WEIRD WORDS SECTION INDEX
The word weird in this section is interpreted broadly to mean words that refer to obscure or outlandish subjects, are in themselves rare, or which look odd.
A
Abacot; Absquatulate; Acronychal; Acrophony; Adipocere; Albertopolis; Alegar and beeregar; Alexipharmic; Analemmatic; Anamorphosis; Anatine; Anfractuosity; Ansible; Anthropodermic; Antimacassar; Apocope; Arenaceous; Astrobleme; Astrobolism; Ataraxy; Atrabilious; Attercop; Austringer; Autohagiography.
B
Bafflegab; Balderdash; Balductum; Bankrupt; Bant; Baragouin; Barmecide; Bathykolpian; Bellwether; Bezoar; Blackguard; Blackmail; Blatherskite; Blood and thunder; Bloviate; Blurb; Bodacious; Bodger; Bonzer; Boondoggle; Bootless; Borborygmus; Boscage; Boustrophedonic; Bowdlerise; Bridewell; Brimborion; Brobdingnagian; Bromopnea; Brummagem; Bruxer.
C
Cachinnatory; Cacography; Cad; Cadastral; Cadge; Caitiff; Callipygian; Callithumpian; Caltrop; Camelion; Cancrine; Carphology; Cataglottism; Cataract; Catoptromancy; Cenatory; Cento; Ceraunograph; Charabanc; Cheapskate; Cheat-bread; Chiliastic; Chrestomathy; Chuck-farthing; Circumbendibus; Clerihew; Clinquant; Cockaigne; Cockamamie; Codology; Codswallop; Cohobation; Collyrium; Colophonian; Conkerer; Contumely; Coopering; Copacetic; Costard; Costus; Coulrophobia; Coxcomb; Cribellate; Crimping; Cruciverbalist; Cyborg; Cymbocephalic.
D
Dactylonomy; Daft-days; Darg; Deasil; Deipnosophist; Deray; Destrier; Didgeridoo; Digamy; Digladiation; Discombobulate; Donnybrook; Doohickey; Dracontology; Droogish; Dumbledore; Dwile flonking; Dydler.
E
Eagre; Edacious; Egyptian days; Eleemosynary; Ell; Emmet and grockle; Empasm; Engastrimyth; Ensorcelled; Epeolatry; Ergophobia; Esculent; Estovers; Etaoin shrdlu; Etheromaniac; Eyot.
F
Fanfaronade; Fantods; Farb; Fardel; Fidimplicitary; Fimbriated; Financephalograph; Flabbergasted; Flagitious; Flapdoodle; Flavicomous; Fletcherise; Flibbertigibbet; Floccinaucinihilipilification; Florilegium; Fogou; Folderol; Foofaraw; Foudroyant; Franglais; Frigorific; Funambulist; Furbelow; Fustigate; Fustilugs.
G
Gaberlunzie; Gadzooks; Gafiate; Galligaskins; Gallimaufry; Gantlope; Garbler; Gargalesis; Gazebo; Gazump; Geis; Gelotologist; Ginglyform; Gobbledygook; Gobo; Gomer; Gongoozler; Gooding; Gormagon; Gowk; Gowpen; Gremlin; Grok; Groze; Guiser; Gurning; Guy Fawkes night.
H
Haberdasher; Haggard; Ha-ha; Handfasting; Handsel Monday; Haplology; Haptic; Haruspex; Hearth-money; Hebesphenomegacorona; Hebetude; Heterography; Higgledy-piggledy; Higgler; Hircocervus; Hobbledehoy; Hocus-pocus; Hodening; Hokey-pokey; Honeyfuggle; Honorificabilitudinitatibus; Hornswoggle; Houghmagandy; Hugger-mugger; Humdudgeon; Humicubation; Humongous; Hypnobioscope.
I
Ice house; Ichthyophagous; Ignivomous; Impignorate; In silico; Incalescence; Incarnadine; Incunabulum; Infundibulum; Inglenook; Ingrained; Insinuendo; Interrobang; Inwit; Isabelline; Ishkabibble.
J
Jackalope; Jackanapes; Jactitation; Jaculation; Janus-faced; Jingoism; Jobbernowl; Jocund; Josser.
K
Kakistocracy; Katzenjammer; Kelemenopy; Kerfuffle; Killick; Kinetoscope; Knucker.
L
Labretifery; Lackadaisical; Lagniappe; Latrociny; Leechcraft; Leiotrichous; Leucipottomy; Lexiphanic; Linhay; Linsey-woolsey; Lipogrammatist; Lippitude; Liripipe; Lithophone; Logan stone; Lollapaloosa; Lollygag; Lorinery; Lycanthropy.
M
Macaronic; Machicolation; Macilent; Magiric; Makebate; Malapert; Malarkey; Mallemaroking; Maritorious; Mattoid; Maundy; Megilp; Merrythought; Mesmerise; Metemptosis; Metoposcopist; Mimsy; Mithridate; Mongo; Mortsafe; Mudlark; Mugwump; Muliebrious; Mulligrubs; Mundungus; Musterdevillers; Mutoscope.
N
Namby-pamby; Nepenthes; Nescient; Nihilartikel; Nincompoop; Ninnyhammer; Nipperkin; Nostoc; Nubbing-cheat; Nugiperous; Nut-crack night; Nychthemeron.
O
Oaf; Obdiplostemonous; Obnubilate; Oche; Octothorpe; Olitory; Ombre; Omnium-gatherum; Omphaloskepsis; Onomasticon; Onomatopoeia; Onychophagist; Oojah; Opodeldoc; Orismology; Orotund; Orrery; Oxter; Oyez.
P
Palimpsest; Pall-mall; Panglossian; Panjandrum; Panorama; Pantechnicon; Paralipsis; Paraphernalia; Paregoric; Paroemiological; Pastinaceous; Pecksniffian; Pelf; Perverb; Petard; Petrichor; Pettifogging; Phenology; Picadil; Picayune; Piepowder; Pilcrow NEW ; Pilgarlic; Pillaloo; Pinchbeck; Pinguescence; Pitmatic; Plenilune; Pocillovy; Pogonotrophy; Popinjay; Poppycock; Poppysmic; Portolan; POTUS; Pound; Preposterous; Pridian; Protologism; Pulchritudinous; Pusillanimous; Pyknic.
Q
Quidnunc; Quillon; Quincunx; Quocker-wodger; Quodlibet.
R
Rambunctious; Rantipole; Rasorial; Rebarbative; Retronym; Rhadamanthine; Rhapsodomancy; Rhinotillexomania; Rhopalic; Rigmarole; Robinsonade; Rodomontade; Roo.
S
Sabermetrician; Sabrage; Saggar; Salmagundi; Sarcophagus; Sardoodledom; Saturnalia; Scacchic; Scalene; Scallywag or Scalawag; Sciolist; Scofflaw; Scombroid; Scrimshaw; Scutching; Seersucker; Semordnilap; Sennight; Serendipity; Sesquipedalian; Sferics; Shenanigan; Simoleon; Sisyphean; Sitooterie; Skedaddle; Skillygalee; Skimble-skamble; Skimmington; Skulduggery; Sledging; Slubberdegullion; Smaragdine; Smellfeast; Smouch; Snickersnee; Snollygoster; Sockdolager; Solar sail; Sophrosyne; Spanghew; Spatterdashes; Sphairistike; Sphragistics; Spifflicate; Spondulicks; Sponging-house; Squabash; Stammel; Steganography; Sternutatory; Stillicide; Stotting; Stramonium; Stultiloquy; Stylite; Subfusc; Surrebutter; Swazzle; Symploce; Synaesthete; Syzygy.
T
Taghairm; Tantivy; Tatterdemalion; Tautochrone; Tawdry; Teetotum; Teleplasmic; Tergiversate; Termagant; Tetrapyloctomy; Thaumaturgy; Thelemic; Therianthrope; Tiffin; Tintinnabulation; Titch; Titubation; Tolley; Tontine; Totter; Trebuchet; Triacle; Triskaidekaphobia; Truckle; Trussell; Tufthunter; Turducken; Turgescent; Turlough; Twitterpated.
U
Ullage; Ultimo; Ultracrepidarian; Umami; Umquhile; Unobtanium; Usufructuary.
V
Vaccary; Vaccimulgence; Valetudinarian; Vellicate; Velocipedist; Venery; Verecund; Vexillology; Vilipend; Vinolent; Volitation; Volvelle; Vomitorium; Vril.
W
Wassail; Wayzgoose; Welkin; Whilom; Wigg; Will-o’-the-wisp; Willy-nilly; Wiseacre; Wittol; Wobbegong.
X
Y
Z
Zany; Zenzizenzizenzic; Zograscope; Zymurgy