From Speak, Memory:
None of these words are recognized by Dictionary.com. And I stopped copying them here on page 100 of a 300+ page book.
archpresbyter
gamesome
penumbral
covert (noun)
eunuchoid
archivolt
fatidic
praedormitary
hypnagogic
palpebral
photism
synesthete
aquarelles
autoplagiarism
cuneate
appraisive
omnivicarious
agarics
stipitate
pilei
lamellate
bolete
tipal
gule
botonee
gorget
clavecin
epitaphical
epigraphical
majorat
platband
racemosa
coarctation
foramen
leathern
ecchymotic
susurrous
berimed
xanthic
Art is 80 
5 responses to “As Promised, the Nabokov Vocabulary”
Even I know penumbral, covert, bolete, gorget, epigraphical and foramen, maybe because of my interest in natural history.
Why’d you stop at page 100?
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I only stopped because I thought that was sufficient. Want to see more? Yes, some of these terms have to do with his butterfly collecting. You may know many more than most.
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Great list, but don’t forget “inly”
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Yes, please, if it’s not too much troub
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racemosa is a type of plant.
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