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Answer: Bimarian

Bimarian is an adjective meaning two seas. This word first began to appear in English speaking countries in 1731. Bimarian can be broken down into "bi", which is a prefix meaning two, and "mare", which is a Latin word meaning sea. A country which has a different ocean on either side, such as Australia's Indian and Pacific Oceans, would be aware of the need for its bimarian defence in times of war.

Answer: Blateration

In use between 1656 and 1864, blateration is a noun that describes excessive chatter about nothing of any importance. Such chatter usually doesn't make much sense either.

Answer: Bonifate

Bonifate, an adjective meaning that one is endowed with exceptional good luck, appears to have been in use, for a very short time only, from 1656. This word can be broken down into "boni" which means good, and "fate" which is the Latin for luck, good fortune or fate.

Answer: Boscaresque

Boscaresque, an adjective in use from 1734, is used to describe any beautiful scenery or charming stretches of woodland. The suffix "esque" means "resembling", while the word "bos" can be loosely translated to anything wild, but in particular wild animals. This unusual word can also be linked to the word "boscage" which means a large tract of forest.

Answer: Brabeum

Brabeum was a noun in use from 1675, but didn't last too long as far as common usage went. It was defined as an award for some achievement, or an incentive to reach that achievement. School children, for example, could be offered the brabeum of a homework-free weekend in exchange for achieving acceptable results during the week.

Answer: Brochity

Brochity was a noun in use between 1623 and 1678. It described unsightly, crooked teeth. Poor things. Thank goodness for orthodontists today - even though they do charge like wounded bulls.

Answer: Cacatory

In use from 1684 until 1753, and lingering on in medical dictionaries until at least 1904, cacatory was an adjective describing the unfortunate condition of anyone with loose bowels. "Caca" is a Spanish word used to describe faeces, but it originally derives from Latin, while the Latin "-ory" means excretory or sensory.

Answer: Cameranious

This adjective, to describe any room or chamber with a comfortable and cosy atmosphere, wasn't in use for very long at all. It appeared in 1791, and disappeared almost as promptly, no doubt because it was far easier to say comfortable and cosy instead.

Answer: Canitude

A noun in use from 1656 until 1742, canitude was used to describe any scenery that was endowed with picturesque white covering, such as snow covered fields. The word itself, though, doesn't really seem visually appealing at all.

Answer: Caprizant

If you had an uneven pulse described as caprizant between 1730 and 1736, it would have been necessary to call a doctor as soon as possible. Capri is a Latin prefix that originally meant goat, but as it found its way into the Greek, it translated to heart or wrist in that language. "Ant" is a Latin suffix that is used to form adjectives or nouns from verbs that derive from a Latin base.

Its general meaning is "the capacity of".