word of the day
Wednesday | 7 Dec 2022
Vellichor
[vell-ih-kor]
Noun
American - 21st century
- Definition
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The pensive nostalgia and temporality of used bookstores; the feeling evoked by the scent of old books or paper.
- Examples of word Vellichor in a sentence
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“There’s a bookstore round the corner of my apartment and just walking past it fills me with a sense of vellichor.”
- Did you Know?
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The word “vellichor” was coined by John Koenig, creator of “The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, as a blend of “vellum” meaning “parchment” and “ichor” referring to “the liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods.”
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