From Merriam-Webster: "Plural of coniine, or a poisonous alkaloid found in poison hemlock." ...

We all like to impress our friends, family and teachers with our knowledge of obscure words (OK, OK – some of us more than others). But there are words you almost certainly won’t have heard of.

Paul Anthony Jones collects terms that have fallen out of use and resurrects them. We have featured 12 of our favourites in an animation celebrating forgotten phrases. Animation by Darren McNaney ...

We all like to impress our friends, family and teachers with our knowledge of obscure words (OK, OK – some of us more than others). But there are words you almost certainly won’t have heard of.

You'd only know all those words if, like many Scrabble champions, you'd spent months poring over the dictionary, learning names for plant parts and ancient instruments. We dug up the words from ...

Scripps National Spelling Bee finalist Jairam Hathwar, a 13-year-old from Corning, New York, was asked to spell the word “chremslach” in the ultimate rounds of the competition. Not up on ...