There’s a word
for this feeling.
For the feelings, moments, and experiences
you’ve always known, but never named.
/ suːmə /
sume
the feeling of being fully
present in the soft light of summer.
“For one quiet hour, nothing was missing.”
SOME THINGS ARE TOO PRECISE
FOR THE WORD “FINE.”
Emotionary is a living collection of words that helps us notice more, feel more, and say what we mean.
HOW WE CURATE
EVERY WORD.
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Wanderwords
Untranslatable words gathered from languages around the world. Feelings other cultures named long before we had the words for them.
sume · Estonianthe feeling of being fully present in the soft light of summer.
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Psychology
Terms from the science of the mind. Named patterns of thought, attachment, and emotion that explain what is really happening inside.
limerence · Psychologythe involuntary, all consuming state of infatuation with another person.
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Hidden English
Rare, forgotten, and overlooked English words that already exist. Precise, beautiful, and waiting to be found again.
apricity · Englishthe warmth of the sun in winter.
01 / THE APP
A new word,
every day.
Open a small window into language, meaning, and presence. Save the words that feel like yours.
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the warmth of the sun
in winter.
02 / THE BOOK
Words to keep
close.
A bedside companion for wonder, connection, becoming, longing, breaking, healing, and finding your way home.
THE BOOK IS ON ITS WAY.
Feel it.
Name it.
Keep it.
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