Here's just a sampling of the words from George Eliot's writings:

augur verb
"an unloved brother, of whom worse things had been augured"

bate verb
"that grave and orderly senior was not going to bate a jot of his dignity"

behoof noun
"spending the money directly for his own behoof"

capacious adjective
"a man of capacious mind, seeing that he could draw much wider conclusions without evidence than could be expected of his neighbors"

descry verb
"the grass was high in the meadow, and there was no descrying her"

dress up verb
"a remarkable feat of bodily exertion, which ... he should be able to dress up and magnify"

exiguity noun
"an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"

greenth noun
"the lovely greenth and blossoms of the horse chestnuts"

lilied adjective
"lilied pool and grassy acres"

milord noun
"the milord, owner of the handsome yacht"

objurgatory adjective
"relapse from her official objurgatory tone"

plenteous adjective
"the seasons had been plenteous in corn"