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.”

Rückkehrunruhe

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

Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Tirosy

a close-up of a young child's face

Fellchaser

a blurred shadow of a person in a dark room

Aponemia

a group of people standing together

Harke

a dreamlike image of a person's face over water