Craxis

a tall house of cards

Craxis

n.
the unease of knowing how quickly your circumstances could change on you—that no matter how carefully you shape your life into what you want it to be, the whole thing could be overturned in an instant, with little more than a single word, a single step, a phone call out of the blue, and by the end of next week you might already be looking back on this morning as if it were a million years ago, a poignant last hurrah of normal life.

Latin crāstinō diē, tomorrow + praxis, the process of turning theory into reality. Pronounced “krak-sis.”

Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Boorance

a group of objects on a table

Nemotia

a city with clouds of smoke

Fool’s Guilt

Cover image for the Fool’s Guilt word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Eftless

a person with hands pressed on a window

Dolonia

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

Aftersome

rows of opaque and clear marbles

Indosentia

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

Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Tornomov

a cloudy sky and landscape

Star-Stuck

a man walking towards a door with a large question mark

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table