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 29 of 105: from “dissymmetrical” to “doubtless”.
- dissymmetrical adj chiral
- dissymmetry noun chirality
- distance noun Synonym of length (“an extent measured along the longest dimension of an object”).
- distantial adj Distant.
- distaste verb To dislike.
- distemperate adj Immoderate, excessive.
- distent noun breadth
- distil verb To dissolve or melt (something).
- distillate noun A low-grade fuel produced in the distillation of petroleum for gasoline and largely a waste product.
- distinct verb To distinguish; to make a distinction.
- distinguish verb To make to differ.
- distort adj Distorted; misshapen.
- distract adj Drawn asunder; separated.
- distrain verb To squeeze, press, embrace; to constrain, oppress.
- district adj rigorous; stringent; harsh
- disturb noun disturbance
- disworship noun A deprivation of honour or cause of disgrace.
- dit noun A ditty, a little melody.
- ditcher noun A European resident of Calcutta.
- dite verb To prepare for use or action; to make ready.
- ditionary noun A subject; a tributary.
- ditty verb To sing; to warble a little tune.
- diurnation noun sleepiness during the day.
- diver noun A pickpocket.
- diverb noun A proverb or set phrase.
- divergence noun Disagreement; difference.
- diverse adv Synonym of diversely (“in different directions”).
- diversified adj Diverse; various.
- diversory noun A wayside inn.
- divert verb To turn aside; to digress.
- diverticle noun A turning; a byway.
- dividable adj Capable of being separated (from something).
- divide verb To break friendship; to fall out.
- divine adj Foreboding; prescient.
- divorce noun That which separates.
- divorcement noun Divorce; dissolution of a marriage.
- divulgate verb To divulge.
- dixnary noun Pronunciation spelling of dictionary.
- dizz verb To make dizzy; to astonish; to puzzle.
- dizzard noun A jester or fool.
- do verb To cause or make (someone) (do something).
- do off verb To take off (clothing).
- do to death verb To put to death.
- dock noun The buttocks or anus.
- docket noun A summary; a brief digest.
- doctor noun A teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch of knowledge; a learned man.
- doctrinal adj Didactic.
- doctrix noun A female doctor, chiefly a physician.
- document noun That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.
- documental adj Of or relating to instruction.
- dodecagynous adj Of or relating to the obsolete order Dodecagynia
- doff noun Followed by off: an act of putting off or turning away someone with an excuse, etc.
- dog fancier noun A fan of greyhound racing or dog fights.
- dog robber noun A contemptible person, especially one who steals scraps of food.
- dogbolt noun A fool; a contemptible person.
- doggedness noun sullenness; moroseness
- doggery noun A squalid tavern.
- dogman noun A man who sells dog meat.
- dogsleep noun Feigned sleep.
- dogvane noun A cockade worn on a hat (worn in the British Navy in the 18th and 19th centuries)
- doily noun An old kind of woollen material.
- doitkin noun A very small coin
- doldrum noun A slothful or stupid person.
- doll noun Synonym of dollar.
- dolly noun An old gambling device, found in dolly shops, with the figure of an old man or "dolly", and a spiral hole down which a dropped marble would…
- dolly shop noun An unlicensed pawnshop where rags, old junk, and like items are bought and sold.
- dolphin noun One of the handles above the trunnions by which a gun was lifted.
- dolt verb To behave foolishly.
- domage noun damage; hurt
- dome noun A building; a house; an edifice.
- domify verb To divide (the heavens) into different astrological houses.
- dominical adj Of printed text: in a large size.
- donat noun A grammar (book); a primer (of Latin)
- done up adj Worn-out, exhausted.
- donzel noun A young squire or the attendant to a knight; a page
- doodle noun A fool, a simpleton, a mindless person.
- doodlebug noun Individual self-propelled train cars.
- doogheno noun Something or someone good.
- doole noun sorrow; dole
- dooly noun Synonym of litter of whatever type.
- doom verb To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.
- dooring noun The frame of a door.
- dop noun A dip; a low courtesy.
- dor noun A trick, joke, or deception.
- dorr noun A drone or idler; a lazy person.
- dorse noun The back of a book.
- dorsibranchiate adj Having branchiae along the back; belonging to the former order Dorsibranchiata.
- dory adj Of a bright yellow or golden color.
- dosser noun A pannier or basket.
- dot noun A lump or clot.
- dotard noun One who dotes on another, showing excessive fondness; a doter.
- dote noun An imbecile; a dotard.
- doted adj stupid; foolish
- double shuffle noun A noisy shuffling dance, once common among costermongers.
- doublet noun A game somewhat like backgammon.
- doubly adv with duplicity
- doubt verb To fill with fear; to affright.
- doubtable adj Fearsome; redoubtable.
- doubtful adj Fearsome, dreadful.
- doubtless adj Free from fear or suspicion.