
eBook - ePub
Other-Wordly
words both strange and lovely from around the world
- 64 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
About this book
Discover words to surprise, delight, and enamor. Learn terms for the sunlight that filters through the leaves of trees, for dancing awkwardly but with relish, and for the look shared by two people who each wish the other would speak first. Other-Wordly is an irresistible ebook for lovers of words and those lost for words alike.
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Yes, you can access Other-Wordly by Yee-Lum Mak,Kelsey Garrity-Riley in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Personal Development & Writing & Presentation Skills. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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OTHER-WORDLY started when I stumbled across the Portuguese word saudade: “the love that remains”; a longing for someone or something that you had loved and then lost.
I’d never seen anything like it before. It seemed otherworldly: bigger, stranger, and fuller than the words we use every day. It was a word for a feeling I’d felt, but had never been able to name. If there were more words like that, I wanted to find them.
And when I started looking, I found that every language has names for the odd and wonderful, for the unexpected things that have meaning, for the parts of our lives that are “other-wordly.”

GÖKOTTA (noun, n, Swedish)
lit. “dawn picnic to hear the first birdsong”; the act of rising
in the early morning to watch the birds or to go
outside to appreciate nature
KOMOREBI (noun, Japanese)
the sunlight that filters through the leaves of the trees

JENTACULAR (adjective, English)
having to do with an early breakfast
KUMMERSPECK (noun, m, German)
excessive weight gained through eating
as a means of relieving stress or strong emotion


BRUMOUS (adjective, English)
of gray skies and winter days; filled with heavy
clouds or fog; relating to winter or cold, sunless weather
BRONTIDE (noun, English)
the low rumble, as of distant thunder


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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Dedication
- Copyright
- Other-Wordly
- By Language
- Index
- About the Author
- Chronicle Ebooks