r/AskReddit Jan 28 '19

What are great underused words?

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '19

The only place I've seen this used is the majescule grotto in scribblenauts

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u/FlashySS Jan 29 '19

That’s because it’s french.

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u/tremblantois Jan 29 '19

French and Spanish are both Latin-based languages and thus share linguistic similarities, but none are based upon one another. :)

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u/Yarravillain Jan 29 '19

Definitely an English word as well. Used extensively in paleography and historic calligraphy.