This page gathers the 5,602 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Archaic” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 2 of 56: from “address” to “American”.
- address noun A polite approach made to another person, especially of a romantic nature; an amorous advance.
- adherency noun A following; a group of adherents.
- adjuvant noun An additive which aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient of a drug.
- adown adv Down, downward; to or in a lower place.
- adread adj Affected by or full of dread; fearful.
- adry adj Dry.
- adulter noun An adulterer, especially a male one.
- adulterate adj Corrupted or made impure by being mixed with something else; adulterated.
- adust adj Burnt or having a scorched colour.
- advance verb To raise; to lift or elevate.
- adventive adj Adventitious.
- adventure verb To risk oneself.
- advertise verb To notify (someone) of something; to call someone's attention to something.
- advice noun Information or news given; intelligence.
- advisement noun Advice, counsel.
- advocation noun Advocacy; the act of advocating or pleading.
- æ character aevum; formerly used on gravestones to indicate the deceased's age at time of death
- aerial adj Made up of air or gas; gaseous.
- aerometry noun The science of measuring the air, including air pressure, density, quality, direction and condensation; pneumatics.
- aeroplane noun Synonym of airfoil. An aerodynamic surface.
- aff. adj Abbreviation of affirmed, in case citations.
- affair noun The (male or female) genitals.
- affect verb To dispose or incline.
- affected adj adfected.
- affection verb To feel affection for.
- affectioned adj Feeling a certain affection (for); disposed.
- affiance noun A solemn engagement, especially a pledge of marriage.
- affray verb To startle from quiet; to alarm.
- affright noun Great fear, terror, fright.
- affrightment noun Fright; fear; alarm; the fact or state of being frightened.
- afore adv Before, temporally.
- aforehand adv Beforehand; in advance; in anticipation.
- aforetime adv In time past; in a former time; formerly.
- afoul adv In a state of collision or entanglement.
- Afric adj African.
- Africander noun Archaic form of Afrikaner.
- afterclap noun An additional adverse event that occurs unexpectedly after an earlier one was thought to be over and done with.
- aftercourse noun The final course of a meal.
- aftergame noun A second game played to reverse the outcome of the first; the means employed after the first turn of affairs.
- afterhand adj Paid afterwards, rather than in advance.
- afternoon adv In the afternoon.
- agent general noun The representative of a British colony or, later, of a Canadian province or Australian state in key cities abroad.
- agentship noun A means of effecting something; agency.
- aggravate verb To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify.
- aggregate verb To add or unite (e.g. a person), to an association.
- agitate verb To discuss or debate.
- agitation noun Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate.
- ago adj Gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away.
- agrément noun Pleasant qualities, charms.
- airhead noun Alternative form of air-head (“a horizontal channel providing ventilation in a mine.”).
- airling noun A thoughtless, light-hearted person.
- ajar adv Out of harmony.
- ajax noun A toilet.
- aland adv To the land; ashore.
- alarum verb To sound alarums, to sound an alarm.
- alate adv recently; lately; of late.
- alban noun A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by the action of alcohol or ether.
- Albanese adj Synonym of Albanian.
- album graecum noun The dung of dogs or hyenas, turned white by exposure to air, formerly used in dressing leather and in medicine.
- albumen noun A colourless, soluble protein found in blood plasma, egg white, etc.; albumin; (countable) chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: one form…
- albuminosis noun A condition of the blood characterized by the presence of more than the usual amount of albumin; hyperalbuminemia.
- Aleppo boil noun A chronic skin disorder terminating in an ulcer, thought to be caused by the protozoan Leishmania tropica.
- alewife noun A woman who keeps an alehouse.
- Alexander's foot noun A type of flower or medicinal plant.
- alexipharmac noun A medical remedy for protecting the body, or an antidote, against a harmful substance, especially a poison or venom (specifically, that of…
- alexipharmic noun Synonym of alexipharmac (“a medical remedy for protecting the body, or an antidote, against harmful substances, especially a poison or…
- algerine adj Algerian.
- alicorn noun A unicorn.
- alienate adj Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign
- alienism noun The study or treatment of mental disorders; psychiatry.
- alight adj Burning, lit, on fire.
- aliment noun Food.
- alimonious adj Affording food; nourishing.
- all in all adv Altogether, wholly, in every way
- all-rounder noun A shirt collar going all round the neck and meeting in front.
- allay verb To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
- allege verb To cite or quote an author or his work for or against.
- allegory verb To interpret (a picture, story, or other form of communication) to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences.
- allowed adj Allotted.
- alloy noun A metal of lesser value, mixed with a metal of greater value.
- Almain noun A German.
- almucantar noun A small circle on the celestial sphere, parallel to the horizon, that is used in astronomy and navigation to show altitude of a star or any…
- alonely adj Exclusive; sole; only.
- alongst adv along
- alt noun A state of excitement, a heightened emotional condition.
- alternity noun alternation
- amain adv With all of one's might; mightily; forcefully, violently.
- amalgam verb To amalgamate (something) with a thing.
- amateur noun A lover of something.
- amaze noun Amazement, astonishment; (countable) an instance of this.
- amazement noun A particular feeling of wonder, surprise, fear, or horror.
- ambages noun Indirect or roundabout ways of talking; circumlocution.
- ambidexter noun A lawyer who takes fees from both plaintiff and defendant.
- ambidextrous adj Practising or siding with both parties.
- ambit noun The boundary around a building, town, region, etc.
- ambry noun A pantry, or place to store food.
- ambsace noun Two ones; the lowest throw at dice; a pair of aces.
- ambulative adj walking
- amelcorn noun Any of several types of awned wheat having a high starch content, especially emmer (Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccum).
- American noun An indigenous inhabitant of the Americas.