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.”

Eftless

a person with hands pressed on a window

Adomania

a person riding a horse

Rubatosis

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

Ecury

a close-up of cave drawings and symbols

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Anechosis

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