Tirosy

a close-up of a young child's face

Tirosy

n.
a complicated feeling of envy and admiration for people younger than you—their eyes shining with energy, their futures rich with potential, their confidence smooth and untouched like a freshly opened jar of peanut butter, which you simultaneously want to preserve forever and gleefully undercut.

Latin tiros, beginners, new recruits + jealousy. Pronounced “teer-uh-see.”

Nullness

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

Harke

a dreamlike image of a person's face over water

Mahpiohanzia

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

Adronitis

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

Epistrix

several doors standing in a dark room

Arroia

people standing on a stage