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.”

La Cuna

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Foreclearing

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Treachery Of The Common

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Kairosclerosis

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Merrenness

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Ne’er-Be-Gone

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Looseleft

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Zielschmerz

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Aubadoir

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Elsewise

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Exulansis

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Funkenzwangsvorstellung

Funkenzwang-svorstellung

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Fitzcarraldo

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The Til

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Scabulous

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The Kick Drop

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Ameneurosis

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Star-Stuck

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Angosis

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The Giltwrights

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Appriesse

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Scabulous

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The Standard Blues

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Candling

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On Tenderhooks

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Amuse-Douche

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