Favorite Unusual Words

 

Apricity

Here is the current list Jan 12, 2024

Apricity- (noun) - the warmth of the sun in winter

Biophilia - noun - the belief that humans have an innate tendency to seek connections with nature and other forms of life. [It's that unexplainable feeling of calm when surrounded by green, the fascination with wildlife, and the peace found in a forest's embrace.]

Earthing - the process of absorbing earth's free flowing electrons from its surface through the soles of one's feet

Estivation - noun - the act of passing the summer in one place; summer pasturing

Esculent (adjective) Suitable to be used by man for food; eatable; edible.

Feuillemort - (adj) having the color of a faded leaf

Gluggavedur (noun) Weather that looks appealing from inside but is unpleasant to be outside in. 

Hiraeth (Hi er ayth) - noun - homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was; nostalgia, yearning, grief for the lost places of your past. Link

Inosculation - noun -  is a natural phenomenon in which parts of two different trees, commonly but not exclusively the same species, grow together, self grafting and sharing nutrients 

Marcescence  - noun -  the winter retention of leaves on certain deciduous trees.

Moonglade - noun - the track of moonlight on water

Murmuration - a swirling flock of starlings

Nemophilist - noun - a haunter of the woods; one who loves forest for their beauty and solitude

Noctivagant - an animal that wanders at night

Ombrophilous - rain-loving

Ombrophobous - rain-shunning

Opacarophile - (noun) One who loves sunsets

Oubaitori (noun) the Japanese idea that people, like flowers, bloom in their own time and in their individual ways

Petrichor - noun - a distinctive, earthy, pleasant odor that is associated with rainfall especially when following a warm, dry period 

Psithurism - noun -The sound of leaves whispering in the breeze

Ruderal - a plant or species that thrives in disturbed areas, rubbish and poor soil

Smurr- a drizzly fog or mist

Susurrus - a whispering sound/ see Psithurism- pretty much the same thing (whatever rhymes in your peom)

Werifesteria [Old English] Verb to wander lovingly through the forest in search of mystery

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