Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Philotimo | Love of honour | Greek | character | |
Rhwe | To sleep on the floor without a carpet, drunk and naked | Tsonga | funny event | |
Pelinti | To move hot food around in your mouth | Buli | food | |
Angrillen | Beginning the grilling season | German | food event | |
Selcouth | Rare, strange, marvellous, wondrous. | English | attribute | |
Cynefin | A place where a person or an animal feels it ought to live and belong; it is where nature around you feels right and welcoming | Welsh | nature feeling | |
Rén (仁) | Humanity, benevolence; the positive feeling enjoyed by a virtuous person through altruistic behaviour. | Chinese | positive | |
Minestra riscaldata | Literally "heated soup"; something done again but never as good as the first time it happened. Alternative to cavoli riscaldati (heated cabbage) | Italian | attribute | |
Bwisit | Something/someone ruined your day or mood | Tagalog | emotion adverse | |
Hikikomori | When a young person who is obsessed with TV, video games, and the internet, withdraws from society | Japanese | habits society | |
Ohrwurm | A melody or song that gets stuck in your head ("ear worm") | German | life music | |
Palla | To steal fruit off trees | Swedish | funny action food | |
Offing | The deep, distant stretch of the ocean that is still visible from the land; the foreseeable future | English | nature beauty | |
Vagary | An unpredictable instance, a wandering journey, a whimsical, wild, or unusual idea, desire, or action | English | change | |
Moledro | A feeling of resonant connection with an author or artist you'll never meet, who may have lived centuries ago and thousands of miles away | English | awareness connection | |
Kulturbärare | Lit. culture-bearer or culture-carrier; a phenomenon (e.g., person or idea) that upholds a culture and/or moves it forward. | Swedish | cultural | |
sobremesa | After-dinner conversation | Spanish | food friends | |
Xeitoso | Something well done or someone who does some particular thing well. Also someone who looks put together. A person has (or has not) "xeito" (is "xeitoso", or not) at doing something when he does something properly. | Galician | character | |
Obhimaan (অভিমান ) | Anger, or something close to it, at being upset with a loved one. Abhiman is not anger or sorrow. It is a temporary expression of a feeling about a loved one that he or she is supposed to address. | Bengali | adverse feeling | |
Andria (ανδρεία) | Both valour and courage, expressed in actions in front of the face of danger | Greek | strength character | |
Tîeow (เที่ยว) | To wander or roam around in a carefree way. | Thai | travel positive change | |
Zeg | The day after tomorrow | Georgian | time measurement | |
Séanas | A gap between the upper front teeth | Irish | physical attribute | |
Rè nào (熱鬧) | Not only fun and lively, but also has a special vibe that makes everyone want to be there. | Chinese | positive music | |
Ikigai | A reason for being; the thing that gets you up in the morning. | Japanese | growth happiness | |
Hinna | "To find the time” or “to be on time” | Swedish | time | |
Kuleana | Self-imposed responsibility, duty, service | Hawaiian | strength character | |
Panapoo'o | The act of searching your head in order to help you remember something you have forgotten. | Hawaiian | habits | |
Ba Namak | A person "with salt"—funny, witty, flavorful, or charming, as opposed to a humorless, dry person. | Persian | positive exciting | |
Resol | That kind of sun light, non direct, when the sun is covered by clouds that still hurts the eyes. | Mallorquín | nature |
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