Inerrata

a hand holding a broken cup

Inerrata

n.
a kind of mistake you wouldn’t take back even if you could; the reluctance to disown a broken relationship or agonizing experience that has since become part of who you are, and trying to disown it would mean you’re trying to live some other life.

Latin in-, not + errata, mistakes in a printed work. Pronounced “in-eh-rah-tuh.”

Rialtoscuro

a blurry image of a light source

Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

Altschmerz

Cover image for the Altschmerz word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Etterath

a graduation cap and gown on a chair

Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

Lyssamania

Cover image for the Lyssamania word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows