abditory:(n.) a place where you can go to disappear; a hiding place
acosmist:(n.) one who denies the reality of the universe
adronitis:(n.) frustration with how long it takes to get to know someone
agowilt:(n.) an unnecessary or sudden fear
airling:(n.) a young and thoughtless person
anecdoche:(n.) a conversation in which everyone is talking but nobody is listening
athazagoraphobia:(n.) the fear of being forgotten or forgetting
aubade:(n.) a poem or piece of music appropriate to the dawn or early morning
billet-doux:(n.) a love letter
cafuné:(v.) the act of running your fingers through your lover’s hair
cerulean:(adj.) having a deep blue as that of the sky
chrysalism:(n.) the amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm
commuovere:(v.) to stir, to touch, to move to tears
drapetomania:(n.) the uncontrollable urge to run away
eccedentesiast:(n.) someone who fakes a smile, when all they want to do is cry, disappear and/or die
ellipsism:(n.) a sadness that you’ll never be able to know how history will turn out
énouement:(n.) the bitter sweetness of having arrived in the future and seeing how things have turned out, but not being able to tell your past self how things will turn out okay
ephemeral:(adj.) lasting a very short time
ethereal:(adj.) extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world
euneirophrenia:(n.) the peacefulness of mind that comes after having pleasant dreams
fernweh:(n.) an ache for distant places; being homesick for places you’ve never been
gallophile:(n.) one who loves france and/or the french
gegenschein:(n.) a patch of very faint nebulous light sometimes seen in the night sky opposite the sun
helioplilia:(n.) the desire to stay in the sun; the love of sunlight
hiraeth:(n.) a homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was; the nostalgia, the yearning, the grief for the lost places of your past
hobbledehoy:(n.) an awkward youth or teenager
hygge:(n.) a complete absence of anything annoying or emotionally overwhelming; taking pleasure from the presence of gentle, soothing things
hypophrenia:(n.) a vague feeling of sadness, seemingly without cause
ignipotent:(adj.) presiding over fire
impennate:(adj.) featherless, wingless
juvenilia:(n.) the works produced by an author or artist while they were young
kalopsia:(n.) delusion wherein things appear more beautiful than they really are
kenopsia:(n.) the eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that’s usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet
kilig:(n.) the rush or the inexplicable joy one feels after seeing or experiencing something romantic
lachesism:(n.) the desire to be struck by disaster—to survive a plane crash, to lose everything in a fire, to plunge over a waterfall
lethologica:(n.) the inability to recall a precise word for something
liberosis:(n.) the desire to care less about things
livsnjutare:(n.) one who loves life deeply and lives it to the extreme
logolepsy:(n.) an obsession of words
mamihlapinatapai:(n.) a look shared by two people, each wishing that the other would initiate something they both desire but which neither wants to begin
matutine:(adj.) just before the dawn
meltem:(n.) a sea wind; the summer breeze that blows from the ocean
metanoia:(n.) the journey of changing one’s mind, heart, self, or way of life
mutterseelenallein:(adj.) utterly alone, as of refugees torn from their home country; alone in the desert
narcohypnia:(n.) numbness experienced upon awakening
naz:(n.) the pride that comes from being loved no matter what you do
nazlanmak:(v.) pretending reluctance or indifference when you are actually willing or eager; saying no and meaning yes
nebulous:(adj.) not clear; something difficult to see
nefelibata:(n.) “cloud walker”; one who lives in the clouds of their own imagination or dreams, or one who does not obey the conventions of society, literature, or art
nemophilist:(n.) a haunter of the woods; one who loves the forest and it’s beauty and solitude
nephology:(n.) the study or contemplation of clouds
noctivagant:(adj.) to wander about in the night
nodus tollens:(n.) the realization that the plot of your life doesn’t make sense to you anymore
noctuary:(n.) the record of a single night’s events, thoughts, or dreams
novaturient:(adj.) desiring or seeking powerful change in one’s life, behavior, or situation
nudiustertian:(adj.) of or pertaining to the day before yesterday
numinous:(adj.) describing an experience that makes you fearful yet fascinated, awed yet attracted-the powerful personal feeling of being overwhelmed and inspired
nyctophilia:(n.) love of darkness or night; finding relaxation or comfort in the darkness
optophobia:(n.) the fear one has of opening one’s eyes
orphic:(adj.) mysterious or entrancing; something beyond ordinary understanding
paralian:(n.) one who dwells by the sea
petrichor:(n.) the pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain after a long period of dry weather
philocaly:(n.) the love of beauty
philtre:(n.) a love potion
phosphenes:(n.) the lights or “stars” that you see when you rub your eyes
psithurism:(n.) the sound of wind through the trees and rustling of the leaves
quiescent:(adj.) quiet and still
raconteur:(n.) one who is a master of story-telling
redamancy:(n.) the act of loving a person who loves you in return
rubatosis:(n.) the unsettling awareness of your own heartbeat
saudade:(n.) a nostalgic longing to be near again to something or someone that is distant, or that has been loved and then lost; “the love that remains”
sciamachy:(n.) a battle against imaginary enemies; fighting your shadow
scintillate:(v.) to twinkle as the stars do
scripturient:(adj.) having a consuming passion or desire to write
selcouth:(adj.) unfamiliar, rare, strange, and yet marvelous
sehnsucht:(n.) “the inconsolable longing in the human heart for what we know not what”; a yearning for a far, familiar land one can identify as one’s home
serein:(n.) the fine, light rain that falls from a clear sky at sunset or in the early hours of the night; evening serenity
serendipity:(n.) finding something good without looking for it
sillage:(n.) the scent that lingers in the air, the trail left in water, the impression made in space after something or someone has been and gone
sirimiri:(n.) a light rain, a fine drizzle
sonder:(n.) the realization that each passerby has a life as vivid and complex as your own
susurrus:(n.) a low soft sound, as of a whisper or the rustling of the wind
tacenda:(n.) the things that are better left unsaid
tenalach:(n.) the relationship one has with the earth, the air, and the water; a deep and wondrous connection that makes you one with nature
thantophobia:(n.) the phobia of losing someone you love
tristful:(n.) deeply yet romantically melancholy
tsundoku:(n.) buying books and not reading them; letting the books pile up unread on shelves or floors or nightstands
torpe:(n.) a man who is desperately in love with a woman, but cannot admit his feelings or approach her
ughten:(n.) morning twilight; the time just before daybreak
vellichor:(n.) the strange wistfulness that you feel in used bookstores
verklempt:(adj.) completely and utterly overcome with emotion
vespertine:(adj.) relating to the evening
vorfreude:(n.) the joyful anticipation derived from imagining future pleasures
wanderlust:(n.) the great desire to travel and wander about
xenophilia:(n.) the love of all things foreign and unknown to you
yeoubi:(n.) a sunshower - the event of having a light rain while the sun continues to shine
yuanfen:(n.) a relationship between two people brought about by fate or destiny
yūgen:(n.) the awareness of the universe around you that triggers emotions too deep and mysterious for words
zephyr:(n.) a slight breeze from the west
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