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Archaic words
I'm reading "End of the Century", part of which is set in Victorian England.
I came across the term "tribadist", which is an archaic word for lesbian. I was pretty sure from the context, but I still tried to look it up on Webster. I ended up having to do a general Google search because the word is either too archaic or the Webster people are prudes.
Some other archaic words you don't hear much:
gadfly
malarkey
hullabaloo
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