Obscure words

Someone has put them into words!

Words have always come in and out of fashion, but every now and then you see a forgotten word and wonder why it fell out of usage! Today I stumbled...

Colors

One of many words coined by author John Koenig in the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.

Humans are so emotionally complex we feel emotions we can't even describe very well, so all of our complex emotions tend to get lumped into generic categories such as anger or sadness.But indescribable simply won't work for the human race, so we create words which attempt to describe or quantify these feelings, words as complex as the feels.Unsurprisingly many of the most complicated words on the list are in German, since the German language has many longer words made up of a bunch of…

Sonder is another absolutely gorgeous word created by The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows. Sonder is a term that describes a complex experience of the human condition, thus it’s rather tricky t…

Here are 10 emotions that you have felt but can never describe.

Words 2

One of many words coined by author John Koenig in the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.

The signs and obscure words part 2

Obscure words for colours..

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Opia is another simply gorgeous word that describes an emotion we are all familiar with. Opia is that ambiguous emotion you feel in the center of your heart as you look another person in the eye an…

Humans are so emotionally complex we feel emotions we can't even describe very well, so all of our complex emotions tend to get lumped into generic categories such as anger or sadness.But indescribable simply won't work for the human race, so we create words which attempt to describe or quantify these feelings, words as complex as the feels.Unsurprisingly many of the most complicated words on the list are in German, since the German language has many longer words made up of a bunch of…

This blog is about strange and lovely words. Sometimes those are words that can’t be translated;...

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Here are 10 emotions that you have felt but can never describe.