Stuck for words
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
United States
January 29, 2018 6:32pm CST
I have been trying to think of the terminology I want to use to describe how I have been feeling the past few days. Nostalgia isn't quite the right word, but it will do. There is another word whose origin I can't recall, but that is defined as a longing for something that never was or never will be again.
That is somewhat closer to how I am feeling. I have been reading fiction of a historical nature, and my last read has me in a somber and confused mood. I have also been reflective, remembering stories told to me by family members.
I feel almost as if my thoughts are in black and white, or a sepia tone that is indicative of the past.
This would probably be the best time for me to put pen to paper.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
30 Jan 18
.... I know.
There is another word in some other language that circumscribes the feeling of longing for something that never was... I wasn't trying to insinuate that nostalgia was defined as such.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
2 Feb 18
@LadyDuck The word I was referring to is of Welsh origin. It's Hiraeth. I wrote the exact definition under Elizabeth's post.
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@LadyDuck (458012)
• Switzerland
31 Jan 18
@ScribbledAdNauseum English is not my mother language, the right word does not come to my mind.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
2 Feb 18
That is a pretty good definition for it.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
2 Feb 18
Don't you just hate when the right word is at the tip of your tongue but you can't quite reach it?
@Poppylicious (11133)
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30 Jan 18
Hiraeth? It's the closest word I can currently think of, but it may not fully fit with what you were thinking of.
@GardenGerty (157552)
• United States
2 Feb 18
@ScribbledAdNauseum I looked it up, it is Welsh with no exact translation.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
2 Feb 18
@GardenGerty From my Modern Welsh Dictionary
Hiraeth [noun, masculine = longing (for home etc)
As soon as you said Welsh I grabbed the dictionary off my shelf. I got it a few years ago but I know I originally saw the word online.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
30 Jan 18
That is the word, do you remember it's origins?
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
30 Jan 18
Yeah, definitely that but not just...
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
30 Jan 18
I am not much better myself.
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