Suerza

a tunnel with a light emanating from the end

Suerza

n.
a feeling of quiet amazement that you exist at all; a sense of gratitude that you were even born in the first place, that you somehow emerged alive and breathing despite all odds, having won an unbroken streak of reproductive lotteries that stretches all the way back to the beginning of life itself.

Spanish suerte, luck + fuerza, force. Pronounced “soo-wair-zuh.”

Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Boorance

a group of objects on a table

Nemotia

a city with clouds of smoke

Ecury

a close-up of cave drawings and symbols

Midsummer

a person standing in a garden holding a clock

Mogging Folly

a person sitting on a bench

Grayshift

a spiral staircase from above

Nodrophobia

close-up of a stained shirt

Kinchy

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

Fardle-Din

Cover image for the Fardle-Din word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Poggled

a person studying a book with a magnifying glass

Aubadoir

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