Arroia

people standing on a stage

Arroia

n.
the wish that you could’ve enjoyed a dry run of your life—muddling through once quickly, then going back to do it all over again, this time for real.

Spanish arroyo, a dried-up streambed waiting for a storm, literally a “dry run.” Pronounced “uh-roi-uh.”

Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall

Angosis

a table full of food

Future-Tense

a person looking at their reflection

Grayshift

a spiral staircase from above

Starlorn

snow flakes in the dark

Aponemia

a group of people standing together

Nodrophobia

close-up of a stained shirt

Mogging Folly

a person sitting on a bench

Adomania

a person riding a horse

Moriturism

a person resting in the back seat of a car

Aoyaoia

a person holding a guitar

Tornomov

a cloudy sky and landscape

Elosy

a blurry image of a person in a subway car

Achenia

a close-up of a bottle with an organic object inside

Karanoia

a neat stack of white paper

Eftless

a person with hands pressed on a window

Irrition

a close up of a dandelion

Starlorn

snow flakes in the dark

Boorance

a group of objects on a table

Ameneurosis

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

Keir

a snowy landscape with trees and a fence

The Meantime

Cover image for the The Meantime word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Evertheless

a person floating in water

Midsummer

a person standing in a garden holding a clock

Harke

a dreamlike image of a person's face over water

Aesthosis

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