Flichtish

Flichtish

adj.
nervously aware how much of your self-image is based on untested assumptions about yourself—only ever guessing how you’d react to a violent threat, a sudden windfall, a huge responsibility, or being told to do something you knew was wrong.

North Frisian flicht, maybe. Pronounced “flik-tish.”

Emodox

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Mcfeely

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Wellium

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Vicarous

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Nighthawk

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Agnosthesia

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Symptomania

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Heartspur

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Malotype

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Maugry

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Keep

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Nementia

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Elsing

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Ioia

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The Giltwrights

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The Wends

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Leidenfreude

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Addleworth

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Craxis

a tall house of cards

Candling

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Angosis

a table full of food

Trumspringa

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1202

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Ecury

a close-up of cave drawings and symbols

Tornomov

a cloudy sky and landscape

Achenia

a close-up of a bottle with an organic object inside

Addleworth

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