Eunoia
| Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uitwaaien | To take a refreshing break outdoors in windy weather | Dutch | nature life beauty | |
| Backpfeifengesicht | A face in need of a slap | German | physical funny | |
| Pantoffelheld | Literally "slipper hero"; A man who may act tough in front of his friends but can’t stand up for himself against his wife | German | family interaction | |
| Polytropos (πολύτροπος) | Much turned, much traveled, much wandering; turning many ways (shifty, versatile, wily) (changeful, complicated) [notoriously used in the opening of The Odyssey as an early challenge for translators] | Greek | explore | |
| Aimonomia | Being scared to learn the ‘why’ of something | English | adverse feeling thinking | |
| Vorfreude | The joyful, intense anticipation that comes from imagining future pleasures | German | time awareness happiness | |
| Klexos | the art of dwelling on the past; coined by John Koenig. | English | thinking | |
| Frustfressen | Excessive eating because of frustration | German | food adverse habits | |
| Goso | When you smell sesame oil - that nutty, flavorful, aromatic - mostly used to describe smells of sesame and/or bean paste | Korean | sensory food | |
| Kokoro | A unity of mind and heart. | Japanese | awareness feeling | |
| Culaccino | The mark left on the table by a cold glass | Italian | physical food | |
| Eudaimonia | The contented happy state you feel when you travel | Greek | travel explore happiness | |
| Wú jí (無極) | Lit. without highest point, utmost point, ridgepole; ultimate, boundless, limitless; the primodial universe; original nature. | Chinese | measurement | |
| Séanas | A gap between the upper front teeth | Irish | physical attribute | |
| Ja nee | Directly "Yes, No", but often used when there is nothing else to say, or one is stumped. | Afrikaans | confusion | |
| Resol | That kind of sun light, non direct, when the sun is covered by clouds that still hurts the eyes. | Mallorquín | nature | |
| Goya (گویا) | The transporting suspension of disbelief that can occur in storytelling | Urdu | surprise | |
| Pisan Zapra | The time needed to eat a banana | Malay | time measurement food | |
| Feierabend | End of the work day | German | event | |
| Dolgostroj (долгострой) | A construction project that seems to go on forever | Russian | time adverse | |
| Querencia | A place from which one's strength is drawn, where one feels at home, the place where you are your most authentic self | Spanish | strength happiness character | |
| Gattara | A woman catlover who feeds alley cats or spends time with domestic cats | Italian | life society | |
| Dreich | Especially of weather: dreary, bleak. For example, "a cold, dreich early April day" | Scottish | weather adverse | |
| Nja | Combining no (nej) and yes (ja); neither yes or no (or both yes and no); expressing uncertainty. | Swedish | measurement | |
| Yoisho | A word without meaning, said when flopping into a chair after a hard day at work or lifting a heavy bag. | Japanese | event physical work | |
| Wegbier | A beer you're having on your way somewhere (i.e. a party) | German | friends event food | |
| Saper vivere | The ability to handle people and situations with charm, diplomacy and verve; cf. savior faire (French). | Italian | friends attribute | |
| Manna | A sudden or unexpected help, advantage, or aid to success | English | change positive | |
| Hanyauku | To walk on tiptoes across a hot surface | Rukwangali | physical action | |
| Tôpäj (төпәй) | Interjection that is used to forewarn a child of falling | Bashkir | action |
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