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a Mnemonic Menagerie of Beastly Words
The Hiraeth
noun. 1. intense homesickness for a home you can’t return to. 2. A deep longing for a person, place, or time you can’t return to.
The Omphaloskeptic
noun. someone who meditates upon their navel as part of a mystical exercise.
The Threnody
noun. a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song.