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.”

Tornomov

a cloudy sky and landscape

Fitzcarraldo

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

Nemotia

a city with clouds of smoke

Epistrix

several doors standing in a dark room

Desanté

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

Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure