Vocabulary – Amethyst’s Archive

Seek-Sorrow

simonalkenmayer: n. Someone who arranges matters to give themselves vexation. A self-tormentor. Some might equate it with “masochism”, and it does sometimes get used in that context. However, it has always had a distinct connotation, and those of you with manipulative family will know the sort I mean. The one who always must cause someContinue reading “Seek-Sorrow”

victoriousvocabulary: MESONOXIAN [adjective] of or relating to midnight. Etymology: from Greek mesos, “middle” + Latin nox, “night”. [Casey Weldon – Midnight Flower] Source: victoriousvocabulary

victoriousvocabulary: NEMORIAN [noun] 1. an inhabitant of the forest, woods or groves. [adjective] 2. of or pertaining to forests, woodland or groves. Etymology: from Latin nemoralis, from nemor-, nemus, “wood, grove”. [Andy Kehoe] Source: victoriousvocabulary

lebensmüde adjective. literal translation: “life tired” This used to be a dramatic, poetic expression for people who are tired and exhausted of life and its struggles. Nowadays it’s used to describe people who do reckless things out of stupidity and/or boredom. (via weirdgermanwords) Source: weirdgermanwords

otherkinwords: Aequorealadjective | (archaic, rare, poetic) marine; oceanic Source: otherkinwords

يقبرني/ya’aburnee (idiom) An untranslatable, Arabic phrase literally meaning you bury me, ya’aburnee is the hope that one’s lover will die before them because life without them is unbearable. This both beautiful and morbid expression is generally used in the Levantine Arabic dialect. (via wordsnquotes) Source: wordsnquotes

latin words about the sea

thoodleoo: caeruleus: a deep shade of blue used to describe the sea aequoreus: of the sea litoreus: of the sea-shore flustra: the usual calm particular to the sea transmarinus: from beyond the sea undisonus: resounding with waves mare: the sea malacia: dead calm at sea cyaneus: sea-blue

thesmartwitch: goddess29: wildcraftingwitch: Why does everyone say “smudge” or “smoke cleanse”, when there’s a perfectly fine, non-appropriative term already? Do you realize that lame wording sucks the life right out of ritual? “I smoke cleanse you by the elements of fire and air…” Or… “I cense you by the power of the elements of fireContinue reading

toska [tohs-kah] (noun) An untranslatable, Russian word – Vladimir Nabokov describes it best: “No single word in English renders all the shades of toska. At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. At less morbid levels it is a dull ache of the soul,Continue reading

Zodiac Signs as… Emotions People Feel but Can’t Explain.

zodiacsociety: Aries: Lachesism– The desire to be struck by disaster – to survive a plane crash, or to lose everything in a fire. Taurus: Chrysalism– The amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm. Gemini: Onism– The frustration of being stuck in just one body, that inhabits only one place at a time. Cancer: Liberosis–Continue reading “Zodiac Signs as… Emotions People Feel but Can’t Explain.”