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rubatosis

UK/ˌɹuːbɑˈtəʊ.sɪs/US/ˌɹubɑˈtoʊ.sɪs/

rubatosis noun: the unsettling awareness of one's own heartbeat.

Noun

rubatosis (uncountable)

  1. (neologism) The unsettling awareness of one's own heartbeat
    • Amador rocked me slowly in that amniotic tranquility and I started to get sleepy. I could hear the unsettling rubatosis of my beating heart.2015 September, Gustaf Vonsheilds, Palm Spring Whispers, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 105
    • Avis stopped in his tracks and wheeled around, thinking something had gone wrong—a moment of rubatosis.2016, Asif Anwar, Fainting Pulse: ICU Chronicles, →ISBN, page 113

rubatosis meaning in Tamil

rubatosis in Tamil

திடுக்கிடுதல்

Origin of rubatosis

Presumably rubato + -osis. Coined by American author and neologist John Koenig in 2012 as part of his Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows project.

Words that rhyme with rubatosis

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Questions about rubatosis

What does rubatosis mean?
Rubatosis means the unsettling awareness of one's own heartbeat.
What is rubatosis in Tamil?
Rubatosis in Tamil is திடுக்கிடுதல். See Rubatosis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is rubatosis?
Rubatosis is a noun.
How do you pronounce rubatosis?
Rubatosis is pronounced /ˌɹuːbɑˈtəʊ.sɪs/ (UK).

Words near rubatosis in the dictionary

  1. rubasse
  2. rubasses
  3. rubati
  4. rubato
  5. rubatos
  6. rubatosis
  7. rubbable
  8. rubbaboo
  9. rubbage
  10. rubbages
  11. rubbed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rubatosis (page history and authors); rubatosis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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