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 87 of 105: from “snaky” to “sound the drum”.
- snaky adj Sly; cunning; deceitful.
- snam verb To steal; snatch.
- snap noun A greedy fellow.
- snaphance noun A trifling or second-rate thing or person.
- snapper noun A percussive musical instrument consisting of a pair of items to be snapped together; castanet or bones.
- snark verb To snort.
- snarky adj Irritable, irritated.
- snaste noun The burnt or burning part of the wick of a candle; the snuff.
- sneak noun A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; a daisy-cutter
- sneap noun A rebuke; a reprimand.
- sneb verb To check; to reprimand.
- sneezer noun A snuffbox.
- snet verb To clear of mucus; to blow (one's nose).
- snew verb To snow.
- snib noun A reprimand; a snub.
- snift noun A moment; a while.
- sniggle verb To steal something of little value.
- snip noun A share or portion; a snack.
- snite noun A snipe.
- snook verb To sniff out.
- snoozer noun A thief who steals from hotel rooms while staying as a hotel guest.
- snort verb To snore.
- snot noun A mean fellow.
- snotter noun A handkerchief.
- snub noun A knot; a protuberance; a snag.
- snudge verb To save in a miserly manner; to hoard.
- snuff verb To drug (a person) with a mixture of snuff and beer.
- snuffy adj Sulky; angry; vexed.
- snufter noun A snuffer.
- snurfing noun The sport snowboarding
- sny verb To move, proceed.
- soaken adj soaked, saturated
- soc noun An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township in which the mill stands.
- sociable adj No longer hostile; friendly.
- sociate verb To associate.
- sod adj Boiled.
- sodder verb To solder.
- soder noun Obsolete form of solder.
- sodomise verb To cause (a community) to resemble the proverbially sinful biblical city of Sodom.
- soe noun a large wooden vessel for carrying water, especially one to be carried on a pole between two people.
- soft adv Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly.
- soft sawder noun Cajoling or flattery.
- soger noun Pronunciation spelling of soldier, representing nonstandardly-pronounced English, sojer.
- soilage noun Soil.
- soily adj Apt to stain.
- soken noun A place that is regularly frequented.
- sol noun Gold.
- solar adj Born under the predominant influence of the sun.
- sold noun salary; military pay
- sole noun The foot itself.
- solecist noun One who commits a solecism.
- solemn adj Cheerless, gloomy, sombre.
- solemnity noun A celebration or festivity.
- solicit verb To disturb; to disquiet.
- solicitate adj solicitous
- solicitor noun A catalyst, a thing prompting some action or behavior.
- solidism noun The doctrine that the solid parts of the body are the only parts that have vital properties and are susceptible to disease
- solidus noun Synonym of sol or sou: a Carolingian unit of account equivalent to a solidus of silver.
- solitaire noun A black neck ribbon worn with a bag wig in the 18th century.
- sollar noun A solar, or garret room.
- solute verb To dissolve.
- solvable adj Capable of being dissolved or liquefied.
- sombre noun Gloom; obscurity; duskiness.
- sombrero noun An umbrella.
- some pron Someone, a certain person.
- some body pron Obsolete spelling of somebody.
- somedeal pron Some part; a portion, something; some.
- sometime adv Sometimes.
- sometimes adj Former; sometime.
- sonance noun The quality or state of being sonant.
- sone noun Obsolete spelling of son.
- song noun An object of derision; a laughing stock.
- songish adj Consisting of or containing songs.
- soon adv Immediately, instantly.
- soople adj supple
- sooth noun Augury; prognostication.
- soothe verb To prove true; verify; confirm as true.
- soothfast adv Actually; truthfully.
- soothsayer noun One who tells the truth; a truthful person.
- sooty adj Dark-skinned; black.
- sophister noun Synonym of sophist.
- sophisticate adj Mixed with a foreign or inferior substance; not genuine or pure; adulterated, impure.
- sophisticated adj Mixed with a foreign or inferior substance; not genuine or pure; unrefined, adulterated, impure.
- sophoria noun An alkaloid obtained from Dermatophyllum secundiflorum (formerly Sophora speciosa), having effects similar to those of the Calabar bean.
- sophy noun wisdom, knowledge, learning
- sorbite noun Pearlite.
- sore adj Criminal; wrong; evil.
- sorel noun Obsolete form of sorrel (“the plant”).
- sori noun Copper sulphate, especially combined with other impurities, particularly in the context of the Roman Empire.
- sort noun Condition above the vulgar; rank.
- sortable adj Suitable; proper, appropriate.
- sortably adv suitably
- sortment noun assortment
- soss noun A lazy fellow.
- sottery noun Folly.
- sough noun A vague rumour.
- soughten verb past of seek
- soul verb To endow with a soul or mind.
- sound verb To resound.
- sound the drum verb To knock or ring at the door of a house to determine whether it is empty, with a view to burglary if so.