To ask you what words you love that you rarely get to use?

[Ethelfleda]

Help others expand their vocabulary

I like ‘anthropomorphise’ and ‘Schadenfreude’
But so rarely get to use them in a sentence. So it feels good to do that here!

Hit me with your most eloquent sentences

Vexed, I don't know why I love that word so much!

I came on to say petrichor but @TheRoyallingStones beat me to it. Love the word and the scent

I love hearing my teens say vexed. I do wish they would wring their hands when the do so. 😂

"I trust" goes beautifully in a snotty business letter. It communicates that you'd bloody well better fit in with my expectations. In fact, no confirmation is needed because I am so sure you will comply with my demands.

Examples
"I trust I will not be hearing from you again regarding this matter"
"I trust that my account will be credited with the money"
"I trust this meets with your approval"
"I trust this letter was sent to me in error"

Sadly, few people in my life deserve this level of condescension.

Perambulate

Halliracket and stramash

Snap and Cheese my teen DD says vex/ vexed a lot and says it's one of her favourite words 😀

Lots of my favourites have already been mentioned but I haven't seen one mentioned yet that I use whenever I can and that is innocuous. Also forthwith when writing contracts 😂

Palimpstet.

Doesn't come up much outside the world of ancient manuscripts or literary devices, no matter how hard I try and cram it in to general conversation.

Bounder also like cad
Evocative
Dystopian
Minty

Actually dystopian has been getting more use recently

I’ve found that minty only really goes with toothpaste. I need another pet.

Workshy
Foppish
Wazzock
Ginnel
Snicket
Highfalutin

I found 'tatterdemalion' in an Enid Blyton book and fell a little in love. I always imagine a small scruffy lion.

Deliquesce.

Was a family joke as teens. Annoys DH no end if I manage to use it as 'no normal person would know what it meant'.

Also love obstreperous and outwith.

Perspicacious.....amazing word
Endymion...no chance of using in a sentence
Obtuse....satisfying chunky word use it regularly in this house

Sinister is surely a word you can use all the time? Lots of people are left handed.

My favourite two, so far unmentioned, are:

Cromulent (because of it's origin)

Turdiform (because of how unexpected it's actual meaning is compared to what springs to mind)

Crepuscular
Obstreperous
Cockolorum.

Whorl.
Frivolous.
Vexatious.
Axiomatic.

Crepuscular is a glorious word.

Eldritch

Discombobulated. I've been using it loads in Lockdown.

Hyperbole
Cretinous
Parochial - love this, reminds me of a pretty village full of mystery and intrigue.
Mystery is also wonderful as is the word curious - as to me they suggest adventure and excitement.

Exsanguinate - not a pleasant meaning, but I adore how it sounds.
Also, fucko’d, invented by my little sisters best friend as another word for drunk, definitely makes me and my bestie smile when we use it

Antediluvian
Kerfuffle
Hirsute
Pulchritude

I love astronomical words

Cosmos
Nebula
Pulsar
Supernova
Lunar

Banjaxed. I read it in a Marian Keyes book once and try to use it when I can!

Defenestration/ defenestrate