Tuesday, September 9, 2025

the dictionary of obscure sorrows

ÉNOUEMENT
n. the bitter sweetness of having arrived here in the future, finally learning the answers to how things turned out but being unable to tell your past self.

french énouer, to pluck defective bits from a stretch of cloth + dénouement, the final part of a story, in which all the threads of the plot are drawn together and everything is explained. pronounced “ey-noo-mahn.”

ÉNOUEMENT along with other brilliant and delicious concoctions can be found in john koenig's 'dictionary of obscure sorrows'. 

these assembled words convey a something that you yearned for or a feeling or a thought which was there somewhere in your subconscious awaiting to be released and articulated. 

whats more, you can submit words in your own voice here.. 

 


 

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