Unfamiliar words

I have been running a series of posts listing words found in Barbara Ann Kipfer's Word Nerd that are new to me. Actually there are hundreds of words listed in the book that are new to me, but those that particularly interest me are those that don't even seem necessary or are so rarely necessary that hardy anyone bothers to learn them, let alone use them. Here now is my final installment.

perpession — endurance of suffering

philodox — someone who likes to hear themselves talk (well, maybe this word is necessary)

prolepsis —anticipation before something starts

psithurism — rustling leaves

ramfeezled — worn out from work

rampick — a tree whose top branches are dead

repandous — bent upward

rixatrix — a quarreling woman

scantle — a small portion

A silential

silential — something performed in silence

sopite — to lull or put to sleep

sphalm — a mistake belief

stridulation — the noise of crickets

swesby — one who can be relied upon

syssition — a meal shared with others

theic — one who drinks too much

tirret — an outburst of temper

transhumance — the seasonal movement of livestock to different pasture

vetanda — forbidden things

I realize, of course, that many of the words I have listed, both here and previously, are technical or specialized terms that I would have never had any reason to ever hear, read or use. These may include such words as perpession, silential and transhumance. Others, perhaps like scantle or ramfeezled, may be slang terms that have spread to only a limited degree. In any case, most of us have probably managed to communicate very well without them.