Corroded to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 9 months agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-square256fedilinkarrow-up1354arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1354arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?Corroded to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square256fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.comlinkfedilink34•9 months agoWiddershins. It means counter to the sun’s direction , and was seen as inauspicious. Counter-clockwise, before clocks.
minus-square@Trainguyrom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglish1•9 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•9 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