Corroded to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 7 months agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-square304fedilinkarrow-up1361arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1355arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?Corroded to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 7 months agomessage-square304fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.comlinkfedilink36•7 months agoWiddershins. It means counter to the sun’s direction , and was seen as inauspicious. Counter-clockwise, before clocks.
minus-square@Trainguyrom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoI only know the term from Disc World, is that a real world term or just one of the many whimsical terms Pratchett coined in the books
minus-square@ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.comlinkfedilink4•7 months agoIt’s real! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widdershins
Widdershins. It means counter to the sun’s direction , and was seen as inauspicious. Counter-clockwise, before clocks.
I only know the term from Disc World, is that a real world term or just one of the many whimsical terms Pratchett coined in the books
It’s real! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widdershins