ambedo
Syllables: am·be·doUS/æmˈbi.doʊ/
ambedo noun: a kind of melancholic trance in which a person becomes completely absorbed in vivid sensory details.
Noun
ambedo (uncountable)
- A kind of melancholic trance in which a person becomes completely absorbed in vivid sensory details.
- Later that day, E.K. was sitting on the concrete porch that was the face of his house, basking in ambedo—he became vividly entranced by the seemingly meaningless things around him.2014 December 22, Tommy McMahon, Hero of the Day, Author House, →ISBN, page 71
- The intense, nutty aroma of freshly brewed coffee was still lingering in the air of my modest den. With my back against my hulking bookshelf, I, now in ambedo, watched the rain drip-drop on the window pane. But the pattering of the rain against the glass door of the balcony was so intense and...2021, Nishita Patil, MEET YOURSELF, SpotWrite Publications, page 12
Origin of ambedo
From albedo, a physics term that describes the proportion of light reflected by a substance (from the Latin term for whiteness). Ambedo refers to the tendency both to reflect and to absorb. Coined by American author and neologist John Koenig in 2011, whose project, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, aims to come up with new words for emotions that currently lack words.
Questions about ambedo
- What does ambedo mean?
- Ambedo means a kind of melancholic trance in which a person becomes completely absorbed in vivid sensory details.
- What part of speech is ambedo?
- Ambedo is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ambedo?
- Ambedo is pronounced /æmˈbi.doʊ/ (US).
Words near ambedo in the dictionary
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