Language

Latin

Latin words from the classical world.

24 words

Inerrata

in-eh-vah-tuh

n. A kind of mistake you wouldn't take back even if you could.

Appriesse

ap-ree-es

n. 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-nah

n. The meditative atmosphere of being alone in a bathroom.

Proluctance

proh-luhk-tuhns

n. The paradoxical urge to avoid doing something you've been looking forward to.

Malotype

mal-uh-tahyp

n. A person embodying your worst traits, serving as a negative role model.

Anoscetia

an-oh-see-sha or an-oh-say-tyah

n. The anxiety of not knowing "the real you".

Dystoria

dis-toh-ree-uh

n. A feeling of irrelevance from the broader forces of history.

Exulansis

ek-suh-lan-sis

n. The tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because others cannot relate to it.

Zverism

zvair-iz-uhm

n. The wish for people to prioritize physical interactions over social norms.

Immerensis

ih-muhr-en-sis

n. The maddening inability to understand why someone loves you.

Nodus Tollens

noh-dus tah-luhns

n. The sense that your life doesn't fit into a story.

Ambedo

am-bee-doh

n. A momentary trance of emotional clarity.

Lumus

loo-muhs

n. The poignant humanness beneath the spectacle of society.

Tirosy

teer-uh-see

n. A complicated feeling of envy and admiration for younger individuals.

Solla, Solla, Solla

suh-lah, suh-lah, suh-lah

n. An incantation whispered privately to celebrate the loss of something or someone loved.

Moriturism

moh-rich-uh-riz-uhm

n. 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-is

n. A humble pulse of gratification felt when participating in civic duties.

Volander

voh-land-uhr

n. The ethereal feeling of looking down at the world through an airplane window.

Plata Rasa

pla-tuh rah-suh

n. The lulling sound of a running dishwasher that brings peace with not having circumnavigated anything solo.

Craxis

krak-sis

n. The unease of knowing how quickly your circumstances could change on you.

Dolorblindness

doh-ler-blahynd-nis

n. The frustration of never being able to truly understand another person's pain.

Viadne

vee-ad-nee

n. Alienation from the crude machinery of your own body.

Chrysalism

kris-uh-liz-uhm

n. The amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm.

Angosis

ang-goh-sis

n. The malaise that results from having unlimited access to something, which only seems to drain away its value.

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