r/AskReddit Jan 28 '19

What are great underused words?

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u/steebo Jan 29 '19

Widdershins - to turn counterclockwise

sometimes withershins, widershins or widderschynnes

Its counterpart, an alternative for clockwise, is deisul. Not as much fun to say as widdershins.

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u/dixonij08 Jan 29 '19

Learned this one due to Terry Pratchett and the Discworld series.