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You might not use these strange, often antiquated, words very often. Do you know what they mean? Choose the correct meaning from the three options. Then scroll down for the answers!

Bumfuzzle – 

Nonsense   2. To confuse  3. An excessively talkative person

Callipygia –

A type of bagpipe    2. Having well-shaped buttocks   3.  A deceitful person

Defenestration – 

Spitting while speaking    2. Act of stretching or yawning  3. Act of throwing someone out of a window

Doodle Sack – 

Old word for  bagpipe   2. An armpit   3. A situation in chess where every move is a bad one

Erf – 

To gulp down something quickly  2. A lawyer who handles petty cases  3. A plot of land in a town

Gardyloo – 

A  public restroom  2. A warning shouted before throwing waste from a window  3. Antique toilet

Jiggery-pokery – 

Nonsense   2. Deceitful behavior  3. A small quantity of something left over

Limerence – 

A short poem that rhymes  2. Infatuation with another person  3. Stomach rumbling

 Mumpsimus – 

Whispering or murmuring    2. Shrewd or unprincipled person  3. Stubborn person 

Nudiustertian – 

 On time  2. Relating to undergarments  3. Relating to the day before yesterday

Oxter – 

The lower back   2. The kneecap   3. The armpit

Pettifogger – 

Someone who speaks about things they don’t understand  2. A shred, unprincipled person  3. A lawyer who handles petty cases

Snollygoster – A dirty, unkempt child  2. A crooked lawyer  3. An unprincipled person

Wamble – 

To stumble and fall   2. A stubborn person   3. Stomach rumbling

Zenzizenzizenzic – 

An alphabet with many letters   2. A word with two zz’s in a row  2. The eighth power of a number

 

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Bumfuzzle – To confuse 

Callipygia -Having well-shaped buttocks

Defenestration – The act of throwing someone out of a window

Doodle Sack – Old word for a bagpipe

Erf – A plot of land in a town 

Gardyloo – A warning shouted before throwing waste from a window

Jiggery-pokery – Deceitful behavior

Limerence – Infatuation with another person

 Mumpsimus – A stubborn person 

Nudiustertian – Relating to the day before yesterday

Oxter – The armpit

Pettifogger – A lawyer who handles petty cases,

Snollygoster – An unprincipled person 

Wamble – Stomach rumbling

Zenzizenzizenzic – The eighth power of a number