New Word Suggestion. A recent coinage, based on ancient Greek,
meaning the state in which everything, and everyone, looks beautiful
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What does Kalopsia mean?
a condition, state or delusion in which things appear more beautiful than they really are. As a combination of the Greek roots kallos, meaning beauty, and opsis, meaning sight (or opos, meaning eyes), in English kalopsia can also mean
beautiful sight or with beautiful eyes
.
Is Kalopsia real?
“Kalopsia” is the
condition in which things appear more beautiful than they really are
. It’s like where girls (and boys) in bars, for example, tend to look more attractive nearer to closing time. For example: “At 11pm the bar was high on kalopsia.”
Is Kalopsia a bad word?
The term kalopsia comes from the Greek words kakos (bad, unpleasant) and opsis (seeing). It is used to denote a
negative affective connotation of sensory, illusory
, and hallucinatory phenomena, in the sense that these are perceived as ugly, sinister, and/or menacing.
What’s the opposite of Kalopsia?
The word kalopsia is a neologism referring to a state or delusion in which things appear more beautiful than they are.
There are no categorical antonyms for this word
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What is a Nemophilist?
Nemophilist:
a person who loves or is fond of woods or forests
.
What is a Rantipole?
:
a wild reckless sometimes quarrelsome person
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Is Eunoia a real word?
In rhetoric, eunoia (Ancient Greek: εὔνοιᾰ, romanized: eúnoia, lit. ‘well mind; beautiful thinking’) is the goodwill a speaker cultivates between themselves and their audience, a condition of receptivity. … Eunoia is the
shortest English word
containing all five main vowel graphemes.
What do you call a person who fake smiles?
[ex-cen-dent-tee-shee-ist] -noun. One who fakes a smile.
Eccedentesiast
is derived from Latin ecce, ‘I present to you,’ dentes, ‘teeth,’ and –iast, ‘performer. ‘ An eccedentesiast is therefore someone who “performs by showing teeth,” or smiling.
What are some aesthetic words?
- elegant,
- exquisite,
- glorious,
- Junoesque,
- magnificent,
- resplendent,
- splendid,
- statuesque,
What does Whelve mean?
dialectal, England. :
to turn
(as a dish or vessel) upside down usually to cover something.
What does the name Kallos mean?
Kallos Surname Definition:
“Corn” in Greek
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What kind of word is Eleutheromania?
Eleutheromania, or eleutherophilia is “
a mania or frantic zeal for freedom”
. Some usages of the term make it sound like it could be used in a medical context with a hint of an irrational disorder, such as John G Robertson’s definition that described it as a mad zeal or irresistible craving for freedom.
What does moonglade mean?
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. (poetic, rare) The bright reflection of moonlight on a body of water.
What do you call a person who loves beauty?
aesthete
. noun. someone who loves and understands beauty, art, music etc.
