- acatalepsy: the impossibility of comprehending the universe, the belief that human knowledge can never have true certainty 
 
    - aeipathy: an enduring and consuming passion 
 
    - balter: to dance artlessly, without particular grace or skill but usually with enjoyment 
 
    - brumous: of grey skies and winter days; filled with heavy clouds or fog; relating to winter or cold, sunless weather 
 
    - chrysalism: the amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm 
 
    - eudaimonia: lit. "human flourishing"; a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous 
 
    - eleutheromania: an intense and irresistible desire for freedom 
 
    - euneurophrenia: the peace of mind that comes from having pleasant dreams 
 
    - holophrasis: the expression of complex ideas in a single word or pjrase 
 
    - livsnjutare: one who loves life deeply and lives it to the extreme 
 
    - kairos: the perfect, delicate, crucial moment, the fleeting rightness of time and place that creates the opportune atmosphere for action, words or movement; also, weather 
 
    - kilig: the rush or the inexplicable joy one feels after seeing or experiencing something romantic 
 
    - komorebi: sunlight that filters through the leaves of trees 
 
    - mizpah: the deep emotional bond between people, especially those separated by distance or death 
 
    - noceur: one who sleeps late or not at all; or, one who stays out late to revel or party 
 
    - numinous: describing an experience that makes you fearful yet fascinated, awed yey attracred - the powerful, personal feeling of being overhelmed and inspired 
 
    - pluviophile: a lover of rain; someone who finds joy and peace of mind during rainy days 
 
    - querencia: a place from which one's strength is drawn, where one feels at home; the place where you are your most authentic self 
 
    - redamancy: the act of loving the one who loves you; a love returned in full 
 
    - saudade: a nostalgic longing to be near again to something or someone that is distant, or that has been loved and the lost; "the love that remains" 
 
    - serein: the fine, light rain that falls from a clear sky at sunset or in the early hours of night; evening serenity 
 
    - sough: the gentle, soothing murmur of wind or water 
 
    - strikhedonia: the pleasure of being able to say "to hell with it" 
 
    - tristful: deeply yet romantically melancholy 
 
    - yugen: an awareness of the universe that triggers emotional responses too deep and mysterious for words 
 
  
            apr 22 2017 ∞
 nov 22 2018 +