ketangulous; adj. that feeling of combined relief and accomplishment when one finally finds the key to a locked item, e.g., chest, padlock, door, cabinet, etc. after a long exhausting search.
I'd turned the house upside down looking for the key to that old chest, when finally, a minute after midnight, I found it in an old jar in the fruit cellar — I felt ketangulous!
by Douglas Koempel February 20, 2026
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