Episode seven (for days 31 to 35) of my 100 day challenge to find words I don’t know. I’m scraping words from https://randomword.com/ and each day picking one that I find interesting and which is also in the OED.
| Day | Date | Word | Meaning |
| 31 | Sunday 1 December | pourpointerie ** | Quilted material with studs at the seams, worn in the Middle Ages as armour |
| 32 | Monday 2 December | pongee | A soft, usually unbleached kind of Chinese silk fabric, woven from uneven threads of raw silk |
| 33 | Tuesday 3 December | scoliograptic | Marked by oblique lines |
| 34 | Wednesday 4 December | zenana | The system of segregating women away from men in harems |
| 35 | Thursday 5 December | selliform | Saddle-shaped |
** My favourite of the words presented.
Next episode in a few days!