- aeipathy / an enduring and consuming passion
- anagnorisis / the point in the plot especially of a tragedy in which the protagonist recognizes his or her or some other character's true identity or discovers the true nature of his or her own situation
- apodyopsis / the act of mentally undressing someone
- apricity / the warmth of the sun in winter x
- asomatous / Without a material body; incorporeal
- atychiphobia / fear of failure; fear of not being good enough
- ayakashi (japanese) / phantom
- basorexia / the overwhelming desire to kiss
- convivencia (spanish) / living together, in the sence of living or working closely with other people with whom you share feelings, desires, or a common purpose
- cosmogyral / whirling around the universe
- eleutheromania (english) / an intense and irresistible desire for freedom
- elysian (greek) / beautiful or creative; divinely inspired; peaceful and perfect
- eunoia (U·'noy·a, greek) / beautiful thinking; a well mind
- fernweh / an ache for distant places; the craving for travel
- hematidrosis / the rare condition of sweating and crying blood (caused by high adrenaline levels which causes the blood to evacuate through skin pores when blood pressure is high)
- ibarahime (japanese) / sleeping beauty
- jaaneman (urdu) / lit. "soul of me"; gender-neutral word for sweetheart or darling
- kalopsia (greek) / the delusion of things being more beautiful than they really are
- karoshi (japanese) / death from being overworked
- kilig / the rush or the inexplicable joy one feels after seeing or experiencing something romantic
- kintsukuroi (japanese) / "to repair with gold" ; the art of repairing pottery with gold or silver lacquer and understanding that the piece is more beautiful for having been broken
- meraki (greek) / the soul, creativity or love put into something; the essence of yourself that is put into your work
- metanoia (greek) / the journey of changing one's mind, heart, self, or way of life
- mizpah ('miz·pa, hebrew) / the deep emotional bond between people, especially those separated by distance or death
- murr-ma (mer·ma, wagiman/australian) / to walk along in the water searching for something with your feet
- nemophilist / a haunter of the woods,; one who loves the forest and its beauty and solitude
- noctis (latin) / night
- noctivagant / to wander at night
- novaturient / desiring or seeking powerful change in one's life, behavior, or situation
- numinous (latin) / describing an experience that makes you fearful yet fascinated, awed yet attracted - the powerful, personal feeling of being overwhelmed and inspired
- orenda (iroquoian) / a mystical force present in all people that empowers them to affect the world, or to effect change in their own lives
- palinoia (greek) / the obsessive repetition of an act until it is perfect or mastered
- petrichor / the scent of rain on dry earth
- pleonasm / the use of more words than is necessary for clear expression; redundancy
- quaintrelle (quAn·'trl, middle english) / a woman who emphasizes a life of passion, expressed through personal style, leisurely pastimes, charm, and cultivation of life's pleasures
- querencia (spanish) / a place from which one's strength is drawn, where one feels at home; the place where you are your most authentic self
- rasasvada (sanskrit) / the taste of bliss in the absence of all thoughts
- sciamachy (greek) / a battle against imaginary enemies; fighting your shadow
- sehnsucht (zEn·'zUkt, german) / "the inconsolable longing in the human heart for we know not what"; a yearning for a far, familiar, non-earthly land one can identify as one's home
- selcouth / unfamiliar, rare, strange, yet marvelous
- senescence
- serendipity / finding something good without looking for it
- shouganai (japanese) / "it's no use"
- solivagant (latin) / wandering alone
- sweven (middle english) / a vision seen in sleep; a dream
- tacenda (ta·chen·da, latin) / things better left unsaid, matters to be passed over in silence
- tsundoku (japanese) / buying books and not reading them; letting books pile up unread n shelves or floors or nightstands
- umwelt (german) / the world as it is experienced by a particular organism
- vagary (latin) / an unpredictable instance, a wandering journey; a whimsical, wild, or unusual idea, desire, or action
- velleitie (latin) / a wish or powerful desire for something that nonetheless is not or cannot be followed by actions meant to pursue it
- zenith / the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer
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