- Agathokakological adj. Being comprised of both good and evil
- Age-otori n. The quality of looking worse after a haircut
- Alexithymia n. Difficulty describing feelings to other people.
- Anhedonia n. the inability to derive pleasure from normally-enjoyable activities
- Enervating adj. the opposite of inspiring; morally draining
- Entelechy n. the realization of potential; the supposed vital principle that guides the development and functioning of an organism (essentially, a soul)
- Esoteric adj. likely to be understood by few people
- Ferrule n. The metal part of a pencil.
- Gigil n. The urge to hug or pinch something unbearably cute
- Hiraeth n. Homesickness for a place that doesn't exist
- Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian adj. Of or pertaining to extremely long words
- Hyperluminal adj. Moving faster than the speed of light
- Jib n. The dot over an i or a j.
- Kalopsia n. the belief that things appear to be more beautiful than they really are
- L'esprit de l'escalier n. Thinking of a clever comeback after the time has passed to actually use it
- translates to "starcase wit"
- Mamihlapinatapai n. A look between two people suggesting a mutual unspoken desire
- Mawkish adj. so sentimental that it's mushy, or fake-seeming (can also pertain to sickly sweet foods, smells, etc.)
- Muntin n. the wood that separates window panes.
- Petrichor n. The smell outside after it rains.
- Philtrum n. The little rivet connecting your lip to your nose.
- Pochemuchka n. Someone who asks a lot of questions
- Psithurism n. The sound of the wind blowing through the trees.
- Purlicue n. The space between your thumb and forefinger.
- Querencia n. A place from which one's strength is drawn; where one feels at home; the place where you are your most authentic self
- Semantic satiation n. The sensation of saying a word so many times, it loses meaning.
- Sillage n. A trace, memory or faint remains of something: "the scent that lingers in air, the trail left in water, the impression made in space after something or someone has been and gone, the trace of someone's perfume"
- Tarantism n. The uncontrollable urge to dance; overcoming melancholy by dancing.
- Tmesis n. Inserting a word in the middle of another one.
- Ex: "Abso-freaking-lutely"
- Wamble n. Stomach growling
aug 12 2011 ∞
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