whemmel means An overthrow, an overturn. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 77 out of 100.
Why this word is great
WHEMMEL — [Noun, Verb] A sudden overthrow or capsizing; to engulf, overturn, or drain a drink in one draught. Its etymology is a frequentative form of 'whelm' (to engulf or overturn), from Middle English 'whelmen', with the addition of the suffix '-le' or formed by metathesis. Unlike 'overwhelm' (which drowns the spirit in abstraction) or 'invert' (which implies a clinical reversal), a whemmel is a blunt, physical, and localized catastrophe. It is the forgotten rowboat rolling under a rogue wave, the merchant’s cart upended in the mud, the heavy mug of ale emptied in a single, desperate gulp—a small, definitive ruin from which one must begin to right the world.
noun
- An overthrow, an overturn.
verb
- To engulf, to submerge.
- To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.
- To turn (something) upside down, to invert; to capsize, to overturn; (specifically) to drink a glass (of an alcoholic beverage) completely.
- To confound, to disrupt.
- To capsize; to walk clumsily; to fall over.