented on the list invented-by-bored-victorians
Yes! Doilies!
June 24, 2008
sarra commented on the list invented-by-bored-victorians
The words I'm including are ones which sound like they've been carefully invented in a drawing-room by someone proud of (inevitably) his classical education — with a little scope for those new fripperies which have been named more colloquially, but still with a particular Victorian fancy (e.g. dundrearies).
How could I miss antimacassar, though! 1852.
August 6, 2008
qroqqa commented on the list invented-by-bored-victorians
Top of my list would be sphygmomanometer and sphairistike.
August 6, 2008