Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall

Ellipsism

n.
the sadness that you’ll never be able to know how history will turn out, that you’ll dutifully pass on the joke of being alive without ever learning the punch line, which may not suit your sense of humor anyway and will probably involve how many people it takes to change a lightbulb.

From ellipsis, a marker of a continuation that you don’t get to see. Pronounced “ih-lip-siz-uhm.”

Dolonia

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

Dystoria

close up of water drops on a window

Keyframe

a large rock in the water with emanating ripples

Soufrise

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

Boorance

a group of objects on a table

Zysia

a kite soaring above an empty landscape