Favourite rare words

[Feezbrock]

I'll start. "Mollyhorning" - idling about.

Fenestration.

Lalochezia - the relief of stress through swearing

Sprezzatura, Kummerspeck

Not rare as such but always impresses - Audacious

Twitten - a Sussex word for an alleyway or a type of footpath between buildings (rather than across fields or woodland).

Lackadaisical

Ha, that's what my Mum used to call me when she was cross. I was either being that or 'obstreperous', another rarely heard one.

Palingenesis

Plethora

Sprauncy- meaning showy, smart or fashionable in appearance.
I remember it as a kid, but had forgotten it until I saw an episode of The Sweeny and it was said on there!

Dimpsey - the time in the evening just before dusk

Gruntled - happy

Limerence - stage of a relationship where the one or both are obsessed with the other

Exponential
preternatural
etoliated

Cumbersome