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.”

Aulasy

a blurry image of a house on the road

Thwit

close-up of a person with forehead wrinkled and holding their head

Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

Solla, Solla, Solla

a hand reaching out for plant tendril

Fellchaser

a blurred shadow of a person in a dark room

Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects

Epistrix

several doors standing in a dark room

Vellichor

shelves with many books stacked and organized

Pithered

stacks of papers and folders piled high on a table

Echthesia

blurry image of two clocks

Inerrata

a hand holding a broken cup

Nowlings

a pile of black and white puzzle pieces

Rasque

close-up of the shards of a broken vase

Harke

a dreamlike image of a person's face over water

Enterhood

adults with stern expressions holding a child

Cullaways

a lone sand castle on a beach at low tide

Mithenness

a person standing on the side of a road

Austice

a leaf imprint in the mud

Énouement

a hand opening a curtain

Winnewaw

a person wearing a party hat

The Giltwrights

Cover image for the The Giltwrights word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Harke

a dreamlike image of a person's face over water

Foilsick

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

Amentalio

a person in a white dress, facing away

Looseleft

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

Scrough

a person working on the sidewalk

Anthrodynia

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