Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Weichei | Literal: "soft egg"; someone who is weak or cowardly | German | adverse attribute | |
Enxebre | Something pure and very authentic | Galician | positive attribute | |
Adroit | Lit. according to right; skilled, resourceful; dexterous. | French | attribute | |
Pretoogjes | Lit. 'fun eyes'; the twinkling eyes of someone engaging in benign mischief or fun. | Dutch | attribute phsyical | |
Kram | The quality of snow that makes it moldable so that one make snow balls and snowmen. | Norwegian | nature attribute | |
Overskud | Extra/excess energy; do have sufficient resources to do something; profit (in an economic context). | Danish | attribute | |
Pochemuchka | A person who asks a lot of questions | Russian | friends attribute habits | |
Saper vivere | The ability to handle people and situations with charm, diplomacy and verve; cf. savior faire (French). | Italian | friends attribute | |
Raspafiestas | An adjective to describe a person who doesn't go until the party is over. | Spanish | habits attribute friends | |
Frostbeule | Someone that is very sensitive to cold. That friend that always feels cold. ("frost bite") | German | attribute friends | |
tuḷir (துளிர்) | Technically "a baby leaf", but it specifcally means a freshness tenderness, delicateness | Tamil | attribute beauty | |
desenrascanço | the ability to find improvised solutions to problems | Portuguese | strength attribute life | |
Akrasia | When you know what to do in theory, but don’t act on it in practice. The literal translation is “weakness of will.” Akrasia is how people struggle to take action, even though the Internet gives them unlimited information. | Greek | philosophy attribute | |
Handschuhschneeballwerfer | A coward willing to criticize and abuse from a safe distance | German | adverse attribute interaction | |
Handschuhschneeballwerfer | A person who wears gloves to throw snowballs; a wimp | German | action attribute | |
Jouissance | "an excess of life", often translated as joy but also can be understood as catharsis | French | attribute | |
Rehepaplus | A kind of entrepreneurialism that mustn't always have the moral high ground. Clever, sometimes at the expense of others and their stupidity. The word can be used as both a positive (quick thinker) as a negative (scammer). | Estonian | character attribute | |
Jein | Yes and no | German | attribute measurement | |
Shibui | Old school cool | Japanese | attribute | |
Ǩuẓlanyu | To marry a divorced woman | Bashkir | family attribute | |
Mimoso | Said of something that enjoys being pampered or shown affection | Spanish | attribute love | |
Capoclaque | Someone who co-ordinates a group of clappers. | Italian | society attribute | |
Séanas | A gap between the upper front teeth | Irish | physical attribute | |
Nekojita (ねこじた) | Literally "cat's tongue"; a person who is sensitive to hot food and especially hot drinks | Japanese | food attribute | |
Mana | The prestige, power, dominance of something or someone | Māori | attribute |
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