Lost Words 2 Trivia Quiz

Answer: The right to cut forest wood for a family fire

Affuage is a noun that was in use in England between 1753 and 1847. It was the right of homeowners to cut wood in a forest for use in the family home, but the wood had to be most definitely used for that and nothing else. Interestingly, that right still exists today, but most commoners who were entitled to it have since sold their rights to the Forestry Department.

Answer: A judge in any contest

An agonarch was a person who judged any game or contest during times of public celebration. This noun was in use in English-speaking countries for a short time only - during the year 1656. He, and it was usually a he, was also known as a "Master of Revels".

Answer: Drunk

Alabandical was an adjective in use between 1656 and 1775 before it disappeared from common usage. Quite possibly this was because nobody could pronounce it if they were in that state. It means to be out of control as a result of consuming too much alcohol and/or to be in a state of unconsciousness as a result. Passed out, in other words.

Answer: You have been dismissed or sent away

Amandation was a noun in use between 1656 and 1755. It meant to be sent away or dismissed, but not pleasantly so. It would probably come with a pink slip today, with the door being slammed behind you.

Answer: Bitter

This old English word (as are all the words used in this quiz) was used between 1731 to 1755. It was a noun meaning to be filled with bitterness and spite, and probably seething with thoughts of revenge into the bargain.

Answer: Mutual love and kindness

Antipelargy was a noun in use from 1656 until 1731. It is defined as mutual and loving kindness between individuals, and more particularly between children and parents.

Answer: Throwing up

Aporrhoea, a noun, was a word commonly used, possibly more so by the medical profession, between 1646 and 1880. It meant, putting it tastefully, a rather violent bodily discharge, usually from the mouth, but let us draw a curtain over the alternative.

Answer: Water

The noun aquabib, of course, is related to aquatic or water; fresh water in this case, because it was consumed. Though this word, in use between 1731 to 1883, meant someone who only drank water, it was also used occasionally to describe anyone who didn't drink alcohol. A teetotaler, in other words.

Answer: Braggart

Aretaloger was a noun used between 1623 and 1656. It described anyone who bragged and boasted about his or her real or imagined achievements. To put it in the language from that time period, it was defined as "one that braggs or boasts of vertue in himself, a talking fellow, a lyer".

Answer: Belting each other

Used from 1706 until 1753, this noun was a schoolboys "game" that consisted of beating each other with gloves or leather straps, while hopping at the same time. I'd most definitely be hopping, let me assure you, hopping in the other direction. Boys will be boys, and though the participants in the game of ascoliasm wore a form of protective glove on each hand in some cases, it must have been a rather violent sport, all the same.