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Meanings of unusual words in English

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Usage of unusual words in English
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Many areas of Ireland use unusual words known only to locals.
The Irish Times
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Try to find an example of the over-use of unusual words in a speech.
The Art of Public Speaking
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The annotation has been confined to giving the meanings of obsolete or unusual words.
Rosalynde / or, Euphues' Golden Legacy
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Tricker often got a little mixed in the names of novelties or in unusual words.
Grain and Chaff from an English Manor
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Have the pupils acquainted themselves with all unusual words and phrases used in the text?
A Guide to Methods and Observation in History / Studies in High ...
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Their text, again, is often interrupted by the insertion of brief phrases explanatory of unusual words.
A History of English Literature
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There is sometimes an obvious effort among young or half-cultured writers to seek after unusual words.
Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism
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There are many unusual words in this document!
Dinosaurs, with Special Reference to the American Museum Collect...
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Again there were those brow lines like she wasn't sure where the unusual words had come from.
Acts of nature
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We also share some of the unusual words our listeners reckon we should revive, like these ones:
Radio NZ
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Pick out a number of rather unusual words which Poe seems particularly to like; observe their effect.
Selections from Poe
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This procedure and his taste for unusual words is what gives the peculiar style to his writing.
Sketches from Concord and Appledore / Concord thirty years ago; ...
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That diction, on the other hand, is lofty and raised above the commonplace which employs unusual words.
The Poetics of Aristotle
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Occasionally, too, an intelligent subject wastes time in thinking up a beautiful list of big or unusual words.
The Measurement of Intelligence / An Explanation of and a Comple...
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Infamously shabby On the desk there is a copy of Foyles Philavery, his recently published book of unusual words.
The Guardian
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Select five unusual words from the poem, give a brief definition of each, and use each in a sentence.
Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year
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