SITE NAVIGATION
Website - About Site | What’s New? | Feedback | Help
Contact - Email | Twitter | Credit & References
View My Writing Portfolio at www.bykairos.com MAIN DIRECTORY TREE
- Beautiful Word Lists Home - view by topic
- Featured Word List Collections
- Download Ultimate Word Guides
- Word and Literary Reference Corner - language and writing reference resources
Beauty of Language & Words - Sitemap | Featured
- Rolling Web Log of Random Beautiful Words
- The Rare, Weird, Unusual, and Obscure - Sitemap
- Bringing Back the Rare, Archaic, & Obsolete
- The Darker Side of the Moon
- From Around The World - Sitemap | Featured
- Translating Your Untranslatable World
- Saucy Song of Slang - Sitemap
VOCABULARY BOOKS TO VIEW OR DOWNLOAD
A Series of Beautiful Words - Books, Blogs and Beautiful Words. Download my vocabulary books or view the content online
DOWNLOAD BOOKS | VIEW BOOKS ONLINE
MY WORD POSTS - Posting under @kairosoflife
SEARCH WORDS BELOW or use ADVANCED SEARCH to search this site and content of my vocabulary books
FULL INDEX SITEMAP | INDEX OF TOPIC SITEMAPS
ROLLING WORDS
From M to O
- M -
Mad’ouk is an Arabic word for tried and tested, experienced or toughened and is used to demonstrate someone’s credibility through their life experience. Also known as street smarts.
Madrugada is an untranslatable Spanish word that means the moment at dawn when the night greets the day. From the word madrugar (meaning dawn) and the Latin mātūrāre (meaning to hasten).
Martinet is a word that describes a strict disciplinarian (especially in the armed forces). From the late 17th century and named after Jean Martinet (a French drill master).
Mauerbauertraurigkeit is the inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends and family.
Mellifluous is a voice or words sweet or musical; pleasant to hear. In Latin, mel means "honey" and fluere means "to flow."
Mirabilia are miraculous events that inspire wonder. From classical Latin ‘ mīrābilia’ meaning to “marvel.”
Misslieness is a Scottish word that describes the solitariness that comes from missing something or someone you love.
Monachopsis is the subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place.
Muditā is a Buddhist word meaning joy; especially sympathetic or vicarious joy. The pleasure that comes from delighting in other people's well-being.
Mugwump: Someone who has yet to make up their mind about an issue. Used to refer to politics.
Myötähäpeä is the shame you experience on behalf of your dumbass uncle when he is doing something stupid & embarrassing at a party. Let it go. That redneck does it to himself every time he’s packing moonshine.
- N -
Naksukashii is a Japanese word for a small thing that brings back fond memories of someone but not with a wistful longing for what is gone but an appreciation for the good times you had.
Nazlanmak is a Turkish word for pretending reluctance or indifference when you are actually willing and eager. Women do this by saying no to a date but really meaning yes and thus making the guy work for it.
Nepenthe is anything that induces a pleasurable state of forgetfulness during sorrow or trouble. Pouring another drink, finishing a whole chocolate cake or losing yourself in a hook, movie or experience. In Greek the word nēpenthḗs is an adjective meaning “banishing pain, without sorrow.”
Nighthawk is arecurring thought that only seems to strike you late at night—overdue task, nagging guilt, fear of tomorrow. It circles around you in the day but pecks at your head is all night.
Novaturient is a new word coined to mean desiring or seeking powerful change in your life, behavior or a certain situation. Do you feel like soul searching? Or do a breath-taking travel? Or, when you want to break free from your current routine and lifestyle?
Non sequitur is a statement (such as a response) that does not follow logically from or is not clearly related to anything previously said. From the Latin for “does not follow”
- O -
Oblivescence is the act or process of forgetting. This process can be expedited by practicing mindfulness meditation or slamming whatever it is you are hiding behind the bran flakes.
Oenophile is someone who loves their wine. From Greek oinos (wine) + phile (lover of).
Onism is the frustration of being stuck in one body that inhabits only one space at a time.
Opia is the ambiguous intensity of looking someone in the eye that makes you feel both invasive and vulnerable.
Ostranenie is encouraging people to see common things as strange, wild and unfamiliar; defamiliarizing what is known in order to know it differently or more deeply. Coined in 1917 by Russian writer and literary critic Viktor Shklovsky. In literary theory it is a technique in which a literary work presents familiar objects or situations in an unfamiliar way, prolonging the perceptive process and allowing for a fresh perspective.
Mad’ouk is an Arabic word for tried and tested, experienced or toughened and is used to demonstrate someone’s credibility through their life experience. Also known as street smarts.
Madrugada is an untranslatable Spanish word that means the moment at dawn when the night greets the day. From the word madrugar (meaning dawn) and the Latin mātūrāre (meaning to hasten).
Martinet is a word that describes a strict disciplinarian (especially in the armed forces). From the late 17th century and named after Jean Martinet (a French drill master).
Mauerbauertraurigkeit is the inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends and family.
Mellifluous is a voice or words sweet or musical; pleasant to hear. In Latin, mel means "honey" and fluere means "to flow."
Mirabilia are miraculous events that inspire wonder. From classical Latin ‘ mīrābilia’ meaning to “marvel.”
Misslieness is a Scottish word that describes the solitariness that comes from missing something or someone you love.
Monachopsis is the subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place.
Muditā is a Buddhist word meaning joy; especially sympathetic or vicarious joy. The pleasure that comes from delighting in other people's well-being.
Mugwump: Someone who has yet to make up their mind about an issue. Used to refer to politics.
Myötähäpeä is the shame you experience on behalf of your dumbass uncle when he is doing something stupid & embarrassing at a party. Let it go. That redneck does it to himself every time he’s packing moonshine.
- N -
Naksukashii is a Japanese word for a small thing that brings back fond memories of someone but not with a wistful longing for what is gone but an appreciation for the good times you had.
Nazlanmak is a Turkish word for pretending reluctance or indifference when you are actually willing and eager. Women do this by saying no to a date but really meaning yes and thus making the guy work for it.
Nepenthe is anything that induces a pleasurable state of forgetfulness during sorrow or trouble. Pouring another drink, finishing a whole chocolate cake or losing yourself in a hook, movie or experience. In Greek the word nēpenthḗs is an adjective meaning “banishing pain, without sorrow.”
Nighthawk is arecurring thought that only seems to strike you late at night—overdue task, nagging guilt, fear of tomorrow. It circles around you in the day but pecks at your head is all night.
Novaturient is a new word coined to mean desiring or seeking powerful change in your life, behavior or a certain situation. Do you feel like soul searching? Or do a breath-taking travel? Or, when you want to break free from your current routine and lifestyle?
Non sequitur is a statement (such as a response) that does not follow logically from or is not clearly related to anything previously said. From the Latin for “does not follow”
- O -
Oblivescence is the act or process of forgetting. This process can be expedited by practicing mindfulness meditation or slamming whatever it is you are hiding behind the bran flakes.
Oenophile is someone who loves their wine. From Greek oinos (wine) + phile (lover of).
Onism is the frustration of being stuck in one body that inhabits only one space at a time.
Opia is the ambiguous intensity of looking someone in the eye that makes you feel both invasive and vulnerable.
Ostranenie is encouraging people to see common things as strange, wild and unfamiliar; defamiliarizing what is known in order to know it differently or more deeply. Coined in 1917 by Russian writer and literary critic Viktor Shklovsky. In literary theory it is a technique in which a literary work presents familiar objects or situations in an unfamiliar way, prolonging the perceptive process and allowing for a fresh perspective.
This site is a part of
A SERIES OF BEAUTIFUL WORDS BY KAI
The Collection Includes:
Defining the Brain: Website | Downloads (science)
A Beautiful Word: Website | Downloads (rare/obscure)
The Logophile Lexicon: Website | Book (literary)
Defining New Ideas: Website | Book (creativity)
Author Homepage: Bookshelf by Kairos (all my work)
Words posted by @kairosoflife on Twitter under the hashtag #beautifulwords and on my vocabulary bulletin boards on Pinterest.
Original content © 2020 Copyright, Kairos
A SERIES OF BEAUTIFUL WORDS BY KAI
The Collection Includes:
Defining the Brain: Website | Downloads (science)
A Beautiful Word: Website | Downloads (rare/obscure)
The Logophile Lexicon: Website | Book (literary)
Defining New Ideas: Website | Book (creativity)
Author Homepage: Bookshelf by Kairos (all my work)
Words posted by @kairosoflife on Twitter under the hashtag #beautifulwords and on my vocabulary bulletin boards on Pinterest.
Original content © 2020 Copyright, Kairos
