Aftersome

rows of opaque and clear marbles

Aftersome

adj.
astonished to think back on the bizarre sequence of accidents that brought you to where you are today—as if you’d spent years bouncing down a Plinko pegboard, passing through a million harmless decision points, any one of which might’ve changed everything—which makes your long and winding path feel fated from the start, yet so unlikely as to be virtually impossible.

Swedish eftersom, because.

Proluctance

Cover image for the Proluctance word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Craxis

a tall house of cards

Drisson

Cover image for the Drisson word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Nemotia

a city with clouds of smoke

Indosentia

Cover image for the Indosentia word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Volander

Cover image for the Volander word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows