Echthesia

blurry image of two clocks

Echthesia

n.
a state of confusion when your own internal sense of time doesn’t seem to match that of the calendar—knowing that something just happened though it apparently took place seven years ago, or that you somehow built up a decade of memories in the span of only a year and a half.

Greek εχθές (echthés), yesterday + αἴσθησις (aísthēsis), sensation. Pronounced “ek-thee-zhuh.”

Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk

Aulasy

a blurry image of a house on the road

Amentalio

a person in a white dress, facing away

Clockwise

a close-up of flower along with polaroid pictures

Etterath

a graduation cap and gown on a chair

Mithenness

a person standing on the side of a road

Yeorie

a woman with tendrils of smoke moving across her face

Alpha Exposure

a close-up of a baby with diffusion filter

Appriesse

a blurry image of a person looking at mounted images

Enterhood

adults with stern expressions holding a child

Fellchaser

a blurred shadow of a person in a dark room

Cullaways

a lone sand castle on a beach at low tide

Lisolia

a bookcase containing objects

Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground

Halfwise

a train coming towards the camera shot from the tracks

Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects

Nowlings

a pile of black and white puzzle pieces

Solla, Solla, Solla

a hand reaching out for plant tendril

Nowlings

a pile of black and white puzzle pieces

Altschmerz

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

Arroia

people standing on a stage

Echthesia

blurry image of two clocks

Foreclearing

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

Anchorage

a person's arm extended over river rapids

Latigo

aerial view of a city at night

Thwit

close-up of a person with forehead wrinkled and holding their head

Allope

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