Fantastic Beasts and How to Argue with Them
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别和猪讲道理，猪不高兴，你也不高兴。
TERMINOLOGIES
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List of Intriguing Words
Verschlimmbessern
To make something worse while trying to improve it. An effort at correction that unintentionally deepens the flaw.
Untergangssehnsucht
A yearning for one's own downfall or demise. The fascination with collapse as both destiny and release.
Alea iacta est.
(Latin) — the die has been cast. Indicate the moment of irrevocable decision when fate is set in motion; by Julius Caesar as he led his army across the Rubicon river, and thereby beginning the civil war.
Chimera
(Greek Mythology) Χίμαιρα - a mythical creature made up of lion, goat, and serpent; (Figurative) a fanciful illusion that is wildly imaginative but ultimately unattainable or impossible.
Sonder
the realization that every individual you encounter has a life as vivid and complex as your own, filled with their own ambitions, routines, and worries. Coined in 2012 by U.S. writer John Koenig.
Trompe l'œil
(Fr.) — literally “deceive the eye”. An art illusion that tricks the eye into perceiving a painting as a three-dimensional object; (Figurative) something that misleads the senses or the mind by presenting a convincing yet false appearance of reality.
Palimpsest
(From Greek) παλίμψηστος — scraped again. A manuscript whose earlier text has been erased and overwritten; (Figurative) things layered with traces of the past, where earlier meanings or histories persist beneath the surface of the present.
Weltschmerz
The disillusionment people feel from realizing that the world keeps falling short of their expectations.
Thanatos
(Freudian Theory) The primordial death instinct that impels the soul towards stillness and oblivion.
Ricercare
(It.) — to search out, to seek. A Renaissance instrumental composition where a single theme is repeated and developed to different melodies through imitation. The precursor to the fugue.
Crepuscolo
(It.) - twilight. The soft glowing light at twilight when the sun is just below the horizon. (Figurative) Something fading, uncertain, or hazy; a period of decline or approaching end.
Pluviophile
A person who finds joy, peace, or comfort during rainy days. From Latin pluvia meaning rain, and the Greek suffix -phile meaning love.
Lebensmüdigkeit
(De.) — weariness of life. A state of deep existential exhaustion in which one has lost the desire to continue living or striving.
Sublunary
Beneath the moon; things pertaining to the transient mortal realm, as opposed to the permanence of the heavens.
Adabana
(Jpn.) — “徒花”. Flowers that only blooms but never bear fruits.
flâner
(Fr.) — to amble. The act of taking a stroll, often in a city, without any destination or purpose. From Old Norse word flana, “to wander aimlessly”.
A Random Word
Ricercare
(It.) — to search out, to seek. A Renaissance instrumental composition where a single theme is repeated and developed to different melodies through imitation. The precursor to the fugue.