Words that have gone into obscurity

Allemande: courtly baroque dance in which the arms are interlaced

Logophile: a lover of words

Delenda: things to be deleted or destroyed

Orphrey: Gold or other rich embroidery

Phrontistery: a thinking-place; a place of study

Celeste: sky blue

Aureate: the fanciful and flowery language of poets

Rosarium: a rose garden; or someone who grows roses

Eudaemonia: true happiness

Eremite: a hermit; one who lives in solitude

Eidolon: a phantom, or spectre; a shadow of mere existence

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    These totally aren’t obscure… I use some of them pretty often, actually!
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    Allemande is German in french, or Germany, I think…
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