Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Beau geste A gesture noble in its nature or intention but ultimately meaningless in substance French action
Uzsonna A meal between lunch and dinner Hungarian food time
Opia the ambiguous intensity of eye-contact which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable. English society awareness
Mana The prestige, power, dominance of something or someone Māori attribute
Badkruka Someone who refuses to enter a body of water. Eg. Get in the lake you badkruka, or am I going to have to pull you in by your beard? Swedish funny nature explore
Metanoia The journey of changing ones mind, heart, self, or way of life English growth change
Baadastoor Unaltered, or unchanged, for something that is habitual Urdu change habits
Trasnochar To stay up all night Spanish life time event
Voetstoots A sale where the thing is sold as is or with all its faults without any guarantees Afrikaans action
Erklärungsnot The state of having to quickly explain yourself German action stress
Abditory A place into which you can disappear; a hiding place English physical thinking
Weemoed Lit. sadness, woe (wee) courage, daring, mood (moed); soft mood; light melancholy; having the strength to overcome a feeling of sorrow (e.g., arising in relation to nostalgia). Dutch adverse growth
Lebensmüde Weary of life German adverse life stress
Amaeru To seek affection through doing things like clinging or pleading Japanese persistence
Anecdoche A conversation in which everyone is talking, but nobody is listening. English friends life
Irusu Pretending to be out when someone knocks at your door Japanese event funny
Nedoperepitj (недоперепить) To drink more than one should have, but less than one would have wanted. To fail to drink too much. Russian funny action
poshlost (пошлость) Used to describe situations where things are being sold under the premise "that the greatest joy can be bought" Russian adverse extreme
Friolero Someone that is very sensitive to cold. That friend that always feel cold. Spanish attribute friends
Rizq Life's provision of account. Often used in daily speech when someone wasn’t able to achieve something, it wasn’t in their Rizq. Urdu philosophy connection
Merienda It's something you eat between lunch and dinner (sandwich, fruit...). At 6pm or so. Kids never miss it. Spanish food event
Hoppilandkalle Guy who jumps to dry land to moor a boat Swedish action
Petrichor The smell of earth after rain English nature beauty
Kafkaesque Having bizarre of illogical quality English attribute
Að redda To save someone or fix something in a time sensitive manner. Icelandic time
Kalsarikänni to get drunk (alone) at home in your underwear with no intention of going out Finnish funny action
Sturmfrei Having the house or flat to oneself German event
Adronitis Frustration with how long it takes to get to know someone English friends connection
Talaka Every member of a neighborhood getting together to do a work for free for a poor member of their community Nogay community connection
Kuidare To eat yourself into backruptcy Japanese food funny




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