Future-Tense

a person looking at their reflection

Future-Tense

adj.
sensing the judgment of your future self looking over your shoulder—chuckling at your well-laid plans or clutching their pearls at the risky move you’re about to make—which leaves you faintly wary of their opinion, even though you know they’d take your place in a heartbeat.

From future (the grammatical tense) + tense.

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

Adomania

a person riding a horse

Slipfast

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Feresy

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Scrough

a person working on the sidewalk

Ringlorn

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Evertheless

a person floating in water

Eftless

a person with hands pressed on a window

Amuse-Douche

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Vicarous

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