20 Obsolete words you should add to your vocabulary today because the words were pretty awesome

We shared with you some Old English words that we just love and thought should come back. But now we think you should also check out these words that have become obsolete  because they just really can help define specific situations so much better. Help me bring some of these obsolete words back, won’t you?

1. 1. Skint – This is sometimes still used in British Slang, but it means someone who just doesn’t have a penny to their name or is super broke.
   2. Cudgel – While not used any longer, cudgel means a large stick or knobbed instrument
   3. Sith – THis is another word to use instead of “since.”
   4. Accoy – This is not entirely obsolete, but is unused in the American vocabulary. It means to soothe
   5. Parfay – Use this word instead of letting someone know you’re being truthful and honest and they can trust you “by your faith.”
   6. Overslop – Who wouldn’t love to just have a term for any extra item of clothing, well there you have it now! Jacket? Vest? These are all items of clothing that you wear on your clothes, aka your overslop!
   7. Weed – No this isn’t something you prune from your garden or another word for marijuana – this is actually clothes someone would wear while in mourning.
   8. Mickle – Meant a small amount of something.
   9. Tir – it comes from Welsh but means land.
   10. Brawd – This is another word from Welsh but means judgement.
   11. Egad – No this isn’t something you say when you can’t believe just occured. This is actually a mild oath.
   12. Forthwith – This is actually something that needs to happen immediately. Have an urgent memo? Include the word forthwith and someone will spend time looking up fortwith rather than starting on it immediately!
   13. Nigh – Yes it is included in an old nursery rhyme, but when was the last time you heard someone say “nigh” to mean almost?
   14. Yoicks – Have some excitement? This is is the word you should say!
   15. Usward – See the car coming toward you? Yes, it is coming usward!
   16. Swoopstake – What a lovely word for someone who does something willy-nilly or indiscriminate manner
   17. Snowbroth – snow melts but what’s the state when it is slushy and flurry-ish? How about we  use snowbroth to describe it?
   18. Wanion – This describes your misfortune – what ill luck you have to not have known this word until now!
   19. Jetsen – Goods cast out of a ship, when in danger of being found.
   20. Joseph – Specific clothes people wear for riding (as in horse riding)

What are your favorite obsolete words?