Énouement

a hand opening a curtain

Énouement

n.
the bittersweetness of having arrived here in the future, finally learning the answers to how things turned out but being unable to tell your past self.

French énouer, to pluck defective bits from a stretch of cloth + dénouement, the final part of a story, in which all the threads of the plot are drawn together and everything is explained. Pronounced “ey-noo-mahn.”

Mithenness

a person standing on the side of a road

Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books

Alpha Exposure

a close-up of a baby with diffusion filter

Echthesia

blurry image of two clocks

Nowlings

a pile of black and white puzzle pieces

Enterhood

adults with stern expressions holding a child

Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room

Appriesse

a blurry image of a person looking at mounted images

Midsummer

a person standing in a garden holding a clock

Etterath

a graduation cap and gown on a chair

Allope

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

Echthesia

blurry image of two clocks

Etherness

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

Boorance

a group of objects on a table

Lilo

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

Lap Year

several people racing bicycles uphill in a forest

Elsewise

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

Irrition

a close up of a dandelion

Mahpiohanzia

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