scripturient

(adj.) having a consuming passion to write

matutine
(adj.) just before the dawn

baisemain
(n.) a kiss on the hand

drapetomani
(n.) an overwhelming urge to run away

eleutheromania
(n.) an intense and irresistible desire for freedom

heliophilia
(n.) desire to stay in the sun; love of sunlight

eccedentesiast
(n.) a person who fakes a smile

eunoia
(n.) beautiful thinking; a well mind

cafuné (portuguese)
(n.) the act of tenderly running your fingers through someone’s hair

commuovere
(v.) to stir, to touch, to move to tears

selcouth
(adj.) unfamiliar, rare, strange, and yet marvelous

metanoia
(n.) the journey of changing one’s mind, heart, self, or way of life

lucent
(adj.) softly bright or radiant

tristful
(adj.) deeply yet romantically melancholy

susurrus
(n.) a low soft sound, as of whispering or muttering or a quiet wind; a whisper or a rustling

quaintrelle
(n.) a woman who emphasizes a life of passion, expressed through personal style, leisurely pastimes, charm,
and cultivation of life’s pleasures
mizpah
(n.) the deep emotional bond between people, especially those separated by distance or death

nubivagant
(adj.) moving among clouds

redamancy
(n.) the act of loving the one who loves you; a love returned in full

latibule
(n.) a hiding place; a place of safety or comfort

meliorism
(n.) the belief that the world gets better; the belief that humans can improve the world

kalopsia
(n.) the delusion of things being more beautiful than they really are

kalon
(n.) beauty that is more than skin-deep

acatalepsy
(n.) the impossibility of comprehending the universe; the belief that human knowledge can never have true
certainty

toska
(n.) a dull ache of the soul, a sick pining, a spiritual anguish

serendipity
(n.) finding something good without looking for it

ludic
(adj.) full of fun and high spirits

saudade
(n.) a nostalgic longing to be near again to something or someone that is distant, or that has been loved and
then lost; “the love that remains”

koi no yokan
(n.) (phr.) the sense one has upon meeting another person that they will fall in love

natsukashii
(adj.) of some small thing that brings you suddenly; joyously back to fond memories, not with a wistful
longing for what’s past, but with an appreciation of the good times

ichariba chode
(phr.) “though we meet but once, even by chance, we are friends for life”

vagary
(n.) an unpredictable instance, a wandering journey; a whimsical, wild, or unusual idea, desire, or action
honne
(n.) what a person truly believes; the behavior and opinions which are often kept hidden and only displayed
with one’s closest confidants

serein
(n.) the fine, light rain that falls from a clear sky at sunset or in the early hours of night; evening serenity

sillage
(n.) the scent that lingers in air, the trail left in water, the impression made in space after something or
someone has been and gone; the trace of someone’s perfume

sophrosyne
(n.) a healthy state of mind, characterized by self-control, moderation, and a deep awareness of one’s true
self, and resulting in true happiness

noceur
(n.) one who sleeps late or not at all; or, one who stays out late to revel or party

induratize
(v.) to make one’s own heart hardened or resistant to someone’s pleas or advances, or to the idea of love

appetence
(n.) an eager desire, an instinctive inclination; an attraction or a natural bond

brontide
(n.) the low rumble of distant thunder

palinoia
(n.) the obsessive repetition of an act until it is perfect or mastered

rantipole
(n.) a wild, reckless, young person
(v.) to be wild and reckless
(adj.) wild and reckless

ostranenie
(n.) encouraging people to see common things as strange, wild, or unfamiliar; defamiliarizing what is known
in order to know it differently or more deeply

torpe
(n.) a man who is desperately in love with a woman, but cannot admit his feelings or approach her

brumous
(adj.) of grey skies and winter days; filled with heavy clouds or fog; relating to winter or cold, sunless
weather

gotoyong-royong
(n.) the joint sharing of burdens; the bearing of the weight of the world together with trusted friends
dormiveglia
(n.) the space that stretches between sleeping and waking

hiraeth
(n.) a homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was; the nostalgia,
the yearning, the grief for the lost places of your past

skinship
(n.) bonding through the intimacy of touch

alate
(adj.) having wings; lifted up in flight