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.”

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

Furosha

a storm raging in the sky over a building

Licotic

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

Halfwise

a train coming towards the camera shot from the tracks

Lockheartedness

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

Fawtle

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

Anti-Aliasing

Cover image for the Anti-Aliasing word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room

Nilous

a person standing at a bus terminal

Latigo

aerial view of a city at night