Manusia

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

Manusia

n.
the ambient feeling of being a human being; a baseline mood that everyone feels intensely every moment of their lives, but can never pin down because they have nothing else to compare it to.

Sanskrit manusyá, human being. Pronounced “muh-noo-zhuh” or “muh-noo-zee-uh.”

Archimony

a person looking at broken furniture

Manusia

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

Solla, Solla, Solla

a hand reaching out for plant tendril

Tirosy

a close-up of a young child's face

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Halfwise

a train coming towards the camera shot from the tracks