Logophiles, welcome.

[NiQuinn]

logophile /ˈlôɡəˌfīl,ˈläɡə-/ noun. - a lover of words.

This thread is for sharing unique, beautiful words that you would normally not come across. Words in your own country that others outside would never know are also welcome. Please, do avoid making this thread as a joke and post words that are meant as a joke. I really am curious to learn about nice words out there that are rarely used.

I posted this in the Author General thread because the words posted here might help inspire authors here in their writing.

 

[NiQuinn]

Dysania / noun - the state of finding it hard to get out of bed in the morning.

 

[CupcakeNinja]

If you live in america you have nothing of you own then tho. Cuz you just an amalgamation of other cultures and languages.

Unless you a native american. Like me. In which case

su'chawei--the feeling of wanting to bask in a woman's embrace.

Can also mean, in layman's terms, to wanna go get some pussy.

"Hey yo Cup lets go get some su'chawei tonight!"

Is the word beautiful? I like to think so

 

[NiQuinn]

A few words from the Philippines (these are loose translations grabbed from google because I find it hard to translate them myself):

Marahuyo -be induced, persuaded or attracted; enchanted
Hiraya - imagination ; taken from an ancient Filipino word meaning the “fruit of one's hopes, dreams, and aspirations."
Tadhana - fate; destiny
Pahimakas - last will and testament; last farewell
Likha - to create something with intelligence or skill
Amihan - Northeast monsoon
Habagat - Southeast monsoon
Takipsilim - Twilight

 

[BenJepheneT]

raison d'être - justification or reason of one's existence

I'm sure a lot of folks know this but I'm posting this here cause' I just figured its meaning recently and up until then I always thought it meant "European tequila".

 

[Kalesterine]

Dimba Kosha - it means ovaries. The pronunciation is beautiful.

Koi no yokan - love at second time

 

[Moshi]

Ennui - TFW you have nothing you're doing and you hate it.

What I suffer from all the time

 

[HURGMCGURG]

Some German, for you all.
Schadenfreude - pleasure gained from another person's misfortune

 

[NiQuinn]

Querencia - In Spanish, “querencia” describes a place where one feels safe, a place from which one’s strength of character is drawn, a place where one feels at home. It comes from the verb “quere”, which means to desire, to want.

 

[LostinMovement]

Dirras : means 'wanderer, lost soul, one roaming the desert without a home/kin' in Chelha ( The original language of the native tribes of North Africa)

 

[Rinne]

Nocturia — Waking up in the middle of the night one or more times for the need to go to the bathroom.

 

[BenJepheneT]

Nocturia — Waking up in the middle of the night one or more times for the need to go to the bathroom.

English has a word for that but nothing for "the day after tomorrow".