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splenetic
toroid
blandishments
pellucid
Wissenschaft : (The systematic pursuit of) knowledge; learning, scholarship; science.
stevitas [10:18 AM]
1961 D. G. James Matthew Arnold iv. 93 By ‘science’ he does not, of course, mean ‘science’ as we now ordinarily understand it; he means Wissenschaft, that is, as he says elsewhere, ‘knowledge systematically pursued and prized in and for itself’.
stevitas [10:21 AM]
imbibition – The imbibition of good nourture in childhood.
stevitas [10:21 AM]
They can make immense progress in the infinite fields of mathesis.
stevitas [10:22 AM]
I..take this view of the gradual formation of language by agglutination, as opposed to intussusception.
1644 Milton Of Educ. 2 The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents.
The soul’s sympathies are the soul’s foliage, and only when the just relations exist between sympathetic absorption and the direct imbibition of the nutrient juices, does the soul grow strongly and healthily.
milton 1644
Deluded all this while with ragged notions and babblements
scribners 1871
The intuitive sense answers practical purposes so long as it is pure and unmixed, as in the unthinking animals, or in the unthinking stage of human nature. But the moment we begin to think we begin to blunder, and continue floundering in ragged notions and babblements, until mature discussion brings out into mature consciousness the truth we once had unconsciously in nature.
I doubt not but ye shall have more ado to drive our dullest and laziest youth, our stocks and stubs from the infinite desire of such a happy nurture, than we have not to hale and drag our choicest and hopefulest wits to that asinine feast of sowthistles and brambles which is commonly set before them, as all the food and entertainment of their tenderest and most docible age.
foreign untranslateables
hiraeth
A Welsh, untranslatable feeling, hiraeth is loosely described as a homesickness for a home you cannot return to anymore or a place, which never even existed. Connotations of sadness, yearning, profound nostalgia, and wistfulness are imbued into the state of hiraeth. Overall this beautiful, but painful longing is a an expression of an empty desire and grief over a past life or place. It is the ultimate signifier of a bond, which has ceased to exist.
hygge [huegah]
Words like cosiness, security, familiarity, comfort, reassurance, fellowship, simpleness and living well are often used to describe the idea of Hygge.
The art of building sanctuary and community, of inviting closeness and paying attention to what makes us feel open hearted and alive.
a feeling or mood that comes from taking genuine pleasure in making ordinary everyday things simply extraordinary; whether it’s making coffee a verb by lingering over a cup to a cosy evening in with friends to lighting a candle with every meal.
A love of or need for hygge is an important part of the Danish psyche. Hygge is usually inadequately translated as “coziness.” This is too simplistic: coziness relates to physical surroundings — a jersey can be cozy, or a warm bed — whereas hygge has more to do with people’s behavior towards each other. It is the art of creating intimacy: a sense of comradeship, conviviality, and contentment rolled into one.
Friends meeting in the street might say that it has been hyggeligt to see each other, and someone who is fun to be with can be called a hyggelig fyr, when he would hardly be described as a “cozy fellow.” The truly emotive depth of the word hyggelig is best captured by considering its opposite, uhyggeligt, which means anything from cheerless through sinister to downright shocking and grisly.
To have a hyggelig time is social nirvana in Denmark. Candlelight is used to encourage a hyggelig atmosphere. In fact, the Danes are mad about candles and use them everywhere, both in public places like cafes, bars, restaurants and offices, and in the home. The dim lighting helps to soften the clean, uncluttered surfaces and uncompromising white walls that are typical features of Danish living rooms. Everyone’s ideal is to have a Christiania kakkelovn (antique stove) or an open fireplace and feel the warmth from its hyggelige glow.
Achieving hygge generally involves being with friends and family, and eating and drinking. Older Danes are horrified to hear of youngsters who hygger themselves alone on the sofa with a rented video and family-size bag of sweets.
Technology and modern day busy-ness has removed so many of us from ourselves, our homes and ordinary tasks, making them feel as though these things are hard to do, have no importance or are too time-consuming. It’s stopped us from being authentic and conscious. Hygge is about celebrating reality and present.
Danes are the happiest nation in the world for good reason – they make enjoyment a priority and take the time to celebrate/acknowledge simple, wonderful moments (like meals, visiting, being active or even just sitting by the beach) that nourish the soul. They find ways to incorporate hygge into their daily life so it becomes a natural extension rather than a forced and stressful event.
By creating simple rituals without effort {such as brewing real tea with a little china cup every evening to stopping at the flower shop every week} the Danes see both the domestic and personal life as an art form and not every drudgery to get away from. Hygge is about being present and recognizing (and enjoying) the moment.
parea (greek)
a group of friends that get together to enjoy nothing else but sharing their life experiences, philosophies, values, and ideas
lebensmüde
weary of life
toska (russian)
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, a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness, mental throes, yearning. In particular cases it may be the desire for somebody or something specific, nostalgia, love-sickness. At the lowest level it grades into ennui, boredom.
torschlusspanik “gate-closing panic”
the fear of diminishing opportunities as one ages
wabi-sabi (japanese)
a way of living that focuses on finding beauty within the imperfections of life and accepting peacefully the natural cycle of growth and decay.
l’appel du vide (fr) “the call of the void”
the instinctive urge to jump from high places
waldeinsamkeit “woodland solitude”
It is the feeling of being alone in the woods, but it also hints at a connectedness to nature.
Gumusservi (turkish)
moonlight shining on water
aufhebung
“it signifies both the annulment and preservation, and suggests also the elevation, of contraries in a synthesis, or third thing.”.
16. Backpfeifengesicht (German)
A face badly in need of a fist.
17. Shemomedjamo (Georgian)
The act of overeating, even after you are full, because the food is just simply too delicious to stop.
