ambedo
A kind of melancholic trance in which you become completely observed in vivid sensory details-‘raindrops skittering down a window, tall trees leaning in the wind, clouds of cream swirling in your coffee’-briefly soaking in the experience of being alive, an act that is done purely for its own sake
Origins: From albedo, a physics term that describes the proportion of light reflected by a substance (from Latin, 'whiteness'). Ambedo refers to the tendency both to reflect and to absorb. So add the prefix ambi, 'both' -and we have a new word, ambedo. Ambedo is also a Latin word meaning "I gnaw" or "I weather away."
Origins: From albedo, a physics term that describes the proportion of light reflected by a substance (from Latin, 'whiteness'). Ambedo refers to the tendency both to reflect and to absorb. So add the prefix ambi, 'both' -and we have a new word, ambedo. Ambedo is also a Latin word meaning "I gnaw" or "I weather away."
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