A list of 19 words by sarra.
- absquatulate appears on 109 other lists and has 16 comments
- phalanstery appears on 5 other lists
- ampersand appears on 91 other lists and has 12 comments
- arboretum appears on 28 other lists
- stridulation appears on 12 other lists and has 6 comments
- penology appears on 4 other lists and has 1 comment
- antidisestablishmentarianism appears on 128 other lists and has 17 comments
- calisthenics appears on 18 other lists and has 1 comment
- bric-a-brac appears on 34 other lists and has 5 comments
- pyromania appears on 12 other lists and has 1 comment
- dipsomania appears on 26 other lists
- prestidigitator appears on 11 other lists and has 2 comments
- eschatology appears on 84 other lists and has 1 comment
- euhemerism appears on 12 other lists
- procrustean appears on 39 other lists and has 1 comment
- salutatorian appears on 4 other lists
- perfervid appears on 38 other lists and has 6 comments
- dundrearies appears on 3 other lists and has 1 comment
- antimacassar appears on 41 other lists and has 9 comments
qroqqa Top of my list would be sphygmomanometer and sphairistike. Aug 6, 2008
sarra The words I'm including are ones which sound like they've been carefully invented in a drawing-room by someone proud of (inevitably) his classical education — with a little scope for those new fripperies which have been named more colloquially, but still with a particular Victorian fancy (e.g. dundrearies).
How could I miss antimacassar, though! 1852. Aug 6, 2008
dontcry Yes! Doilies! Jun 24, 2008
john Oh, I love this list. Antimacassars. Jun 24, 2008
dontcry Mourning, as an art form. Jun 24, 2008
dontcry BIG porches! Jun 24, 2008
dontcry Ferns Jun 24, 2008
dontcry Gingerbread -- NOT the kind you eat. Jun 24, 2008
dontcry You know the decorating mantra of the Victorian era, don't ya? "Too much is not enough." Jun 24, 2008
dontcry My house... Jun 24, 2008
Prolagus Ha! Jun 24, 2008