Latin
Latin words from the classical world.
24 words
Inerrata
in-eh-vah-tuhn. A kind of mistake you wouldn't take back even if you could.
Appriesse
ap-ree-esn. The feeling of loss for not meeting someone before their death, leading to an attempt to know them through stories and memories.
Pax Latrina
paks luh-tree-nahn. The meditative atmosphere of being alone in a bathroom.
Proluctance
proh-luhk-tuhnsn. The paradoxical urge to avoid doing something you've been looking forward to.
Malotype
mal-uh-tahypn. A person embodying your worst traits, serving as a negative role model.
Anoscetia
an-oh-see-sha or an-oh-say-tyahn. The anxiety of not knowing "the real you".
Dystoria
dis-toh-ree-uhn. A feeling of irrelevance from the broader forces of history.
Exulansis
ek-suh-lan-sisn. The tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because others cannot relate to it.
Zverism
zvair-iz-uhmn. The wish for people to prioritize physical interactions over social norms.
Immerensis
ih-muhr-en-sisn. The maddening inability to understand why someone loves you.
Nodus Tollens
noh-dus tah-luhnsn. The sense that your life doesn't fit into a story.
Lumus
loo-muhsn. The poignant humanness beneath the spectacle of society.
Tirosy
teer-uh-seen. A complicated feeling of envy and admiration for younger individuals.
Solla, Solla, Solla
suh-lah, suh-lah, suh-lahn. An incantation whispered privately to celebrate the loss of something or someone loved.
Moriturism
moh-rich-uh-riz-uhmn. A tiny jolt of awareness that someday you will die, leaving you with a profound realization of life's impermanence.
Gaudia Civis
gou-dee-uh siv-isn. A humble pulse of gratification felt when participating in civic duties.
Volander
voh-land-uhrn. The ethereal feeling of looking down at the world through an airplane window.
Plata Rasa
pla-tuh rah-suhn. The lulling sound of a running dishwasher that brings peace with not having circumnavigated anything solo.
Craxis
krak-sisn. The unease of knowing how quickly your circumstances could change on you.
Dolorblindness
doh-ler-blahynd-nisn. The frustration of never being able to truly understand another person's pain.
Viadne
vee-ad-neen. Alienation from the crude machinery of your own body.
Chrysalism
kris-uh-liz-uhmn. The amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm.
Angosis
ang-goh-sisn. The malaise that results from having unlimited access to something, which only seems to drain away its value.
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