Today’s words from days of yore :-
Habiliment – clothing
Houppelande – cloak
Horse-coper – a person who deals in horses
Huggermugger –. One who acts in an underhand manner.
Husbandman – farmer
Hornswoggles – deceives
Hereat – as a result of this
Halt – lame
Heretofore – until this time
Howbeit – nevertheless
Hereat – as a result of
At first acquaintance, he appears every bit the respectable businessman. Clad in a fine habiliment, a woolen houppelande, twill breeches, leather riding boots and top hat, who would doubt his credibility?
However, this seemingly upright horse-coper is nothing more than a huggermugger of the first degree who preys on unsuspecting husbandmen. He offers for sale what he claims to be fine shire horses ready to work their land.
Alas, he hornswoggles his victims and provides instead halt beasts unable to provide service, then disappears with his ill-gotten gains never to be seen again.
Heretofore he has evaded those who would seek to capture and prosecute him. Howbeit, it is but a matter of time before he is found and hereat brought to justice.
Tomorrow’s words
Insouciance , Impavid, Inficete and Ichthyoasanthotoxism.
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Indeed, he deserves a comeuppance and a term in the hoosegow!
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I’ve got you at it now!
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Such unusual words. Even reading them is difficult.
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Writing them too! I kept having to correct the spelling.
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I am guessing the autocorrect would not recognize these words.
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No, in fact it’s driving me mad!
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I can imagine.
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Hangem High!
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Oh yes! Thanks Jade.
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I didn’t know heretofore and howbeit were obsolete. I’d better update my vocab. He does look a right proper gent for being so blameworthy.
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Not words I use in general conversation! Cheers Christine.
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Wow! So many words. Hornswoggles is my favorite from the post.
Husbandman for a farmer came from someone who manages husbandry? Would be interesting to know the history and origin of each word. 😀 For another thin though. For now, I’m enjoying your tiny tales.
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*time
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Me too! Thanksa so much.
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You are right. Husbandry is a 14th century word for ‘the cultivation or production of plants or animals’, there fore the husbandman is a farmer. Thanks so much.
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I really like your A – Z theme this year and love learning in these new words.
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I’m pleased, thank you.
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Husbandman is one word that caught my attention and probably stay with me for long. Only for one reason…my husband wishes to be a farmer someday… one day! I know, I know, it has nothing to do with the story but couldn’t resist sharing it.
The words this time definitely are not easy to use. Kudos to you for making them your own and weaving a nice story.
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Really! Farming usually involves the whole family so I hope you are OK with it! I’m pleased you are enjoying my stories Anagha.
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I’m extremely pleased to inform you that I got 8 of them correct. I hope he’s brought to justice soon. 😀
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Yea! If I was giving out medals you would have one!
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Yay! I’d be happy to accept a virtual medal. It’s the though that counts. 🙂
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A list of H words to sum up my reactions to the post : Huh? Hard words! How do I say that? Head hurts…
I had to read this one twice to get it. And even then, I was hard pressed:)
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Haha! A highly humorous comment, what a hoot!
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Hope the huggermugger is given a hiding and more for his skulduggery
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I couldn’t put it better myself Unishta!
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Well, I had actually heard of six of your works today. I think I play too many word games, lol.
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I bet you are good at Scrabble!
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I recognized some of these today. Such a relief to know how to pronounce them!
Finding Eliza
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Well done kristin!
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Ha! What a Herculean huddle of hellacious words you handled there. Well done!
~AC.com
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Hehe! Well done you too!!!
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You’re raising the bar Keith😉
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Nice of you to say so Sonia, thank you!
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One would expect such a person to say ‘Hogwash’.
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Indeed, I should have popped that word in somewhere!
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I think hornswoggles should still be used in daily conversation. It just sounds right for it’s meaning. Weekends In Maine
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It does indeed. Let’s bring it back!
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This one is waaaaaaay behond my English kwowledge ;))
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Gotcha! I bet there are lots of mots Français obsolètes out there too!
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Hereafter I shalt be more careful.
Hark! Here comes yet another huggermugger… politician you say?
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There are a lot of those!
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Most of the words were new to me…..and you certainly used them well! I think you might be having too much fun horsing around with your dictionary!
Hmmmmm are these words still in a current dictionary? Or did you have find an old out dated one?
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New to me too Kathe. I just Googled ‘obsolete words’ and there they were!
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hah! smart!
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New to me too Kathe. I just Googled ‘obsolete words’ and there they were!
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Huggermugger and Hornswoggles made me laugh. This was a fun story.
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They are great aren’t they? Pleased you liked it Suzy.
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I love all these “obsolete” words, and especially how you pull them together. We all need a to boot the huggermuggery that surrounds the globe.
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Indeed we do Stu. Thanks so much.
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It is unthinkable that a man clad in twill breeches and a woolen houppelande would even consider hornswoggling unsuspecting husbandmen. To such an one, I say, Fie, yes, fie!
Thanks for all the wonderful words. I look forward to I.
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I’ve got you started now! Best of luck with tomorrows!
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