Fawtle

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Fawtle

n.
a weird little flaw built into your partner that somehow only endears them more to you, in the way that impurities dissolved in water are what allow it to conduct electricity—if all the imperfections were removed, there would be no spark.

Middle English fawteles, without a defect. Pronounced “faw-tuhl.”

Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

Evertheless

a person floating in water

Lyssamania

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Deep Gut

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Echthesia

blurry image of two clocks

Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects