Aponemia

a group of people standing together

Aponemia

n.
the peculiar quality of never having chosen to be born, which is shared by everyone else around you; the curious awareness that even though earthly life might be the most exciting party in the universe, somehow everyone in attendance had been dragged here by a friend or stumbled in by accident.

Greek απονέμω (aponémo), to bestow. Pronounced “ap-uh-nee-mee-uh.”

Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall

Knellish

a blurry image of a person lying on a bed

Rialtoscuro

a blurry image of a light source

Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Gobo

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

Solysium

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

Dystoria

close up of water drops on a window

Dorgone

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

Karanoia

a neat stack of white paper

Endzoned

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

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Zysia

a kite soaring above an empty landscape

Starlorn

snow flakes in the dark