Wildred

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Wildred

adj.
feeling the haunting solitude of extremely remote places—a clearing in the forest, a windswept field of snow, a rest area in the middle of nowhere—which makes you feel like you’ve just intruded on a conversation that had nothing to do with you, where even the gravel beneath your feet and the trees overhead are holding themselves back to a pointed, inhospitable silence.

From wild + dread. Pronounced “wil-drid.”

Hem-Jawed

an abstract image of someone touching their face

Ochisia

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Amentalio

a person in a white dress, facing away

Starlorn

snow flakes in the dark

Aftergloom

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Latigo

aerial view of a city at night