Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Biritululo The act of comparing yams to settle a dispute Kiriwani food thinking
Beau geste A gesture noble in its nature or intention but ultimately meaningless in substance French action
Estrenar The experience of wearing something for the first time Spanish life
Eunoia (εὔνοια) A well-mind; beautiful thinking Greek beauty thinking
Siftah First sale of the day for merchant Turkish event
Efkar The boredom of the soul. A lovely moment, that you need to be so happy, but instead you feel with a deep sorrow. Turkish feeling adverse
Zapoi 2+ days of drunkenness usually involving a journey or waking up in an unexpected place Russian funny adverse habits
Limerence the state of being infatuated or obsessed with another person, typically experienced involuntarily and characterized by a strong desire for reciprocation of one's feelings but not primarily for a sexual relationship. English emotion love
Desenrascar An informal word that means the act of figuring out things Portuguese thinking growth
Recherché Rare, exotic, unusual; not understood or appreciated by many people. French beauty attribute
Abhayamudrâ (अभय मुद्रा) The gesture (e.g., in Hindu and Buddhist iconography) of fearlessness, protection, and/or peace; involves the palms facing outwards, and the fingers extending upwards. Sanskrit strength
Ubuntu A quality that includes the essential human virtues; compassion and humanity. Zulu beauty character awareness
Jaksaa A lack of enthusiasm to do something Finnish adverse habits
Gemes The state of going out of one's mind in adoration of something that is extremely likeable or cute Indonesian funny emotion
Jugaad (जुगाड) the ability to 'make do' or 'get by'. Hindi life
Philotimo (φιλότιμο) The inner impulse to act well and in alignment with the moral virtues that represent one's own society and upbringing Greek society character family
Trennungsagentur Literal: "separation agent"; A man hired by women to break the news to their boyfriends that they are breaking up German action
Khaste Nabashid (خسته نباشید) "I hope that you are not tired" Persian society work
Dørstokkmila The longest mile between your cozy couch in your fireplace-candlelight-cabin-hygge and the door threshold. It would be "door-threshold-mile", loosely translated Norwegian nature
Frostbeule Someone that is very sensitive to cold. That friend that always feels cold. ("frost bite") German attribute friends
Uitbuiken Literally means giving your belly or stomach space to expand after a proper dinner. It signifies being so full that you really have to go lay down and ''uitbuiken''. Dutch food action
Kokoro A unity of mind and heart. Japanese awareness feeling
Tartle The act of hesitating while introducing someone because you've forgotten their name Scottish funny event friends
Talaka Every member of a neighborhood getting together to do a work for free for a poor member of their community Nogay community connection
Aeipathy A continued passion; an unyielding disease English persistence
Kenshō (見性) Seeing (ken) one’s nature or essence (shō); perceiving one’s Buddha nature; sometimes interpreted as an initial or brief awakening. Japanese awareness growth
Lítost Sate of agony and torment created by the sudden sight of one’s own misery. Czech adverse awareness fate
Lieko A tree trunk that has fallen to the bottom of a lake Finnish nature
Poka-Yoke Any mechanism in any process that helps an equipment operator avoid (yokeru) mistakes (poka) Japanese work process
Athazagoraphobia The fear of forgetting, being forgotten or ignored, or being replaced English reflection thinking




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