31 Unique Words for Life’s Unique Circumstances
We need these words in our lives!
1. Acnestis (English)
Definition: ‘The part of the back (or backbone) between the shoulder blades and the loins which an animal cannot reach to scratch.’
Eg. Help me! I’ve got an itchy acnestis!
Source: Your Dictionary.
2. Agelast (English)
Definition: A person who never laughs.
‘The humorless agelast comes from the Greek word agélastos (“not laughing, grave, gloomy”), and not, as one might suppose, from the fact that spending any time around such a person feels like it lasts an age.’
Eg. God, she’s a real agelast!
Source: Merriam-Webster.
3. Anemoia (Quasi-English)
Definition: feeling nostalgia for a time you’ve never known.
‘Imagine stepping through the frame into a sepia-tinted haze, where you could sit on the side of the road and watch the locals passing by. Who lived and died before any of us arrived here, who sleep in some of the same houses we do, who look up at the same moon, who breathe the same air, feel the same blood in their veins — and live in a completely different world.’
