Dorgone

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Dorgone

adj.
wondering if you could slip away from an event or group conversation without anyone noticing your absence.

Old Norse dár, benumbed + forgone, to have already left or abstained. Pronounced “dohr-gon.”

Cullaways

a lone sand castle on a beach at low tide

Nullness

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The Unsharp Mask

a mirror with a reflection of a person

Lyssamania

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Leidenfreude

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Énouement

a hand opening a curtain