This page gathers the 10,476 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Obsolete” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 28 of 105: from “diminute” to “dissymmetric”.
- diminute adj Small; diminutive.
- diminutive adj Serving to diminish.
- dimit verb To dismiss, let go, or release.
- dimmock noun Money.
- Dimocrat noun Pronunciation spelling of Democrat.
- dine noun Dinnertime.
- dinette noun A preliminary dinner; luncheon.
- dinkum noun Hard work.
- dint noun A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight.
- diopter noun Any lens system, such as a telescope.
- dioptric adj Pertaining to a diopter.
- diorthosis noun The act of setting a fracture or dislocation.
- diploe noun Synonym of mesophyll.
- dipstick noun An exciseman or supervisor who measures with a dipstick.
- direct case noun A synonym for the nominative case, based on the definition by Peter Edmund Laurent…
- dirempt adj Distinct; separate; secrete; divided.
- dirk verb To darken.
- dirt dauber noun A common labourer who makes mud walls.
- dirtman noun A garbage man.
- disability noun An inability.
- disable adj Lacking ability; unable.
- disaffected adj Affected with disease.
- disappoint verb To prevent (something planned or attempted).
- disassimilation noun catabolism (metabolism with the release of energy)
- disband verb To loose the bands of; to set free.
- disbark verb To disembark.
- discharge verb To prohibit; to forbid.
- discind verb To divide or split (something).
- disciplinable adj Relating to discipline; disciplinary.
- discloak verb To remove a cloak from.
- disclose verb To open up; unfasten.
- disclusion noun A shutting off; exclusion.
- discolored adj Multicolored.
- discomfiture noun Defeat in battle.
- discomfort verb To discourage; to deject.
- discomfortable adj Causing discomfort or uneasiness
- discomposure noun Discordance; disagreement of parts.
- disconsolate noun Disconsolateness.
- discontenting adj discontented
- discourse verb To debate.
- discover verb To remove the cover from; to uncover (a head, building etc.).
- discovert noun An uncovered place or part.
- discoverture noun discovery
- discrimination noun That which discriminates; a distinguishing mark, a characteristic.
- discursion noun The action of hurriedly moving hither and thither.
- discuss verb To communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.).
- discussion noun The dispersion of a tumour.
- disdain noun That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion.
- disease verb To cause unease; to annoy, irritate.
- diseaseful adj Causing uneasiness.
- disembarrass verb To free (something) from complication.
- disfame noun disrepute
- disflesh verb To reduce the flesh or obesity of.
- disfurniture verb To disfurnish.
- disgrace noun An act of unkindness; a disfavor.
- disgrade verb To degrade.
- disgregate verb To disperse; to scatter.
- disgregation noun A measure of the separation of the particles of a system; an early formulation of entropy.
- disguise verb To transform or disfigure, to change the appearance of in general.
- disguised adj Altered for the sake of fashion; newfangled or showy.
- dishable verb Obsolete form of disable.
- disher noun A dish maker.
- dishonest adj Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
- dishonesty noun Shamefulness, disgrace.
- dishumour verb To deprive of humour or desire; to put out of humour.
- disinsure verb To render insecure; to put in danger.
- disinterest adj Free of personal bias.
- disjoint verb To fall into pieces.
- dislike verb To displease; to offend. In third-person only.
- disman verb To deprive of men.
- dismayful adj Terrifying
- disme noun A dime minted in 1792.
- disparage noun Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.
- disparent adj Varied in appearance, variegated
- dispart verb To divide, divide up, distribute.
- dispassionate verb To free from passion.
- dispatch noun A dismissal.
- dispend verb To spend or expend.
- dispense noun Cost, expenditure.
- display verb To discover; to descry.
- displease verb To fail to satisfy; to miss of.
- dispone verb To set in order; to dispose.
- disport noun The way one carries oneself; bearing, carriage, deportment.
- dispose noun The disposal or management of something.
- disposed adj Inclined to mirth; jolly.
- dispositive adj By natural disposition, having such an inclination.
- dispositor noun A disposer.
- disprofit verb To be, or to cause to be, without profit or benefit.
- dispurvey verb To strip of provisions; to disfurnish.
- dispute verb To struggle against; to resist.
- disquiet adj Deprived of quiet; impatient, restless, uneasy.
- disrank verb To degrade from rank.
- disrupt adj Torn off or torn asunder; severed; disrupted.
- dissent verb To be different; to have contrary characteristics.
- dissimulate adj Feigned, simulated, pretended, false.
- dissipate adj dissipated
- dissociability noun Lack of sociability; unsociableness.
- dissoluteness noun Lack of restraint; excess.
- dissolve verb To solve; to clear up; to resolve.
- dissymmetric adj chiral