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Candy | 2806 comments Mod
Interesting article on words out of usage...but useful today....

http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/20-o...


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David Krae (davidkrae) Deliciate "Verb intr. – “To take one’s pleasure, enjoy oneself, revel, luxuriate” – Often I feel the word “enjoy” just isn’t enough to describe an experience, and “revel” tends to conjure up images of people dancing and spinning around in circles – at least in my head. “Deliciate” would be a welcome addition to the modern English vocabulary, as in “After dinner, we deliciated in chocolate cream pie.”

Love that one.

Here's a book I have found useful in understanding and usage of Elizabethan English. It's also entertaining just to pick up and flip through from time to time.

Shakespeare's Language A Glossary of Unfamiliar Words in His Plays and Poems by Eugene F. Shewmaker by Eugene F. Shewmaker


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