Drisson

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

Drisson

n.
an unexpected twinge of attraction for a friend; a flutter of desire you don’t necessarily want to feel, that didn’t even seem possible up until this point, when it suddenly becomes a problem you have to deal with.

From frisson, a shiver of excitement + dribber, an inaccurate archer. Pronounced “dree-sawn.”

Aftersome

rows of opaque and clear marbles

Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall

Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

Ironsick

a group of random devices

Midsummer

a person standing in a garden holding a clock

Craxis

a tall house of cards