It is a word, just one that Wiktionary accurately calls “archaic”, “obsolete”, and “rare”. The OED only notes a single attestation from 1623, and Wiktionary managed to dig up quotes from 1658 and 1874. A lazy search on Google Books shows a few older English examples – after the recent c. 2020s ones trying to compile lost words. The OED, which cites Henry Cockeram, is probably referring to this dictionary entry but maybe the first edition (this is the “Second Edition, Reunified and Enlarged”). This also, at a glance, seems to be the oldest usage in the lazy Google Books search.
TL;DR: If you want clear English, this isn’t the word for you. Even if you want to sound generically archaic, this word wasn’t ostensibly used enough to make sense for what most people would’ve sounded like. You’d need a really specific reason to use this word besides awkwardly signaling how quirky you are.
You’d need a really specific reason to use this word besides awkwardly signaling how quirky you are.
Something like wishing to indicate that you’re going to hide in a corner in an attemp to escape reality, but only to Susie Dent and others with knowledge of obscure words?
Obscure words are my love language
Ah so like the thorn people.
Are you saying þere’s more þan one?
<looks at text above>
<insensate screams>
Oh no! It’s spreading! It must be contagious!
(In all seriousness, I thought it was just that one dude)
Yeah I’ve seen a few.
Okay cool x3…
This is better than my guess of masturbating while traveling but only the longitude changes.
The latibulations is a great band name
