ephemeral adjective
/ ih-FEM-er-ul /
Lasting for a very short time. Here one moment, gone the next — beautiful precisely because it doesn't stay.
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equanimity noun
/ ee-kwuh-NIM-ih-tee /
★ featuredMental calmness and composure, especially in difficult situations. Not numb. Not avoidant. Just genuinely stea…
hiraeth noun
/ HEER-eyeth /
A Welsh word for a deep, bittersweet longing for home — a place or time you can't return to, or perhaps one th…
ineffable adjective
/ in-EFF-uh-bul /
★ featuredToo great, too beautiful, or too intense to be expressed in words. Beyond description. Simply unspeakable — in…
limerence noun
/ LIM-er-ents /
★ featuredAn intense, involuntary state of infatuation — the constant replaying of every text, the way their name appear…
petrichor noun
/ PEH-trih-kor /
★ featuredThe warm, earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry ground — from plant oils and soil bacteria releasing a …
sonder noun
/ SON-der /
★ featuredThe sudden, quietly overwhelming realization that every random person around you has a life just as vivid, com…
verklempt adjective
/ fur-KLEMPT /
Overwhelmed with emotion. Choked up. That lump-in-your-throat, happy-crying, can't-even feeling — heart so ful…
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