Corroded to [email protected]English • 3 months agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-square288fedilinkarrow-up1345arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1338arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?Corroded to [email protected]English • 3 months agomessage-square288fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink34•3 months agoWiddershins. It means counter to the sun’s direction , and was seen as inauspicious. Counter-clockwise, before clocks.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoI only know the term from Disc World, is that a real world term or just one of the many whimsical terms Pratchett coined in the books
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•3 months agoIt’s real! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widdershins
Widdershins. It means counter to the sun’s direction , and was seen as inauspicious. Counter-clockwise, before clocks.
I only know the term from Disc World, is that a real world term or just one of the many whimsical terms Pratchett coined in the books
It’s real! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widdershins