Corroded to [email protected]English • 6 months agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-square304fedilinkarrow-up1360arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1355arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?Corroded to [email protected]English • 6 months agomessage-square304fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink35•6 months agoWiddershins. It means counter to the sun’s direction , and was seen as inauspicious. Counter-clockwise, before clocks.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•6 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]linkfedilink4•6 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