I started the #weirdwordsproject after I accidentally bumped up on several weird words on Pinterest. I noticed that those words expressed so many feelings that can’t be described by other common words. So, I decided to makes the illustrations out of them.
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#1
K A D O T A
(v.) to disappear; vanish; to get / be lost; to vade
#2
O C C H I O L I S M
(n.) the awareness of the smallness of your perspective
#3
N o c e u r
(n.) one who stays up late
#4
R a i s o n d ’ ê t t r e
(n.) a reason for existing
#5
S O N D E R
(n.) the realization that each passerby has a life
as vivid and complex as your own
#6
Q u i d d i t y
(n.) the essence of something
#7
P u l c h r i t u d i n o u s
(adj.) breathtaking, heartbreaking beauty
#8
Q u e r e n c i a
(n.) a place from which one’s strength is drawn, where one feels at home; the place where you are your most authentic self
#9
S O N D E R
(n.) the realization that each passerby has a life
as vivid and complex as your own
#10
(n.) an overwhelming urge to run away
#11
V a l l e i t i e
(n.) a wish or powerful desire for something that nonetheless is not or cannot be followed by actions meant to persue it
#12
M e l i o r i s m
(n.) the belief that the world gets better; the belief that humans can improve the world
#13
A l e x i t h y m i a
(n.) the inability to express your feelings
#14
U k i y o
(n.) ‘The Floating World’; Living in the moment, detached from the bothers of life
