Lisolia

a bookcase containing objects

Lisolia

n.
the satisfaction of things worn down by time—broken-in baseball mitts, the shiny snout of a lucky bronze pig, or footprints ground deep into floorboards by generations of kneeling monks.

Italian liso, worn down, threadbare + oliato, oiled. Pronounced “lih-soh-lee-uh.”

Watashiato

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

Agnosthesia

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

Ochisia

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

Inerrata

a hand holding a broken cup

The Giltwrights

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

Aimonomia

close-up of a plant with lights glowing in background