Maugry

Maugry

adj.
afraid that you’ve been mentally deranged all your life and everybody around you knows, but none of them mention it to you directly because they feel it’s not their place.

From maunder, to mumble indistinctly + maugre, in spite of, notwithstanding. Pronounced “maw-gree.”

Wenbane

a person standing on a ledge looking at a city skyline

Moledro

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Nilous

a person standing at a bus terminal

Yeorie

a woman with tendrils of smoke moving across her face

Fawtle

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Ioia

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