Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Schnickschnack Items of little value; empty words that people may utter German adverse
Qì zhì (氣质) Quality of character, disposition, style, charm, attractiveness, magnetism. Chinese attribute positive
Entzuterre A distance that allows you to listen to another conversation Basque interaction
Capicua A number that doesn't vary if the numbers are inverted. Also it can be called a palindrome, but the word capicua refers especially to the numbers Catalan measurement
Vprikusku Drinking tea through pieces of sugar Russian food action
Jouska A hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head English thinking
Angushti za'id Someone with six fingers Persian physical
Surströmmingspremier The first day of the year where it acceptable eat rotten herring. Swedish food event
Trennungsagentur Literal: "separation agent"; A man hired by women to break the news to their boyfriends that they are breaking up German action
kaizen Continuous growth Japanese growth
Mágoa A heart-breaking feeling that leaves long-lasting traces, visible in gestures and facial expressions Portuguese adverse emotion
Sitzfleisch Having "Sitzfleisch": being persistent enough to complete a tough or big task German strength growth
Eunoia (εὔνοια) A well-mind; beautiful thinking Greek beauty thinking
Pochemuchka A person who asks a lot of questions Russian friends attribute habits
Nadryv (Надрыв) Literally means "to tear or break", but can also mean the inner tension of someone who is about to break Russian stress emotion
Frostbeule Someone that is very sensitive to cold. That friend that always feels cold. ("frost bite") German attribute friends
Döşek Anything that you can use when you are laying down or sleeping Turkish physical
Duende The mysterious power of art to deeply move a person Spanish art feeling emotion
Luftmensch Literal: "air person". Refers to someone who is a bit of a dreamer Yiddish attribute
Chutzpah Insolence, cheek, audacity. Commonly used to describe someone when they have crossed the line of acceptable behavior Yiddish extreme
Myötähäpeä Secondhand embarrassment Finnish adverse feeling
Resol That kind of sun light, non direct, when the sun is covered by clouds that still hurts the eyes. Mallorquín nature
Layogenic Good looking from a distance Tagalog visual
Fanaa (فناء) Used in a romantic, and spiritual sense. It could also mean breaking free, escaping ego, dying while your material body hasn’t Urdu fate love
Ignōrāmus Lit. ‘we do not know’ (e.g., the spirit of scientific enquiry), or ‘we take no notice of’ (used in legal contexts, e.g., when deemed evidence to be inadmissible). Latin philosophy growth
desenrascanço the ability to find improvised solutions to problems Portuguese strength attribute life
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
Milozvučan Having a sweet and gentle voice Croatian attribute physical
Turnbeutelvergesser Literally "sportsbag", but often used for a pupil that forgets their gym bag. German funny
Arigata-meiwaku When someone does something for you that you didn’t want them to do, and having to express gratitude for the act Japanese interaction




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