Do you love deep words with deep meanings?
Perhaps you’re a word nerd at heart, or you’re looking to spice up the way you express yourself.
If any of these are true for you, then you’re going to love this post!
My name is Gregory Venvonis. I’m a blogger, fiction author, and logophile at heart.
I put together this post in my spare time because I also love finding new ways to communicate and express myself.
Ideally, this list of deep words, complete with their corresponding meanings and etymology, will also give you a fresh way to articulate your feelings, experiences, and be a place of resonance for you.
Deep words about love
All of us have been in love at some point or it’s at least something we desire.
Here are some interesting words that will help you explain feelings or ideas that involve love.
Ardor
Meaning & Definition: Ardor (n.) – passion or extreme vigor.
Word origin: French borrowed from Latin.
Desiderium
Meaning & Definition: Desiderium (n.) – a passionate longing for something lost.
Word origin: Latin.
Vorfreude
Meaning & Definition: Vorfreude (n.) – the joyful anticipation that results from imagining future pleasures.
Word origin: German.
Forelsket
Meaning & Definition: Forelsket (n.) – the feeling of euphoria and infatuation when first falling in love.
Word origin: Norweigian.
Pulchritudinous
Meaning & Definition: Pulchritudinous (adj.) – possessing beauty that is breathtaking or heartbreaking.
Word origin: Latin from the root word pulcher.
Deep words for deep feelings you never knew you had
There are an abundance of untranslatable words and countless feelings that are still making their way into the English canon.
As a writer and general word nerd, I know this all too well.
The following words were coined for the Vowlenu Lexicon as an attempt to fill this void.
Novalunosis
Meaning & Definition: Novalunosis (n.) – the state of relaxation and wonderment experienced while gazing upon the stars.
Word origin: The Vowlenu Lexicon
Wundervei
Meaning & Definition: Wundervei (n.) – the deep introspection experienced in moments of isolated silence.
Word origin: The Vowlenu Lexicon
Eramnesia
Meaning & Definition: Eramnesia (n.) – the realization of being born in the wrong time period and wishing to live in another.
Word origin: The Vowlenu Lexicon
Witnessoja
Meaning & Definition: Witnessoja (n.) – the feeling of accomplishment following a long period of habitual procrastination or failure.
Word origin: The Vowlenu Lexicon
Sundreesoro
Meaning & Definition: Sundreesoro (n.) – the disappointment felt after waking up from a pleasant dream and realizing it wasn’t real.
Word origin: The Vowlenu Lexicon
Livilence
Meaning & Definition: Livilence (n.) – the mix of eerie calmness and nostalgia experienced when returning to the home one grew up in long after moving away.
Word origin: The Vowlenu Lexicon
Seatherny
Meaning & Definition: Seatherny (n.) – the serenity one feels when listening to the chirping of birds.
Word origin: The Vowlenu Lexicon
Drizzlosis
Meaning & Definition: Drizzlosis (n.) – the distinctive calmness one feels when listening to rainfall’s ambiance.
Word origin: The Vowlenu Lexicon
Zirgwè
Meaning & Definition: Zirgwè (n.) – the feeling of hopelessness one feels after trying multiple, different life and career paths and still not knowing what to do with one’s life.
Word origin: The Vowlenu Lexicon
Teresaurum
Meaning & Definition: Teresaurum (n.) – the feeling of hopelessness one feels after trying multiple, different life and career paths and still not knowing what to do with one’s life.
Word origin: The Vowlenu Lexicon
Aviothic
Meaning & Definition: Aviothic (n.) – the strong desire to be up in the air or to fly.
Word origin: The Vowlenu Lexicon
Stonelapsis
Meaning & Definition: Stonelapsis (n.) – the desire to return to a more technologically limited way of life or time period.
Word origin: The Vowlenu Lexicon
Hyompora
Meaning & Definition: Hyompora (n.) – the sense of serene connectedness experienced while listening to the flowing of water.
Word origin: The Vowlenu Lexicon
Woodvivos
Meaning & Definition: Woodvivos (n.) – feeling of wistful warmth gained from touching and communicating with trees.
Word origin: The Vowlenu Lexicon
Optimasksus
Meaning & Definition: Optimaskus (n.) – the state of choosing to view bad life experiences positively in an effort to reduce stress and grow as a person.
Word origin: The Vowlenu Lexicon
Altermapid
Meaning & Definition: Altermapid (n.) – the nagging feeling that one lives in the wrong state or country.
Word origin: The Vowlenu Lexicon
Lunamovas
Meaning & Definition: Lunamovas (n.) – the deep-down yearning to live on the Moon.
Word origin: The Vowlenu Lexicon
Alemurity
Meaning & Definition: Alemurity (n.) – One’s desire for reconnecting with their childhood self while still somehow holding onto the idea of what it is to be a responsible adult.
Word origin: The Vowlenu Lexicon
Lamissa Scholarist
Meaning & Definition: Lamissa Scholarist – The specific wistfulness a student feels as he or she desperately tries to hold on to the quickly fleeting college experience during their final semester or quarter of undergrad.
Word origin: The Vowlenu Lexicon
Deep words about life
These incredibly deep words were coined by author Gregory Venvonis for the Vowlenu Lexicon.
Erlebnisse
Meaning & Definition: Erlebnisse (n.) – The positive and negative experiences we go through that truly define how we feel and live.
Word origin: German.
Mindfulness
Meaning & Definition: Mindfulness (n.) – Being aware of the present moment.
Word origin: English.
