There are so many weird and wonderful words in the English Dictionary which are rarely used, and some of them sound like they come straight out of a Roald Dahl book! We promise we didn't make these up.
How many of these words did you already know?
1. Balter
Definition: Dancing clumsily without any particular grace or skill but usually with enjoyment. Use it: 'I don't dance, I balter.'
2. Defenestrate
Definition: Throwing a person or thing out of a window. Use it: 'Howard made me so cross, I had to fight the urge to defenestrate him.'
3. Nibling Definition: The gender-neutral term for nieces or nephews Use it: 'How many niblings do you have?'
4. Callipygian Definition: Having a shapely bottom. Use it: 'My new gardener has callipygian features.'
5. Griffonage Definition: Careless or illegible handwriting. Use it: 'I can never read Rupert's griffonage.'
6. Steatopygic Definition: Having a large bottom. Use it: 'Roger's new wife has a rather bad case of steatopygia.'
7. Snollygoster Definition: An unscrupulous, untrustworthy person. Use it: 'Ooh I wouldn't trust that snollygoster further than I could throw him'.
8. Dysania Definition: The state of finding it hard to get out of bed in the morning. Use it: 'Sorry I'm late for work, I suffer from Dysania.'
9. Hullabaloo Definition: A commotion or a fuss/another word for kerfuffle! Use it: 'What's all the hullabaloo about?'
10. Pentapopemptic Definition: A person who has been divorced five times. Use it: 'Did you know that Frank is a pentapopemptic?'
11. Cancatervate
Definition: Heaping things into a pile.
Use it: 'Please tidy up properly – don't just cancatervate everything!
12. Paresthesia
Definition: The prickly feeling when your limb 'falls asleep' – also known as pins and needles!
Use it: 'Can you go and get it? I can't – I have paresthesia.'
10. Pentapopemptic
Definition: A person who has been divorced five times.
Use it: 'Did you know that Frank is a pentapopemptic?'
11. Cancatervate
Definition: Heaping things into a pile.
Use it: 'Please tidy up properly – don't just cancatervate everything!
12. Paresthesia
Definition: The prickly feeling when your limb 'falls asleep' – also known as pins and needles!
Use it: 'Can you go and get it? I can't – I have paresthesia.'
13. Whippersnapper
Definition: A young and inexperienced person considered to be overconfident.
Use it: 'Stop being a whippersnapper young lady!'
14. Discombobulate
Definition: Another word for confuse
Use it: 'Well, this is all a little discombobulating!'
15. Ailurophile
Definition: A cat lover.
Use it: 'I don't trust ailurophiles.'
16. Krukolibidinous
Definition: Looking at someone's crotch.
Use it: 'I've had to stop going to male ballets, as I just can't control how krukolibidinous I am.
17. Pogonotrophy
Definition: The act of cultivating, or growing and grooming, a mustache, beard, sideburns or other facial hair.
Use it: 'Sue spends a lot of time in Shoreditch as she is such a fan of pogonotrophy.'
18. Cachinnate
Definition: To laugh very, very loudly.
Use it: 'We had such a great time, we just couldn't stop cachinnating!'
19. Phosphene
Definition: The stars or dots you see when you rub your eyes.
Use it: 'I can't see clearly due to all the phosphenes'