Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 23 hours agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-squaremessage-square184fedilinkarrow-up1243arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1240arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 23 hours agomessage-square184fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDoxatek@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·5 hours agoDefenestration. Throwing someone out of a window. Example the defenestration of prague
minus-squareAndrasKrigare@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·24 minutes agoSee also, defenestration trilogy
minus-squareweeeeum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·4 hours agoAnd Russian oligarchs
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoIt’s composed of de- an fenestra, the latter meaning window. So literally de-windowing
Defenestration. Throwing someone out of a window. Example the defenestration of prague
See also, defenestration trilogy
And Russian oligarchs
It’s composed of de- an fenestra, the latter meaning window.
So literally de-windowing