Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Sirimiri | Weak and constant rain; stronger than a mist but less than a shower. | Basque | weather physical | |
Anteayer | The day before yesteraday | Spanish | measurement | |
Weichei | Literal: "soft egg"; someone who is weak or cowardly | German | adverse 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 | |
Carpe Diem | Make the most of the present moment or opportunity. Lit. sieze the day. | Latin | positive | |
Schwärmerei | Excessive or extreme enthusiasm or sentimentality. | German | happiness | |
Sortable | adj. Someone you can take out without fear of being embarrassed, usually used to refer to friends or family members. e.g. "Elle n'est pas sortable." | French | friends interaction society | |
Nakhur | A camel that won't give milk until her nostrils have been tickled | Persian | nature | |
La douleur exquise | The pain that comes from wanting someone you can’t have | French | feeling awareness love | |
Pomicione | A man who seizes any chance of being in close contact with a woman | Italian | attribute | |
Resfeber | Travel fever/bug; the feeling of excitement and nervousness experienced by a traveller before undertaking a journey. | Swedish | travel physical | |
Aesthete | Someone with deep sensitivity to the beauty of art or nature | English | art beauty | |
Dhakkann | "The shroud of clouds concealed the sun." Someone too naive to see the truth in things, also used in a derogatory way | Hindi | adverse awareness | |
Sud’ba (судьба). | Fate, destiny, fortune | Russian | fate change life | |
Ǩuẓlanyu | To marry a divorced woman | Bashkir | family attribute | |
Mauri ora | The essence that animates humans | Nogay | character | |
Saudade | melancholic longing, nostalgia, dreaming wistfulness. | Portuguese | life | |
Lagom | Not too much and not too little | Swedish | measurement | |
Pekopeko | Bowing one's head repeatedly in a grovelling manner | Japanese | physical action | |
Merienda | It's something you eat between lunch and dinner (sandwich, fruit...). At 6pm or so. Kids never miss it. | Spanish | food event | |
Dreich | Especially of weather: dreary, bleak. For example, "a cold, dreich early April day" | Scottish | weather adverse | |
Seijaku (静寂) | Quiet (sei) tranquillity (jaku); silence, calm, serenity (especially in the midst of activity or chaos). | Japanese | awareness beauty | |
Shemomedjamo (შემომეჭამა) | To keep eating past the point of being full since the food tastes so good. | Georgian | food | |
Nou-nou | An indefinite time in the near future. It could be very near, like within a minute or two, or not so very near, like within an hour or three. This time-telling isn't an exact science at all—it's a non-committal way of giving someone a time. | Afrikaans | time | |
Mauerbauertraurigkeit | The unexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends who really like you. | German | friends habits | |
Qì (氣) | Lit. air, breath; ‘life force/energy’. | Chinese | health awareness | |
Ghalidan | Rolling from side to side as lovers do | Persian | love action connection | |
S’encoubler | To describe a fall, but specifically one where you fell due to being tangled in something | French | physical event adverse | |
Kweesten | Inviting a lover into your bed for some pillow talk | Dutch | love action event | |
Zgabalj | Mixture of all the bad things in the world, combined | Serbian | adverse society |
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