Language

Italian

Italian words capturing Mediterranean warmth and emotion.

9 words

Commuovere

koh-mwoh-veh-reh

v. To be moved in a heartwarming way, often to tears.

Adomania

ad-uh-mey-nee-uh

n. The sense that the future is arriving ahead of schedule.

Liberosis

lib-er-oh-sis

n. The desire to care less about things and hold life loosely and playfully.

Affogatia

ah-fuh-gat-yuh

n. The weird loneliness of antiquated fads and memes and one-hit wonders.

Ioche

ahy-uh-kee

n. The anxiety of being an individual.

Typifice

tip-uh-fis

n. A caricature of yourself that went out of date years ago, though nobody around you seems to have noticed.

Lisolia

lih-soh-lee-uh

n. The satisfaction of things worn down by time.

Occhiolism

oh-kyoh-liz-uhm

n. The awareness of how fundamentally limited your senses are.

Rialtoschuro

ree-al-toh-skyoor-oh

n. The disorientation of stepping outside a movie theater into unexpected darkness.

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