Catoptric Tristesse

Catoptric Tristesse

n.
the sadness that you’ll never really know what other people think of you, whether good, bad, or if at all—that although you can gather a few hints here and there, and even ask around for honest feedback, you’ll always have to wonder which opinions are being softened out of flattery, sharpened out of malice, or held back because it’s simply not their place.

In Ancient Rome, the catoptric cistula was a kind of mirror-lined box whose interior appeared to expand into an infinite forest, library, or treasure room. Pronounced “kuh-top-trik tris-tes.”

Ludiosis

Kinchy

Mal De Coucou

a blurry image of several men

Anti-Aliasing

Routwash

Hobsmacked

Xeno

Burn Upon Reentry

Holiette

Kuebiko

Catoptric Tristesse

Star-Stuck

a man walking towards a door with a large question mark

Pâro

Siso

Anaphasia

Hailbound

Allope

Mimeomia

a person wearing an animal onesie garment

Immerensis

Lockheartedness

Hiddled

Plata Rasa

Occhiolism

Jouska

Rubatosis

Lyssamania

Rasque

close-up of the shards of a broken vase