Thoroughly Depressing Word of the Day: Ameneurosis

Jeevan Sivasubramaniam Posted by Jeevan Sivasubramaniam, Managing Director, Editorial, Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc.



Ameneurosis (noun): The half-forlorn, half-escapist ache of a train whistle calling in the distance at night.

 

 

 

 

All entries are from The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows