Angosis

a table full of food

Angosis

n.
the malaise that results from having unlimited access to something, which only seems to drain away its value—a cheat code that ruins the game, a camera that holds a million random snapshots, or having so much free time that all your goals dissolve in it.

Maori ango, open + Latin angō, I cause pain or distress. Pronounced “ang-goh-sis.”

Grayshift

a spiral staircase from above

Rialtoscuro

a blurry image of a light source

Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall

Wollah

a person with shapes raining on them

Allope

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Sitheless

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

Rasque

close-up of the shards of a broken vase

Zverism

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

Adomania

a person riding a horse

Los Vidados

Cover image for the Los Vidados word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Anechosis

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

Eigenschauung

Eigen-schauung

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Clockwise

a close-up of flower along with polaroid pictures