A lot of words in English have a Germanic and Latin version. The Germanic one tends to be more common in everyday use, while the Latin one tends to be more formal, a consequence of French being the language of the aristocracy back in the day. Spanish is all Latin-derived, so they would of course be the everyday words.
I’ve got six of them:
See also kleptocracy: rule by thieves. I not infrequently refer to our government as a kleptocratic kakistocracy
Feel like tenebrous being on a list of obscure words is tenuous, but maybe I just have esoteric interests.
Unlike many of these I’d heard it before but didn’t know its true meaning. It fits.
Darth Tenebrous
‘Tenebroso’ is commonly used in Spanish, at least in Spain. This whole thread is very interesting.
Voldemort is Señor Tenebroso.
A lot of words in English have a Germanic and Latin version. The Germanic one tends to be more common in everyday use, while the Latin one tends to be more formal, a consequence of French being the language of the aristocracy back in the day. Spanish is all Latin-derived, so they would of course be the everyday words.
That list is going to send me down a rabbit hole looking for the etymology of words
Oh, I also really like Mammonism: “the greedy pursuit of riches”, from the Biblical “Mammon”.
I’m a master in Cacography!
“Pardon my cacography” sure has a better ring to it than, “can you read this?”