Rasque

close-up of the shards of a broken vase

Rasque

n.
a moment you instantly wish you could take back, feeling a pulse of dread right after crossing the point of no return—a blurted confession, a hurled insult, a final decision you’d been waffling over for months— wanting to take just one step backward in time, reverting to the way things used to be, in the halcyon days of just a minute ago.

From rue, to regret + bourrasque, a tempest. Pronounced “rask.”

Present-Tense

a close-up of a stopwatch

Keir

a snowy landscape with trees and a fence

Austice

a leaf imprint in the mud

Echthesia

blurry image of two clocks

Lap Year

several people racing bicycles uphill in a forest

Archimony

a person looking at broken furniture

Tirosy

a close-up of a young child's face

Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room

Énouement

a hand opening a curtain

Heart Of Aces

a person covering their eyes with their hands

Epistrix

several doors standing in a dark room

Vellichor

shelves with many books stacked and organized

Aftersome

rows of opaque and clear marbles

Ecury

a close-up of cave drawings and symbols

Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

Keyframe

a large rock in the water with emanating ripples

Inerrata

a hand holding a broken cup

Midsummer

a person standing in a garden holding a clock

Heartmoor

a campfire with a kettle many small logs

Heartspur

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

Aponemia

a group of people standing together

Falesia

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

Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects

Inerrata

a hand holding a broken cup

Lackout

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

Adomania

a person riding a horse

Leidenfreude

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