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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Aimonomia Being scared to learn the ‘why’ of something English adverse feeling thinking
Trennungsagentur Literal: "separation agent"; A man hired by women to break the news to their boyfriends that they are breaking up German action
Mudita The pleasure that comes from delighting in other people's well-being or happiness Sanskrit happiness positive empathy
(يقبرني) Ya'aburnee A way to declare your hope that your loved one will outlive you because of how unbearable it would be to live without them. Arabic love time strength
Solvegg Literally means sun wall; to find a sunny spot during winter time where you can sit down and enjoy the warmth of the sun Norwegian feeling nature
Sisu Extraordinary determination in the fact of adversity Finnish growth strength
Chrysalism An amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm. English nature beauty
Bon vivant Someone who enjoys and appreciates the good life. French positive happiness
Lítost Sate of agony and torment created by the sudden sight of one’s own misery. Czech adverse awareness fate
Chimuela a person lacking one or more teeth Spanish physical funny
Nameer (نمير) Clear water. Arabic nature attribute
Rashk-e-Qamar Someone who is so beautiful, the moon is jealous of their beauty Urdu beauty
Flâner verb. to purposely wander, to decide to explore with no final destination. French explore travel
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
Достолепие (dostolepiye) Contains the roots for dosta (a lot) and lepota (beautiful) from Old Bulgarian language. The word literally means full of beauty but it is more like a combination of noble, full of values, beautiful and brave for man and femininity for women. It is very typical to use this word in context of old traditional photos of people where one appreciate the beauty of the past. Bulgarian beauty
Maktub "Everything is destined and written" Arabic philosophy fate
Tuntuvar The day before a wedding Nogay time event
Jijivisha The strong, eternal desire to live and to continue living Hindi philosophy life awareness
Onsay Pretend to love Boro life
Ripsaspis (ρίψασπις) Literal: "the one that throws down his shield"; the one that gives in with dismay Greek action
Buksvåger Literally means "abdomen brothers-in-law"; used for two men who have slept with the same woman Swedish physical
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
Te (德) Virtue; morality; integrity; inner power. Chinese strength
Insouciant Free from worry, concern, or anxiety English positive
Nekama A man who pretends to be a woman on the internet Japanese society




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