Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Aesthete Someone with deep sensitivity to the beauty of art or nature English art beauty
Seny Common sense, is a form of ancestral Catalan wisdom or sensibleness. It involves well-pondered perception of situations, level-headedness, awareness, integrity, and right action Catalan positive character
Bixomets Shame on behalf of others Catalan feeling adverse
Tempus fugit Time flies, flees, escapes. Latin time
Mauri The essence that animates something living, but not human Māori nature
Jugaad (जुगाड) the ability to 'make do' or 'get by'. Hindi life
Commuovere "Heartwarming,” but specifically refers to a story that moved you to tears Italian beauty interaction emotion
Jijivisha The strong, eternal desire to live and to continue living Hindi philosophy life awareness
Oneirataxia The inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality English awareness feeling
Tuerto A man with only one eye Spanish physical
Être dépaysé To be in an environment you're not used to French change society awareness
Magari maybe, hopeful wish, wistful regret, in my dreams, if only. Italian thinking
Charmolypi "Joy-making sorrow". A mixed feeling of happiness while being sad. Greek happiness adverse philosophy
Capoclaque Someone who co-ordinates a group of clappers. Italian society attribute
Dadirri Inner, deep listening and quiet, still awareness out of respect. Ngangiwumirr awareness
O ka la nokonoko A day spent in nervous anticipation of a coughing spell Hawaiian thinking health stress
Shemomedjamo (შემომეჭამა) To keep eating past the point of being full since the food tastes so good. Georgian food
Lagom Not too much and not too little Swedish measurement
Crapoter verb. To not take a lungful of a cigarette. French health action society
Wú (無) Negative, void, nothingness, non-being; can imply 'neither yes nor no'. Chinese adverse
Biritululo The act of comparing yams to settle a dispute Kiriwani food thinking
Pomicione A man who seizes any chance of being in close contact with a woman Italian attribute
Gretchenfrage A direct question with the intention of unveiling the underlying thoughts of the person being questioned German awareness connection
Latah Uncontrollable habit of saying embarrassing things Indonesian habits
mångata The roadlike reflection of moonlight on water Swedish nature beauty
Tampo Behaviour in which a person withdraws his or her affection or cheerfulness from a person who has hurt his or her feelings; when you're disappointed with someone yet do not express it directly Tagalog adverse emotion
Dhurna Extorting payment from someone by sitting at their front door and staying there until you get paid Hindi action persistence
Chindogu A person seemingly inventing ingenious everyday gadgets that seem like an ideal solution to a particular problem, but are in fact nothing more than a useless gag Japanese creative funny
Þetta reddast it will all work out ok' (used especially when things don't look optimistic!). Icelandic fate
Kokoro A unity of mind and heart. Japanese awareness feeling




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