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.

Mithenness

a person standing on the side of a road

Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books

Alpha Exposure

a close-up of a baby with diffusion filter

Echthesia

blurry image of two clocks

Nowlings

a pile of black and white puzzle pieces

Enterhood

adults with stern expressions holding a child

Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room

Appriesse

a blurry image of a person looking at mounted images

Midsummer

a person standing in a garden holding a clock

Etterath

a graduation cap and gown on a chair

Wenbane

a person standing on a ledge looking at a city skyline

Zverism

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

Evertheless

a person floating in water

Merrenness

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

Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall

Angosis

a table full of food

Liberosis

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

Karanoia

a neat stack of white paper

Flashover

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