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Quite the loss. Are you sure you want the other missing ones?

From my 11th Ed.

aristology (rare) n the science or art of dining.

Hm. I think of dining as being more instinctive.

Chambers have now posted the "lost words" with the definitions....

http://www.chambers.co.uk/downloads/Chambers%20Missing%20Words.pdf

I love "druxy"; I'll be using it often in conversation.

Can't you just picture Jolan rubbing his hands together with glee?

I'm going to start accusing people of being ultracrepidarian

A big thank-you, ixion: whether you're purchasing the new edition or not, these 7 pages make for the most amusing reading I've experienced for quite a time! Recommended to absolutely everybody!

.........in fact, the more I read, the more it reminds me of those Douglas Adams "Meaning of Liff" books................

Your mention of "The meaning of Liff" sent me back to the book to find his version of "chump change":

chump change n (chiefly N Am inf ) an insignificant or insultingly small amount of money

Kibblesworth (n.) The footling amount of money by which the price of a given article is less than a sensible number, in the hope that at least one idiot will think it cheap. For instance, the kibblesworth on a pair of shoes priced at £19.99 is 1p.



(Note 1: there is in fact a very rational reason for the owner of a shop to price an item at £19.99 rather than £20
Note 2: publishing date 1990 - shoes cost more now!)

Goodness me, what a list of words....!
I was beginning to think someone was having us on until I checked out " honorificabilitudinitatibus" - it REALLY IS in Shakespeare's "Love's Labours Lost" !
I dug out my copy to verify it!!