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.”

Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall

Knellish

a blurry image of a person lying on a bed

Rialtoscuro

a blurry image of a light source

Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Austice

a leaf imprint in the mud

Hiddled

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

Aftergloom

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

Offtides

close-up of a chromed metal object

Hailbound

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

Keir

a snowy landscape with trees and a fence

Mal De Coucou

a blurry image of several men

Watashiato

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

Hem-Jawed

an abstract image of someone touching their face