Heartspur

Heartspur

n.
an unexpected surge of emotion in response to a seemingly innocuous trigger—the distinctive squeal of a rusty fence, a key change in an old pop song, the hint of a certain perfume—which feels all the more intense because you can’t quite pin it down.

From heart + spur, a spike on a heel that urges a horse to move forward.

Karanoia

a neat stack of white paper

Licotic

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

Rubatosis

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Rivener

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

Lookaback

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

Harke

a dreamlike image of a person's face over water