Words that have gone into obscurity
Allemande: courtly baroque dance in which the arms are interlaced
Logophile: a lover of words
Delenda: things to be deleted or distroyed
Orphrey: Gold or other rich embroidery
Phrontistery: a thinking-place; a place of study
Celeste: sky blue
Aureate: the fanciful and flowery language of poets
Rosarium: a rose garden; or someone who grows roses
Eudaemonia: true happiness
Eremite: a hermit; one who lives in solitude
Eidolon: a phantom, or spectre; a shadow of mere existence
(Source: rose-coloured-dreams, via faeriepetals)
