Halfwise

a train coming towards the camera shot from the tracks

Halfwise

adj.
suddenly aware that you’re more than halfway through a vacation or semester or other positive experience, noticeably closer to the end than the beginning, as if someone had flipped your mental hourglass overnight, turning a rush of fun surprises into a trickle of last hurrahs.

Norwegian Bokmål halvveis, halfway.

Mithenness

a person standing on the side of a road

Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books

Alpha Exposure

a close-up of a baby with diffusion filter

Echthesia

blurry image of two clocks

Nowlings

a pile of black and white puzzle pieces

Enterhood

adults with stern expressions holding a child

Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room

Appriesse

a blurry image of a person looking at mounted images

Midsummer

a person standing in a garden holding a clock

Etterath

a graduation cap and gown on a chair

Hailbound

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

Spinning Playback Head

silhouette of a person looking out a window

Nowlings

a pile of black and white puzzle pieces

Lilo

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

Aponemia

a group of people standing together

Nachlophobia

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

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Elsewise

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

Wildred

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