Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Eesome Pleasing to the eye English beauty
Xiao xiao The whistling and pattering of rain or wind Chinese nature beauty sound
Offing The deep, distant stretch of the ocean that is still visible from the land; the foreseeable future English nature beauty
Komorebi (木漏れ日) Lit. wood is ‘leaking’ sunlight; dappled sunlight filtering through leaves. Japanese nature beauty
Chaval al hazman (חבל אל הזמן) Literally "shame on time"; referring to an amazing experience that you don't want to end Hebrew beauty happiness time
Kintsukuroi To repair with gold. Understanding that a piece is more beautiful for having broken. Japanese beauty change
Recherché Rare, exotic, unusual; not understood or appreciated by many people. French beauty attribute
Abendrot The colour of the sky when the sun is setting German nature beauty
Chandamama (చందమామ) Literally "uncle moon"; referring to the moon when admiring it Telugu nature beauty
Eunoia A well-mind; beautiful thinking Greek beauty
Solkatt The glimmer that reflects the sunshine off a wristwatch Swedish physical beauty
Ubuntu A quality that includes the essential human virtues; compassion and humanity. Zulu beauty character awareness
Rashk-e-Qamar Someone who is so beautiful, the moon is jealous of their beauty Urdu beauty
Gökotta To rise at dawn in order to go out and listen to the birds sing Swedish nature beauty
Luscofusco Time of nightfall, just with the last ray of Sun Galician physical beauty
Rudenėja The transition from summer to fall, used to describe all the processes during the change of the seasons, for example leaves changing the colour, constant rain, etc. Lithuanian beauty change
tuḷir (துளிர்) Technically "a baby leaf", but it specifcally means a freshness tenderness, delicateness Tamil attribute beauty
Mahj Looking beautiful after having a disease Persian beauty change
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
Mono no aware The bittersweetness of a brief and grading moment of transcendent beauty. Japanese beauty
Petrichor The smell of earth after rain English nature beauty
Uitwaaien To take a refreshing break outdoors in windy weather Dutch nature life beauty
Yakamoz The reflection of moonlight or other lights on water Turkish nature beauty
mångata The roadlike reflection of moonlight on water Swedish nature beauty
Vozdukh (Воздух) "Air" but also "the stack of spirit". To breathe in is to "take the spirit inside". Russian beauty physical




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