Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Galagog

n.
the state of being simultaneously entranced and unsettled by the vastness of the cosmos, which makes your deepest concerns feel laughably quaint, yet vanishingly rare.

From galaxy, a gravitationally bound system of millions of stars + agog, awestruck. Pronounced “gal-uh-gawg.”

Adomania

a person riding a horse

Aponemia

a group of people standing together

Kadot

a person looking at an abstract spiral

Craxis

a tall house of cards

Hem-Jawed

an abstract image of someone touching their face

Nilous

a person standing at a bus terminal

Furosha

a storm raging in the sky over a building

Dystoria

close up of water drops on a window

Evertheless

a person floating in water

Starlorn

snow flakes in the dark

Tornomov

a cloudy sky and landscape

Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

Grayshift

a spiral staircase from above

Karanoia

a neat stack of white paper

Winnewaw

a person wearing a party hat

Irrition

a close up of a dandelion

Ironsick

a group of random devices

Achenia

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

Harmonoia

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

Etterath

a graduation cap and gown on a chair

The Wends

Cover image for the The Wends word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Fensiveness

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

Spinning Playback Head

silhouette of a person looking out a window

Pâro

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

Winnewaw

a person wearing a party hat

Falesia

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