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.”

Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk

Wollah

a person with shapes raining on them

Semaphorism

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

Beloiter

a person sitting at a slot machine

Poggled

a person studying a book with a magnifying glass

Exulansis

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