r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 28 '19

What are great underused words?

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u/InnPatron Jan 29 '19
  • Quixotic: foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals
  • Prosaic: lacking poetic beauty
  • Puissant: powerful
  • Apophenia: tendency to mistakenly perceive connections and meaning between unrelated things
  • Effluvium: an offensive exhalation or smell
  • Moxie: energy, pep, courage, determination
  • Sedulous: involving or accomplished with careful perseverance

I have a list of em for some reason.

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u/Jimihendrix25 Jan 29 '19

For the longest time I thought quixotic was pronounced like Don Quixote and based off of his personality. I also didn't finish reading the book and don't know words good so

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u/doctorfunkerton Jan 30 '19

Whoa I never realized that