Under 'retirement,' you'll find ecesis, which is the acclimatization to retirement, and Opagefaengris, a prison for retired male criminals in Singen, Germany.īoost your vocabulary, indulge in a love of language, and improve the way you communicate with seniors and medical professionals. For example, in the 'end-of-life' category, you'll find the word feuillemorte, which is the wan, yellow color of death. Listed alphabetically with pronunciation keys, the words are categorized under forty-eight headings.

Oligoria: disinterest in former friends or hobbies Lethonomia: a tendency to forget, or inability to recall, names Here are just a few of the interesting words you'll learn:Ĭenotaph: a monument erected as a memorial to a dead person or dead people buried elsewhere, especially those killed fighting a war All of them apply to the aged, a group that makes up an increasing portion of the population-particularly in the United States, Europe, and Japan. Most of these words are unusual, rare, obsolete, archaic, wonderful, marvelous, arcane, and even preposterous. It starts with learning ElderSpeak.There are many words relating to old age, aging, and the elderly, and this compendium of words seeks to help you understand almost two thousand of them. There are many words relating to old age, aging, and the elderly, and this compendium of words seeks to help you understand almost two thousand of them. Under retirement, youll find ecesis, which is the acclimatization to retirement, and Opagefaengris, a prison for retired male criminals in Singen, Germany.īoost your vocabulary, indulge in a love of language, and improve the way you communicate with seniors and medical professionals. For example, in the end-of-life category, youll find the word feuillemorte, which is the wan, yellow color of death.

Here are just a few of the interesting words youll learn: Cenotaph: a monument erected as a memorial to a dead person or dead people buried elsewhere, especially those killed fighting a war Lethonomia: a tendency to forget, or inability to recall, names Oligoria: disinterest in former friends or hobbies Elderspeak has been assumed to be an accommodation to the perceived communication needs of older adults as it involves a slow rate of speaking, simplified syntax, vocabulary restrictions, and. All of them apply to the aged, a group that makes up an increasing portion of the populationparticularly in the United States, Europe, and Japan. There are many words relating to old age, aging, and the elderly, and this compendium of words seeks to help you understand almost two thousand of them.

ElderSpeak by James L. Reynolds