- aeipathy — an enduring and consuming passion
- antiscians — people who live on opposite sides of the world, "whose shadows at noon are cast in opposite directions"
- autophile — a person who loves solitude, being alone
- baisemain — a kiss on the hand
- eleutheromania — an intense and irresistible desire for freedom
- eunoia — beautiful thinking; a well mind
- fjka — a state of mind when there is an aspiration for or to do nothing; a mood where mind and body drift in a totally relaxed state
- frisson — a shiver of pleasure
- gumusservi — moonlight shining on water
- kairosclerosis — the moment you realize that you’re currently happy – consciously trying to savor the feeling – which prompts your intellect to identify it, pick it apart and put it in context, where it will slowly dissolve until it’s little more than an aftertaste
- ikigai — a reason for being; the thing that gets you up in the morning
- jouska — a hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head
- la douleur exquise — the heart-wrenching pain of wanting the affection of someone unattainable
- myötähäpeä — the feeling of shame you experience on the behalf of another person or a character when they do something stupid or embarrassing
- nefelibata — lit. "cloud-walker"; one who lives in the clouds of their own imagination or dreams; one who does not obey the conventions of society, literature, or art
- oneirataxia — the inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality
- orphic — mysterious and entrancing; beyond ordinary understanding
- retrophile — a lover of past eras and objects
- retrouvaille — the joy of meeting or finding someone again after a long separation; rediscovery
- selcouth — unfamiliar, rare, strange, and yet marvelous
- sonder — the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own
- toska — an inexplicable and dull ache of the soul; a yearning and longing for nothing in particular
oct 17 2020 ∞
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